The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-05-21

penulSes, vnant melodies 10
master minds and rock the cradle OF
human destiny?
God pity our county when the hand-
shake OF the politician Ia more ',ati.
Tying to woman's heart than the pat.
ter OF children's feet
Woman IL Ruler over All.
Why does woman chafe under re-
straint OF sex? why revile the hand
OF nature? Why discard the skirts
that civilization has chung to since
the beginning OF time? Why lay aside
this hallowed garment that has wiped
the tears OF sorroN from the face of
childhood? In It's sacred embrace
every generation has hidden It's face
in shame; cllnging 10 its motherly
folds. lettering children hav, learned
to play hide and seek and from It
youth learned IN reverence and re-
spect womanhood Can man think OF
his mother without this cOnsecrated
garment?
Why this inordinatE thirst for pow.
err? is not woman all powerful? Man
cannot enter this world without her
consent, he cannot remain In peace
without her blessing and unless she
sheds tears Of regret over his depar.
ture. he has lived in vain Why this
longing for civic power when God has
made her ruler over all? Why crave
authority when man bows down and
worships her? Man has given oma
his heart, his name and his money.
What more does she want?
Can man find II in his heart to look
with pride upon the statement that his
honorable mother.in.law vas n OF
the most powerful political bosses in
the country. that his distinguished
grandmother vas one OF the ablcst
flibusters In the .enate or that his
mother was a noted warrior and her
name a terror to the enemy? Whittier
are we drifting and where VIII we
land?
God Save Us From a Hen-Peeked
Nation.
I follow the pillow for a Twins an
my views may have in them the smell
Of the soil; my hair is turning white
under the frost OF many winters aud
perhaps ! AN a little old-fnshioned.
but | believe there IS more moral IN.
iiuence In the dress OF woman than IN
all the statute books OF the land As
an agency for morality. ! wouldn't
give my good old mothers home.
made gowns for all the s~uffragette's
constitutions aui bylaws in the world.
AS a power for purifying society 1
wouldn't give n prayer OF my sanity
mother for all the women's votes In
Christendom As an agency for good
government, / wouldn't give the plea
OF a mothers heart for righteousness
for all the oaths Of Office in the land.
There is more power In the smile
Of woman than In an act Of congress.
There are greater possibilities for
good government In her family OF
laughing children than in the cab.
met Of the president Of the United
States.
The destiny OF this nation lies in
the home and not IN the legislative
halls. The h%earthstone and the fam.
lily Bible will ever remain the source
OF our inspiration and the Acts OF the
Apostles win ever shine brighter than
the acts Of Congress.
This country Is law mad Why add
to a statute book. already groaning
under IT. own weight. the h%ysterical
cry OF woman? II we never had a
chance TO vote again in a lifetime and
did not pass another law In twenty.
Ave years We could survive the Or.
deal. but without home, civilization
would wlther and die.
God save these United States
from becoming O hen-pecked nation;
help us keep sissies out Of Congress
and forbid that women become step
fathers 10 government. is the prayer
Of the farmers Of this country.