Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-15
WHY SHOULD
 WOMEN VOTE?
WoMAN's SUFFRAGE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF LEADING
 FARMERS.

Why should women vote? That is the question that is ringing from ocean to ocean and reverberating from the Canadian boundary to the Mexi- can border It is the mission of a newspaper to give the news and the action of the Texas Farmers Union in opposing woman's suffrage when that question was recently before the Texas legislature is significant as representing the attitude of the or ganiZed plowmen We reproduce in part the argument presented by Hon. w. D. Lewis, president of the Texas Farmers Union. in opposing the bill:
 Tt is gratifying to note that 1t is not the farmers wife who is clamoring for the ballot She is too busy trying to make happier homes, mold ing the minds of future citizens and sharing with her husband the cares of life to indulge in political gossip. The ballot win give her no relief from drudgery, give no assistance in cloth ing the children or bring to the home additional comforts, conveniences or opportunities in life. It is, as a rule. the city woman promoted to idleness by prosperity who is leading the suf- fragette movement
 From many standpoints. perhaps a woman has as much right to vote as man So has she as much right to blow as a man; she has as much ripbf fo VrprIr i'm a q. ot,.rvr ,g d. ,,-.., |. she has as much right to shoulder a musket as man. but we would rather she would not do so from choice and we regret that necessity ofttimes compels her to earn a living by en- gazing in gainful occupations We do not consider misfortune a qualiaca. ton for suffrage or a business acci. dent a reason for granting franchise We are opposed to woman at the ballot box the same as we are op. posed to woman in the field, in the factory or in the army and for the self-same reasons We had rather see her plant flowers than SOW wheat; gather bouquets than pick cotton and rear children than raise political is. sues, although she may have as much right to do one as the other.
 Opposed to Unsexing Humanity.
 Sex qualification for suffrage may have it's apparent inconsistencies. No general rule adjusts itself perfectly to all conditions IL is a favorite ar. gument advanced by the proponents of woman's suffrage that many cultivated and noble women are far more capa. ble of intelligently exercising soy. ereignty than a worthless negro but the South never was anxious for negro suffrage, and while culture and refinement and even morality, are desirable virtues. they are not the only qualifications for franchise
 "The primary inherent and insep. arabic fitness for suffrage is support. ing a family. The blow handle the forge and the struggle for bread af. ford experience necessary to properly mark the ballot Government is a great big business and civilization from the very beginning assigned woman the home and man the busr ness affairs of life.
 There has been much frealish leg. islation enacted during the past de- cade that no doubt appeals to woman love for the ridiculous, but to under take to unsex the human race by law is the height of legislative folly and a tragedy 10 mankind
 We are opposed to the equal rights of woman-we want her to ever re main our superior We consider woman's desire to seek mans level the yellow peril of Twentieth Century civilization
 Woman is the medium through which angels whisper their messages to mankind; it is her hand that plants thoughts in the intellectual vineyard it is through her heart that hope. love and sympathy overflow and bless man kind. Christ-the liberator of woman hnd-was satisfied to teach the lessons of life and He was a man He chose to rule over human hearts and re fused worldly power and men followed after Him, women washed His feet little children climbed upon His knees and the Ruler of the universe said that in Him He was we'll pleased Can woman find a higher calling?"