The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-28

Democratic government originates from the ballot
If nobody voted, this form of government would fail
Greater the intelligent moral interest elections better
the government higher the patriotism.
To you who just tweny-one years of age
phistcated uniformed where the horness of your skirt
equaed by the depth of the in your bouse you pink
devotee your ggge truly symbolic Of the
dency of your headfor this lay aside your powderpuff
pk vanity bag and other vampng TOOLS and be serious Now
you do not have enough vote neigent Admit this
Unless you ask for and receive the advice of father mother
brother or intelligent sweetheart, do not vote
To you coored to preclude arOasing anagOn-
ism in this SemsOuthem state if you be modest back
ward and deferentia DO not be bound by the ageo custom
Of your and old time reliable we-nfomed white
% Swe aside these S aen J s y6 fSns The Fe wS
man, thereby reaching an intelligent conclusion.
To you women who are of easy virtue this time secret
publicly your independence being tool OF
designing alleged lover whose Judgment even than
with decent citizen whom you may have confidence
the issues and then vote fairly Such as you may pOute the
elect good men, is duty of all moral in
der to offset you and your kind.
To the married woman whose time inevitably absorbed
by consuming and disturbing anxieies incident to domes
tic affairs whose mind of necessity warped by the stress OF
unavoidable crcumStancetO you OF this Glass; order to
maintain harmony the family vote largely if not altogether,
your husband directs you
To you who travel read, discuss think thereby
qrng broad vision who are business womenvote as you
please being guided not by your prejudice but by reason
Scientists say that in most things you the equal
OF the men.
In this new field of government you must make good
We men admire modesty in you women We are naturally
jealous of the power have surrendered to you-this power
of the bao-and in order therefore not engender dislike
mdy suggest that this your first voe do not seek to be
dictatorial domneerlng, or too lnslstent
loo of &c
are only eight hundred and who have
lived that entitled consideration at the hands of history
Susan Anthony among these She must take rank along
with Aspesa Catherine Joan of Arc and Victoria She more
than any other liberated you from political thraldom
Now this is no longer altogether man-made world but
sphere of belongs to you women.
The marching years have waited for this time and this
casion
1t is of immediate joyous concern to you.
The rivers of the centuries now meet.
The chains of political restraint have been released
The sunlight of history beats down this your initial
ercise of the ballot.
Heretofore you have ruled only the fresde.
new day has dawned; you to preside larger
things
The made You made good from the churn to the
lathe; from the doorstep to the firing line.
We men yield gracefully this exercise of power with
the hope and the prayer that all will go we'll
This necessarily government of political parties There
Is
yourself with of them.
There is strength in numbers; wisdom; from the many
In this presidential campaign, closing, the Republicans
inject the tariff and the League of Nations:
whereas the Democrats connng themselves almost excu-
sively to one the latter.
The Democrats also stand with pride upon their record
Many beneficial the result of their judgment and ac-
J. S. MUL