, 1874-10-27

WILL HlEl1 Hlk4 llle
workings Of political machinery, and TINT they
milk politics mud listen to politics much more
readily thnn women otherwise vol informed.
Men who read ut all usually rcad politics with III
interest
WHICH FEW WOMEN sttAnE,
rho usually profors tho o,l-polilcal rart and,
II she lIas papor Of lior own, Ii Is not
commonly !" party organ. Evon tue
noldom SEQ any othor tasao Or rofofm
wursh their attention, and tho tono OF thought
among thcm IL rather That at pnrtssanB than of
obsoryors or lilo wholo hold OF nntional lnter-
eats; no Tint nothing would deprive sono Of tho
noHt prominent ou0a Of thcir poBit,on M ica.l-
ers 80 strols as tho triumph Of thoir OWL cauno.
I have noticed tint, When general politics aro
introduced into Bocial party Of gentlemen and
ladies. oven In so attractive form a. tho
Summer, tho genttomen, though not nnaoqualntod
With 1t. listened eagerly, but tho lallos, though
they had not previously hoard Or road IT,. and
though they all beloved IN Female Suffrage,
and passing enRrnvngs. also nolicod, at tho
State University noar mo, that tho profcssorn
giving INSTRUCTION IN tho History Of Political
Institutions and In tho Constitution Of Tho
United statca find that tho young atllcs though
ardent for the ballot aud active rlcmbcrs OF
llteiRry Hocioties, arc much less tntoroBted anil
less proficient In their Btudies, so important tn
citizens. than thu young mon, aud loss oraolly
u recitation, contrary to tho tisral rracttco.
This difference III interest in polttlcH was
vEnY APPARENT
at my own visits to tho roctation-rooms. tho
yonng mon l,atoning with eager faces, aud ask
ing questions with much animation, while the
girls either took notes mechanically, with down
cast ntll trod louks evidently fooling, Us ono OF
tho Professors told mo- that tho whole thing
WAS q tremendous boro. Or olso amused thcm-
Bclscn 30 IA to call out lls ropdmaud.
II any ono doubts that ignoranee Of poll
I'm in
o.iucatei women " as tho exception,
among educated mon, llo necd only collect
tho opininus OF his lay-friefds about tho tariff,
the currency, tho Cv'-1llghts bill, Civll-Service
bo bold prophet who can predict that tho on-
frnnchfscmont Of wolnau would promote tho
solving Of theso problomB.
Even about Prohibition, tho fomalo vote would
probnbly resemble tho male voto very closely.
Judging from tho nobbing Of tho Cruaa.lors hy
ucr1nan wolnon in the largo cit,oa. and tho
known unwi'lingness of tho wlves anu daughters
Of 1rinklng-non to aign tho pledge. Still, tho
advantages Of Prohibition cannot 10 anid
to DO sufficiently plain to make this aspect Of the
women would bo moro Bcripnlons thnn men
about tho moral character OF the candldate, as
well rs about Ills Boctaran alliliatlous. There Is
no class Of voters WHO would net mora regularly
and Eurmonlously than the daughters Of tho
Church Of Rome.
Thts infcliority Of women to man In political
knowledge and experience will be
ALL THE afolsE DlrP1Cu1.r or REMOVAL
on nccotnt Of teir inferiority in education other
wiao. It If not their fault, but thoir misfortune,
except H0 far M tllrtr ignorance Of politicB is
tho result Of wilful indifference. 1t may 6o
misfortune Which tho country ought to romoYo,
but 1t is not ono which the country can at
present afford 10 share. We hayo far too ma1iy
Ignorant mud indifferent voters already to be able
sal oily to increase their proportion. 1udoed, it
IL in uunlity rather than quantity that thero is
most pressing neod Of change
It IL trua that onfranchisomout would tcacll
woman politics. but NO hare quito al nlaiy such
pupils At preHant as thoro IL room for in the na-
tioilal school. Mon do not loaru 30 rapidly mud
universally aa to lead to tho hopo that women.
