The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-31
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By Jay z. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia PubIie Ledssf.)

The editor has received a letter of
complaint written by an indignant and
offended reader residing in Haddon-
field, which We have a. ked permits
sion to print in the column. 1t seems
to US S. E. G.'s critique opens up
subject for discussion lying somewhat
deeper than the superficial aspects of
the offense.
Il want to ask YOU" writes S. E. G.
/ to the editor. IF the column ON Sec
ond Thought has your sanction. The
last three paragraphs of that column
are the most insolent, the most express
sive of intolerance-an exhibition of
deplorable ignorance of facts-that l
have ever seen. Altho / am an acto-
genarian and am, of course. familiar
with the Kind of opposition to a wo-
mans right to vote that comes from
mon of the intellectual stature of the
writer of that column. my point is.
Should your paper. supposed to be a
wholesome family paper. be obliged to
give space to such very unfair and un-
gentlemanly writings as that in Friday
mornings edition 80
Having had long experience in the
practical workings OF equal suffra ge,
we expressed the three chief conclu-
| sions we had reached concerning it.
1t was our endeavor to do so without
prejudice and without heat. The first
conclusion was that the extension of
suffrage is a simple act of abstract
justice The second was that equal
suffrage does not in any way affect
the result of elections. and the third.
that the manner in which men nbase
themselves in their effortsSto cater to
the woman vote is disgusting.
For this S. E. c.. wants us fired
offn the paper. And that arouses our
curiosity to the point at which we wish
to make certain inquiries. Does the
extension of suffrage mean us writing
gents may no longer express our hon
est opinions concerning IT? Does it
mean. If we do express such opinions.
no matter how we'll grounded in ex-
perience and observation these opin-
ions may be. that we are going to lose
our jobs? To us it would not matter
greatly We probably could wiring
sparse sustenance for our wife and lit
tie ones from the>soil from which we
sprang. We are sure we could keep
their bodies and souls together. But
what is TO become of the writing gent
who is less well grounded in the prin-
ciples of scientific agronomy than we
have been?
1t is definitely known that the peace
parley between the Poles and the So
! factorily. But, due to the fact that
nobody knows what the New York
American is going to do about it, the
outcome is shrouded in uncertainty.
| ~ suppose" writes an indignant
and outraged reader, that Adelside is
one of those poor creatures to whom
you referred who go into the voting
fbooth and espresso their dislike of
some other woman"
She is. and we take a good deal of
/
can fool her; she always hates the
right people. Her vote gives us no con-
Germ. We know that she win pick the
lstandpat candidates at the primary
and that she will go to the polls on
election day and vote the Republican
ticket
There are times when a good wife
is a great comfort, not to say a con-
siderable source of pride to a man.
The peculiar thing about 1t is that
the man who believes a troupe of per
| forming seals owes him a living nearly
always is able to collect it.
Inasmuch as the demand that some
thing be done for the people is in
sistent. we crave the privilege of Of
fering-a suggestion. It is that three
cheers be given them.
Yoy may recall our gibe to the eff
feet that IL the Leagu of Nations were
made the issue of the campaign no
/ shirt would be torn. We leave 1t to
you. Did we say anything?
|
| As one who knows the care with
which news is gathered and clarified,
we strove earnestly to accept the story
of the Chicago man who dropped dead
while observing the spectacle of a pair
/ of $3.50 shoes display in show
window. But it surely tried our
| credulity.
In a country in which mechanics
| attend greasy machinery clad in silken
garments. a pair of $3.50 shoes is no
great shock to anybody's circulatory
organs.
Carrying the subject a little fur
Their and approaching it from a diff
ferent angle, we wish publicly to
,