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Tho Great Change In Feminine senti
ment.

ment.
Tho enthusiastic reception of Mrs. ELIZA
BETH CADY STANTON by the woman -suf-
frage meeting at Cooper Union on Monday
night was both q deserved tribute to her
and an impressive indication OF the radi-
cal change In feminine sentiment and pub
lie opinion concerning the activities proper
for women.
It Is true that In the audience were nearly
all Of the regular and professional women g.
rights agitators Of whom Mrs. STANTON
has been for 30 many years the able and dis
tinguished leader: but they were relati vely
few and actually they are at most only q
few hundred. taking the whole State to-
gether. At least nine out OF ten Of the
women present at the meeting are recent
converts to the views represented by her.
Mrs. STANTON Joined LUcRETIA Mort
In the agitation for womens rights,
fully fifty years ago; and she kept
up the struggle Increasingly. and against
the almost unanimous opposition Of
feminine sentiment untn within the
last year. During nearly all that time the
very appearance OF a woman on a public
platform as pleader for any cause was re-
sentsd by both women and men as an utter
ly unbscoming proceeding. 1t was long
regarded as even Indecent. and accordingly
Mrs. STANTON. now received with general
and enthusiastic applause at the Cooper
Union. was often hootsd and insultsd when
she as q public speaker insisted on pro-
claiming her views.
Meantime. substantially all OF the rights
OF women for which she eontended have
been granted. with the single exception
OF the privilege Of the suffrage. so that
the laws even show some partIaIity
70 them. But this more careful protection
has been extended to women rather because
men recognize the practical dependence OF
women on them. and feel its obligation,
than because OF any self-assertion by the
women. Husbands and fathers have been
the more careful in guarding the rights Of
their wives and daughters for the very rea-
son that women generally have not asked
for such protection, not knowing their pre-
else need oft
So far. therefore. the legal rights extend
cd to women have indicated only keener
sense OF obligation on the part OF men 70
protect their dependence. The laws passed
for their special benefit have been enacted
on the theory that they cannot take care OF
themselves. but must Be looked after by
men, 1t Is only the old theory carried out
more intelliEently and eOnseientiOusly. and
under the impulse Of reasonable masculine
sOlicitude. not as . consequence Of the direct
pressure Of feminine agitation.
During the sane period. however. the
The sun., 1894-05-13
Whore. It VIII End.

