Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-25
Woman Suffrage

From the standpoint Of nature.
the female II more important than
the male hE evidenced by her closer,
more permanent connection with the
race. Woman stands At the thTes-
hoid or existence, and no unborn
SOU may pass l's portals without re-
rcivIng both her physical and Splr-
i'ual imprint The whOie human
race pgsses through her body. the
whole human race passes through
her hands In It's plastic formative
stage She is thus given supreme con-
troll over the two greatest forces IN
He. nature aud nurture.
But the euffugclte's temper re-
fuses 10 be comfOricd by his or any
other proffered palliative, and Ike
the drowning frenchman who "N-
claimed. II viii he drowned, nobody
shall save me" the suffraRett6
jealous continue to cry give W ball
lots Or give ~ death"
Rn1 IN naught has the suffrage
propaganda displayed such fanatic
cunning Ms In assuming the fran
chise 10 he synonymous with liberty
and equality and In coupling her
demand with the old revOlutiO
buttIp. .CTles, cries which have made
o. nv FHHF W. tll' 'flllhhNEhf hl'A
revoluliOnist ~ all times and coun-
tries 10 commit crimes In the name
NJ liberty 4 favorite cover design
~ the suffrnge Journals is the figure
of the yoiolcss woman In chains
while from every suffrage platform
II II continuously proclaimed that de-
nying woman the ballot Is denying
her freedom and human rights
Yet a very little analysis suffices
70 show that II woman be snslaved
from any cause her ballot must he
slnvish also. since that is hut an eN-
preston of the individual voter, and
has only such character As is given
II nv the man or woman who depos-
It's II In the box This. of itself dis
credits tho franchise ms the instru-
ment NJ womans liberation. what
ever the nature and degree OF her
bondage, Tor II IL patent that you
can't FREQ the woman with her own
slavish ballot no more can you edu-
cate with hor own Ignorant ballot;
nor can You make weak creatures
s'rong, by imposing on them the mere
outward symbol Of authority
Taxation without Representation.
Not content with tearing the bat
tlr-cry OF freedom from our revo-
lutionary armament. wherewith to
befog the suffrage issue. suffragette
orntory has appropriated another CO.
lonlal slogan even more misleading
mo taxation without represe ntation1
IL the specious cry which has perhaps
hung more Cobwehs in the track OF
clear thinking on the suffrage ques-
tion than any other plea thus far ad-
vnnced. unless Il be the working
woman's NEED NJ protection" Stu
dents Of colonial history vsinly pro-
test against such an obvious wrestling
from It's intent OF a maxim orlgi-
nally applied to commonwealths In
peculiar crisis and having not the
remotest bearing upon the right OF
suffrage since thV general abolition
OF property qualification for voters.
Needless also 10 remind the ag-
grieved suffraRette taxpayer that the
ballot is not bestowed az a reward
for the payment OF taxes; but that
the latter are levied for tho support
OF the government, which makes re-
turn In the protection II affords TO
the property, lives and liberties OF
it's subjects. regardless of whether
they own the property or cast bal
lots, When the public learned re-
Gently, through the seizure OF her
automobile for arrears Of tax assess
ments In Pennsvlvania, that the head
Of the National American Womans
Suffrage association had been at
tempting n personal application OF
this disingenous cry. the president or
one ot the anti-suffrage organizations
asked: Would II not he little more
lust to state that for her taxes this
woman receives police protection. fire
protection. pure food inspection, ash
and garbage removal, benefit of good
public roads. public schools public
libraries, and all other public bene-
fits OF a wpll-ordered state?"
The feeble argument that some
women have neither father nor
brother, husband nor son, may be
disposed OF with the remark that
even II the law dlscriminated against
women without male relatives. ana
where there Is any discrimination II
is in their favor--thoy are not sur
ticlently numerous to effect change
in Il with their ballots, as the United
states census gives 90 per cent OF all
women above 80 married, further
fact slurred by suffrage orators, IA
that since the male property holders
greatly outnumber the female, and
the tax rate Is uniform, the woman
has her interests much better SAFE
guarded under an exclusive male
electorate than they would be under
wholesale female suffrage. with its
vastly greater proportion OF non-taS-
/ paying voters.
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