The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-11-30
WOUNDED nv The HOUSE
or FRIENDS

Perhaps so cause has suffered more
ia the house Of It's friends than has
woman suffrage The most notable eN.
.supIr Of This is Of course the antics
~ the militant sufragettes IN England,
which dgd absolutely no good 10 the
eas.se the latter being recognized only
haH m. suflraglvts had laid aside their
l5oolfshness. like one would sotled gar.
urul aud showed vhal they could be
I and do for their country In like man
/ ucr the White House piekets accom-
pli-hnd absolutely nothing except 10
disrredf their cause and 70 make them
selves ridiculous Coming nearer home
+ one can recall like incidents, in the
conduct If ayowed snnragists that
have Injured the cause Of woman sui
|frare by bringing il into repfoach
/ Recently, since the election Of Nov
L. and the suffrage amendment III
/ Louisiana was lost by only 1900 votes
In phenomenally light poll Ia the
country. disappointment at the result
/ has caused tndiscreet remarks and
threatened actions BY certain leaders
+ tina have done naught but injury TO the
future Of suffrage
/ We refer to the proposal fortunate
/ is abandoned to drRpe the monument
lat Liberty Place New Orleans Ia
Grape and the vehement denunciattou
OF MAYOR Bohrman and other ward
bosses for faiIure 10 support the
amendment Referring TO the latter
as the less important incident Il Is
mistaken policy to criticize the mayor
and the bosses for using their IN
doubted rights IN opposing the adop
tiuu Of the suffrage amendment, II they
fpl1 So DISPOSED And women suffra
glsrs hy denouueIng them for doing Sc
give the enemy cause to show how
utaIcraHt and unreasonable women
viii be- II given the vote II viii do ne
good to point out al this mneture that
the women leaders have learned such
Tactics from men. she always when
beaten Il the polls pour forth denun
citation upon the victorious side We.
mar has not yet reached the stage OF
assurance where she can act the spoil
I'd child in ths manner rs the men
do
Again why should the sunraRisl
leaders 0f Louisiana expect any show
of favor from Mayor nehrman and the
practical politicians What have they
ever received bat contempt and vi,
tgparatluu Even If they believed In
suffrage. which they do not, II would
be- hard for them to support cause.
whose propagaudtsts miss no oppor
tnnily 10 show opposition Co the bosses
and alI their works II would be- no less
than q marvel II the ward bosses had
gone 10 the polls and voted their
henchmen for suffrage There ls an
old saw which certain suffragists have
evidently never learned. namely that
vinegar never catches flies i"
HtIt greatest Of all mistakes would
have been To have draped the NOM
ment Ia black. as II Liberty had re-.
eetved grierous wound Not so
should the recent vote on suffrage
throughout Louisiana be- regarded
When one considers that Louisiana
Ia ane of the most conservative states
in H." Union that hardly ten parishes
IN The Sinle are organized for suffrage.
fhat the entire state vas In the throas
ct an alarming epidemic, and conse.
qaently the lightest country vote IN
wears vas cast that there wag 40
canvass az discussion OF the suffrage
question aud that the eity organization
vas instructed against Il. It is remark.
able. Il Is little short OF marvellous that
The amendment aas lost by only 4 1000
votes
Instead Of an occasion for crane II
should BE- one of pride and rejoicing
That the sntfragans Of Louisiana. with
scarcely no outside influence or sug
g"stion and in face Of most desperate
end unusual physical conditions should
have responded so fayofably upon an
ersiNhile unpopular measure II marks
great advance in thought and de.
serves iultheafted praise II proves
that with other circumstances pro
pllious Louisiana would have gone
Overwhelmingly for suffrage
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