in thor existing info, iurity i'll both general and
special culture, would at present bo able to ill.,
prove themselves 70 rapidly NJ to compensation
tho harm Of having tho average capacity Of tho
Yotors 30 immensely diminished. It IL IDLE to
tnll about wotnens purifying politics by Univor-
Bul Suffrage. when NO remember how largely tue
exiHtsng eruption is due to THO exlstulg lsno-
rance, aud how dispruportionntcly Buch ignorance
WOULD lsE 1EC1EASED.
And yet tho advantage of having all tho worn-
en Interested In the public welfare. 1t only to
keep all tho mon 10. would bn 60 great that tieso
considerations hrs valid only against tl4o immo-
diato and complete, but not against the Glallal,
establishment Of Female Suir.aSe. II the would
be omancIpators Of woman would simply demand
TINT Bho shonlA DO allowed to voto for tuw, eiiy,
qualification. and, with this ttenlaud, give
pledga that, If this were granted. tlloy would ask
nothing more for L torn Of years, but would eal-
poy tint time iu trimming tho Eek Tor largcr priv
ilcgcH in future, tIloy would stand much botter
clnnco OF SUCCESS than Mt preiout,
1t ia vain to urgo that 1t iB unjust that woman
should vote on different terms than man, col1-
sidoring his superiority in qualifications and
remembering also thRt tho public welfare IN an
object to bo consulted III prorereuco to purely
abstract cOlceDt1OuH.
II nlno-tonthB Of tho time wasted III arguing
for wo1nan's right to tue ballot 4al been used
INCREASING HER csrAo1rY fon IT,
her possessiois of it might be- casy nohieycd
throughout the No.th: Tho main Ean Of tho
agitation hitherto has boon in Leading
.n wonon to g., roaa tl tho nowsspapo.s and at,
objection to women's voting disappear. The in
c,onBe Of historical study in tho schools and col
leges il making womon, as we'll Us mon, more fit
to vote; mud this illness will lncfoaso 1npldly us
but which might botter bo cailcl Guaranteed
Education, shall lo established III all tho Statcs,
aa it il already in several.
Every year iucrcases tho average capacity OF
women to vote Will, profit to tho State au'l honor
to themselves. fnct Of singular interest in
this connection Ii. that tho ccnaus showed that,
under 21, illlteracy il loss cun,mon auloug
women than men, though but aghtly::-tho TO.
se!so of what 1t is nbovc tlat nSc. Tho neSt
cousuB will probably tlnd much smaller dlspar-
ty than The Inst ono 1t il nt loast certain that,
the louger woman Btays away from tho polls,
THE GREATER WILL lie HER ABILITY
to appear there for the first time AZ u Queen.
What tho ballot will do for womou depends
maiuly on what they do for themselves be-
fore thes Gust It. This IL not telling them not
to 20 into tue wntor boloro they llaye learned to
swim. It il adylslng thom 10 learn to Hwim be-
fore they ask tho mutton to employ them as
poarl-dlvere, Tor good government il q ueol-sea
pearl, norer found BY uutaught hands.
L. N. HOLLAND.
gAnApoo, Wis, Oct. II, 1874.
A Woman Who yvnntcl to Isc Mcgts-
tereQs
Front The Sflu ro'k Sttn, Oct. 81,
Mrs. htatIiilae G. We'll. u -choekod. bright
eyed Gern,an, with document Of citizopahip In
hor haad, atte ended by her husband Md acsompa-
nied by a boay-gnarl or lnd.os, atartod out yen.
tcrdaY q TOW minutes befora 10 n. m. to register
her name rs u nccosaary preliminary to the COM
ing election. They called ou tho way for Mis-.
Lsiontha, but. as she was recovering from ILL.,
ness, she thought heraalt too weak to hear tho
i 4f.cs Il