Show WHY voted 1 WOMANS SUFFRAGE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF LEADING FARMER FARMERS S why should women vole vote tit I 1 Is he the question that Is ringing from ocean to ocean anil anti reverberating from front the Can canadian adlAn boundary to the meal car border it ie Is the mission of 0 a nen paper to give the noa nea a and the act action lon of the texas farmers union in opposing womans omans vi suffrage when hen t that question was as recent recently lir before the texas legislature Is significant as a representing the attitude of the or plowmen men e rc produce in part the argument presented pre fend b hou lion W D beuls left la pres pread dent of the texas parm vanata re union in opposing the bill it Is gratifying to note that it Is not the farmer a wife A lie who Is clamoring for the ballot she Is too b busy us 7 trying to make happier homes mold ing the minds of future citizens and sharing with her husband the cares of life to indulge in political gi hossli al 11 1 the ballot will give her tier no alief from drudge y give no assistance assi arsht inco tn in cloth j ing the children or bring to the home additional comfort comforts conveniences or opportunities in life it Is aa as a rule the city woman promoted to i by prosperity who Is leading the euf sur fragette movement from many standpoints perhaps woman oman has as much right to vote as A man so has she as much right to plow as a man she has as much right to work ork in a factory as a man she has as much right to shoulder a it musket as A man but we ne would she he would not do so from choice and nd we regret that necessity ottiliea ottil mea compels her to earn a living by engaging in gainful occupations ae e do not consider misfortune a qualification for suffrage or a business accident a reason cr or granting franchise le e are opposed to woman soman at the ballot box the sarna as we vie are opposed to woman oman in the field tn in the factory or in the army and for ost a selfsame reasons we had rather see nee her plant flowers than BOW sow wheat bather bouquets bou queta than pick cott coett v a rn ral rear children than raise political Is sues although she may have as much right to do one as the other opposed to Unise unsexing xing humanity sex qualification for suffrage may have its apparent inconsistencies no general rula rule adjusts itself ly to all conditions it Is to a favorite argument advanced by tho proponents propone nta of 0 woman burrage t it at many cultivated and noble n are far more capa ble of intelligently exercising BOV sov erelt uty than A worthless worth lesa negro but the south never sas as anxious for negro suffrage and while hile culture and and oen cien mor morality aUty are deil rable virtues they are not the only qualifications for franchise the primary inherent and inseparable fitness for suffrage euf frage Is support ing a family the plow handle the forge and the struggle for bread afford experience necessary to pr properly pot erly mark the ballot government Is a great big business and civilization from the very begioni c r assigned woman the home and man the busl busi ness affairs ct of life there has been much freakish leg illation enacted during the past decade c d that no doubt a appeals towo to woman maus jave for the ridiculous but to under take to unsex the human race by law Is the height of legislative folly and a tragedy to mankind we are opp opposed zed to tile equal rights of woman we want art her to ever re main our superior we consider vl womans omans desire to seek mano mans level the 3 lellow ellow peril of tu twentieth century civilization woman la is the melvurn me through which angels whisper their messages to mankind it Is her hand that plants in the intellectual rubyard ruc ey yard ard it la Is through her heart that hope love lov and sympathy overflow and bless man kind christ the liberator of woman kind u was as eat earned fled ned to teach of ili life and lie was a man tie ile chose to ta rule over human hearts and re fused worldly power and men followed after him women lils ills feet little children alpon upon ills fiti knees and tho ruler 1 of the universe said that in ulna film lie was as well plea pleased ed C s caa oman liua a higner hisner calling 1 |