The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-05-15
So the COcOanut Club Has Decided
the Suffrage Question.
BACH BEHIND THEIR WAsHTUBs.
The Club Decides That Woman's Mis-
sion is to Sew On Buttons and Cook
Beefsteaks - Whatsoever is More
Than This Cometh of Evil.

Cocoanut Club to order, the President
said that the usual proceedings would
be omitted, as he felt that the club
should have an emergency" meeting
on the subject Of woman suffrage. 1t
had been urged that it should take an
active part in the discussion, but il
might be wiser and safer for it to get
up on the fence and observe a severe
neutrality. However, there should
be free debate. 1t had been said that
the suggestion of the woman suffrage
question, in these revolutionary times,
was unfortunate, as it made women
disconnected, and would stir them up
10 another revolution. 1t was to be
regretted that the ADVERTISER and
Star could not agree in this matter.
He had been informed on good au-
thority that the Star fully realized the
extreme peril of the situation, and
was making complete preparation,
through its staff, for suppressing any
female revolt. 1t had already armed
itself as il had done before, in months
past, and any female suffragists who
entered the office of the Star would be
welcomed with bloody hands to hos
pitable grayes.n A "loyal legion"
had been formed and the chief editor
now sat in full uniform, writing
scathing editorials upon the wicked
inceudiarism of the ADVERTISER.
He had heard that the Star had re-
solved to hold an imposing demon
stration on the matter, and that a
procession would move through the
principal streets, headed by the Star
band, to a grand stand where all
those who were wllinE to die in
the cause of male suffrage would
meet arrayed in his rouds, each one
holding a contract signed by
responsible undertaken, for his de-
cent burial in case of his extinction
by female mob. The transparencies
had already been prepared, and were
of an infiammatOry character, as sug-
gested by the gifted and inspired
writers of the Star. He had copies of
several, and would read them: fShall
our homes be volcanoes?" 1--WE will
not be driven under bed" "Wash-
tubs and stewpans, first; female suf-
frage afterwards" mo government
by hair pins" ave draw the line at
idiots, thieves and women" "Our
cause is just. Kanakas make better
laws than white women" "Oh, for
another hour of Captain Palmer"
Every member of the procession
would carry a Towering branch of the
damafula tree, which was the sole
article of plant life in the Botanical
garden of the Star. Ragged and bat.
tie worn flags, which had waved
triumpbantly above the entrench-
ments occupied by heroic men, who
had defended the sacred ballot so that
it still remained unsullied by the
polluted touch of women, would again
be held aloft; and life size automatOn,
constructed by manwho had been
perempturi!y refused by score of
women, would mechanically grind
out solemn dirge to the effect that
the establishment of female suffrage
would be letting loose of Satan on the
earth after he had been bound thou
sand years, with this impressive re-
frain:
Break their bones on lava stones,
If they ever vote in our homes"
The President then said that the
matter was open for discussion.
Member from Koloa: az believe
that the Star is right. Glad we have
q real war horse here that smells the
battle affair off, and defiantly shorts
at the woman suffrage business. !
There is peace in the home only |
when women are kept under, and are |
forced back behind the wash tubs. |
When women don't think and are not |
allowed to think, men can live in |
peace. Look at those women who |
are neglecting their homes to 'whoop |
up the temperance business; my wife |
has gone into it and now | can't keep |
a Jag on over Sunday. She has pull |
ed up my vine and fig tree by the |
roots When women think, then |
they begin to disagree with their hus-
bands; the higher education only |
makes mischief. The Turks are right
when they say that the education of
women destroys the sanctity of ORR
entail home life. Look at that Faw-
cett girl who took the double first at
Oxford; can she sew on buttons ?
don't she want TO vote? Its he same
way with VasSar and Wellesley girls
educate them and they get restless
ami kick; if that Julia Ward Howe
had not written that Battle Hymn of
the Republic, but had cooked beef
women writing poetry, and yearning
after the infinite; it is education
that's at the bottom of this suffrage
business; / don't believe it's success
in Wyoming or anywhere else.'
Member from Wailuku: 81 agree.
] have read that the Governor of
Wyoming said about this suffrage:
we have better laws, better Off
GERS, better institutions, better mo-
rails, and a higher social con-
dition in general but L believe
that he wrote it under the eyes of
women armed with clubs. have
copy of the Star of the town of Red
Dog, in that State, that tells the true
story; it has snort with the true
ring IN it-just what would happen
here if women voted. l will read it:
The annual election circus took
place in our town yesterday. The
women, as usual, refused to get up any
meals, aud the male population took
to restaurants aud street stalls. The
sir was filed with the Shyipks of WO- !