The CLEVELAND Commune puts $1,000 q
year as the permissible limit Of income.
Anybody who has a greater income than
that must be mulcted one-flftieth. The in
come tax made Law. the principle will be
established that $4,000 year is the mete
and bound Of wealth not to be disturbed
for the benefit Of the less wealthy. As COM
munism spreads. the limit will have to be
greatly lowered. but the important thing
from the communistio point OF view is to
have limit. Then everything above It
will be fair game. All the great medium.
and small fortunes invite the spoiler. From
the confscation OF one-hftieth to the confis-
cation Of fifty-fftieths Is no long step.
The Income tax will naturally lead to:
1. Legal limitation Of income.
2. Legal limitation OF private wealth.
Bleeding the rich Is too productive q
process and too interesting to the shiftless
to be discontinued when It has once been
begun
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Instruction. In his inaugural address he
had admitted that the college received 1t
least eeOs.OOo from the lands sold directly
by the State. sum which would be sum-
| cient Of itself 10 endow as many college
scholarships - these students number.
The gratitude for the rest Of the money
obtained from thelands Of the State.he gave
wholly TO Mr.. CORNELL. saying that their
enhanced value wac created by the wise
management Of EZRA CoRNELL and the trus-
tees Of the university" After all. however.
the grant which has enriched Cornell came
originally from the State. and the institu-
ton would not have been founded without
It. without it Mr.. CORNELL would have
had no chance TO contract with the State TO
take the grant. TO the end that within
twenty years when values had appreciated
he might sell tho land" However 1t may
be technically. Cornell morally owes it's
good fortune to the State. which favored
II against the efforts OF existing colleges
to obtain . share In the advantage by
which that then inchoats enterprise solely
profited. The State. moreover. continued
and increaeed Its benefits. by granting an
extension for ten years when Mr.. CoRNKLL's
contract with It expired In 1885.
hILeT TeClLlnR tueb8 IhCJS, fTestuSnt
ScHuRMAN proceeded In his inaugural ad-
dress to argue at great length In favor Of
the support" "of Cornell from the public
treasury" on the ground that IL is "in fact
the university Of the State Of New York,
Just as. for example. the Institutions at Ann
Arbor and at Berkeley are the State insti-
tutions OF Michigan and California" That
Is. having once begun TO give TO Cornell.
the State is bound TO keep on giving per-
petually. It Is the argument which We said
President ScHURMAN is now using. and
which actually he has been using with
members Of the Constitutional Convention.
in spite OF his disingenuous attempt last
Thursday evening to create an impression
that we had published false Information
concerning his purposes.
"The State Of New York." cried President
SCHURMAN In 1897. must take Cornell to
her bosomr "one polite act" he said.
referring TO the Assignment Of the land
grant. should not be Z" bar to further wis
dom" II ask Of the State OF New York."
he continued. and In the published address
the words are italicized, IAN annual ap-
preparation to Cornell University Of not lees
than $150.000" I'm accepting tho land
grant from Congress-" according to his
theory. New York pledged State aid to
the institution receiving the prooeeds.'
That Is the proposition Of which we gave
the public warning In the article which
President SoHURMAN pretended to dlscredit
on Thursday evening.
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social condition and preiudices Of women
have undergone = complete change. The
more extensive ues Of machinery In manu-
factures has given vast multitudes Of them
employment outside Of the home. and new
Inventions have steadily enlarged the
sphere OF their activities. Even fash
Ion has contributed powerfully TO over
come their old distaste for publicity.
The women prominent In the society
OF fashion In New York are now
known by name throughout the Union.
They have become public characters, like
the members Of reiRning family In mon
archy. and their example is initiated In
every considerable community. The APP
pearance Of women as speakers on public
platforms and as presiding officers OF pub
lie meetings is no longer a novelty. and
hence the horror with which women
used to look on tho proposition that
they shall be made voters has passed
away. 1t frightens them no longer. Even
those OF them now opposing woman suf-
frage usually contend only that they are
notyet ready to discharge duty which
they expect will ultimately be imposed
on them. The time for IL has not
yet come. they say. They acknowl-
edge that women have been getting
ahead very fast. yet they do not think
them far enough along to be admitted TO
political partnership with men in the gov
ernment Of the State. But the very public
discussion Of the subject by women shows
how remarkable has been the transforma-
tlon which has taken place since the day
when Mrs. sTANroN's entrance into that
field provoked public reprobation and
caused her to be accused OF unsexing herself.
The sun., 1894-05-13
Pocket Map OF Local Repubiicanism

