Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-02
SUFFRAcIsT QUOTES SCRIPTURE
Anti Objects ts-Politics in Suffrage As
In All Else-"A Clever Ruse"
(Communicated.)

Communicated
To the Editor of The Evening Capital:
The article in your paper of July
26 in which the writer speaks of st.
Paul and ST., Peter in her defense of
two of the Suffrage organizers was
scarcely fair to the two Disciples of
the Master.
Paul prosecuted the Christians be-
fore he had accepted Christ, and Peter
bitterly repented his denial of his Sa-
vior.
Is there on record any evidence that
Francis Wright or Mrs. Stanton re-
GREETED their conduct or showed any
sorrow for their false conceptions?
st. Paul and st. Peter were follow
ers of Christ and preached His doe
trine
The early noted suffragists were
the originators of their own doctrines,
and followed the same. Hence they
can not be compared to these two New
Testament characters.
To make parallel case, said women
may be compared to Confucius or
Mohammed, both of whom were the
originators of doctrines
What of these doctrines? There is
much of good in both, but the evil in
each case outweighs the good.
In the article of July q, the writer
was better politician than logician.
In politics it is quite easy to fool the
public by making even a true state
ment that is not logical. In speaking
of the divorce question the writer said
wyoming, the oldest woman suffrage
state in the Union lwhere women have
had the vote since 1869 has the low
est divorce rate, in proportion to its
p p IL a t o n of any state in the
Union. Connecticut, on the other
hand. had one divorce to every 16
ma aria ag in the year 1915"
Had she compared Wyoming's per-
centage of divorces based on her mar
riages the conclusion would have been
logical AS it stands it is illogical,
misleading, and simply proves moth
ing.
/ deplore the fact that Connecticut
and Massachusetts have such large
percentage of divorces based on mar
riages but this is easily explained. A
large number of women in these
states are FEMINISTS, and all Femi-
nists are suffragists. Do not misun-
derstand me to say the all Suffragists
are Feminists, however, which would
be an illogical conclusion:
The writer seems to deplore the
fact that the Bible is brought into
the issue, but / feel that we can not
do better than follow the teachings,
and feel that it is dangerous to per-
vert it's meanings. In the dicussion
of Woman's Suffrage there are two
statemets from the Holy Writ that
seem quite appropriate: BY their
fruits We shall know them, (meaning
Miss Wright and Mrs. Stanton), and
do men gather figs of thistles." Sta
tistics based on a common base will
follow later.
The article in your paper of Aug.1 /,
wherein the writer called the author
of the previous article Clever sta
tistican" proves that an illogical con-
clusion on the part of a politician can
successfully fool the public. AS the
statement previously made was but a
political ruse to mislead.
AS to the reference to President
Wilson / too think him a great man,
but do not endorse every action OF
his. / am heart and soul with him in
the war, bit / concede to him the
frailties of human nature.
Nelson was great man, Napoleon
was great man. Our military men
have learned much of warfare from
them both; but l do not think that we
would like to accredit either of them
with being infallible.
Very sincerely,
MRS. THOS. L. GLADDEN..
Aug. !, 1917,