The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-05
THE AoLp AND THE new

odd things are passed away: be-
hold. all things have become new.
Our nation is being given new
birth.
More than three fourths of all the
states of the Union have banished in
toxicating liquors and forever closed
the door Of hope against the open
saloon
Other nations are following the ex-
ample of the United States all Of
which will make for the up-Iift of the
races of all nations.
There is another great reform
undergoing the process of evolution.
In staid old England woman is
now occupying seat in the house OF
commons and woman has sat in the
congress of the United States.
This change is so radical that one
can scarcely make himself believe it.
1t only requires the sanction of three
more states until women. politically
speaking, will become fully emanci-
pated.
She can then vote in all elections
and hold Office. both state and federal
Even Texas has ratified the amend
ment which confers this inestimable
boon upon women
From the democratic convention re
Gently held in the great empire state
Chas F. Murphy, the Tammany CHIEF
tain, sends out the message that the
democratic women of New York have
demonstrated fully by their hearty In
terest and their intelligent activities
the wisdom of giving them the full
franchise,
Male and female created He them.
What else did God do? He commit
ted into the hands OF both dominion. .
And it is reserved for this era for
his marvellous creation to receive its
full fruition.
And just listen to this:
I'm a decision just filed says a
New York newspaper, reversing Mag
istrate McGeehan'S conviction of Bea.
trice Edwards of No. 127 Manhattan
Avenue, on a charge of vagrancy,
Judge William H. Wadham of General
Sessions said that men caught with
women in the commission of immoral
acts are equally guilty and should be
arrested and held for trial with the
women
THE men create the market and
the women who. supply the demand
pay the penalty" the decision contin.
ues. 1T is time this unfair discrim-
nation and injustice should cease. |
am sure it has been the custom TO
arrest the woman and let the man go,
but the time has come when this Gus.
tom cannot longer be permitted to
continue
The. nation is, indeed. undergoing a
new birth.
No wonder many think that it is
turned topsy-turvy.'
And listen to this from good Bob
Davis. the chivalrous editor. of the
Gainesville Sun:
This old editor once opposed to
woman suffrage, is now most heartily
in favor if it. He has listened to the
evidence of men in the states whene
women have long been allowed to vote
and has become convinced. not only
that it has not interfered with the
modesty and purity of the women, but
it has purified politics.
'.All too many men are saying they
have no time for politics. or that poll
tics has become so rotten they will
have naught TO do with it.
Politics and government have been
the domain. almost the exclusive do
main, of men for centuries. The
thoughtful man, mindful of the short
comings of his sex, the inefficiency Of
government and the scandal Of practi
cal politics, will not be boastful about
this exclusive domination He ought
indeed. to be glad that the women are
coming in TO lend hand. At least i
failure still follows their united ct
forts, man will not have ANYBODY te
apologize to for the rottenness of poll
tics. !.
I'VE shall hail the day when the
ballot is given the women of Florida
When il is, we shall see Florida poll
tics purified and refined.