Two contesting delegations. each disput.
Ing the regularity and the representative
character OF the other, are likely to &c
from New York city to the next Republican
State Convention. Such a contest among
the Republicans OF New York city will be
exceptional. There has not been general
contest Of the sort. extending throughout
all the districts. since 1871. It bodies no
good to the Republicans this year.
Prior to the election Of 1898 there was no
question whatever about the regularity OF
the Republican county organization. man
aged. as his friends claimed. or manipu-
lated. as his adversaries averred. by Mr..
JACOB II. PATTERSON. formerly Excise
Commissioner and Police Justice. The PAT
TERsoN County Committees regularity was
unimpeaohsble. but 1t did not enjoy the
confidence OF any considerable number OF
Republicans. Serious charges were made
against the ability. the alertness. the sin
cerity. and the rectitude Of Its leaders In their
management Of Republican interests. Ac-
cordingly, this committee. quailing under
the censure which Mr.. PArrERsoN's leader
ship had provoked. consented to efface
itself. and to make what may be Justly de-
scribed as an assignment OF its claims to
regularity in favor Of the Committee Of
Thirty. an assemblage OF Union League
Club Republicans.
1t was at this point that the PLATT-RErD-
MILHoLLAND Republicans. asserting to the
political bankruptcy Of the old machine.
but disputing It's right to make an assign
ment with preference to the Committee of
Thirty. started In to make a new organiza-
speak. from individual Republicans who en-
rolled themselves In the new movement
Both factions claim to represent a nu-
mercal majority Of the Republicans OF New
York. The State Committee will be called
upon TO decide between the two. Neither
derives any title to regularity from any act
OF the Republican State Committee or OF
the last Republican Convention. From that
point of view. both are on terms OF equality.
Mr.. PATTERSON and his former associates in
the discredited and disbanded County Com
mittee appear to be In control OF the Com
mittee OF Thirty faction. although WILLIAM
BRooKFIELD. Chairman OF the Republican
State Committee. appears as ostensible
leader. Tho hILHoLLASD faction has the
support Of ex-senator PLArT. whose intiu-
ence with the Republican State Committee
probably outweighs Mr.. BRooKFIELD's. 1t
has. further. the backing Of our nelghbor
the Tribune. and Is not without friends in
the counties outside OF New York.
The result OF the contest between the two
factions will be watched with interest by all
Democrats. The Democracy OF New York.
though diminished somewhat in numbers
by the course OF events In Washington. is
harmonious and united.
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81 propose to fight Ii out on this line II It
takes all summer" was the message that Gen.
GRANT sent to Washington. while he was In the
midst Of the bloody battles OF the Wilderness
and its vicinity. which were fought from MAY
20 June 3 1884. On assuming command OF
all the armies OF the United States. March IL.
1854. GRANT I'm % ediatsly began q new line
OF cam pAign." not only against LEE In Vir-
ginia. but all over the South He eoneen-
trAted all the Federal forces In several dis
tinct armies. which were 10 move sImultane-
ously against the Confederate armies In Diff
ferent parts Of the South. so that thsy would
nSt be able to send Tsenforcsmsnts from one
quarter to another Gs they had done so sue.
eessfully down to that time GRAET an
nouneSd that " Confederate armies would be
the only objective points In the coming cam
paiEn. SHERMAS was ordered to move upon
Atlanta aud against JOHNSTON: SIGEL WAS to
move doHR the valley Of Virginia against
BRKcEESRID0E. 80 as 10 cheek the raids from
that quarter; BAEKs las soon as be could sx-
trieats his army from the disastrous Red River
sxpsditionl was TO operate against Mobils;
BUTLKK vas 20 threaten Richmond bJ ascend
ing the James River. while the Army Of the
Potomac vas 70 resume offensive operations
against the Army Of HOrthsrn Virginia ua-
der Ike Orders we're Issued fer all these
forces to take the Geld and begin these move
meats Sn AAy 4. 1854. Gad Il was on "Shls
line" that the great armies Of the AOFth. di-
rsctsd b. . single master mlnd. began the
grand StFatsky Of the war that AnAllJ crushed
the rsbslliOh-
In carving cut his part Of the DrOErAmms
GRAST creased the RA pldAn. and On MAy 5. a and
z snEaEsd LEE IN the Desperate battle Of the
WtlasFnSss. IN Whleh the FsdsEAls had 2. 2ol
killed a1eo S0uaasd and 2SO2 missing.
The sun., 1894-05-13

vhfls the Confederate lees vas probsbiy
greater. Nay g q aad 10 we're spent In skir-
mishinG. and on May II sHRRIpAN came IN
sight Of Richmond on HE celebrated raid In
the rear Of LRE's army. sklrmIshina and
nshtinR vsrs almost ineessant from this time
until June 3. In this ampaien Of thirty days
the Union army had e.5e8 men killed.. 28047
wounded. and 8628 missing, . total Of 80 25a
LEE's loss IL placed At about $4,000. Although
these battles were not decisive and had been
fought st . terrible sacrifice OF life. LEE for
the 1rat time. perhaps. realized that compre-
hensive plan Of campaign had been forcibly
inauRuratsd against him. and he IL said 10
have remarked that II II IL fought out on this
line the Confederacy is doomed"
The sun., 1894-05-13
The Hamstrung Squad.

II the amaigsmated atrocity bill now
before the Senate were the work OF Repub-
ncans. how many Democratic Senators
would vote for it2 What cloudy wrath and
steaming rhetoric Senators like tho Hon.
GEORGE GRAHAM VEST and the Hon. RooRR
QuARLRs Mills would manifest against
such o bill II It were only Republican In
authorship az It Is In principle. Indignant
enough these gentlemen are now. but all
their indignation is impotent because there
Is no courage behind It. They know what
q shameless thing OF bargain and sale the
bill Is. that 1t utterly contradicts the Demo-
cratic platform. and is SO rotten with dis
crimination and special favors that even
Pittsburgh accepts It without complaint.
Why do they let such loathsome mess be
rammed down their throats2 They con-
sent, sulkily It is true. but they consent to
the dishonor OF the Democracy. and they
accept thereby their personal share In that
dishonor.
The bill is not In the least party meas
ure. 1t can bind nobody. The policy Of the
Democratic party was formulated at CHI
caRo. and . conspiracy between the White
House and such Democratic Senators as 1t
can drum round itself for reversing that
policy Is worthy Of no more respect than
CoxKY's army. Yet some Democratic Sena-
tors who are strongly opposed to this bill
and who haven't drawn or tried to draw
prizes In the lottery OF protection. will vote
for the bill because 1t Is not in some respects,
they think. as bad as the MCKINLEY bill.
They were going TO annihilate the Giant
GRIM: and now they follow him humbly.
triumphantly plucking two OF three hairs
out OF his head as token Of how greatly
he In changed.
The sun., 1894-05-13
Conserving JoAa Brown.

