The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-01

have not been keeping abreast Of mod
ern thought and the march Of events.
II this Is true Of subject that began
to be agitated in the United States in
1888 and has been constantly increas-
ing in strength and volume until the
present day, what guarantee have the
citizens of Mason county that you are
any more modern in your ideas on 9TH
err matters that effect our general
well-being?
What do you know about the con-
ditions in our State Reformatories as
compared with conditions and prac-
tices In the more advanced States ?
What do you know about the remed-
liable conditions that have produced
our large numbers of delinquents, de-
fectives, dependents, derelicts? What
constructive and preventive measures
have you to propose? What better
remedial agencies than we now have
in our State?
what do you know about our Asy-
lums for the Insane, the State Peni-
tentiaries, the Schools for the Blind.
the Schools for the Deaf and Dumb,
the Feeble-Minded Institution, the Col
ony for the Minded, our very
poorly devised and worse administer
ed Educational System?
What do you know about the prob
lem Of good roads? What do you
know about the vexed problem Of tax
alton? Why is it that we boast In
Kentucky of the largest and richest
natural resources of any State in the
Union and yet find our State Institu-
tions so inadequately provided for and
our State debt increasing by leaps and
bounds? Haven't we had too much
politics and too little craftsmanship?
What Is your program?
Since you think the woman's place
is in the home, do you share also that
twin opinion that there should be no
interference with the Personal Lib
erty of a citizen to destroy his earn
ing power, waste his earnings, and
bring to shame and want the woman
whose life and happiness he took into
his keeping and the children for whose
being he is responsible, or to cast
them all a burden upon the honest
taxpayer?
Since you think the woman's place
is in the home, do you share also that
twin opinion that there should be no
with the Personal Liberty
of a citizen to destroy his earning
power, waste his earnings, and bring
to shame and want the woman whose
life and happiness he took into his
keeping and the children for whose
being he is responsible, or to cast
them all burden upon the honest
taxpayer?
"Woman's place is the home" and
the Personal Liberty" doctrine are
separated in your own mind?
We voted billions OF money, millions
of men, gave two years OF high pres
sure work, screamed the eagle, flew
the flag, and stirred things up gen.
orally to defeat the military enemies
Of democracy.
Now is it worth the time of citi-
zen, with a record for accomplish
ment, who has given earnest thought |
and study to our institutions and the |
questions of government. to give sixty |
lays of his time to go down to Frank |
tort and help improve all the condi-
ions Of living in the great Common
wealth of Kentucky?
Having destroyed the enemies of |
Liberty, shall we now make intelligent |
use Of Liberty? How much thought |
nave you given to the subject?
Is your answer to "a Suffragist,"
"A woman's place is in the home" |
sample Of the thinking you have been
loing on all these questions that so
closely effect our individual and cor
porate life?
I am sure the citizens of Mason
County will be interested in your re-
ply.
Yours for a forward looking Ken
lucky and a greater democracy,
A MASON COUNTY WOMAN.