Show AGAINST SUFFRAGE what political ambition will do toward destroying happy homes editor since the question of equal haa become nich an important problem I 1 fesl that I 1 would be acting unwomanly aaa cowardly iq not helping to defend my bide in writing former opinions I 1 did not wish to controversy or areas on a thai to say ia not in keeping with my idea or elevating to my aex I 1 only endeavored t that there are iwo aidea to this question and I 1 still maintain that the women of this state should have the privilege of expressing their view ana voting whither or not chev want the franchise thal W 8 A has been working diligently here in provo and surround in j cities for a number oi yearn past they bave been represented everywhere and 1 think I 1 upon thia fact when J acte that not one voica from woman avor spoke against their until they tried to force ta tb issue by proclaiming our ireedel and trying to force us to the ballot box unwillingly I 1 know many good women in bovo povo and elsewhere who do not want their franchise they bate enough to fill all the at in something nobler and better suited to their many no doubt whose ambitions are sharpened and their feelings up to a pitch of frenzy by their political aspirations feel there i only one aide to thia question and their dreams of gilded balls aad uninterrupted rule overpower their better convictions convict iona and in place of elevating their moral plane it will their band tinaa and tend to lower womanhood and true modesty and make the women of our fair utah betes ablo I 1 would that tha women could all eee the beauty portrayed in the blind devo kioa of josephine of france yet was ehe not educated was abe no tha of her heart and when hia hours came who suffered moat ha or ehe even altar the court separation wrought by ambition did nob their hearts with true devotion devo tian to each other do not all oar sympathies go out to her why because aha was a woman a lonell noble true woman crashed by the serpent that is trying to enter the homes 8 our new state ambition no we are not all josephides Jose phines but we can all be the huleis of conr homes aal the glorious mission of love and devotion to eur children and and can educate refine and cultivate culi vate all be grand instincts with which rod in hia has endowed us suffrage in utah today to day means contention jealousy jeal discontent bamily and I 1 hope abe ceoila will see the terrible nut come of such an iesue some do see it and 1 know they are amons the noblest and brightest of both boxes what cao woman cherish in her befit more than love of homa blessed with children and a heart wherein she a when abo steps beyond that hom and lifts the glittering false tinseled tins elod curtains of ehe then smothers womanliness jt is a comans womans nature not to hold her fe elina in abeck she reasons by instinct moro than by policy the po lotical beld with its arrows ot iron sharp as needles would tend to harden her heart against the one who would thrust unluckily tn dart toward her and no power on earth or reasoning 1 could make amends for what to men seem a trifle the abord ia drawn and angels might intercede ta grant the unhappy victim let your divine thought and aspiration be placed in a clearer fiala think by manaune with politics idill them and bring borth worthy of your sacrifice womanhood men bavo fought died for the love of women as far aa history recarda re corda but never in all career has an ambitious political woman aver commanded loye how many happy contented have been laid waste on this policy how many peaceful clean loving bomea have the champions of cause wrecked by planting the seed of and discontent in the bearta of american women wa nevar read the dark side it is disagreeable to our taste but it exists nevertheless and ahm we have if we are unlucky enough we will bee the fruits of the aeed and in place of peaceful hap pv homes the divorce courts will be filled with unhappy man and women marriage will then indeed be failure women of utah stand firm bs wom anly and if we are forced into an issue without the chance ot a voice in the matter we will bear it bravely and trust in a haeher power than men and women who today are trying to give us what they term freedom by not al lowing u to voice our convictions on this subject I 1 bay to the man of utah take heed to the glories of portal ot peace and joy called home dont think by abit tine the burden of politics on to your wives daughters eistein and mothers you are carrying out a grand mission to womanhood no you ara crushing crus hini all the purity of love and af action you are placing womanhood on a level with all the low uncultivated classes that infest the tribes of office see feers whose ambitions are at stake and ano will stoop to gather their own harvest of bain at any cost keep the love and affection of home free and nn tr ameled by euch injuries continually be men be statesmen patriots war briois but let the beauty of womanhood remain untarnished AND provo april |