To THE EDIToR OF TIE SUH-s1: May ask
a small space to add trust to the value Of
the interesting historical paragraph you print
to-day on your editorial page relative to John
Brown OF Kansas and HArpers Ferry1
First. then. as 10 the date Of looking
around at HArpsrs Ferry. which Is given as
July, 1854 John Brown selected that point.
and never changed. as far back as 1883. when
he first made statement OF his purpose and
plan TO hiA vile. Mary. and his three elder
sons. John. 1r, Jason. and Owen. all between
10 and 10 ysArs OF age at that time A colorsd
man. the Rev. Mr.. Faystts. also received his
confidence The Captain did not design going
to Kansas when tvs Of hls sons did early in
1855. Hswss then arranging for an attack on
Harper's Ferry. In ADril and May. 1888. John
Brown. Jr. BY his fathers direction. was look
ing around " the points occupied at the Ken
nsdy Farm July. lo5O. and HArpeI's FsrrI. Va,
the night Of Oct lb. and on the 18th aud 18th.
himself He had three sons, oven. Oliver. % and
two Of their 6rOIRsTs,in-laa also. bota fiiIsd'
and sleVen other whites. with i've eolOrsd men
Thirteen Of the party learned their lessons in
Kansas three Of the colOred men we're fuRi-
sold from Virginia to Louisiana
Ersd.fef ia Ksasss oiy.P 's AID 'NSs %stsoa sat a
HArDeT,s Ferry. There are now three sons
ilSSiTs .S.a SSGhn sh IaD J 36l. ssSS Pc.
PstraliAi Hlea and Sarah 10 santa Clara
kennedy Farm aTpers FSrrS party There
are over forty llyinR descendants. 10 the third
fsssdsnS, MsrJ. his widow. died IN iss4
0Tsn ass soh Tse & escaped i6Sn thS RAD died
Salmon, served in the UliOn army ksspset-
liTwOOD. BLI RDOE. NAY 8. 1854
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TIE PoPULIsT eR<BBBR
New the Ineone Tsx WIN Ressh Out for
the Mes OF Little Means


Hsw th. Ireone Tsx win Re..s Out for
the Mes OF Little Meas.
FSo- a. PAiGd,iph,a Pulie L>d,.,
THE Sun has been doing good service for In
country and It's party By exposing the decep-
tive. fraudulent character Of the proposed tar
on incomes which the Dem ocratic majority Of
Congress. have made par Of their TarIfY hill. st
the dictation OF the Populists whose latest
platform alone embodies m income tar miami
Here in PHILADELPHIA. and no doubt in that
particular this city In fairly repres.ntatiy. Of
otbers or Of all comm nitiss com poaed lnrgsIv
OF industrious. frugal peopI.. thar. ara m nj
titudes Of holders of q few corporation honda
or shares OF stock in which tbsy have invs.ted
their hardly earned sayines. Tn. number ~
such ANAL inyestors in the honda and stock
OF the Pennsyly.ni.. the Reading the Iebigb
Valley. and the street railway com nanisa aIon.
Is 80 large as to render the proposed fraudu.
lent tax upon their neagrs interest and diyI.
dend account A most serious matter. Tbs ag.
rreea,e value o. such individually ANAL IN.
yestments. held solely for the sunnor, a,
widows and orphans. which would be subiectsd
to the exactlops OF the Goyernmen under tbe
Dill a. IL IN now fs very con nsiderabIs. "a, 4,
the alleged exemption of Of mora than a oOO
were adhered to in individual ens.s NOT on.
cent OF it could be touched by the incoms "a,
gstberer.
The deceit and fraud Of tbia obno,fon.
measure does not end here. bovsver R..sd
upon the false pretence Of taxing n o incomes
under a. OOO Il leyies a tax OF Q per cent on
the profits or income accruing to sayinpa
banks after the deduction OF their operating
expenses. II is as unjust as deceptive and
fraudulent As that part Of the TarifY sup
plement which proposes to tax the email in
comes OF the holders OF stocks and bonds. In
New York alone the number OF depositors In
the savings banks is upward Of 100. 900. and.
wherever these beneicislly useful Institutions
are situated. the benefits they confer are
eagerly taken advantage Of By the thrifty
and frugal wage and salary sarnsrs
The very poorest working people are
among their depositors. and there 10
no class OF Institutions which. whom properly
conducted. help more largely than they to
create and foster economy and saving among
those oil limited means. such being admit
tsdly the case. they should be encouraged By
the Government as they are by the most In
tehigent and ph'lanthropio persons In every
community where they exist II the Govern
ment can do ANYTHING more commonly helpful
than another. II Is TO encourage the habit Of
saving oy the people, and it can do 1t In no
more effective way than that OF fostering
savings banks In fact. the entire scheme 10
The sun., 1894-05-13

