Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
NO. 49
MRS. HITCHCOCK REPLIES
Talks About Converting J. Henry aod
 Swapping Parrots.

Swapping Parrots.
 Editor News: The story goes that a hen, on seeing an advertisement posted by the wayside which read, Brick layers Wanted" exclaimed. "Grent Scott here's big job for some hent'" There seems to be general opinion that converting J. Henry Roraback to the suffrage cause, would be big jols for any woman, and the editor of The News intimates that the Canaan Leagao president is best fitted for the job.
 Now baptist cant be converted to belief in immersion because he is already believer in that form of snl- vation; nor can socialist be con verted to socialism nor a mormon to mormonism, and by the same tokeu~ | Henry cannot be converted to suffrage. because he is suffragist
 MT. Editor, please beg the public to be seated while we rise to explain What we mean is that J. Henry has ne fundamental, organic, moral or spiritual objection to woman's voting His 0b- jections are purely political. Just a little matter of political expediency stands between him and votes for women, and when it becomes a matter of political expedjency for Connecticut political ring leaders to give the suf- frage to women J. Henry will rise to the occasion and announce his befpef in suffrage. That's all there is to it. It always becomes expedient to ap- nounce what politician really is, enly when public opinion gets a good bug start in an opposite direction from the way it's been going. Clever politi- cians play the people for sll they're worth until old Public Opinion begine to reel in the line. and then the C. P. 's. caught on the hook, begin to fop and look for a good place to land.
 As for the league president, J. Henry cannot convert her to anti ism because she is already an anti MT. EditoS, please ask the public to be seated, while we rise to explain. Madame President is an anti because, like the antis she believes in home, wife and motherhood. Like the antis she doesn't wish to be president of the United States or R General in the army, or political boss. Like the antis she couldn't he any one of these things because she. doesn't know enough. If only antis are home e.makers then she really musfj be an anti, for that is her chief busi- ness, home-making. The believers i'm the home maker but is down on the home breaker; so she would like tc vote down the saloon and all evil inter ests that are conducive to home.break- ing There's where she gets the repu- tation of being suffragist, we suppose wanting to vote against the things that political expediency finds to be uf greater advantage to itself than tho suffrage.
 When Public Opinion throws out the strongest line and biggest hook and the heaviest money sinker, it will land woman suffrage and all the big politi- cians, T. Henry included.
 There is no need that Madame Presi- dent and J. Henry should swap parrots, | i've are not saying which has tho swearing or which the pious parrot, or principles or beliefs. There could be- no conversion of either party, because both are suffragists-if only political expediency would admit-both are antis anyhow, and both are coal.blaok republicans; hence there would be no fun in the interview unless thS two parrots got to converting each other