Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-07-09

taught French and German during the ses- |
sions of l9ll-l9l2 and l9l2-l9l3. The fol- .
lowing session he went to Cornell.
Holt gave his home as Dallas. Texas |
He said he was born in America. and that I
his ancestors were French and German. Z
He is the son-in-law Of the Rev. o. F. T,
Sensabaueh. Presiding Elder Of the Dallas
district Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Cardinal Scores Votes For Women.
Through an open letter addressed to Jas
r Nueent, former City Councillor Of Newark
and well-known Democratic leader in
New Jersey. Cardinal Gibbons hopes to
settle once and for all any further question
Of his attitude respecting woman suffrage.
In the campaign whichis now being waged
in New Jersey, New York. Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts,. in which States the
question Of woman suffrage viii be voted
upon this fall many contrary and diver
gent statements have appeared. all sup
posedly rejecting the attitude of Cardinal
Gibbons on this subject. 1t has not been
an unusual sight to see the eminent pre-
late's name used in one city as propo-
nent Of votes for women" and in another
city as opposed to women entering politics.
and many newspapers also have quoted
him enormously in this matter.
For the purpose Of defining his position
in the present campaign Cardinal Gibbons
has sent the following open letter to Mr..
Nugent:
MY Dear Mr.. Nugent II still hold the
same views on woman suffrage. already
so often expressed-that the ballot would
drag woman from her domestic duties into
the arena Of politics. and rob her Of much
Of her charm. goodness and true influence.
She is. indeed. princess, but her God
given rule should lie in domestic and
gentler fields and ways.
We all believe she has been so success
full in her work there that we fear any
change in the carrying Of her government
into the political field. Faithfully yours
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS"
Supplementing his letter to Mr.. Nugent.
Cardinal Gibbons further says:
Equal rights do not imply that both
sexes should engage promscuously in the
same pursuits. but rather that each sex
should discharge those duties which are
adapted to its physical constitution and
are sanctioned by the canons Of society.
To some among the gentler sex the words
equal rights have been, 1t is feared, syn
onymous with similar rights" To debar
woman from certain pursuits is not to
degrade her. To restrict her field of action
to the gentler avocations of life is not to
fetter her aspirations after the higher and
the better. II is. on the contrary. to secure
to her not equal rights so called. but those
supereminent rights which cannot fail to
endow her with sacred influence in her
own proper sphere.
THE insistence on a right of participa.
ton in active political life is undoubtedly
calculated to rob woman Of all that il
amiable and gentle. tender and attractive
to rob her Of her innate grace Of character
and give her nothing in return but mascu
line holiness and effrontery It's advO
Gates are habitually preaching about WON
: ans rights and prerogatives. and have moi
word to say about her duties and re-
spOnsibilities. They withdraw her from
those obligations which properly belong t.
her sex and fill her with ambition to usurp
positions for which neither God nor nature
ever intended her. Under the infiuenc,
Of such teachers we find woman. especial,
: in higher circles. neelectine her household
duties. never at peace unless she is il
perpetual motion. or unless she is in stat,
Of morbid excitement. She never feels al
home unless she is abroad. When she il
home the home is irksome to her. Henc,
arise disputes, quarrels. determinations
arrangements. or the last act of the drama
is often divorce.
when ! deprecate female suffrage.
am pleading for the dignity Of woman.
: am contending for her honor, am strivin,
to perpetuate those peerless preroeativei
inherent in her sex. those charms ant
+ graces. which exalt womankind and make
her the ornament and the coveted com
= panion Of man. We must remember tina
though woman does not personally vote
she exercises the right Of suffrage by proxy
So powerful is the influence which sensi
bic matron exerts over her husband anC
sons, that they will rarely fail TO follow
her counsel which comes from an inspired
instinct rather than from labored reason
ing
Woman is queen indeed. but her EN-.
pire is the domestic kingdom. The greatest
political triumphs she would achieve il
public life fade into insignifcance com.
pared with the serene glory which radiate:
from the domestic shrine, and which she
illumines and warns by her conjugal and
motherly virtues. II she is ambitious oil
dual empire of public and private life. then
like the tabled dog beholdne his image
in the water, she will lose both. she will
fall from the lofty pedestal where nature
and Christianity have placed her, and will
fail to grasp the sceptre Of political au-
thority from the strong hand of her male
competitor.
Though woman is debaned from vot-
ing. she brings into the world and rocks
the cradle Of the nations future citizens,
She rears and molds the character Of those
who are to be the future rulers and states
men; the heroes and benefactots Of the
country. Surely this is glory enough for
her"