The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-25
Ex-President Taft says so-how

Ex-President Taft says so-how
cruel it must be to force something
they don't want on these innocent
creatures. Of course there are a lot
of men who don't vote, but that's diff
ferent; we don't know why it is differ
ent but we ants insist that it is so,
so it must be so.
Women are so constituted that
they are incapable of understanding
governmental problems or political
subjects. Make this strong. What
the devil would become of US men if
we publicly admitted that our wives,
sisters, sweethearts mothers and
daughters, although college gradu-
ates, writers, lawyers, teachers,
preachers, doctors, and successes in
every field of human endeavor, knew
as much about governmental matters
as male foreigners who can neither
read or speak our tongue, cocaine
eating, whiskey guzzling niggers that
crowd our cities or noble Injuns who
are only one generation removed from
the tomahawk, scalping knife and
breech clout; our masculine intelli-
gence shudders at the thing.
1t is utterly horrible to contemplate
what social, moral, and political re-
volutions might be wrought if the She
stuff were given an equal voice with us
men in governmental affairs. They
might secure equal wages for equal
work; the guilty might be punished
in courts of law and the innocent ac-
quilted; an honest person might stand
as much show of being elected to Of
flee as a CRATER, libertine, or a
snide; a man who betrayed a girl
have no more standing in society
than the trusting maiden he be-
trayed; the pimply nosed aristocrat
who visits a sporting house be placed
on the same level as the habutes of
the same; public monies would be
spent on public parks and play
grounds instead of for campaign ex-
penses; officials might have to work
for their salaries; and in strict conf
dence, my dear Maud c., we honestly
think that if the women had full right
of suffrage in every state, in five
years time, there would not be spot
under the dominion of Old Glory
where a man could get legally drunk.
All our life we have been run by
women. AS child our mother gov
erned us by a combination of mother
love and a crinkly-backed hair brush.
When we were good we were kissed
and when we went on tantrums we
were soundly spanked. To this day
we never see matron buying
hair brush but we feel
sorry for her kids. We ants ought
% insist on legislation prohibiting
The manufacture or sale OF any but
brushes; they don't
jingle, sting and smart half as Dad
As the rough ones. Such action would
,e more sensible than a lot OF things
We are doing.
For rs years our wife made US 90
he things we ought to do; and now
We have a bunch of daughters VINO
make life burden trying to keep us
lean, decent, respectable and temper
tie, contrary to masculine preroga-
ives made and provided.
We are sneaking this article to the
,ffice for fear they won't let us print
t.
Truly, the days of US ants are full
# trouble and we are glad to welcome
he aid of Maud C. and her sister an
is in keeping pestiferous women in
heir proper places of subsection and
dependence.
We assure you, dear Maud G., that
you are at liberty to read this COM
nunication to your club and if there
S anything further we can do to aid
,ou in keeping the female OF the
pecie in a state of subsection, COM
nand US.