Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1895 — His Excellent Reasons. [ARTICLE]

His Excellent Reasons.

A man on the cable car the other morning was overheard giving his views of woman suffrage. "No," he aaid, "I don’t believe In It, and my reasons for not believing In It are these: I don’t want my wife and daughter to come in contact with the eort of men that one meets around polling places. They aro not the sort of men that my wife and daughter would meet anywhere else—they are the sort that all men would try to protect them from upon all occasions. Anything that would tend to bring women in contact with such men should, therefore, be discountenanced.” "Ah,” replied his woman companion, “there’s where the social side of the question comes In. Why 1b it wherever woman Is concerned the social side of It must be considered T’ "It Isn’t the social side," responded the man. "It’s the decent, respectable side. The men that one meets at the polls are not the sort of men women ought to meet anywhere—and that's all there is to It. It’s not a question of caste. It’s a question of respect and honor. I have, though, another reason for not wanting women to vote. It Is that they haven't time to do so and there's no use In extending them the suffrage unless they're going to profit by the privilege. Of course there are women who have the time, but they’re not the bone and sinew of womankind. Their presence wouldn’t help the cause In the slightest. It’s just the same way with the men. Everyone knows that when a man becomes a politician his business suffers. It would be the same with a woman. Her home-making, which la the profession of the best of them, would be seriously Interfered with If she turned politician. These are my reasons for not favoring woman suffrage.’’—New York Evening Sun.