The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-27
Another Thought Due
Thoughtful Mother y


but also made It impossible for this
question To again be voted upon for
eight long years; cheer up, anti, dry
those tears! and you dear "Thoughtiul
Mother" OF Elkins, take courage-"tho
worst Is yet to come" the prohibition
question in California is again to be
voted upon this year.
Also. dear antis search your minds
carefully and conscientiously and see
Il you have any thoughts about the
four equal suffrage states that carried
prohibition the Same year that poor
California failed.
IF Thoughtful Mother" would have
her thoughts revert to a few recent
facts regarding woman suffrage It
would not be such wrench as revert
ing to ancient potteries.
Would tbs thoughtful mother. who
trusted her husband enough to marry
him, be willing to trust the entire
care of her children to him?
The suHragIst's idea Of n thoughtful
mother is one who concerns herself
with everything that touches the lives
Of her children.
We do not limit the term home to
four square walls. II is as broad as all
humanity, and wherever there are men.
women and children there Is woman's
place and authority. The county is but
the home Of It's citizens the city is but
the home of its inhabitants. govern
ment is amply house keeping on
larger scale. and who. by right, ought
10 be better able TO Judge In govern
mental affairs than she who has had
In F.n1 in n
home The same Fundamental prin-
ciples that should control every home
should he applied also In state affairs
equal Justice TO all and special
privileges 10 none"
The intelligence and ideals OF the
womanhood ot a community. state or
nation depend largely upon the in
tclliGence and ideals Of the mother
hood of that community. state or ma
ton.
The higher The intelligence OF the
motherhood OF nation the higher the
intelligence Of that nation. and so
whatever will raise the intelligence Of
the mothers present and prospective
viii raise the intelligence Of the entire
people or nation Every step in the
education of woman has been n step
upward for the nation. Entrusting the.
ballot to her will be another step in
her education which will lift her high
or, because she will study the qucs-
lions Of government in order that she
may use the ballot for the welfare OF
herself. her home and her family. II
has been well said that no nation can
rise higher than its womanhood.
After all what is il that makes a
nation great? Is it the number OF
battle ships in its navy? Is it the
strength OF its standing army? Is II
Of its commerce? Rather is 1t not the
high standard Of its citizenship that
gives nation pre-eminencc and makes
it worthy TO be called great?
Quoting from Joseph Fels:
We men are Inconsistent; We OK
poet women to rear public spirited
sons. while refusing them opportunity
20 cultivate their own public, spirit
by participation in public affairs. There
Is lamGntable lack Of public spirit in
the majority of men; we have re-
pressed the mothers; therefore we
have second class sons. The sins OF
the fathers are visited upon the chill
dren to the third and fourth genera
ton
quoting Judge Ben Lindsey, of Den
yer:
we have in Colorado the most adj
yanccd laws of any state in the union
for the care and protection Of the home
and the children. the very foundations
Of the republic. We owe this more TO
woman suffrage than to any other one
cause"
We can quote authoritive state
ments like this from every equal suf-
fragc state.
ALMA McwHoRTER WEST.