The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-05
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WOMEN
non. SuuDERs B. NOON
PRFDE1s the PASSAGE
Of suFFRlcE hmglbnENI
BALLOT i not DE-
stXuNE WOMAN

OSoOsDk8S WUuN5DU
Among other thines, ths legislature Of
Wsss Virginia has submitssd 10 the vo-
tsrs IN amsndmens 10 the State constitu-
don providins equal suffraee.-votes for
women.
A lev ysan go We had very decided
visws about woman suffrage, but aS that
time 70 still fslt in our veins the How of
the exubsrant blood of stiltsi and arro-
CANT young manhood. Today We have
no such views: like the Mohamedan f.
taliss. who Is content 70 scribe all 10 the
"win Of Allah." ws have grown into the
belief thst the etsrnal fitnens of thines is
oft worked out in ways most mysterious
and not infrequently We arroeate TO our
selves tbe kesnneo OF perception that
can paD Judgment on the stupidity OF
nasursi procssses and the mistakes OF
dssdny. We are older now and we hope,
wissr. We are ss pressns devoid of any
snthusiee. e;sA>r for or against the pro-
possd annsndmsnt. We are indifferent,
Tor what y writssn IL written"
Z The eco with which the amendment
went through he Legislature was even
more remarkable than that which attain
ded the submission of the prohibition
amendment. our Of which have come the
now famous Yoss law and the "dessrt''
making, Hon. Fred o. Blue. The pro-
hibition smendment va. submitted a a
compliment 10 the large temperance vote,
iitsAe fear Of il approval BY the voters
being entertained by the Disciples OF
Hon. John Barieycorn. The submission
of The woman su1r.es amendment has
eccasioasd lis<la e@1ens and hes been
provoesfivs 81 very littis 1iscussion among
The voesn. No one seems 70 take the
matter seriously. Even the sex affected
beems mere Irritated than pleased 1t
wnat they believe to b. an unnecessary
and undesirable burden proposei to be
placed upon them. II the election were
held now in the present state of the pub
bic mind the amendment would be de-
fested overwhelmingly. but the election
- many moons of and q marvellous
change may be wrought in the public's
opinion before the appointed day when
the electors are 10 express themselves at
the polls.
The prediction which we want TO make
- made thus early 20 that il We should
be wrong, the prediction will not be re-
membered against us, and If we should
Be right. and the amendment is approved
By . majority Of the voters, we shall be
able 70 revel in the self landing express
aion: 81 told you 80 way back yon-
der" The amendment will be approved
and become . part OF the constitution OF
this State. We look for no visitation of
the wrath OF heaven in consequence OF
such IN eventuality. Even in those an
cisnt and bsrbarous times when it was
thought unseemly for . woman TO intrude
hersrlf upon her husband at his meals,
and IN unspeaksble sscriIeee for her 10
sit RE table and est with hm-even in
thee times, women exercised . potent
and iecisye influence in the afa1rs OF
goyernment That influence has steadily
incres-ed though used in private rather
Than in IN open and public manner.
The ''sufrseet<f" is Q product OF modern
Inns and she y not entirely . lovable
product, for she u . lover of the lime
Iisht and determined that her light shall
nos be hidden under . bushei. The SUI
frsessss is . crusader and viii soon pas
from ths State - p>rpond character.
The lost crusaders would have laughed at
the rsvinC u Peter the Hermit without
which the movement bad never CON-
menced- The suffraectte OF the Mrs
Psnkburss brand will prove but one Of
ths posing characters OF history, and
though equal suffrsgp for men and vo-
men msy ~ some extenf be rsckoned e.
The result of snffraeette efforts, the resc-
ton Win quickly come 70 us that woman
suffrage reslly came because 1t w~
time" There will be no disqualification
of woman by her ne Of the ballot The
couraxs Of man and the tsDderns-s of
woman win not ce>se 10 bs brother and
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