The morning call., 1892-06-11
MonIANs DOMAIN.

Mrs. c, c. Carlton was admitted to the
Republican national convention as dele
gate from Wyoming without protest from
any quarter She was chosen under the
provision OF the State constitution Of
Wyoming. which declares that both male
and female citizens Of this State shall
equally enjoy all civil, political and religious
rights and privileges" 1t is evidently
within the power Of a State to declare
women eligible to all offices, and though by
implication the constitution provides that
members Of Congress and OF the Senate
shall be males, il does not say so directly,
and if Wyoming chose a woman to repre-
sent her in either house it would be ques-
tion of law whether she could not take her
seat
The light of women to take some part in
government has been recognized ia almost
all the countries Of Europe. Women arc
absolutely excluded from the throne in Bel
gium, Sweden and Norway, Denmark and
Roumania, and it is claimed that they can
not reign in Russia. though one Of the most
powerful and enlightened sovereigns that
Russia ever had was a woman. Women
may succeed to the throne in default Of
male members of the royal house in Aus
tria, Greece, SaXOny WurtembeTg, Bavaria
and Baden. and they succeed cOncuTreDtly
with men in Great Britain, Spain, Por-
tugal and Holland. Their capacity to
fill thrones is sufficiently established
by history; few male mOnarehs have
won higher TenOwn than Isabella of
Aragon, Elizabeth or Victoria of England,
Catherine Of Russia, Maria Theresa of
Austria. In a number Of European States,
as in our own States Of Wyoming aud Kan
sas, women participate in local self-gOvern-
ment. In local matters the sex enjoys the
franchise in England, Russia, Prussia,
Austria, Saxony and Finland. But in none
of these countries is the right of women
recognized to take part in political contests
as in Wyoming. The repeated but invari-
ably unsuccessful attempts Of the sex to get
the political franchise in other States Of the
Union are familiar TO all readers.
Most Of the States admit the right Of
women to engage in any profession or voca-
tion whatever, if such profession or vOca-
ton be not Illicit, secure to women the fruits
of their earnings, and to some extent eman-
cipate them from the perpetual tutorship in
which they had lived. But here legislation
has stopped. Whether men have been afraid
of dividing power with the other sex, or,
what is more likely. majority OF the peO-
pie have doubted the wisdom OF Introducing
politics into the domestic circle, bills grant
ing the suffrage 10 women have rarely got
beyond a complimentary consideration. and
the movement for equality between the
sexes is not as vigorous as it was few
years ago. In such States as Ohio and Ore
gOn, where the wOman's rights agitation alb
sOrbed attention in the middle Of the
last decade. it has now subsided and is
rarely mentioned in the newspapers. 1t has
come to be regarded as fad, which belongs
properly to eccentric minds. 1t is tile mis-
fortune of the movement that it should have
rallied to its support all the well-meaning
cranks in the country.
At the same time the movement for the
intellectual and economic emancipation Of
women is gaining ground everywhere, and
especially in this country. Yale University
has just modified its statutes so that women
can enter the university as graduate stu
dents and receive the degree of Doctor Of
Philosophy. This is step in advance Of
Harvard and Columbia, which admit girls to
an annex, but have not provided for their
graduate work. In the other colleges, as
Der Ikti6y duu dl0 AltOs TIE range u
study for the "co-eds" is all the time widen
ing This progress will, in course OF time
swell the number Of females who may desire
the first rank in intellectual pursuits. At
the present time it is due to truth to say
that with the exception of pure letters and
medicine women have been content with a
secondary rank. Even in art the ladies'
who have taken the first prizes can be
counted on the fingers. II is believed that
there is not one female musician Of the
highest order, which is the more remarkable
as all educated girls are taught music
Women are writing as good novels and
poetry as men. and some Of the ablest
physicians and even surgeons belong TO the
gentler sex. But the rest Of the domain of
culture they appear to be willing to relin-
quish to men.