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Show Benighted. Of the action of certain members of the Massachusetts legislature in forming form-ing themselves into a committee to canvass can-vass tho houso against woman suffrage, the Springfield Republican says: This procedure is disagreeable, no doubt, but woman suffragists must not mistake about its nature it is simply politics. It does not involve moral turpitude tur-pitude unless some of the votes were goi by log rolling or other trade and clicker. click-er. About Its thoroughly benighted character char-acter thero can be no doubt. It shows how scared weak men are at the prospect pros-pect of a new foroo in public affairs, how jealous t bey are of their masculine .rirerocatiye. The moro first rate men, in VUtllMUvOa-3' UUa -.. nrrr-rr n p s - . , i legislature the larger tho vote for women's wom-en's enfranchisement will be. There ought to be great care to pick out worthy citizens to tho great and general gener-al court, and tho time is nigh when belief be-lief in the equal ballot for women will be regarded as a most important criterion crite-rion of fitness. |