The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-12
w. N. ARMSTRONG
Lectures Females on Their Duties
and Rights.

anu hlglGS.
The woman suffragists held
another meeting at the Y. M. G. A.
Hall on Saturday afternoon, at
which a goodly number of repre-
sentative women were present. The
com mittee having the petitions in
charge reported that the work was
progressing as well as could be ex-
pected. A committee was APP
pointed, consisting of Mrs. D..
Whitney, Mrs. w. w. Hall, and
Mrs. Judge Frear, to confer with a
committee of the convention.
The feature of the meeting was
an address of w. N. Armstrong,
which was listened to with keen
attention, vote of thanks being
rendered to the speaker at the con-
clusion.
The following is an abstract of
Mr.. Armstrong; remarks:
Mr.. Armstrong said that the present
was not the time for discussing abstract
questions. the rights of women or of
men, There was only a plain, business
like proposition to be made IL the Civ
lug of the suffrage to certain women
gained voters for good government, then
give the suffrage; if there was no gain,
then drop the matter, at present. 1t
was only question of fact anil required
patient work to get out the facts. He
thought the best feature of the move
ment was that the women interested
took this view of it, and were quite will
ling to go without voting themselves if
the property q ,ali6cAtion threw many of
them out but let other women in, who
helped good government, AS the
movement was begun late, it would be
better to ask the Convention to provide
in the new COnstit utiOn that the l. gis-
lature could establish woman suffrage
whenever it thought best Some inves- 1
legations had shown that, on theASVbole,
good government would be gamer. if
women with a high property qualidca-
ton, over $4,000, were allowed to vote.
The great woman suffrage movement,
now gong on in New York State, where
the business men were king for the vote
for women, was due to the fact that con-
sentative, serious men were now con-
fronted with the fact that the immigra-
ton of ignorant men from all over Eu-
rope was swapping the good voters, and
III despair they looked to women to help
them out. They could count on women |
in the temperance matter. SO far the |
utterly corrupt condition of She Legisla |
lures of the different States, showed that |
men had made poor use of the ballot, |
and did not know Its real value. The |
recent municipal election in Newburgh, |
N. Y, showed how the women could
help the men in fighting frauds.
Woman's suffrage would not show any
incident only in the new adjustment of
the relations between men and women
owing to advance in thought.
Men opposed it, as they oppose every
reform at first. When the women of
New York city proposed a woman's an
mex to Columbia College, five years ago,
he meu opposed it, as usual They
said it is inexpedient." Today it is
great success. His brother, General
Armstrong, had often said that whenever
he made new move in education he
always moved alone. After a while the
nen came up !; generally, women saw
Kings more quickly.
Women needed all round education,
of life In order to hold their
hildren. Young men, after they were
70 years of age, got tired of their mothers
because they found that in the important
erious affairs of life they knew little,
nd were generally bad advisers. The
nothers had plenty of brains, high Gull
ure, but no training or knowledge. Men
ad little enough, and statesmen had an
tier contempt for the average mans
pinion but they were better than
'omen, owing to their actual experience.
Women must come in personal contact
18th the great facts and problems Con-
.ct and experience would make them
Use and give them hold on their chill
rem. Young men soon found that their
lothers were devoted enough, but did
OF know much, and so lost confidence
/ them. The great successes of some
en were due to the work of their wives
mothers, who took the time and
ouble to study, and, by long expe-
ence, got wisdom and sound judgments.
he suffrage movement was an i'm
,rtant incident in the broader educa-
On of women.
Men and women supplement each
her. The best social conditions are
stained when they work together in
cry direction.