\"Notoriouslyuncleanlives，andmenconnectedwiththesaloons。\"
Certainly，theladyvotegathererscannotbeaccusedofmuchsenseofproportion。Grantingeventhatthesebusybodiescandecidewhoselivesarecleanenoughforthateminentlycleanatmosphere，politics，mustitfollowthatsaloon-keepersbelongtothesamecategory？
UnlessitbeAmericanhypocrisyandbigotry，somanifestintheprincipleofProhibition，whichsanctionsthespreadofdrunkennessamongmenandwomenoftherichclass，yetkeepsvigilantwatchontheonlyplacelefttothepoorman。Ifnootherreason，woman’snarrowandpuristattitudetowardlifemakesheragreaterdangertolibertywherevershehaspoliticalpower。Manhaslongovercomethesuperstitionsthatstillengulfwoman。Intheeconomiccompetitivefield，manhasbeencompelledtoexerciseefficiency，judgment，ability，competency。Hethereforehadneithertimenorinclinationtomeasureeveryone’smoralitywithaPuritanicyardstick。Inhispoliticalactivities，too，hehasnotgoneaboutblindfolded。Heknowsthatquantityandnotqualityisthematerialforthepoliticalgrindingmill，and，unlessheisasentimentalreformeroranoldfossil，heknowsthatpoliticscanneverbeanythingbutaswamp。
Womenwhoareatallconversantwiththeprocessofpolitics，knowthenatureofthebeast，butintheirself-sufficiencyandegotismtheymakethemselvesbelievethattheyhavebuttopetthebeast，andhewillbecomeasgentleasalamb，sweetandpure。Asifwomenhavenotsoldtheirvotes，asifwomenpoliticianscannotbebought！Ifherbodycanbeboughtinreturnformaterialconsideration，whynothervote？ThatitisbeingdoneinColoradoandinotherStates，isnotdeniedevenbythoseinfavorofwomansuffrage。
AsIhavesaidbefore，woman’snarrowviewofhumanaffairsisnottheonlyargumentagainstherasapoliticiansuperiortoman。Thereareothers。Herlife-longeconomicparasitismhasutterlyblurredherconceptionofthemeaningofequality。Sheclamorsforequalrightswithmen，yetwelearnthat\"fewwomencaretocanvasinundesirabledistricts。\"*HowlittleequalitymeanstothemcomparedwiththeRussianwomen，whofacehellitselffortheirideal！——