Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-30
WOMAN SUFFRAGE

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.D.r ,.r. Woman. vote
Iu not nr deceived by these
.Yffr,..is VIII, demand ,o.,r. aff,u.
ton ybr, Itcy ,..fu. ..u.I ,., .,vou,,u
uf Yu ,.r.rI .r.r.. Ara. truaut..g
.r, ballot In ulI,r ro y., really
au, showing ruran cuff, nave spent
h...I.,dt. of t,..., and made lo.,.r.
iD...l.n ,tu.l..,.a uull women
,gr,I IA, .r,f,..r rin,r ip i,r,.
iuI., ar l. nar.. women. have sid.
.Ir.i ru I.,, .r.I Of tu,.r ..ura,.-fs
ini.r. f.,. ua4r , scene If ,ou
.lIIrI IgI., wan Them
Iut women Of ihi. .rnir ara ask
INK ,uY u.Ir pf s.If defense. tu pru-
irpt them frD.. this lrfrrr.lurd rt.iss
OF women .,.. rnlrt lu,. want the
htI.. ana purll with you 1, vote
against tho ballot November >.
Mu.lr.. sisters. wives and daugh-
trrg ~ men ray, All the ballot thr,
N.su and nav, Il an a f,rmcr cleaner
hi44 than the rNIgeuclrs and unrrr-
.uuur., of puIt.sau puiiilrs. IN. uu-
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inr O.. women lu resting her puIIii.u
a"rU'y uupn the claims OF n.S Is
born Of fl. fI|u.,. Il. dlstipguisu n,-
tween ri,in a.N-lppral and inr un-
,.,tu There ar, no stronger. pu.,r
iav.n.ts .lu mon than IN. instinct ~
iur auu ur lu,rr. Ihoy suppfy the
most puurrful incentives to human
conduct. and ImpcI iu the nuulr!t
Ircdg E,,u uItIlUtsm "a "A by-
prrdug' uf those pflrul. Instincts. and
mui', unrl,a are keyed To the daring
uf tn. un'.r!rI because theru are
women and children tn defend
Suffrarts,s In tppruIing to the sor-
did arinsuncss Of men, instead Of to
their highcst and hottest Instincts,
show Themselves As bad psychulus.sts
AZ the, are logt Inus
\ point requiring constant en-
IhAAiS hrtA4Sv IDT8IgiCutl\ Ignored
or denied. is thar auy real or lasting
benefit which she fans to secure from
man upon the ground Of her woman
mood. she viii never obtain upon any
other ground. In resting her claims
aIuHieiy upon hcr motherhood, or
her putent'allty for motherhood,
woman has shot her strongest bolt.
aud II tins fan her 1t Is not the fault
OF her Implement. hut her own tauit
Ia not dit"' ting II properly. The ar
Gument that she can obtain larger
voice in government than men now
permit to hrr, through an lhs'ru-
mcnt which 1t is optional with men
10 grant or withhold, carries an m
hefent contradiction that throws the
whole case for woman suffrage into
logical absurdIty. IL is nonsense
on the face OF 1t.
Summing up the cas-" FOR the ants
we recognize aS the iirst valid Oh
lection To woman suffrage It's fu-
tiliiy; its utter Inability 10 secure any
public or private good. Second. 10
sup"rfluity; "A wdsteful dupilratiOn or
a governmental function already be-
INK performed by men, and requiring
nothing OF woman except TO furnish
better men Tor II by improving the