The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1921-05-12

FIRST: It will affect the numbers
in both the leading political parties as
well as the minor ones.
Since time immemorial man has
realized the value of union or organ
lied effort. Organization means con-
struction and construction means or
der and method; and no club or bust
ness will prosper without order and
method.
A rich planter living in the Delta of
Mississippi one time employed a
strange colored man as his mule driver
He handed him a brand new black
snake whip, climbed upon a nest be-
hind pair of mules, and asked the man
if he could use the whip. Without a
work the mule driver drew the black
lash between his fingers, swung the
whip over his head, and f1icked a beau
tiful butterfly from clover blossom
along side the road over which they
were travelling.
"Well, that ism It so bad,'' remarked
the planter. ''Can you hit that honey
bee over there?'' ...-......
Again the colored man swung his
whip as before, and the honey bee fell
dead. ~
A short while after this he looked
around and noticing pair of humble
bees on still another blossom, switched
them out of existence with the cracker
of his, new whip, and thus brought
further admiration from his employer.
A little further along the planter
espied hornet IS nest in a bush along
side the road. Two or three hornets
were assembled at the entrance of the
nest.
'sCan you hit them?' he asked by
the man, pointing to the hornetss''
Yes, sab, I KIM replied he, "but
I amt agoin to; days organized.
It pays to organize for good, and it
pays to organize against evil There
fore; ever since this Nation became
the Federated States we have the same
great ideal; simplifed democratic laws,
justice to all men and a greater re-
public. Not since the stirring days of
the Tories and Wings and the Aboli-
Zionist and Pro-slavery parties has
there been such enthusiasm displayed
in politics as happened when the Susan
B. Anthony Bill was up for ratifca-
tion by the various States, this past
summer. +
Last summer I had the extreme
pleasure Of visiting the State legisla-
ture of Iowa when this bill was up be-
fore both houses of this splendid state.
The greatest enthusiasm was displayed
here by every boy, and with men as
well as women. There were women
from every walk IN life; laughing
young girls with rosy cheeks, neatly at
tired spinsters, dignifed matrons,
sweet faced young mothers and gray
haired grandmothers. The business wo-
man, the society woman and the fac
tory maid all were eager to see woman,
the Growing masterpiece of God 8
genius placed in her rightful position;
not in front of man nor behind him,
but by his side where God intended her
to be. When it was finally ratified
every one felt that a new era had
dawned in American politics.
Then, again, what breathless suspense
was felt in both political parties when
fear was expressed on every hand that
after all it might not be made univer-
sal, because of the hesitancy of the
Tennessee as last felt the necessity of
making this bill law, millions of
voices joined in unending words of
praise to Tennessee because women
would no longer be taxed without rep
resentation and thus the same great
spirit which prompted the immortal
George Washington and Thomas JEFF
ferson in the Declaration of Indepen.
dence was promulgated in Woman s
Suffrage ..s.
The Republican and the Democratic
parties both began Immediately to offer
In One
Of the best cartoons of this condition
was In one of the large dailies. Both
parties were represented as men dressed
respectively in conventional evening
attire and each had a gorgeous boquet
of beautiful flowers which they were
holding in their hands. They were
bowling down almost to the floor to
Woman 8 Suffrage which was very be-
comingly represented as. young lady
in evening costume also with the crown
Of Liberty on her head but she smiles
alike to both of them. VII
A large number of women will nat
urally uphold the political party to
which their husbands adhere still Others
will vote independently; and thus will
help to swell the number Of the minor in
parties.
SECONDS. 1T will broaden the plat
forms of all political parties.
Women will never for an instant go
into these great political parties with.
out bringing with her all the e4wonderful
knowledge (which she has gain ed-frst
because she is mother and secondly
because she is a helpmate Of, Man.
feel safe in saying there is no political
party with platform so great that i
: eannot be broadened to good@effect by
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