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

but also made II impossible for this
question 10 again be voted upon for
eight long years; cheer up, anti, dry
those tears! and you dear "Thoughtful
Mother" Of ElklnB, take courage-"the
worst Is yet to come" the prohibition
question In California Is again 10 DO
voted upon this year.
Also. dear antis search your minds
carefully and conscientlously and SEQ
II you have any thoughts about the
four equal suffrage states that carried
prohibition the same year that poor
California failed.
II Thoughtful Mother" would have
her thoughts revert 10 a few recent
facts regarding woman suffrage It
would not be such a wrench as revert
ing TO ancient .pottcries.
Would tbs thoughtful mother. who
trusted her husband enough 10 marry
him, be willing TO trust the entire
care Of her children to him?
The suiIragist's idea Of 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 n woman's
place and authority The county is but
the home OF its citizens,-the city is but
the home Of It's inhabitants. govern
nent is simply house keeping on a
larger scale. and who. by right, ought
TO be better able to Judge in govern
mental affairs than she who has had
the experience In controlling in the
home. The same fundamental prin-
ciples that should control every home
should be applied also In state affairs
equal justice to all and special
privileges to none"
The intelligence and ideals Of the
womauhood OF community, state or
nation depend largely upon the in
tclligcncc 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
will raise the intelligence OF the entire
people or nation. Every step in tho
education of woman has been a step
upward for the nation. Entrustlng the
ballot to her will be another step in
her education which will lift her high
er. because she will study the ques-
tons 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 It 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
the mineral resources or the extent
81 its commerce? Rather is 1t not the
high standard OF its citizenship that
gives a nation pre-eminence and makes
il worthy TO be called great?
Quoting from Joseph FEELS:
We men are inconsistent; we ex-
pect women to rear public spirited
sons. while refusing them opportunity
TO cultivate their own public spirit
by participation in public affairs. There
Is lamontttHlo lack Of public spirit in
he 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 ad-
yanced laws Of any state in the union
for the care aud protection Of the home
and the children, the very foundations
Of he republic. We owe this more to