The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-12

by noon. In one house the husband
had posted in the parlor placard
with woe for Skinfull Jones on it;
| and his wife had posted in the kitchen
another pIacard with vote for Hand
some Charley on it. Two thousand
God Bless Our Homes were torn
| out and made Into a bonfire. OurSelf,
| the editor of the Red Dog Star, had
| our ear bitten off by our wife, and was
| compelled to hide in the hem house
over night, and share the supper of an
| aged rooster. The Coroner reports
that he has collected from the streets
ten wagonloads of female aud male
noses, bitten off through election diff
ferences; and the returns are not
all inn
Member from Nuuanu: eff this is
really true. why has Colorado, a State
which adjOins Wyoming, adopted
female suffrage by ST, 900 majority?"
Member from Wailuku: because
Colorado is an ass. The Star of Denver
says that the silver trouble came
about through giving women the vote,
and a terrible drouth came over it too,
and the gold mines are drying up
since women have suffrage"
Member from Kalihi: . My friends,
did you ever hear of 'Fuug-
Shuey?' II you were in China
and proposed to build a rail
road or telegraph, the Chinese
would shout 'fung-shuey.' 1t is an
evil spirit, they say, which is gener-
ated out of any innovation, and
spreads disease and death. Every
Chinaman trem bles at the word. If
you offer to introduce an American
pillow, the Chinese cry flung shuey
: it will kill u.s. If you offer to cure
txr hxv n II 9th h q hn
making of beastly noises, they say
flung shuey.' If GU offer to do any
thing that has not been done before
during the last five thousand years.
they cry out flung shuey ,"
Now we have much "fung shuey"
right at home. When it was proposed,
forty years ago, to give women the
right to hold their own property,
many people said "fung -shuey," it
will break up our homes" When,
later on, it was proposed TO give them
the right to make commercial con-
tracts and do business, the STARS of
America shouted "fung shuey." But
it was given, and it was good. When
it was proposed that women should
enter medical colleges, the doctors all
got in line, with plenty of men and
women behind them, and shouted
"fung shuey." 1t was given, and it
was good. When. later. 1T was proposed
that women should keep their own
earnings, there was howl of "fung-
shuey," cit will break up our homes"
But it was done, and it was good. So |
it is with women's voting. | canuOt |
years of "fung shuey" during the
monarchy, when everybody said:
" Don't make any change"
Member from Pawaa: "Why don't |
women rise up and claim the right to |
vote 2"
Member from Kalihi: "All that |
women get in reforms is through |
mans intelligence, after he has got
away from flung shuey.' There are
q hundred women in town who would
vote if allowed to do so, but they
won't cry for it,"
The President: "Some woman who
seems TO be enraged at the Stars |
reiegation-to-the-k itchen theory. of
wOmen's condition sends the follow
ing cOnundrum, or something. / will
read it: Why is the editor of the |
Star like tune played by Paganini
on his fiddle?' Because he will be |
executed on one string"
Il do not" said the President, "en- |
dorse such such sanguinary senti- |
ments. The Star may be right in |
W suppress any
female revolt"
Member from Kalihi: "This is |
practical matter. If could gain any |
thing for good government, / would |
give women the voting power now. |
Agitation does good; it brings out the |
enemies of the cause; you are absO-
lutely sure of finding out who they |
are. One can paraphrase Horace
remark about political par
ties; every man who opposes female
suff age is not a horse thief, but every
horse thief opposes female suffrage.
Some say that woman shouldn't
vote because she cannot fight. Shall
We take the vote away from sick men,
who can't fight; or from those who are
too old to fight?"
The President: "The debate will |
end. / am 'kaualua' We don't add
NIT women to this club because we
fear they may capture it. I wish the
editors would agree. They are artesian
wells OF human nature if one says
black the other is under an irresist-
able impulse to say white'--they |
never want to pool their issues. One
hing is certain: Wherever women
enter, the unwritten law of chivalry
ollows. They may 'leveP up our pol
tics.
ave will adjourn"