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Show WHY W8MEN ME il HflOREJESTLESSi iiNriN or ntu)ns iii:pi:ni)s t'PON fONTKTItll HOMIW. Mo) the (Jhh lonl Hate h Phiiii n Hut IN-rknl Nntlim Pi-r'ldont of Tcii rnnnm' liiloii tik tli QucMlou Aa to h the Tnlr e It So (Jtvutl) )lntUfUnl. Dy W D. Lewi. TrtsMtnt Texas Farmers' Union. Why Is woman dtisatlancd? Why docs she grow rettlets under tho crown of womanhood T Why Is aha weary of tho Godglren Jewel of moth- , crhoodT Is It not a u melon t political achtcTcincnt foi woman that futuro rulers nurso at her brcnit, laugh In her arms and kneel at her feef Can I ambition leap to more glorious height than to sing lullabies to tho worlds greatest gcnulies, chant melodies to master minds and rock the cradle ot human destlnyT I God pity our country when the hand- I shako ot the politician Is more grail- ' fylng to woman's heart than the pst- I tor of children's feet i I Woman Is Ruler Ovtr All. Why does woman chafe under restraint re-straint of sexT Why rorllo tho hand ot naturo? Why discard the skirts that clvllltatlon has clung to slnca tho beginning ot timet Why lay ssldo this hallowed garment that has wiped tho tears of sorrow from the face ot childhood? In Its sacred embrsu) every generation has hidden Its faco In shamo; ctlnilng to. Its motherly folds, tottirlng children havo learned to play hldo nnd seek and from It youth Icstncd to raverrnco aud ro-spoct ro-spoct womanhood Can man think ot his mother without this consecrated garment? Why this Inordtnato thirst for power? pow-er? Is not woman all poworfut? Man cannot enter this world without her consent, ho cannot remain In pcaco without her blessing and unless sho sheds tears of regret over his dcpari turo, ho has lived in vain Why thlsj longing for civic power when God has! mado her ruler over all? Why envoi authority when man bows down and' worships her? Man has given tomanj his heart, his name and Lis monoy. What moro dos she want? Can man find It In hi heart to look I with prldo upon tho statement that hi honorable mother In law was one ofj tho most powerful political bosses in tho country, thnt his distinguished i grandmother was otm ot tho ablest! , filibusters In thn Cenalo or that hi ' mother was a noted warrior and her I name a terror to thn enemy? Whither 1 nro we drifting and where will w I land? 1 God Save Us From a Hen Pecked ! Nation. I I follow the plow for a living and I my vlowa may havo In them the smell of tho soil; my hair Is turning whltn under tho frost ot ninny winters and pirhaps I am a little old fashioned, hut I lielleva there It more moral ln lluonco In tho dross of woman than In! nil Iho statuto books of tho land As' an agency for morality, I wouldn't i giro my good old mother's homo-1 mnda (.owns for all the suffragetto'a i constitutions nnd bylnws'ln tho world. As n power for purlf)lng society, 1 wouldn't gUaonu prayer or my saintly i mother for all thu women's votes In Christendom As an iigrncy(for good , government, i would in give ino pica, of a mother's heart for righteousness for all tho oaths of oinco In tho land. Thorn Is moro power In tho smllo1 of woman than In an act of congress There nro greater possibilities for1 good gocrnmont in har family ot laughing children than In tho cabinet cab-inet ot tho president of the Unltjd States Tho destiny of this nation lies In tho homo and not In the legislative halls Tho hearthstone and tho fam lly lllblo will ever remsln the source of our Inspiration and the Acts of the Apostles will ever shine brighter than the acts of Congress This country Is law mad Why add to a statute book, already groaning under Its own weight, thu hysterical cry of woman? If we nover hud a chance to vote again In a lifetime and did not pass another law in twenty. flvo years, wo could survive tho op deal, but without home civilisation would wither and die God snvo theto United Htatet from becoming a hrn pecked nation: holp us keep sissies out of Congress nnd forbid that women become stepfather step-father to government, Is tho prayer ot the farmer ot this country. A DIVINE COVENANT. Cod Almighty gave Evo to Adam with tho pUdga that sho would bo tils helpmeet and with this order of com panloneblp, clvllltatlon has towered to Its greatest heights. In this relationship, rela-tionship, God has blessed woman end man has honored her and after four thousand year of progress, she now proposes to provoke God to decoy man by asking for suffrage, thereby by amondlng an agreement to which sho was not n psrty Woman, remember that tho Israelite scorned a divine covenant, and a a result wandered forty years In tho wilderness without Ood. Mkowlsa man should remember that It I a dangerous thing to dobaio woman by law, Itoma tried lowering woman's standard and an outraged clvllltatlon toro thn clothes off tho backa of tho human raco and turned them out to roam In tbo world naked and a ! ashamed. |