Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-28
Woman Suffrage


VINO mink they need SUFFRAGE onlen
20 tnIs conclusion through N, a,ne
railing index OF unhappire.. IN
ing out OF a disappointipr scy
perienCe: whereas, in man e,.-'A. -.
Is usually an exceptionally bs.s II
union with one woman--cor,lri,
with scant knowledge Of other wnn.'
en- mat has slipped tha baIar".
wheel in his calculations
This feeling OF discomfort l..
been the cause OF women pur,u,,',
entries into public industries T,,Iss
realizing the price she is psyi,c ~
gain her attainment OF ,.tlz.nsbI "
since mans deals OF wornart,,,,lS
and his attitude toward all wo,,o-
are usually shaped for him by ,..
women OF his own household NJ,
en- who have failed so sienalIy ~, ,n
forming the ocial consc,epro.
voters, law makers, an ruler, ,g -
permit OF their running the roy.r, y
ment on such purely selfish r,.,
certainly should be prevcn,oH F,,,.,
inflicting any further iniu-,. ,,
government through tho b1, n, bo,
One feels that 1t would he inors,-,,,,
to allow these women 10 work -,
much havoc In the state a. tho.
have in the home.
III there were anything at au f.,
the protective theory Of tho hail..
for the weak and unfortunate wa
should be tempted to waive our ,r,
principles In bel alf Of this mos,
wretched and defenseles cIass =,
women, seeing that our governm.r,
tolerates prostitution and could no,
consistently refuse its protection N
them upon the ground Of mere rp.
pulsion.
Experience has shown tina, thess
unfortunates only serve to illustrate
the principle that tn ballot can,
protect everybody who can't protecr
the ballot; they merely help 10 swe,r
the ranks OF subservient voters. and
because of their nefarious trade. in
troduce a new elemen. OF political
corruption into municipal govern.
ment 81
The only appreciable effect q,
woman suffrage upon sex prosti,u.
tion to date, has been 10 give add.
tional power TO tho political machins
which controls the police depart.
ment OF large cities in the suffrag.
states-this upon the testimony o,
Miss Helen Sumner, suffragist
Woman suffrage has never ao-
complished anything for child Ia
Dor. The best laws for the regula.
ton OF child labor are found In the
manhood suffrage states, and their
enactment has been obtained chiefly
through the efforts of the National
Child Labor committee.
Woman suffrage advocates would
also take the credit for our pure
food laws, which men have framed
and enacted, requiring manufactur-
ers and dealers to exercise every
care in its preparation and handling
1t isn't quite clear what the won
an ballot could accomplish in this
pure food crusade
Women can begin their culinary
reforms in their homes, studying nu.
tritive values OF foods and exercis-
ing sharp surveillance In household
santa ation. which would seem more
prosaic than appealing for ballots
Incidentally. also in this same IN.
romantic view, II seems much more
essential to the health Of the fam
lily that a woman has the privilege
of selecting her own butcher, gro
GER and dairyman; than she should
take part In the hit-or-miss per-
formance OF selecting a mayor. con-
gresham or president.
II the moral influence emanatinS
from women's homes is not sufti-
cient to prevent these evils, how can
any rational man suppose that
enough voters-male or female
could emerge from these same
istence? A very little heaven" OF
righteousness has great persuasive
and permeating force. according to a
higher authority, but what can be
effected by means OF the ballot is al
ways limited by the number OF bal.
lots that can be counted upon a Civ
en- side of an issue; and since votey
are neither weighed nor labeled.
simply counted, and the bad" ones
count as much as the good" ones
1t is patent that the righteous-who
always move in small selected
groups-must inevitably be worsted
at n game where success depends
entirely upon ones ability 10 out
count the other fellow"
The idea OF woman suffrage be-
Ing political disinfectant and va
cuum cleaner Is merely suffrage
propaganda citing mans failure in
state government as a reason for ad-
mitting women TO the political
game, utterly ignoring the logical
connection-biological, psychology
cal and ciologIcal--between mans
failure in the state and woman's
failure in the home, is just like the
wolf in Aesop's fable, who charged
the lamb down stream with muddy
ing the water.
Mr.. Voter, to give the woman the
ballot is like scrambling more rot
ten eggs which can not be un-
scrambled! And what could the
votes of your handful OF fine
American women asking for the bal
lot" do under the avalanche polled
by the female counterparts Of the
male undesirable?
Take New York for your
example. And the states where
Norman women vote and where
woman prostitutes vote. whose votes
are solid will be another very inter
esting chapter in answer to the SUI