Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-13
With Her Education and Her
Free Time She May Be-
come Equipped to Direct
Affairs of the Nation.

Especial Correspondence to The Journal. :,
State college, Sept 12.-"Mer
have given women the ballot be
cause of a sense Of fair play anC
good fellowship, but they expec
! them to improve government, no
because they believe them to be
morally superior, for they know
they are not, but because our sys.
| TEN of education and the economic
freedom provided for women BY
men have made it possible for them
to give more thought to the science
of government than can be given
! by men," said President r. w
| ClOthier in commenting on the rat
| ification of the nineteenth amend
| ment, in an address before the
Dona Ana county teachers insti-
tute just held in Las Cruces.
In the course of his address
President Clothier traced the econ
omic history behind the suffrage
question, and declared that the
transfer of many industries from
the home to the factory had given
woman a large amount of free
time, to the unwise use of which
is TO be attributed the great unrest
which has prevailed among women
for the last twenty-five years.
Has Time and Ability.
But now, with her education
and her free time he continued,
woman may become equipped to
give social and political direction
to the affairs Of the nation, with
greater wisdom and forethought
than has prevailed before in the
history of politics; because she has
time and ability to study great po-
litical and social questions, while
the average man has not had the
time and does not now have the
time. whatever may be his ability.
after spending ten hours OF the day
in the strenuous struggle TO make
a living, the average man is too
tired to engage in deep study. and
he turns to light reading, or to the
sociability of the CLUB or saloon
and lets the politician, whose nv
ing depends upon his JOB, DO ms
thinking for him. And too often
the politician thinks the thoughts
of those who pay him the most
money, without regard to the IN
terests Of the nation. That is why
ward politicians and bosses can
control thousands of votes. IL Is
the secret of the power OF the Ia
hor union and the successes OF
strikes, 1t explains why such So
CANS as Rum, Romanism, ana Re-
bellion. The Full Dinner Pail' lie
kept us out of war etc, may be
used to elect a president
Study Civic Questions.
"Women have been pointing the
finger of scorn at men for the last
twenty-five years because OF these
conditions, and have been using
them as an argument for woman
suffrage, without recognizing the
true cause of their existence. NOW
that they have the ballot, Will they
follow in the steps of their nus
bands and brothers, or VIII they
use their free time in preparlns
themselves to use the ballot CHI
GENTLY and intelligentIy? :,
For every bridge club or soclal
among women To-Day
there should be at least one cruz
for the study Of civic questions
Considering all that the nation mas
done for woman, it is not presuhl-
ing too much to ask her TO BlVc
half her free time to the study Oh
problems relating to the ha'loh
welfare. If she will do this, prog
ress undreamed of can be made IN
the science of government. FOR TWO
hours a day devoted by the women
of this country to such study Would
he at least 80 per cent more tlfhe
than has ever been given to II by
the men,
Need Not Seek Office.
"This does not mean that she
must become a politician and seek
office. to serve her country. me
function of the home will proven.
her seeking political positions mat
reuuire her full time, just as these
functions now prevent hef irusp
becoming as efficient as man IN Tue
Industries. At the same time, there
is no reason why woman shoulu
not perform the functions of mayor
and alderman and constitute
boards of education In every town
and city in the nation; and mucn
of this service might be performed
free of charge, since their nus
bands earn the living in business.
Thus there would be an economic
saving to the country in the serv-
ice performed, while 1t would be
more efficiently performed. be-
cause of a better KNOWLEDGE OF the
problems to be solved. The old
hope Of the founders of this gov
eminent, that the most efficient
and patriotic service to the nation
would be secured from those who
served without pay would be real
lied,
THE teachers place in this pro-