Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-27

eena>or ]. c. McNealns is up q |
oins against woman suffrage. IN the
~ issus of his paper, the Dallas
D11oeFnl. he says:
1vefy man IN al the civilized
Vcr1 were dIsfranchised. and II every
vuuan IN the civilized world were
>kfsanchIsed. the men would continue
= oootrol IN government. and women
voul1 not control they would fail In
attempting to control or direct In
oovosnment- Politics-planning cam
p6lgns. voting and conducting cleo
tl6ns, administering the policies and
oc(iyi(ies Of eosernment-are natural
conditions Of men. There Is another
- ana radically diFescnt = natural
condition that draws meu and women
ooeother. each in their proper sphere.
NJ eood. thoughtful. intelligent. low
on1o women ought to recognize this
ut Ths men who fail to recognise
\ are poor students Of politics and
1onan conditions"
The Senator from Dallas reasons
o5undly. and In his attitude he has
~ support Of the South's great
1o11er. ex-President Jefferson Davis
~. John J. Craven. Federal military
o1Eoon Who attended Mr.. Davis
vAile confined IN Fortress Monroe,
o1o>es the great Southern Statesman,
= referring to Miss Anna Dickinson's
activity in politics and on the lecture
platform. as saying;
"woman's appearance In the polIti
cal arena was a deplorable departure
from the golden path which nature
had marked out for her. The male
animal was endowed with more thar
sufficient belligerency for all pur
poses Of healthy agitation; ant
woman's part in the social economy
- abe had been made beautiful ant
Gontle. should be made to soothe as
Dogitiss. rather than deepen and make
nose rough the cross tracks plowes
n the road Of life BY the diverginI
paasions and opinions Of men.
RI vas revolutionary age; trans
petitions and novelties were the fan
cies Of the day. and woman on III
POLITICAL rostrum was only an outcror
ping Of the disorsanized and disoI
sanizink IDEAS now ID control Of III
popular mind. The clsmor Of certail
classes Of women for admission /
the. Professions and employment
her1lofore ensrossed by men. was Al
oth6f phase Of the same malady. The
demanded to be made selfsupportini
Forgetting that their most tende
chafn and safest armor lay In hell
1oeshess.
"Woman's office embraced all IN
sweetest and hottest duties Of suifel
ne humanity Her true altar Is III
happy freside. not the forum with Il
zool breath and distracting clamor
Physically unable to defend then
selves from injury or insult. the
weakness Il q claim which the ma
must BE- utterly base who disregard
The highest test Of civilization Is n
deferehce paid to women. They Al
Me the beautiful vines OF the sout
winding around the rugged fore
trees an1 clothing them with besut,
ut let lhem attempt living apart fro
tA;s SUPPORT and they win soon tra
along DE Eround In muddy sr
trampled impurity. While woman
pends on man for everything. man
i've accepts. and his generosity Ct
never do enough to discharge the q
1cious and sacred obligations; but |
woman enter into the ruder emplc
nents Of life a. mans rival. and 81
passes herself a. slave under who
inexorable laws Of trade which a
without sex or sentiment"
These words ought TO indelih
stamp themselves upon the memo
Of every Southern man and woma
- in the warning given BY this gre
Southern cbieftain lies the way Of.
trusst and highest cisilizaticn.-Hc'
ton Post