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 " my wife," he said; "I really cannot see How she would profit by the vote; I vote for her and me. And men consider—Time has shown— Their wives' opinions like their own.

"If my wife voted she would vote For many silly measures, Which do not add in any way To profits or to pleasures; Like Widows' Pensions, Equal Pay, More schools, and an eight-hour day.

"On Woman Suffrage I vote no; Perhaps you had not heard My wife believes in that as well; How wicked and absurd! Oh, let us save domestic strife, And let me represent my wife!"