e spoke correctly from his point
of view.

Then when the elections are over, and the Government is sustained, the
men who have climbed back to power by these means speak eloquently of
our "foreign people who have come to our shores to find freedom under
the sheltering folds of our grand old flag (cheers), on which the sun
never sets, and under whose protection all men are free and equal--with
an equal chance of molding the destiny of the great Empire of which we
make a part." (Cheers and prolonged applause.)

If we really understood how, with our low political ideals and
iniquitous election methods, we have corrupted the souls of these men
who have come to live among us, we would no longer cheer, when we hear
this old drivel of the "folds of the flag." We would think with shame
of how we have driven the patriotism out of these men and replaced it
by the greed of gain, and instead of cheers and applause we would cry:
"Lord, have mercy upon us!"

The foreign women, whom politicians and others look upon as such a
menace, are differently dealt with than the men. They do not go out to
work, en masse, as the men do. They work one by one, and are brought
in close contact with their employers. The women who go out washing
and cleaning spend probably five days a week in the homes of other
women. Surely one of her five employers will take an interest in her,
and endeavor to instruct her in the duties of citizenship. Then, too,
the mission work is nearly all done for women and girls. The foreign
women generally speak English before the men, for the reason that they
are brought in closer contact with English-speaking people. When I
hear people speaking of the ignorant foreign women I think of "Mary,"
and "Annie," and others I have known. I see their broad foreheads and
intelligent kindly faces, and think of the heroic struggle they are
making to bring their families up in thrift and decency. Would Mary
vote against liquor if she had the chance? She would. So would you if
your eyes had been blackened as often by a drunken husband. There is
no need to instruct these women on the evils of liquor drinking--they
are able to give you a few aspects of the case which perhaps you had
not thought of. We have no reason to be afraid of the foreign woman's
vote. I wish we were as sure of the ladies who live on the Avenue.

There are people who tell us that the reason women must never be
allowed to vote is because they do not