The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-03
rAg ETERNAL QUESTION

efal thrilling epiEOtIys helpful 80 the
cause. though rot actually resulting 10
a favorable report from ihu Judiciary
Committee e. \ number of WumrH
spoke from the various vies points al
the teacher the working oman and
ether classes ~ W0men hs0aes dwell
Ing or the abstract merits d The ques
tlnn. but the hearing Was stirred from
i,u piacIdity, and the entire audience
electrified hy the strong address Of
Miss Florence iluberNad Of NeW Or.
leans. whose powerful Voice oasils
illled the vast room. rolling forth fu
Vigorous, opjgFammatir sentences the
most telling points IN favor OF wumaH
suffrage. tie, speech introduced ere
atd spirit into the hearing for on
conclusion Of the addresses. after the
womeg.speakers had been granted fur.
Their time. Representative Gilbert l..
Dlpre Of 81 Landry who had been TN
the chair. spFanR 20 che floor aad utter
ed one OF his Characteristic speeches
against equal suffrage
Quoting shakospeare that he'll hath
au fury Hike wemau seofned be
nevertheless launched forth into q
TRADE. which easily ranked first for
unreasOR. ineonseguenee prejudice aud
alttiquated views. Hot tD mention the
uneaIIed for diacourtesy To the women
present, whg had cone from The Fari
oiiy parts oi the state to have a aim
and dispasstonate hearing aud treat.
ment nf the ease Judge ngpre re-.
vealed the attitude Of the man who
set III his own opinion, viii moi even
listen 50 the words of his opponent
Extremely hptd Of hearing AZ he Is. he
made little attempt to bear Rhat the
somea actually said aud hts remarks
were based on the arguments. OF rather
.dieta, worn thrcadhare by constant
na. ever since she woman question
Esas opened.
In brief. impassioned fetort by
Miss tiuberwad on TIE conclusion Of
his heated remarks, she said Ia part
"'fhis IL the twentieth century You.
printing to Judge nupra. are au echo
Of the dark ages II IL to BE- regretted
that time was not taken TO answer at
the time bis assertions and prove their
iIlcorreetness or ahsurdty Hut the
suffrage forces folt a slight dlsmay
aad very strong Indignation at the
character OF his onslaught, and as the
hour was late. lee the matter rest on
ils merits with What had been said
pro and con. satisfied thai they had
Htade a moye dignihed aud logical
showing than their opponent who was
a complete object iesson of the lengths
to which narroWuess and prejudice
can go
There II no doubt, In fact Il ts freely
asserted In Baton Rouge shat Judge
Itupfa made friends for thu gumau's
eause. SEINE Of his statements were
fs absurd az the lost motion shown
by his gestures, aud the shouts Of
laughter and the applause with which
his words we're received acre ia de-
rision not approval. though owing to
bis deafness. ho apparently thought
otherwise As for the faces he accustE
she women OF making 10 fiui. these
acre made In the vigorous effort ef
several ladies 10 make him hear Nhat
they were saying, 81 one will naturally
comfort the face when emphasis II
necessary II II unfortunate that the
Judge did NOT see his own face.
"Womana place is Ia the home. he
cried. unmiudful Of the fact that the
modern home has thrust woman out
into the world either gnf spit support
and the maintenance of dependent
relatives, frequently q father OF hus
band. OF. II she have means, tot actual
occupation 20 till her time. as the hnmf
II to-day na longer affords employ
men, for all TIA women o. fimily
Md nlnetenths OF the mea whn insist
80 woman place .u the home eithe
have NJ least ony female relative earn
.hg her bread outsid, If Ibe home and
aoi hfre4uentiy supporIas the mau
ahu speaks So dpeidedi5 about her
place Ia the home AZ matter # fact
that SORT pl man Is must Az So satisfy
mis- oNu Seuse OF short CumuG a
compared Nlth other men, hl remand
ng hIs vomaakind Ia a position "a
feripr Go hts own Such men must
aayr some uue 20 Iruk up to them fhs
most casual survey of the opposition
80 omou sunrag reveals these
conditions
The celebrated quotation from wash
neton irving SO fpelngl, advanced by
fudaa thtvf3 az fit 81 tfs q. frs Htyg tht,