New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-20

/ 'A'hllNl'NN nNCfUCN. no nOdN OF mon
could have been kinder and fairer than
they were. When you hear people over
! hero trying 60 run down England please
remember that England first gave tho
vote to women and that the men Of
England welcomed an American born
| woman in the House with n fairness
and justice which at least this woman
VIII never forget. The different ones
received me in different WAYS. / shall
never forget Scotch Labor man com
ing UP TO me after had been in the
House little time and telling mo that
! wasn't n bit tho sort Of woman he
thought was going to be, and on being
pressed as to what kind Of woman he
thought would be, said. IIl not tell
you that, but | know now that YOU arc
an ordinary, homely kind of woman
and he has proved it since by often
asking my advice on domestic 0ues-
lions.
Wins Support of the Irish
"Thcn the Irishman an Irish Member
once said to me: u don't know what
you arc going to speak about, but /
am here TO back you,
"Thcn the last was from regular
old Noah's ark man and typical squire
type. After two years and half Of
|,
he remarked to some one that | was
"a very stupid woman but, he must
add. IA very attractive one and he
feared was a thoroughly honest so
C1al refOrmcr ] might add that being
the first woman ! had to take up many
causes which no one would call exactly
popular. | also had TO go up against
a prejudice of generations. but | must
say their dccency has never failed,
though my manners must have been
somewhat Of a trial
Now, why are we IN politics? What
is 1t all about? Something bigger than
ourselves. Schopenhauer was wrong in
nearly everything he wrote about
wonderland he wrote lot-but was
right in one thing. He said in speak
ing Of women, THE race is to her more
than the individual,' and believe that
1T Is true | feel somehow we do care
about the race as a whole; our very
natures makes us take a forward vision.
There is no reason why women should
look back. MercifullY, we have no 20
Iltcal past; we have all the mistakes
OF sex legislation, with it's appalling
failures, to guide us. We should know
what TO avoid. 1t is no use blaming
the men we made them what they arc.
and now it is up to us to try and make
ourselves-thc makers of men-a little
more responsible We realize that no
one sex can govern alone
OncSided Government Fatal
81 believe that one of the reasons
why civilization has failed so lament
ably is that It has had onc-sided gov
eminent. Don't let us make the mis-
take OF ever allowing that to happen
again. | can conceive of nothing worse
old
Woman-governed world but can see
the combination of the two going for
ward and making civilization more
worthy of the name of civilization
based on Christianity, not force-a
ciV!llzatlon based on justice and mercy
! reel men have a greater sense of
justice and we of mercy. They must
borrow our mercy and we must use
their justice. We are new brooms:
let us see that we sweep the right
rooms.
"Personally, feel that every woman
should take an active part in local
government. I don't mean by that that
every, woman should 20 in for po-
lltical career, that, of course, is alb
surd; but you can take an active part
IN local government without going in
tor political career You can be
'-''''
casting 1t for what seems nearest right
Tor what seems more likely to help
the majority and not bolster up an
organized minority. There is a lot to
be done IN local politics, and it is a fine
apprenticeship to central government:
1t Is very practical, and think that
although practical it is too near to be
attractive The things that are far
away are more apt to catch our eye
than the ones which are just under our
noses; then, too, they are less dis
agreeable
''Poltical development is like all
other deve lopments. We must begin
with ourselves our own consciences,
take on the job of putting others
straight. SO with politics if we women
put our hands to local politics we be
gin the foundations. After all central
governments only echo local ones; the
politician in Washington if he is a
wise man viii always have one eve on
his constituency, making that constit-
uencY so clean, SO straight, so high in
ITS purpose, that the man from home
Will not dare TO take a small limited
view about any question, be it ma
tlOnal or international one
Age-Old Prejudice Faced
You must remember that what WON
en- are up against is not what they
see, but the unseen forces. We are
up against generations and generations
of prejudice. Ever since Eve ate the
apple, but | would like TO remind YOU.
and al men, why she ate the apple. Il
was not simply because it was good for
food or pleasant to the eyes, it was a
tree to be desired TO make one wise.