The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-03
And What is She That She
Should Be So Glib about
What we Do?

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This lady visitor into the bounds
of West Virginia is much concerned
over the suffrage question in West
Virginia. Even on her visit she gets
busy. or is she Mt this juncture
visitor to the state on a special ms
sion? She tells of being one OF the
$4,000 women who believe that the
womans place is caring for her emil
dron. Frightening mp the home low
inr her husband and We are no"
waring a war on whose who ana
nghtng for the cnfranchiaemcnt Of
women"
The 900 women that she men
tioNs are very small number OF
women Of Pennsylvania. Ana these
are not all the home brigteners ana
husband-lov wives. She does not
say the intelligence and good prac-
tical common scnse Of Pennsylvania
men in the Pittsburg belt voted to
give the omen Of the Kcyston" state
the ballot. The majority was By
nice margin. 1t was wonderful
surprise to the enemies Of woman5
voting The anit-suilraEcts had
done all they could to oppose won
ans voting. This class with certain
politicians, were very anxious to Keep
American womauhood in slavery.
Foreign males come to our states
and in a few month are given the
ballot II they seek IT, But American
women. the brightest and best OF the
world. must stHy in the shadows OF
slavery. The foreigner, many
stepped in ignorance and crimpIed
and gnarled by the ills of crude and
benightcd forms Of CoyiliZatiOn. has
greater opportunities as citizens In
America. There are some American
women as well as n few American
men who would give the American
ballot to all the males Of the earth.
but keep the American woman In the
old slavery. 1t Is known that the
American woman of this generation
is the best trained, educated and
equipped woman Of the world. The
young women OF today can show
more in the public school and u
larger per cent Of graduates in high /.
school than her brothers. The pub
lie Libraries say that more young |
women are their patrons than the .
male sex. UP till recent months the .
women led by good per cent in
chnrch attendance. Hence the ave-
nues Of education have not only been
opened freely to woman, but she has
improved the opportunity AleXan-
der Hamilton, at one date in his life,
reared TO trust the masses with re-
publican form OF government. For
the masses, he said lacked the super
Tor Intelligence which was necessary
TO launch popular government ana
perDetuate the same. The public SEN
tlment Of the Revolutionary period
prepared public institutions to en-
Tighten the masses. Public discus
sion the press, the popularlzed COS
pei ana the public school system
were chlef Our public institutions
nave not only perpetuated themselves,
Dnt ABSORBED millions or Immigrants
from european nations. ny the
ieath OF the great Lincoln the negro
maze naH the ballot thrust INTO MS
h nd II 20 CnDNodaI ba MT tIn To
,nnaI NJ orr woman 70 d,v IN nrono-
-atIor for tho Tsa op tbo 5oIIot Tot
t has bnon an aIoyatinp nrocos, for
him and his neonIa orr women arc
,eadv for the baIIot Tho Ioodorsbin
~ orr women Is very snnnrior and
n the wcs-orn states wbnro tbo haI.
OF has come n tho woman sbo bas
,hownd her skfn she not oDI, 1oros
Ter husband and children hnt cha
has nut tho finer sense If dMty ,rto
,ub,ic rfa She VINO ,s tba D, raf imo
md eouI cleansing inNnance If no
ZONE has carried her nnre sweat
.leansing Influence info tbo con,r,ni
V and commonwealth Sbo Who