The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-29
tJames B. Morrow in the Phliadei-
phia Record).


and molasses between the pieces.
Then imagine this boy, after he has
grown up and become famous all over
the land. as weighing, say, Zoo pouhos
and as having a voice as deep as the
notes Of a horse-fiddle. chin as
broad as the blade of hatchet ana
hands as large, almost as haru' DIS
cobblestones.
And finally. suppose you called on
this man. and, finding him In MS
shirt sleeves, should courageouSly ASK
his opinion in respect 10 woman SUI
frage? What do you think, Woulo oe
his answer?
The boy was Moses Edwin Clapp.
and that, Of course, is his full name
at present From Rattlesnake Creek,
where his father was logger ne
moved to Wisconsin. thence to Fergus
Falls in Montana, and some IA years
ago, TO the city Of washington, mas
much as he had been elected Sena-
tor in Congress.
Fancy such an eminent and mascu-
line personality, such rhetorical and
two-fisted notability, exclalmlng IN
tones loud enough to be heard three
rooms distant: Woman suffrage.
Why, sir, 1 believe in it.'
Middle-aged men know and young
Ell men have read or heard that
George William Curtis argued that
SnOulQ De given lilc pdiiOe. u u
George william Curtis habitually
said "lawf," instead of "laff, and
"dweuty." instead Of "dooty," and
parted his hair in the middle and
wore bushy, though well-combed,
check whiskerS.
Somehow old-fashioned males have
always felt until recently-and may
yet possibiy---that it was an unfail-
ing sign Of effeminancy to adrnit pub
licy. no matter what might be
thought privately. that women, in
Woman's mission was at the cradle
over against the hearthstone. Cradle
had the ring of shelter aid of sentl-
ment "wash-tub" would have beer
an unromantic and self accusing
word.
a Saloonkceper's Victory.
"Why shouldn't I be in favor Of
giving my wife the ball Of? She is bet
ter morally than I am; she is better
educated and better qualified to judge
of things. Now, why should l say she
is not entitled to the same rights tina
ann"
These unmanly expressions wer;
not uttered by q sissif1ed husband
made ridiculous by petticoat govern
ment, but by William H Bright, ;
robust saloonkeeper. whose place o
business was at South Pass City,
mining camp, and who, for the TIM
being, was a member of the Wyom
ing Legislature. Not only did Brigh
woman suf
by shrewd man
ted and made
was in the yea
1869.
Men laughted at Bright and h
laughed with them. "Sure, it is
Joke" he said. but help it along.
Men argued with Bright and he argue
back seriously. Women in thos
Hs in hor
were mothers and sisters, PARTICULAR
mothers, away off in Gods country
beyond the Missouri and the Missis
sippi.
Bright compelled the boys to thin
of home, Of the little cottages anon
the oaks and willows. Isn't mothe
all right?' he asked.
You bet she iS,' said the Legisla
ture and the resolution gallope
through both Houses without a Pre-
Furthermore, the essence Of the res
olution went into the constitution {
Wyoming when it became a State an
Congress offered no objection.
-, "Forty-six years ago." Senate
ersies clapR said to the con;rr1aa WriteF Of tn
on women. Nothing can be prove
governmentally in SO short a tim
There are those who think that
Republican form of government
such as we have in the United State
although tested for more than a Gel
tury, is still but an experiment"
Tapp Points to Wyoming.
~ shall not attempt to descril
what wyoming has accomplished
Senator Clapp went on to say. "Th
is nor my point. 1 shall only obser,
that tw3 generations, have lived
Wyoming under woman suffrage.
Young married couple Of 80, in 1876
are rs years old today. They ha
voted, their sons and daughters ha
voted and theif grandchildren a
voting. The law remains 1t h
gone untouched. But, more convin
ing still, to me, at leasE is the ia
that the surrounding States, watc