El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

TQUAL SUFFRAGE is inevitable and
n demands our consideration The
IL bringing Of the family into poll
tics fusures the advance Of civilization
and more nearly approaches the goal
Of an ideal government realized II Is
not Justice as a theoretical idea, nor
feminine virtue as q cure for politics.
hut democratic government as me pi aic-
teal method OF human happiness
F0ual suffrage is no longer an expert
ueut Wherever 90 has been L-leo out
IN mas been pronounced good In the
states where women have the pal-oir
their work and their political influence
in lettering the conditions OK men
women and children has been recOS-
nfzed and appreciated 10y men,
Not n Cause OF strife
The fact that not one Of the states
having equal suffrage mas De5 5l, Ie ,,.-
asunder by internal strife, nor held UP
BY ridicule for violent sentimental re-
forms should be a guarantee 10 nesl-
tating states that women may pt
trusted TO use the ballot much the same
When the subject is stripped Of much
Of the nonsense clothing 10, about lne
only difference between men and Wom-
en- is that women are the mothers and
the men are not Because the women
are the mothers Of the race they nave
a sort Of passionate Interest IN the
things that affect huma nifty. a convlnc-
ing -fVVe-are- our Tiers. keeper
attitude. a tender literalness In the
treatment Of this humanity that IS
vitality needed I'm national as wei as
municipal government
No LEGAL Argument Against Il.
There is not one legal argument
against the eufranchisemenr or women
that viii hold. but there are many
sound and important ones in its favor.
Women paw taxes. just as men do, thus
supporting the government they should
vote equally with men s. et they nave
no voice IN rne goFeIlnle n- bsc1use
women are amenaDle 20 the same laws
as men, they should vote equally with
men about the making Of these laws,
vet women have no part in the making
they are tried by jury or lnelr
peers socalled- But in reality they
have not the legal equality Of which
that phrase boasts
A democratic FORM OF government
exists only through the consent or the
governed. The consent OF the women
has hitherto been largely taken Tor
granted A government Of the people,
Tor the people, but by only half OF the
people. leaves a great deal 70 be de
sired before il can be considered an
ideal government, especially by the
other half of the people Certainly IL
cannot be claimed that we women are
4 Woman's Happiness.
Another fact from our declaration
OF independence--t pursuit Of happi-
ness Isn't IL just as important Tor
women 10 be happy as men and that
woman should have a voice in what
. concerns her happiness as a man. Tt is
just as important TO the community
that he wife should have q strong de-
velOped personality as that her hus-
band should have this IL Is just as i'm
pOrtant that her life be greatly lived
as his. Max Eastman says 1T is
bad for a mans morals TO regard him
self as the constant. purVeyOr Of
privilege 20 a supposedly inferior be-
ing" A greater service Of the devel-
oped women viii be her service in
motherhood. for we are in extreme need
which comes from vide experience OF
the world and from no other source
under the sun.
Would Increase Educated Voters
Equal suffrage would increase the