El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-19

Athens, with all its culture, went down.
Lorenzo, the Magnificent, sneered as he
peeled Florence Of her liberties. Rome,
mother OF law and military glory, fell
Civilization means knowledge, plus
morals. beauty plus purity; means gov
eminent plus humanity.
Therefore, it rests upon a tripod
free school, a free church, and a free
state. Destroy one OF these, neglect
(only neglect) the morals of the chill
dren, and the whole structure of Amer
lean society comes crashing down in
ruin.
To secure moral children. We must
have moral teachers; to secure citizens
with high ideals, we must have teach
ers SO impregnated. y. Y z.
SUFFRAGE-TEXAS AND NEW YORK.
Editor FL Paso Herald;
The opponents OF Woman's suffrage
have boosted much at the recent defeat
Of the measure in the state Of New
York and take the result Of that cleo
ton as an index to what may be ex-
,pected when the people OF the state
Of Texas are called upon to pass on
the question. In the interest of equal
suffrage, I want TO explain the DIFF
ference in conditions existing in New
York and in Texas, which unquestion-
ably would affect the result OF an cleo
ton on this proposition.
In our state, the population is large
" rural and, the border excepted, there
are few women who are not represent
alive and typical Americans rocking the
loyalty TO the state and United States
in the minds OF the growing male pop
uiatiOn Of the state, qualifying them
for the duties of citizenship which will
fall upon them later
In the state Of New York the situa-
ton was different We must remem-
Der that large proportion OF the popu-
latiOn Of that state is crowded into
the limits of the city Of New York and
that a large percentage of the popula
much OF II OF the very lowest type
Ignorance and nliteraey is the rule
with them and they are all more or
less "agin the government"
The women Of the small towns and
country precincts OF New York state
Texas or any other state. and even in
the city OF New York the true Amer
lean women are equal to any the sun
ever shone on, but on account OF this
ignorant, disinterested. un-American
element in the city. men who would
vote for equal suffrage in Texas, voted
against il in New York. They would
not hesitate to place the ballot in the
hands OF true American women. but
they did hesitate to place it in the
hands Of the women Of this low class
foreign element OF the city OF New
York, among whom three or four gem
eratiOns are required to transform the
stock into true American citizens
Already the city Of New York is too
strong a factor in crooked politics in
the state and thinking men feared that
to grant suffrage to the un-American
class of women OF the city would furth-
er corrupt the politics OF the state. in
stead OF purifying IL as the voting OF
women has done in every section where
tried.
It was unfortunate for equal suffrage
that an election was held in New York
at this time. Certainly II was no test
OF the progress OF the movement and
as the cities of Texas can boast of
such an enormous preponderance OF
true Americanism, it is probable that
no man will fear woman suffrage eX-
tending a corrupting influence over the
politics Of his state. Many win fear
the purifying influence Of the votes
OF Texas women on the politics Of the
state and no one a corrupting influ-
ence and ]. for one. am impatient to
have the issue submitted to the great
men Of the greatest state Of the great
est country in the world
Mrs. Emma Chaffee-Taylor.