| Show oleve CLEVE CLEVELAND nandi LANDI WOMEN discussing POLYGAMY WRITERS who have presumed to know whereof they assert have declared that I 1 there is as much wick wickedness ednes S to the square foot in cleveland as in any city of the union and yet one might imagine f from rom the manner in which her citizens bubble bubbie over with virtuous in cli oll dig nation at what they conceive to be evils existing in far away utah that they were really unable to find any nearer neater home it will be remembered that cleveland was made macli the initial point and headquarters for fora a series ot of secret societies which were organized some months since in various parts of the union the members of which were bound by solemn oaths to su suppress mormonism and now I 1 the women of that pious burg on the lake are assailing polygamy whether 1 mormonism I will wiil ac able to survive this last assault our readers can judge jude after perusing the following the cleveland branch of the western reserve reserva club met on wednesday afternoon at the rooms of tile the christian temperance union tile the meeting was opened by prayer and vocal in musie music u sic I 1 urs mrs of the suffrage department 0 of f the christian temperance union read a very able paper u upon pon the he 8 subject before the meet meeting inz ing which was polygamy she spoke of uncle sam sim and aunt mary alary every child knows uncle sam is the united states government buethe but the women of this country have been so ignored politically that aunt mary who w ho should be uncle sams sam helpmeet is unknown bachelor het housekeeping is a subject of amusement in all lands and uncle sam sara has made a mess of it like all who scorn womans comans help there are none more to blame for this a and lid tid the misery it brings than women themselves they have been content to be amused with patchwork frills ana and f fur ur belows because men have asserted this was fe woman is just learning her happiness depends upon her having a lindof mind of jerown her own and realizes that the parable of the tile unfaithful steward who was afraid and buried his talent applies to her she has been taught that I 1 there are but three times in a womans comans life when she should be recognized when she is I 1 born when she is married and when sh she edies edles dies the women of this count country ba have seen their homes made miserable by uncle sams revenue I 1 beverage until they feel chat hat uncle sam sara who should shield the oppressed no provision for women to cope with the ills of life indolence is no road to freedom she must educate and defend herself disfranchise disfranchisement ment means oppression even the colored man and the foreign born bord voter are respected spec ted woman is flattered but she is not eiven even a citizen her petitions signed I 1 n db by thousands of ue cie brightest wa women 0 mie of it the land r many nany of th them em taxpayers are not nov noticed when the voters sign a petition then uncle sam listens and smile smiles upon them the native born women of the united states outnumber the foreign born voters thre three eto to one and ire are not recognized by the government they help heip support ls an educator and woman has learned that morance norance hr IL is not hot bliss thele there is no the sexes until the boy Is old enough to vote then is he superior to his hia sister mister without the ballot aw a dinan dihan Is helpless tor to her children or her home jt it is true the mormon woman has the ballot but she is not educated she ahe is not free she votes under compulsion and sh she writhes under her oppression she is a religious martyr it is the vote of her sisters educated and free who will give her a happy home I 1 the above i 1 was th the burden of the ladys remarks Mrs Ambler asserted that polygamy was a remnant of feudalism and a crime mrs hayen haven the originator of the cleveland blue book bogk 17 for or the sake of the ar arsement arcu arsu ment defended polygamy in a bright and sparkling manner dau cau ing much mull marri merriment ment 11 mrs Mr ammon remarked 66 there is one good thing about polygamy it if a woman had her husband to support and had eight or ten other women iv omen to help her it would be easier niss wiss miss pugh Secretary lof thew the W C T ua U said As men respect their wives so does the world esteem them mrs hickman observed there was an equality of the sexes in the ark noah and his three sons each saved his wife w ife polygamy was not then in favor the man mau mauner manner ner in which mrs wall here made polygamy serve as a pe peg upon which to hang haug her irrelevant irre levan t ciaran harangue ue about uncle sam an and dAunt aunt I 1 mary and woman suffrage rage the only subjects probably upon which she ha s learned to speak in public reminds up of our lovely eli and his story about the fellow getting there all the ame same 11 which has served him on so many public occasions the gratuitous information which she imparts Impart 4 as to the uneducated condition of mormon lormon women and their writhing under oppress oppression Jon etc may call forth a mental comparison from those who have read or heard public speeches from mormon women and jbv now read hers one thin thing is leer certain 11 mormon women as a rule would not haqq to writhe much to tiet get off a more coherent speech than that at which she is credited with I 1 mormon I 1 women will not only compare favorably with the cleveland dames who took part in the conclave mentioned in point of education but bui they are their equals at least in the matter of social and religious freedom and their their superiors politically if we excena except those who have been so unjustly istran chased |
