, 1889-07-04

WIN tue true WOW''W W '"c 'd"' Wv '"
selves The REVIEW has Expressed
doubt az to whether or not the masses OF
III. good women are dpsiroua 1T exercising
this privilege or would avail themselves
of it should it bp accorded them 10y their
hn-bauds, fathers and brothrrs win
the view of ascprtaininv their real senti'
ments upon this important question x
prpssions have been obtained 10y an East
ern paper from number OF the most
prominent and intellectual women OF
Anieri u
Mrs Winfield 8. Hancock |, in favor OF
tqualicing hfe's chances between man and
woman and il the ballot Jan be- made ser
vicpable to bring about II more uniform
scale of cou pensllion she says let us have
it.
Frances E Willard says: "When m'n
have grown so largp.hesdtd and generous
hearted as to welcom, won N to IL place
beside them uo,n the throne of govern
ment woman viii not br at all backward
about coming for~ard."
Julia G. Il. Dow is not satisfied that's
frage would Ue to womaU's benefit, Out is
confident that should the voice Of the cou.
mon wealth call her daughters to the polls
1t will be their manifest duty to obey 1t.
Louise Cland ,.r Moulton: II have
never desired suffrage for women. |
think woman has her ,pberr. and man his
sphere, and that these spheres are nof in.
terchaugeable. Nevertheless, it sutfriye
were given to woiitn. fear that should
feel it my duty to vote. Bat [. tor QUE.
would prefer that no such additional bur-
den should be laid upon me"
Augusta Evans Wilson, the famous
Soutnera novelist: Under no imdgi-
or exercise the right Of voting. Ameri.
can women enjoy without restraint every
civil, social, ethical and intellectual right
Compatible with feminine delicacy and re.
fined Chiistian wonianhood; and to enyite
them into the arena of politics would
prove subversive of all domestic quietude,
loosen the ties that link them to their true
kingdom, the home hearth. and prove dis.
astrou, to har monious social order"
Celia Thaxter: IL have only to answer,
NO"
Christine Terhune Herrick "The sense
of duty atone would induce me to vote if
could, bat never should do so from
choice.'
Laura G. Holloway: "If the right of
suffrage was extended to me, would go
to the polls and vote? l answer, No! |
would shrink from it. believe woman's
work and life should be in the peaceful,
hailowed precinct of her own home.'
Rebecca Harding DAVIS: 81 am very
sure that l for one should sit by the
fire on election day hile my cook and
laundress voted. do not believe that |
should be any more conscientious or faith.
full to my duty in this matter than are the
majority of educated American men"
Mary Mapes Dodge: Personally | am
not impatient for the advent of woman
saffrage,"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~ should not
vote"
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher: "Tf suffrage
were given to me | certainly should not
go TO the polls without my husband q com.
psny. Had that right been given me be.
fore he was taken from me, it is not neces.
sary for me to say what | would have
DONE"
Marion Harand; Under no circum.
stances would | exercise the right of suf.
fraRe we're it possible for me to do so. ]
see no benefit that could accrue to my sex
by such an act. On the other hand, see
the harm which might ensue."
Grace Greenwoo certainly does not
mean all that she says, of which this is a
specimen: Would vote if could? Yea,
verify, at divers times and in divers
places, to make up for my long political
disability"
Elizabeth Akers says: "Should oppor.
tunity arise l should most certainly vote
-not as a privilege graciously granted by
my masters, but as right and duty"
Other expressions, equally conflicting,
are published, and these extracts are re-
produced solely with the aim of affording
an illustration of the views of some of the
most distinguished women of the country
upon this important question, which is
now exciting more or less attention in
Washington.
District Court AdjOurns.