Telegram-herald., 1891-11-30

is the most homelike in the country.
/ am on lecture tour now. / SPOKE
at Holly last night, and am to speak at
Fond du Lac, Wis, tomorrow night.
l am dividing my time now between
my law business, my lecturing and my
labors in the Universal Peace associal
ton. I Besldes that. am doing some
biographies work for Mr.. Moulton, a
Buffalo publisher, who intends to issue
work on the prominent women of tins
century. was q delegate to the UniE.
vers2l Peace association held In London
and Paris, and was elected a delegate
to the association held in Rome this
year; but this was SO late that couldn'i
attend. | wished to cancel my lectufq
engagements, but my New York agent
said II did there would be war on this
side of the ocean while / was advocat-
ing peace On the other side; aDc
so l decided to stay at home
and keep my engagements. W.
expect to have the peace asso-
citation meet in Chicago in 1898, and
have been corresponding with Mrs. Pal
mer with that end in view. Our work
In that line includes everything of an
international or national character.
We discuss strikes as we'll as wars, and
how to prevent both. We are taking
measures now to have this doctrine OF
universal peace taught IN the public
schools. so that the boys and girls may
learn that there is q way to keep out OF
trouble and way to settle it peace
fully if they do get into trouble"
Politics Lively at the Capital.
"What Is there new in politics at the
captai?' asked the reporter.
well everything Is very lively at
Washington just now. All the candI-
dates for the speakership are there and
their henchmen fill the hotels. But
we don't take very much interest in
those things down there. We can't
vote, and so elections are of compar-
atively little Importance. The day
after the elections this fall, reporter
for the New York World rus1ed into
my Office and wanted to know what
/ thought of the result of
the elections. j told him
/ hardly there there had been
one. Then he asked what effect
thought 1t would have on the candI-
dates for the presidency next spring. l
didn't think it would make the least
difference. In the democratic party
the fight will be between Cleveland and
Hill; with the republicans it will rest
between Blaine and Harrison. Ireally
think the candidates will be Cleveland
and Blaine. As for women III politics
have never strived so much for polltI-
cal equality as for social aud econ o nc
| equality. Still / think If q woman
owns property and pays taxes, che
| ought to be allowed to vote; for that IL
what voting really means. Women
have stronger influence politically in
| EnElani than here. They take voters
to the polls in carriages; they hold mass
meetlngs--in fact 1t would he bar
matter to conduct a campaign ia Eng
land without the assistance of women.
WHAT | have always maintained and
! what | still MAINTAIN is that women
should have every right that their abii-
lty entities them TO and nothing more
] don't beileve anything ought 10 be
conceded 10 woman simply because
she Is woman. Difference OF that
character Is really an injury to her; fo'
Il tends 70 destroy her independence
| doa's tank . man need give up hl'
seat IN car to . woman un'ess she =
weak or has q baby with her. | might
make those two exceptions But
very often give up my eeat to an OLD
man or TO 4 crippled veteran But
think men pay too much Difference N
such places to women because tnev arr
young and pretty. and too little because
they are really deserving OF some sAcrl
fee sn the part of tue man
\ Weaen are Presr~s~fns-
Socially and ecouomlcslly .omsn Ar
prosrs a. us very rapidly IN tnis coun
trv. In fact the rapidly OF Their sd
vsns>mess IN several Iines = ~ouder
faI At least four-fftbs OF al th'
srhoos teachers N the northern, vest
| arr ARA eastern states are women An
,Sev are gradually becoming part 81
,se fssaites OF our colleges
Ia fact there 70 scarcely . eoiieg'