Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-01-27
Mrs. Pankhurst cannot be

OF mind derangement-W1th
her motley AIRY of militants
AS a rule this is the idle class
of women who have always
wanted to march behind drum
and take this as chance to
show.
/ will here invite my friends
attention to statistics many of
the Western States had an in
fux of women who thrust them
selves into politics in 1912-the
year 1915 shows a decided fall
ing off of women in political Of
flee. The answer is that women
out there have found that what
they heretofore considered fun
has developed into hard work
they have found out that the
witchery of smiles and coquettry
will not solve the knotty prob
lens of sane government-wo-
men soon find out that a full
sized nan cannot fall in love
with a sheriff, prosecuting at
torney, lawyer ard all around
politician, but much prefers to
fall in love and wed real wo-
man instead of a warped and
withered piece of political cloth.
With women in politics. The
Ladies Aid and various clubs
would become the Tweed
Rings" of past history. State
secrets would become public
property through the avenues
of gossip, divorces would be-
come more common for the rea-
son that women would absolute
ly refuse to bear children when
it interfered with politics, race
suicide would begin its reign in
earnest, spinsters and old bach
elors would swarm like a pest Of
locusts. The blush of woman
hoods virtue will disappear and
with it half her beauty will sink
into oblivion.
/ believe in the purity of wo-
men and do not believe woman
kind is naturally bad, though
she can be bad and under the
proper influence her badness
knows no bound. love and
honor my mother as a son should
love mother, but | hope never
to see her dishonored by having
a ballot forcibly thrust into her
unwilling hands by a lot of che
women" and 'sfemale-men". Not
because | think women are unfit
for the ballot in every particu-
lar, but the babes are too ardu-
Gus and stenous for the female
mind. The stations Of man and
his mate are well defined by God
in his wisdom of physical crea-
tion-man to command, to fight,
to rule, woman to aid, to COM
fort, to nurse, God in his great
ness fixed the sphere of each
and to change this sphere is a
revolt against Gods plan.
Some say purify politics by
citing women vote, mixing a
good egg with a bad one only
spoils both and it's a poor rule
hat does not work both ways
purify them, yes; but do so by
wisdom's fires-but the "Wolf
IN sape" says that will remain
BAD so long as only men vote,
MS arguments are not found
ed on facts-Los Angeles, CAL,
mas more women registered than
when men voted the
'wets" won 2 to l when the wo-
men voted it was 3 to /, the egg
was spoiled. In both Ohio and
Michigan, which he quotes as
'rock-ribbed whiskey states"
there are many desert spots,'
while the only two states that
adopted woman suffrage in 1914
and Nevada have
not now nor never have had, a
dry spot in them-these are
your "rocl-ribbed whiskey
states" Your statements that
'swhiskey people wanted to de-
feat woman suffrage and put up
81 per cent. of the fund to de-
feat it "are not true"-they
would come nearer remaining
wet with women voting accord
ing to figures from woman suf-
frage states. Los Angeles elect
ed the only vice approving may
or in its history soon after wo-
men became voters in that state.
The city of San Francisco regist-
cred the 8 hour a day law with
women voting, so my friends
slap at the concerns who hire
labor is an uniuSt Indictment