"Do _they_ know enough
to vote?" sez I. "As for the fitness for votin' it is pretty even on both
sides. Good intelligent men ortn't to lose the right of suffrage for the
vice and ignorance of some of their sect, and that argument is jest as
strong for the other sect."
But before Josiah could reply, we hearn the sound of gay music, and the
Parade began to march on before us. First a beautiful stately figure seated
fearlessly on a dancin' horse, that tossted his head as if proud of the
burden he wuz carryin'. She managed the prancin' steed with one hand,
and with the other held aloft the flag of our country. Jest as women ort
to, and have to. They have got to manage wayward pardners, children and
domestics who, no matter how good they are, will take their bits in their
mouths, and go sideways some of the time, but can be managed by a sensible,
affectionate hand, and with her other hand at the same time she can carry
her principles aloft, wavin' in every domestic breeze, frigid or torrid,
plain to be seen by everybody.
Then come the wives and relations of Senators and Congressmen, showin' that
bein' right on the spot they knowed what wimmen needed. Then the wimmen
voters from free Suffrage states, showin' by their noble looks that votin'
hadn't hurt 'em any. They carried the most gorgeous banner in the whole
Parade. Then the Wimmen's Political Union, showin' plain in their faces
that understandin' the laws that govern her ain't goin' to keep woman from
looking beautiful and attractive.
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