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


years, and supposed to be in good
standing.
Do you suppose they would keep
me, the only woman on their rolls, F..
year after year, II l had ever de-
clRred against the marriage cere-
monyI 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 upon2 About !
two or three years ago in New York. |
the Protestant Eplseopals met and
discussed the marriage ceremony.
and one word was obey" and the
reporters asked our opinion. said
IL never belonged there; II was out
OF place there. II had no right IN
the marriage ceremony. That the
marriage ceremony was such holy
thing that nothing should enter into
II that was not right That no hui
man being has right to pledge un-
der God that he or she will obey
any other human being without
knowing what that human being will
ask them 10 do. The reporter went
out and headed his article Or. Shaw
/ says Eliminate the Ceremony" but
in the body Of his article he told the
truth. that said the word "obey"
should be eliminated. l have let
ter in which the editor says that II
wished II, the reporter should be dis
charged. But said didn't wish IL.
for l hadn't a bit OF doubt that the
editor did II himself. Then he said,
viii send the editor to apologize,
and said. no. II that reporter so
misrperesented mo will accept no
apology from him. And then l called
together all the reporters and every
newspaper took It back and declared
that the statement was untrue. These
circulars were sent to the suffrage
I headquarters and they know II isn't
/ true.
Now. when people have to resort to
that sort OF thing, It shows that they
have no arguments TO meet the case
with. When we have to resort to
misrepresentation OF our cause, Il is
lost cause.
They talk about arguments. What
arc they? Statistics. miles OF them.
They have got a man in washington
that they pay $4,000 year to gather
them up and they hold them up and
say: Now you can't deny these.
THESE are figures, and figures never
Ne and they don't, but liars do flg-
ure. and II depends upon the one who
IS doing the figuring. You can takel
tho United States census and prove
anything you want to. II you only
Know how to figure. just MS you can
anything you like. You can take tho
Bible and prove anything you choose,
II you know Just how to figure. /
heard Of 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-
verted?" Eyes sir, was converted. F."
Wen, how did you happen to have
that chicken. Doesn't the Bible say
Thou shalt not steal?'" Why. l read
1t In my Bible. and It said: Let him
who stole. steal'" But what did N
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
together-you can prove anything
you like.
Rcfutes Argument.
A certain lady from New jersey.
two years ago, followed mo about. |
1t was exceedingly Interesting. She
came behind me and / never knew
what she talked about until news
paper editor who was an anti-suf-
fragist. printed her speech In fun.
They asked me over and over again,
will you debate with us?" and l |
said no. will not debate with YOU.
Get your own audiences.
l refute every argument thew
make. She started out by declaring
that women would not use the ballot.
ana brought statistics to prove It,
NOW, II that is true, what would bo
the harm in giving 1t to US? We
would hurt nobody with 1t. SO why
not get rid Of us in that way? 1t
seems SO foolish not to get rid of us
In that way. You could give II to us
and we would not use 1t, and you
could say, II told you So" What a
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
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cause / went to Chicago 70 the con-
vention and ] know. But women
are emotional, and become SO ami
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 1855 days in
the year. II 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. l never
could see why a man was so ashamed
that he would not like to have his
wife do as he does. Now, IL 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-