The Washington herald., 1918-07-21

shifting where the eagle used to soar.
Unless your eyes are defective Gas
most people with that name are) the
emblems of the woman's party stand
outlined against the sky where the
entire world can see them. They
stand where the eagle used to soar
and will stand when the eagle Is no
more. Look around you, travel to
the furthermost parts of the world.
and you will see the emblem that
represents womanhood. Right in the
city of Washington, in the Nations
Capital. stands the emblem of wom-
ans power and glory. See the mon-
uments, and the figures representing
our great soldiers and statesmen.
What do they represent? A mothers
creation; a mothers training: a
mothers love-, Each and every one
Of them was guided in the path that
shaped their destiny and finally led
them TO glory and fame. And be-
hind each and every statue you see
the shadow OF the woman who
brought him into the world that the
world may be benefited by his ex-
istance.
Still can mere man in his cold
blooded way refuse to recognize the
womanhood of our country as equals.
Measures to furnish our men over
there with more men and ammuni-
ton to beat the Hun are important;
but we are informed that to get
the woman vote for my party is
more important
We would ask who II is that those
men are fighting for? Not for poll
ticians, or self They are fighting for
their home and the women and chill
dren in that home. They are fight
ing against a race OF savages with
limburger brains that have given us
a sample of what our women can
expect in this country should they
ever get over here. Each and every
man over there is the son of a wom-
j an. a mothers loved one. He rep
resents the emblem OF womanhood
The women of this country know full
| what he Is fighting for and they
also know that he will be one of the
deciding forces lined UP for the right
of women to vote. Those men are
over there fighting for US, and not
denouncing and critisizing us through
the open Forum" They are there
to keep the Hun also away from the
man who does the hero at home
Why should the suffrage bill not
have attention? It is much more i'm
portant than the time taken up by
the prohibition measure. We do not
seek a self-imposed task of debating
to the rest of the American people
what you should drink and eat. Oh,
no. That looks to US too much like
Kaiserism. The American people
shall decide for themselves whether
crowd Of self-appointed politicians.
! under the guise of prohibitionists.
shall regulate Your diet. or not. We
seek the same rights as the negro,
with only few years of civilization
behind him. has. We seek the same
rights that the foreigner who comes
to our shore and is given citizenship.
We seek the same rights as any of
the thousands OF pool room loafers,
vagrants and many others are given.
Is not the American mother who
gives birth to oCr soldiers and raises
them to manhood, to fight for you
and your mother, sweetheart and sis
tiers not entitled to a vote? The
writer of this considers herself the
| equal Of any illiterate foreigner that
ever came to these shores. Her men
folks are now at the front doing their
bit. Why is not Mr.. Eichelberger
over there facing the men of the
race you sprang from? Do your bit
first and then oppose the American
woman who is fighting for her rights
The part of the articles in which 4
stated that the pro-Germans, paci-
fists. etc, carried the elections in New
York last fall is an insult to all
American women. In the Great West
where I was born and raised and
where they raise men of action, cour-
age and principle. there we find the
real He-Man-the American who does