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CASE AGAINST VOTES FOR
WOMEN
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lation Of five suffrage States, yet
these states average twice the area
Of Pennsylvania. Persons, not ter
ritory, are what we must consider
in politics, and every evil, every
danger from the addition Of women
TO the electorate, would be inten-
sifled here in the East on account
OF our larger cities and larger prob
lens in government.
That the women Of Australia or
Wyoming vote wisely in a sparsely
settled community is no indication
that the women who would vote in
New York or Boston would do any
better than the partially enfran-
chised women who vote in Chicago,
and IL they would not, then the late
primary election in the Windy City
is the index 10 a sufficient reason
for not adopting woman suffrage
here. II 10000 women can do no
better than help TO nominate a re-
dictionary Mayor, while one OF the
most respected citizens finds II
nece ssary 10 remove TO a State with
decent tax laws" woman suffrage
is a rank failure. II has multiple
ed troubles, without furnishing one
additional remedy or solution.
3. Does the world" need women
in politics? The focus OF woman's
work in the public interest is our
greatest social problem-the child.
Unless she succeeds In forming the
foundations OF honesty and charac-
ter in youth, the States laws will
be always needed, enforced by men,
in order TO protect the people against
her unframed offspring. Many OF
our prisons, and most OF our re-
form institutions for Juvenile GRIM
inals, could be emptied in one gen.
Grafton by a general specialization
in old.fashioned "home training" on
the part OF the mothers OF America.
The saddest sight in our country Is
when a mother must ask the State
10 conflne a son or daughter whom
she has failed 10 teach restraint,
self-control, and respect for the
rights of others. II conditions are
corrupt, we can no more indict the
men than the mothers OF such men.
II IL is true, as feminists claim,
that there are two standards OF
morality for the sexes-by whose
consent does such a situation existf
These are only few OF woman's
peculiar problems. which, II she
could solve, would do away with
the necessity for much legislation
that now exists. Laws are made
TO correct, repair. or conflne the
character that represents q poor
human product OF the marriage
partnership, and we certainly can
not help the product by taking the
principal partner of the job and
putting her TO making more laws to
mend what she might better learn
TO prevent. When business turns
, out cracked, broken, or inferior
goods. il does not double the capac-
ity OF the repair shop-it investi-
gates the construction department
but the suffragists have left home,
heaven. and mother" to the ancient
"antis" and sought a place In poll
tics to practice panaceas on the
social evils that can only be abol-
ished by parents producing purer
and better sons and daughters.
II the feminists, the suffragists,
and the socialists suddenly dropped
out OF American life tomorrow not
one cog would be lost in the wheel
OF human progress; IL the women
OF the Western States were dis
franchised next week neither the
State nor the women would lose
anything Of advantage TO security.
social justice, or popular happi-
ness.
{. Are the interests OF taxpaying
women represented in Government
How9 By the same public opinion
that represents the interests OF the
taxpayer who is a minor, an estate.
a foreigner, or a corporation. That
lack OF a vote has never been al
legged by any OF these classes as q
reason OF protest against paying
taxes, shows that taxes entitle one
70 nothing but protection to life
and property. which women get as
well as men. Moreover, since the
question is one where the tax
payers interest is toward the low
est price possible for his protec-
ton, he or she fares best in Q
male suffrage State where the taxes
are least oppressive.
s. Why has woman suffrage
never been repealed, the suffragists
askS II IL is not a success. why
has II spread over eleven neighbor-
ing Statesf In the first place. wom-