The Washington herald., 1915-05-21
Women, Men, and Politics,

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appointing to the suffragists of the East because
of the small vote cast by women. 1t was disap-
pointing to some of the suffragists of Colorado
because. the women did not stand together
That is an old complaint by political organizers
Party voters will stand together when in the
minority but refuse to stand together after they
have been in the majority for time, and either
secured what they desired or failed to convince
their associates that what they wanted was right
The women can find many shining examples OF
great statesmen who have refused to stand to-
gether, after they had outgrown the clothes of a
minority opposition party. Col. Roosevelt is an
example and so is Mr.. Bryan. They are not the
only ones who could be named but they are such
bright and shining lights in the crusade to rescue
parties from bosses that they can stand for the
statesmen of ideals who refuse to stand with their
fellows for cause after it is won or even after it
is lost.
The women should not be discouraged Colo
rado has been long enough in the suffrage column
10 make woman's party neither a novelty nor a
necessity. The women now hold Office and they
are like the men in that they cannot please all
those who vote for them. The women do not all
think alike on the question of suffrage, and
why should they be expected to think alike on
the tariff, finance social justice, and all the other
and opponents. There rich women and poor
women, women with children and women with
out children, married women and those who don't
want to marry. There some women who even
oppose marriage relic of barbarism, and who
openly advocate an emancipation which will per-
nit woman to select the father of her children
without engaging in marriage contract. Happily
these extremists a very small minority in this
country, but they give emphatic illustration that
all women cannot be expected to stand together
in either political or social life.
1t is not good argument against woman
suffrage. 1t ought to be argument in favor
OF suffrage, in that it demonstrates that the
cannot be voted by their leaders any more than
can the men. If the Colorado election discourages
those leaders who anticipate the organization and
permanent maintenance of woman's party it will
have good influence. 1t was demonstrated in the
Chicago election that the voted good
deal like the men, On the average the man and
woman who live together amicably and agree about
family matters will not seriously disagree on the
economic questions that larger than the family
The banker and his wife will generally agree on
the question OF bank legislation and the hod car
-ier's wife will not agree with the contractors
wife and disagree with her husband over the ques
ion OF eight-hour day workman's insurance
avs. The women earnest defenders OF the
,ome, but each woman has her own ideas OF the
lone and her interests in particular home
where there is a particular and a particular
,roup of children. The women believe in peace
,ut the women of England, France, Germany.
Austria and Russia are just as stubborn in their
definition of the word peace" and how it is to
,e secured the preachers doctors, law
ers. statesmen and soldiers. Many Of them are
lrilling for military duty, and they would as |
eadily shoot other shooting |
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Republicans, Democrats, Progressves, Social I
sts, Prohibitonists, Mcthodists, Prcsbyterians, |
Saptists, social justice advocates. efficiency ex-
crts, and uplifters have failed to stand together
'hen they found their definitions of the cause did
ot agree and SO it will be with the women in
olitcs just it has always been with the women
ot in politics. When two such eminent and un-
ualifed peace advocates Col. Roosevelt and Mr..
Bryan disagree to the meaning of peace why
houd there be any reflection the women of
Colorado who fail to stand together on the poly
lot politics OF that State?