The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-19
WOMAN SUFFRAGE GAINING.
, INTEREST IN gBE CAMPhIsN
AL OYER THE STATE

.,,rs 10 the Leaders C.i's ara thst Es-
,,..,..- In th. Csuss is Jpst ss Msrhes
r,..,ab.ut the state =. II II Here.
auo- do you feel about the prospect OF wo-
-. outrage in New York 2" Sun reporter
I'D Elizabeth Cady stanton yesterday.
- .sn hardly realize the change In public
on,n,on. l." she said. Such enthusissml such
Uvt, 1t is q revolution. You know how
,.u.. h..n taken M here In the city By people
",sb.v. Away. treated It a. II they felt like
s'.,no Get thee behind me. Satanp And IL
20, IN New York city alone that public opin-
~. h,, 40 completely swung around. have
W., alarmed from Geneva. and the same state
.r.irs prevails In that conservative old
80 al we'll as In aristocratic Auburn and
c..,,d.iRua Last Saturday ! spoke at the
-. ~ Mre Col Miller, the daughter OF Ger
~, smith She has one OF the most beautiful
LAG in Geneva. y large old house with
"..iou. patlors and q wide hall running
,hroush the centre. These apartments were
s,,od with the most influential men and
vomen of Geneva Mrs Miller is IL years old.
hnt .he has entered into this campaign with
All her heart and soul. In her large linen
.Iosst she has had several shelves cleared. and
,b.ss are piled with leaflets which she gives
20 .ysty one who comes to the house. Besides
this she has as she said. pulled seventy-three
1oor hollis with her own hands. She has her.
..f secured ], 100 signatures to the petition.
.uone them tho leading editors. lawyers and
eIerrymen OF the vicinity.
THE only person OF Importance who has
bsld out IL DIR. Potter OF Union College He
did not believe in woman suffrage. and he
didn't want others to believe In IL. He had ex-
bausted his arguments on . lady who was
visiting his wife, and accordingly when met
the lady she prom pity told me that she did not
want to vote she had all the rights she cared
FOR. Perhaps that IL So said. but IL you
bays children do you OF care enough for them
to want to protect them from the dangers and
foundations which surround them ? Doyou not
caro- to help direct their education2 Suppose you
had son who had committed some crime and
had been sent to prison. Wouldn't you want to
zee that he was vol taken care ofthere2 Even
II you yourself are not placed in these posi-
tons Of bitterness. are you SO selfish that you
cannot feel for those who arer Must you feel
the iron teeth OF the law In your own flesh be-
fore you are ready to help to change it|
Don't say another word! she exclaimed. 1
never thought OF It In that way before. Then
she turned to those standing near US. Mrs.
Stanton has converted me In Just fve min
utes.' she said.
Every place I went woman suffrage was
the theme OF conversation. 1t was talked Of
on the streets. in the shops at dinner tables.
Every one was interested. Mrs. Miller's
daughter. Miss Anne Fitzhugh Miller. or
Mamie, as We all called her. was as enthusiast
tic as ever bright girl could be. and there 10
no enthusiasm SO contagious She has q
beautiful voice, perfectly trained, and last
week she put 1t to use In making her maiden
speech on woman suffrage to an invited au-
dience In her own homo. She Ia learning som o
woman suffrage songA too. In June she sails
for Europe but she says that every Saturday
up to the date Of her departure she will have a
Hobart college is in Geneva. you know. and she
viii have the young men from the school at her
Miss Anthony and Miss Shaw were both at
Geneva while was there, and they reported
that the M STs tss sat'
but she has spoken in forty eight counties OF
the state. and viii speak in every one Of them
S SsT' and somssi%ss twice a DAY. As soon 4.
she has finished the cam paiGn here she Will
there IN pt She has appointments in Kansas City.
Leayenworth. and Topeka during her first
A. BACK ses IN
ING Does Doe Miss Anthony think that woman SUI
'aS Yos we s at do But she said to me tina. If
We were successful at the election this fall she
wouldn't nina al. fseS RI. hf Ss M Ga
daughter from England, that after q person
@ and :rsfS Sl Sf sr.y 0F
ySis now y, I've even ii YOU had chance to. would
0h. yes. We wouldr said Mrs. Stanton.
Il told them up at Geneva that they must
sSss ai I've ss fF Would %s p not ds M Ssl
You mustn't Mrs. Stanton" said girl who
take the horses from your carriages and draw
you and Aunt susan TO the polls the first time
Jou 60: or every ti%e for that matter. and the
pG SsS s dss ssP bs.. s e
antness 10 store for women who dare to 20 to
the polls That reminds me Of what Gen.
tate to give women tho ballot, because some
polls to Vote That can ali he re@edisd. II
hohanmed will not go 70 the mountain We
Sap take the mountain to Moha%%sd; These
: stay at home and the ballot box can be taken
around and held up to the front window aud
ine lad, can LIT the curtain lust enough to put
The objection. ar. all. so absurd" said
which have spoSsn have begun By asEln *
some one present to offer an objection to
TG%An gu suffrage, and not once has any one re.
ahd 50, and then 20 and answer them. / wish
en DO not want TO vote There are isolated
cases OF women who are preiudiced against IL
EplY because they have not studied the mat
s There are thousands OF women who pre-
Tend Indifference simply because they are too
proud to admit that they want what they think
heJ cannot get. They fear the ridicule OF the
men OF their households, Of the press, Of the
SlsIgymen who quote the Bible against
larger liberties for their sex. They fear the
.hatp pens OF some women who know the
most vulnerable points Of their own sex. aud
bnst where they can stab most effectively.
the eoNardiee and treachsTy OF this class has
b.sn the most ptiful phase OF this movement.
=, On the surface women do not seem to care
SPOUT the suffrage. IL isn't Indifference; Ii 10
bhlosnphI. They have been trained for CEN
iunes 10 yield submission to the powers that
lhey have been taught that their chief
ulius y self-saeritce their chief duty. to deny
themselves SO they are always more inter-
sslel In some other reform than thsy are in
IoWn emancipation. For that very reason
sds argument which IL the most powerful In
-hnlng women TO take an interest in this
pavement Is the plea that they should do II
~ me sake OF others IL Is this which has . p
ttatd 10 the women whose support OF the
Sasse mas aroused so much gossip. They are
not seeking II for themselves always. because
R any ol them ieel that they do not need IL,
but they want II for the women who do need
~ aud since coming to these women Ii will
aus 10 them also. they will certainly do their