Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-13


| have the word of the Denver Chief
of Police for the statement" And
that is as far as she got. There may
not be the slightest doubt but that
woman is calculated to aid in many
such matters as this. And this is
exactly where "The Palisadian" does
not oppose her useful endeavors.
She can do many useful things of a
civic nature. But when it comes to
grasping the real fundamentals OF
lawmaking, or of running the govern
ment; we candidly do not think she
is at home by the side of man in the
operation. This is only an honest
difference of opinion, however, but it
is sincere. In school work, there is
no doubt of Woman's capabilities. In
fact, she has undoubted leadership in
this line, and there are ample evil
dences of it all around us. Citing the
fact of woman's being allowed to
vote anywhere is nothing short Of
nonsensical 1t is a matter of record
that woman generally votes with the
men anyhow, just as men often vote
as their wives suggest. Out in
he al low IA
vote concentrated against Carter
Harrison, a man who had been hon
ored five times as mayor of that great
city. They beat him badly because
they took sides with the candidate
who was elected on a wide open
town" ticket. In other words, all the
license and liberty for keeping saloons
out of the bounds of even partial
regulation went with the candidate
advocated by the women voters. Now,
as Mr.. Harrison was a man of I'M
furnished personal reputation, it
would have seemed the most logical
thing in the world for the women to
have supported that kind of man. The
uplift side of female suffrage is its
most ardent avowal, its chief talking
point, in fact. This is as it should
be. But if they enter politics, they
will play no favorites, as the saying
goes. Whatever suits them, what
ever appeals to them, this they will
do, exactly as men do. Being led by
reason is a matter that will regulate
itself. Out in Colorado the women
vote the most favorable way They
do not set themselves up as the bal
ance of power, as they might, be-
cause then anything they might want
would be theirs for the asking.
1t is somewhat amusing that the
increase of marriages should have
been noted by "The Palisadian"
critics in California the first year Of
suffrage. Perhaps the exposition
had TO do with making many brides
and bridegrooms. EXpositions always
cause a lot of weddings, since an ex-
position, or a State Fair, seems to be
spring of never ending joy to all
newlyweds.
In all states where equal suf-
frage has been adopted, great things
have been predicted upon the as
sumption of the power, but so
far nothing radical has ever come
about from it. AS for the birth
rate in New leland, it may be
proved that suffrage has created the
record there, aside from the climate,
or the morals of the people. If it
can be established that suffrage
created a larger birthrate, it ought
to be beaten into the heads of your
modern American woman who has
made race suicide mere matter of
everyday detail. 1t isn't even fash
ionable, let alone natural for your
modern society woman to bear the bur
den of motherhood To be sure, there
is not much to complain of among the
women of the Palisades. But village
life is far more conducive to mother
hood than city life, and perhaps So
ciety, as it is understood, is the main
target for Mr.. Roosevelt's TRADE
against the modern tendency of So
ciety in general. No, ladies, you will
have to present something more
potent than you have to convince this
paper that it is wrong in its attitude
on the subject of suffrage. Proving
facts by statistics is very futile
thing, indeed, an instance of this
kind having been forcibly illustrated
recently in Grantwood when the sub
ject of alcohol was being discussed.
There were all sorts of maps and
charts introduced to prove the evil
of alcohol Something that did not
have to be proved), when young
man got up and by the same token
proved that saloons were really a saw
mo clauSa i'm society And the ar0II-