Five hundred and twenty-four knots,
from noon to noon. By the Lucsnis. going
against the sun About 542 in an oren twen-
U-four hours. 22S knots per hour Splendid |
Brer CRAMP had better put In another square
Jard Of IRE surface and get IN another wrinkle
in the circulation pump Of those ambitious
boats now building on the Delaware. Another
half knot on the Luesnia's speed and she
would cross the Atlantic In Just five days
The sun., 1894-05-13
NatLs. slr.as 60 Op.a MIA D.par.,

To THE EDITOR or TIE sUN-Sr. On Tues
dGy. May Is. l will oDsn four milk depots for
the sale OF steriliZsd and raw milk The herds
from which tia milk comes will be examined
pJ the veterinary surgeon from the Health
Board The dspots will be at 3l7 East Ninth
street, Al Eldridge street. 23 Market street
end ~ the pier AZ loot Of East Third street
Two others further up tOHn-ons on the east
shortly. NATHAS SrRIUs'
The sun., 1894-05-13

q this letter Ross-and it has been exten-
sive-there h absolutely no ground for the
fear expressed by tas Tory chief. that Irish
American politicians would ssize the lever
of Iriah home rule TO unsettle British COM
merce, and TO command the trade routes
and threaten the seapOrts Of Great Britain.
Lord SALlsBURI's assumption that the
Catholic majority Of the Irish population
would be guilty OF religious Intolerance
under home rule regime is likewise de-
,nouncsd ss absurd. DR.. ENrET challenges
the citation Of q single authentic instance
Of Catholic intolerance In Ireland during
the last two hundred years. He does not
hesitate 10 assert that the only religious
disturbances which have occurred during
that period have emanated. directly or in
directly. from the Orangemen. In the
southern and western sections of Ireland,
where the proportion of Catholics to Protes-
tants has been for the most part as four 10
one, there has been no trouble. In truth.
Catholics. since their emancipation. have
retained fewer Of their co-rellgionists
than Of Protestants to Parliament. On
the other hand. such Q thing ss the
return Of Q Catholic from any Of
those Ulster constituencies which are
dominated by orangemen was never heard
Of. In word. the only enemies TO Ireland's
future peace and prosperity are the
orsngemen, the sole motive for whose
existence is to breed discord under the
cloak Of religion.
DR.. EMMEr closes his remarkable letter
with the declaration Of his belief that. under
the existing circumstances, provided. Of
course. these are amellorated by the conces-
sion Of home rule, 1t is best for Ireland to
remain part Of the British empire. Such
q connection would. at all events. he thinks,
be preferable to the acceptance OF complete
Independence in her present state. We
commend to Lord SALISBURY and his fellow
Unionists these sober-minded and reassur-
ing declarations Of the head OF the Irish Ne
tional Federation Of America.
The sun., 1894-05-13

10 EaI kBnOH o. IEz sUH-S0l In your Wsdnssday N
sailisn Yea stated thAt thsEs 0aly four oAIAOs
sSa,t;ssalsd segIshss n Hsw Vera sily. bai yes
SAttsl eae Hhleh Waa cousscTAted ~ leA1t enGy.
hEs eArl ago n4msiy, thu hsdsmptorist Church of
Ne Aesa hoiJ Asdsensr. 10 kAst II I'd sirssl
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