The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
los Elm ST.. Indianapolis.

Tie Rhode Island House of Representa-.
tives took up the woman suffrage amend
ment bill again. again, March "a, and passed
it by O vote of a to 20. This is the rst
New England State that has ever voted 10
submit an amendment OF this kind.
The Woman's Journal says:
In many respects. the submission to pop
ulsr vote is more likely to be successful in
that State than in any other. Wherever
woman suffrage amendment has been SUD-
mittsd hitherto, the ignorant and vicious
vote has bean cast solid against 1t, togetner
with enough respectable conservatives u
make a msjoritv. Under ths limited sui
fraee OF Rhode Island, the vicious and GRIM
inal clessfs are largely debarred fr N voting.
The suffrage amen dmsnt therefore will have
only the respectable conservatives to contend
with. and we may reasonably nope that l.
viii be successful"
Thu following comment OF the New North
west on the conduct of the Oregon Legisla-
ture while endeavoring TO elect Q Senator, is
applicable to several other Legislatures:
Had o body of women wrangled for weeks
over a dozen candidates, the minority re-
fusing TO bow to the wish OF the majority,
we should be told that they were frivolous
vain, Jealous and ready to sacrifice the State
and the Nation on the altar OF their caprlcss,
spites and rivalr:ss; tba. they had net the
slightest conception of their duties as citizsns
and their obligations as Legislators; that, in
fact, they had furnished positive proof of
their inCapaciiy for self government and
their unftness for votsrs."
A Joint resolution for an amendment to
fhe.constitution striking out the word male
and thereby extending outrage TO women,
was introduced last Thursday in the Indi-
ana House of Representatives, by Honorable
Mr.. Best. II secured surprisingly large
vote forty. five to forty three, in favor OF its
passage, though it failed for want OF con-
stitutionaI majority.
To the gentlemen in both branches OF the
Leei.lstnre who have worked sad voted ID
enlarge wemsn's rights a. d privileges ths
thsnke of IndiaDe's mothers and daughters
are due. a number OF measures of speci 81
interest 10 women have been considered
more or les 5 during the session--the question
of suffrage the removal of the disabilities OF
married women the sppo ntment oswomsn
anee instruction IN public schools the kind
and intelligent treatment OF insane women,
and other subjects which do not occur
TO the writer at this moment Toe efforts OF
those gentlemen VINO have in considering
these measures endeav0red to fairly repre-
sent IL C interests OF their onen cons.itu-
ents(if that term can bs applied to dis ran.
chissd class) are highly appreciated and
will be gratefully reDea bered.
mrs. n ofIiot III. hIDiii u u tue Il ittsuutB
Commercial Gazette. corrects misinterpre-
tation OF the action OF the Massachusetts
Legislature regarding the petition OF the
Rev. Louise 8. Baker to authorize women
preachers 10 solernnize marriage. No legis'
latiye action, she says was necessary on this
question. Mira Robinson continues:
Olympia Brown was the frat settled wo-
man pastor in the State Of Massachusetts,.
Her parish was at Weymouth Landing. In
1864 she petitioned the Massachusetts, Lsgs-
lsture that marriage performed By a wo-
man should be made legal" The Com
mittee On the Judiciary. 10 whom the mat
Ter was referred, reported that no legislation
was necessary, as marriages soiemnizsd by
women were already legal" TIE Judiciary
Committee of this year made their decision
on the same ground. namely, that no legis
lation was necessary, women pastors al
marriage. AS there was ne more TO be said,
Of course they had leave ID withdraw"
have 20 ,ked this matter up with great
care, and was glad to find that the Lssisla'
ture OF my State was willing to allow tia.
'he'' meant "she" under the law in one in
stance, at least, even SO far back az 1864
Since that time 1t has passed, in 1871, law
declaring that mo person shall be be deem ed
ineligible toserve upon School Committee on
account OF SEX" and in 1SSl'S2, alaw declar
ing that The provisions Of the law relating
to the qualification and admission to prac
tice as attorneys atlaw shall apply to wo-
men,
Thus you see tina. in Massachusetts, women
have the same rights as men in three in
stances: First, as ministers to solemniz'
marriage; second, the same right to serve q;
school committees, ard third, the same righ
TO become attorneys at-law.
In (none OF the old fashioned trea.ses upon
female ducation" was it suggested tha. the
study OF sanitary science wss nesdfui 10 wo-
man in filing their proper position Al
wives N 9th srs aud housekeepers VIVA,
idea has o. en- evolved by woman themselve
under the new d sensation OF higher ed
sucation and other reforms against nature,
so called Not until woman had ''unsexet
Themselves by growing their capacity t.
learn, no Greek alphabet. did they manifes
any con siderable interiss in oh geological
study and physical culture in the caemistr J
ofcooking ID the hyl lie nf hems. An in
teiligtnt lookiog after the household with
theme o. interest for woman's clubs and wo
mans conversations, and sanitary science
viii soon be generally recognized as an es
s9ential study for woman. As apple d
to the household 1t is clearly
and admirably SGT forth in volume recently
titled Women, Plumbers and Doctors" By
Ms. II. NJ. Piunkett, OF Pittsfeld, Mass
Some years ego. Mrs. Plunkett was hono.ed
by the British Royal Society with honorsb
mention oy name IN their Transactions,
IN recognition OF her pioneer services to the
then new science Of sanitation, as reported
to the Society at the time by the DR.. Henry
/. B0wditch OF Bcsto,. Now, after years OF
iHvt stigation and o ,servation, and after the
study itself has been developed into q de
partment of science. Mrs. Plunkett embode,
the results of her labors in an invaluable
manual OF domestic sanitation, The purpose
and spirit of the book is indicated on the
title page, eff women and plumbers do theil
whole sanitary duty, there viii bs Compare
lively little occasion for the services of tbs
-dcctors."
Women. she holds, fare more interested in
preventive medicine and Household hygiene
than men. To the woman, whose destiny ii
Is to remain large share OF the time
st home. whose divinely appointed
mission 1t is to guide the house. q new
sphere Of usefulness and efficiency opens
with the knowledge that in sanitary matters
an ounce Of prevention Is worth a ton oil
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