The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-19
YESIERDAR's MEETINGS.
Hoth side, &c the ous.te- sf th. no
Cleveriy ExpiSited.

culture eathered in q fashionable New York
drawing room for the sole purpose OF discuss
ing woman suffrage would have been reg arded
as a wild niRht OF the I'm a0ination. But times
have changed since then. Such picture 10
no longer burlesaue Of the fancy It Is dsily
and nightly reality.
Such meeting was held last evening at the
Tome OF Mr. aud Mrs. Gordon Wendell 120
East Thirty fifth street The hostess radiant
In pink silk evening gown and attractive in
every detail OF personality and environment,
somehow made one catch In vain at the old
conception OF n woman sufiraglst. Her guests
dropped in from their dinner engagements.
and BY $40 o'clock the chairs were filled and
DIR. Mary Putnam jacob was introduced as
the FIRST speaker.
DR., jacob at once took up the question In
its most serious aspect. She said that the talk
OF It's being as easy to put vote In the ballot
box ms to post a letter. or whether women
would neglect their babies II they had the SUI
frage. was only the fiotssm and ietsam Of the
matter. The real question was one OF SOW
ersignty. The first thing to be asked about
Governmen is. with whom is tho sovereignty
lodged? =" The gauntlet" said DIR. Jacobi. was
thrown down by the decision Of the courts that
women could not vote for &C hool com mssioners.
There had been a law that women could vote
for school trustees. but that law was disputed
they are right. but the woman's suffrage party
claims that through it's efforts Gov Robinson
was himself defeated and Cornell elected in
his place. And then women we're told thatthey
could vote for School Commissioners. Why.
yes. OF course they could votel said the men.
1t Was really voting any way 1t was not any
more than voting In tho Affairs OF corporation
in which you happened to be stockholder. But
when the women came to try II they found that
49, - - n 49,. a AIn IL
They had been led on to play at voting. that
was all For It was finally decided that the
oiices Of School Commissioners were part OF
the soverelgn,y OF the State. and women had
OF the Interest which has been taken By q great
many women; myself among others. ~, Ml ,s
never spoken on the subject. .,,
Now. In a democratic country there should
over S %o anothsr. " Yet 10 this cSuntry supposed
to be democrats S Al dthS p9wsI,: 81 Govern
n d hsSs all, one class after another has
| been admitted to the exercise OF sovereignty
int nas lit to r. m. a.
years that the whole body OF women has been
Eoverned BY the whole ooGy OF men. 1t seems
as It is recognized. In the Southern States
enfran chs en- emit OF the negro. II Is absurd
that an educated woman should be declared
| should not have been enfranchised. but how
p%oa snf hsHs X. Southern states
had eniranchised their white w9men to neu-
thought Of this. and resorted instead to Trick
| cry md cheating.
til about 80 years ago. bat now che is indsr.n;;
dent. This has OF course. been accomplished
Sy Fl: az SdWn .ss
hsa thHy WHY fn should h.S be
| ralauata1 mniat0 DOliticnl RlAyArV
q sal. Il p,
snt 2 i.ilaey alleEsd By such man that physi.
has never been. whom can hit with m fists;
when ca. ben the VIZ
| ington would be at tn. mercy Of Coxey's army.
but We know there Isn't any danger The
Monroe Smith a Columbia College professor.
young and irreproachabls as to his appear
other side Of the question. and this he did with
great willingness. though he said that he had
dangerous post as that OF chief opponent to
DR.. jacob has been Treating the question
largely from a personal point Of view We
%srsly the en- & nts III Il
cultivated women We know. but q all womsn.
am .ucs GLAD 'S ose has ss pS. the :,1s
that Of the right Of soyersignty; The
Isht to vote It s true Is our form Of
Iealiy diluted doses here. but still we have 1t.
| But do not agree with her in what she says
think that the basis OF suffrage was military
| duty. IN the middle ages. whom q man had 10
SrmoS IN order to fsht, very few had any share
IN the right to rule The extension Of ne SUI ~.
frage In modern times corresponds with the
' sS@psthizo with pr. 1seObi in her inaig-
vote for school Comm sslonsrs- There are two
varieties Of suffrage in Europe. There Ia the
S SSt' women %%S sh should Il he "SS
| for school trustees. or supervisors. or select
men Or Other %Snsips O Rcs That Is %Sre
vote; which hns 90 do with III. real soysT-
spencer calls specialization Of iunctions or,
division believe the housenoid Is womsn's
province and the outside world Is mans, /
sphere is a PIatitude which has come to be
laughed A. but many a goot thing has not
women tha suffrage We must not only prove
women to o as strong and clever as men, but
sure do not thinE there are many men who
could take care OF their business. help In the
d dont tRinE many any women could do it, sithsE
We have got IN the habit OF thinking that
have the sSSgs to 81 ptDss
all There are the PRIMARIES. know a man
who said that he had To give up going 10 the
primaries because the two-cent cigars made
him ~. Now. don't think the ladies would
enjoy that my better than the men. And you
must remember that Dir. and Mrs. Flanagan
will 10 there, lie with his two-cent cigar and
she with her clay pipe. And another thing. Is
as 4notherl Are thsy not Identical in intsrss.
one or two other men were called on after
Prof. Smith had finished amid considerable
masculine applause. but some OF them ielt
like adding objections until Charles Russell
WAS consulted. He expressed himself as open
TO conviction. but. as yet. uneonVineed. lie
begged 10 assure the ladies. however. that he
did not think men Intended 10 be unjust TO
women. lie said he had looked around good
deal and had not observed anything Of the
Kind. In fact. 1t had seemed 10 be quite the
suffrage. but had dark fears regarding the
ignorant vote. lie said that there Was no
mention In the Constitution OF universal suf-
fTAge. and that our Government was one OF
cheeks and IeisIicitioas, 90 that We had the
tiSm. Therefore u was not. AZ was often
elaine ed contrary to the spirit OF the American
GaVarnmAnt deny woman the right OF