El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-20

TT WAS with interest that I read in
The Herald Arguments for and
Il against suffrage" The argument
against, from mans viewpoint" IS a
. misonmer. 10 begin with. for If Mr..
Lewis's viewpoint represented man,
woman would not have gained suffrage
IN II states and the territory Of Alaska
i was mans vote that gave her suf-
frage
AS TO this particular mans arEu-
ments, they are as weak as n tallOw
candle under the glare Of a nOond-y
sun compared with the strong, truthful
arguments. based upon statistics, Of
fered by Mrs B. F. Jenkins.
Mr. Lewis starts out in his argument
under the Euise Of chivalry to his ''su-
periOrs' but as is usual with the anti
suffrage polemic, he winds up By cast
ing epithets. The high 90 pedestal
upon which Mr.. Lewis places woman Is
shown in the following excerpt 1t is
1aFOrite argument advanced by the
proponents Of wOman's suffrage that
many cultured and noble women are
far more capable OF iutelligenUy eXer-
clsing sovereignty than a worthless
negro" He then adds: But the south
never was anxious for negro suffrage"
So, then. the Mr. Lewis type would
keep the intelligent white woman (his
mother, sister and wife) where he
couldn't keep the negro would he2
Now let us see what this unmasked
STAKEHOLDER further has to say about
what he terms the masterpiece Of
creation Some of his compliments
are: slave to custom, victims Of SEN
timent prey Of her own folly, deforms
her figure and many other olds-hack-
neyed attributes passing into desue-
tude with the evolution Of the new
woman"
For the sake OF brevity, we will not
argue this woman subject, but, admit
ting woman's folly in dress, who is re-
sponsible for it, Put the saddle on the
right horse. the king Of the earth"
man Woman dresses TO please him.
and his vanity would not permit him
to allow his wife TO be out Of style.
Rest assured that when woman is her
own mistress, she viii dress to suit
herself
Most Of Mr.. Lewiss arguments are
too inane for repetition, but ] quote
from what he no doubt thinks his
strongest points:
rs not woman cursed with a double
standard because woman has not the
courage TO stop it, It is she that is at
fault for most Of the sin and suffer
ing in this world. Why does she not
arrest the smile Of the harlot2 Why
does she not save homes from the
peril Of a dying Iove2 WIZ does she
not bring up the child in the way II
should COZ These are her divinely ap-
pointed problems and she must solve
them with love-nOt law Let woman
the domain Of man"
On the paradox What wonders this /
type Of man expects from an unenfran-
chiSed peOple- What has man accom-
plished without the aid Of the law2
What unparalleled crimes has he abol- |
ished2 Does he, after making laws
and then strictly enforcing them. wipe !
out crime2 Yet he expects barnacled, /
unenfranchised part OF the people to Z
perform all Of these miracles prescribed !
in the preceding excerpt.
When woman has gained universal SUI (
frage, the hideous word. harlOt, will be .
wiped from the face Of the earth. for the 4
one responsible viii be made to answer .
for his crime. Who is this harlOt2 She E
was once an innocent baby girl whose (
mother, while folding her TO her bosom, 4
prayed God to protect her from the /
fiend, the voter, the law maker, who !
fixed the age Of consent at 10 years
As a nomenclatOr, 1 hereby transfer 4
the euphOnious % title Of harlot, to- J
gether with all its synonyms, TO the
male portion of such criminals; the SUI
fix "ess7 will sufficiently designate the
female portion, for there never was one
Of either sex without a correlauve-
With equal rights, we viii not be 1
beggars for Justice we VIII demand it
ooh. YOU sTONE-WEBSTER."
Editor FL PasO Herald;
have Just finished reading The Her
aid editorial on "Jitne, Utility and the
Public" and to express myself in some
what familiar and friendly English I
would say that one sentence in that edi-
torial certainly got my goat. "A natural
development Of the situation. in time, l
viii be a thorough, regular and respOn-
sible auto service operated by the street
car company" May the long suffering
public Of FL PasO meeiIly inquire why
the street car company If it were such
a company as the Pacific Electric Of
California, or the street car companies
Of any of the eastern cities. Kansas
Tnn u
had given the public service. I think
that sentence Of yOuEs would not cause
such a wave Of Indignation, but the
company has given FL
PasOans rotten service, and then
Dragged that FL PasO was the best pay !
ing line the company had Wei. If they
skinned any other public any worse
han they have FL PasO they would have
had TO charge car fare and then COM
PEELED passengers to walk
Now just look. Arizona street which
1raws from all the back streets. at least 1
three north Of Arizona, and IS or 20