The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-11

me, the only woman on their rolls.
year after year, II had ever de-
clared against the marriage ccre-
mony? DO you suppose would be
held in their confidence II this were
true. and yet this Is sent out. Now.
what was all this based upon? About
two or three years ago in New York,
the Protestant Eplscopals met and
discussed the marriage ceremony,
and one word was obey and the
reporters asked our opinion said
I II never belonged there; It was out
sof place there. IL had no right IN
the marriage ceremony. That the
marriage ceremony was such holy
thing that nothing should enter into
Il that was not right. That no hui
man being has a right to pledge un-
! der God that he or she will obey
any other human being without
knowing what that human being viii
ask them to do. Tho reporter went
out and headed his article DIR. Shaw
says Eliminate the Ceremony" but
in the body OF his article he told the
truth, that l said tho word obey"
I should be eliminated. have let
ter in which the editor says that II
wished II, the reporter should be dts
charged. But l said didn't wish It,
for hadn't bit OF doubt that the
editor did II himself. Then he said,
will send the editor to apologize,
and said, no. II that reporter so
misrperesented me will accept no
apology from him. And then called
together all the reporters and every
I ~ attfeF M wnA
that the statement was untrue. These
circulars were sent to the suffrage
headquarters and they know II Isn't
| true.
Now, when people have to resort to
that sort OF thing. II shows that they
have no arguments to meet the case
with. When we have to resort to
Misrepresentation OF our cause, ii is
n lost cause.
They talk about arguments What
arc they? Statistics, miles OF them.
They have got man in Washington
that they pay $4,000 a year to gather
them up and they hold them up and
say: Now you can't deny these.
These are figures. and figures never
lie" and.they don't, but liars do fig
ure. and II depends upon the one who
Is doing the figuring. You can take
tho United States census and prove
anything you want to. II you only
know how to figure, Just as you can
anything you like. You can take the
Bible and prove anything you choose,
II you know Just how to figure.
heard of a colored man who was con.
verified, but one night the preacher
met him going with chicken under
his coat. He said, Weren't YOU con-
yerted?" Yes sir, was converted"
We'll, how did you happen to have
that chicken. Doesn't the Bible say
Thou shalt not steal?'" Why, read
It in my Bible, and It said: Let him
VINO stole. steal. /" But what did 1t
say after that?" "oh, I didn't read
any further" You can prove any
thing you like, provided you put two
halves together that do not belong
toEether-you can prove anything
yon like.
Refutes Argument
A certain lady from New Jersey,
two years ago, followed me about.
It was exceedingly interesting. She
came behind me and l never knew
what she talked about until news
paper editor who was an antI-sut-
fragist, printed her speech in full.
They asked me over and over again,
will you debate with us?" and / Il
said no, will not debate with you.
Get your own audiences.
l refute every argument they
make. She started out by declaring
that women would not use the ballot. |
ana brought statistics to prove 1t.
Now. II that Is true, what would be
the harm In giving 1t to us7 We
would hurt nobody with 1t. SO why /
not get rid Of us In that way? II |
seems so foolish not to get rid OF us
In that way. You could give 1t to US
and we would not use 1t, and You
could say, II told you So" What
comfort that would be to your soulsl
Then she told them what awful
things happened in the states where
women voted. From the striking
miners, where not woman struck, !
to the neglect OF their families, their /
homes. their husbands, their children.
They are emotional and men are not.
When men get into politics they
have calm male deliberation. be-
cause l went to Chicago to the con-
vention and know. But women
are emotional, and become so anil
mated that they forget everything
else but their love of voting, and
they go to the polls and they vote
and they vote and they vote. and
they keep on voting for 365 days in
the year. If we got to the polls
once they would never get us home
again, so that women, who will not
vote at ALL do nothing but vote. And
she declared that 1t would only
double the vote. Wives would vote |
just as their husbands did. never
could see why man was SO ashamed
that he would not like to have his
wife do as he does. Now, II the
anti's could make the men believe
that women would vote just as they
wanted them to, we would never have |
to hold another suffrage meeting.
But then she went on to tell Of
some of the awful results in the
states where women vote; that there
weref more divorces in Colorado to-
day than there were before women
voted. There are more divorces in
Colorado today, but she forgot to say
that there were four times as many
people there now, especially when the
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