New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-07
TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE.
PEOPLE WRITE on BOTH SIDES OF THE
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE QUESTION
REPLY TO Mrs. JonxsoN's ANrI-suFFRAdE

/ St.. X,i.bot,f in the slightest implying that Dr..
/ Jacob needs any help in answering Mrs Johnson )
statements In The Tribune OF May l. VIII you per
NIT me as n Rrookynito who has not personally
uncovered the protest 20 discuss Mrs. Johnson 3
article Il may be Offered a reply - DR. Jacob :
comments" but II fal.. nevertheless, TO come
anywhere near answering them J. IS full Of mae
curaclcg. contradictions and sophstrles. some OF
which might dclude people who think Only on me
/ surface AMI who dread 10 see women exercise tnr
suffrage This article. as do all others emanatins
from the same side Of the camp reminds mo OF 4
passage in bright little play "A Masque or
/ Culture" written by Miss Annie Trumbull. OF Hart
ford and performed there this winter for the bene-
fit Of Hartford's cultured residents. Minerva mas
summoned Socrates and Confucius to consult with
her in reference to earthly affairs. and sent them
rs her representatives to convention which Is dis
cussing womans progress and position Both gen
tlcinen are given To- making oracular. sententous
observa tons. In a enthusiastically Confucan man
ner on any no prOv0cation. and on their return
10 Minerva. wearlod and amazed at what they had
seen ana heard. this tendency was even more pro-
nounced and aggrayatlng Finally stray remark
of Confucu- though IL contained no idea In Itself.
suggested a line Of thought to Minerva. ana she
said quickly: you give me an idea. Generally. 1
must say | don't get many IDEAS from what you
say It sounds ke-well. like culture OF course. but
II IS not practical. This time YOU are practical"
Now. these remonstrants at best only succeed In
getting of something that sounds like culture. but
which is not based on facts ana VIII not bear an IN
vestgatlon and is not practical 1t may. however
impress people who equally uninformed ana
Illogical
!. Mrs. Johnson denies fatty that the duty or
suffrage can De performed by women calmly. in de-
spite OF the fact that women already perform morr
less Of said duty satisfactorily To ther respective
communities in 100000 square miles OF the carihs
surface. which is an area larger than all Asia. and
among population Of 3S,.r0poo. which Is more than
that of all Europe The reason assigned -
prove that women cannot perform the duty OF
suffrage is that they will not perform the duty o.
bearing arms This pseudo argument ought to have
been laid to rest in every ones mind long ago. but
II IL has not. then nothing remains hut ~ repeat
statements OF facts already reiterated again and
again. Permit me 10 quote from Colonel r. w
Hlgglnson: women cannot fight. 50 they should
not vote Formerly women were refused permission
TO hold real estate on the same ground When hcfs
implied military service wrote Dr johnson In li1o
1T IS easily dscernel why females could not inherit
them. but the reason is at an end. ~ manners
make laws manners likewise repeal them Thr
same reasoning applies to voting. Besides. the
objection proves too much. II appears by the pub
llshed record OF United States military statistics
that out Of men examined foF military duty during
the Rebellion more than quarter were found unh'.
but that this varied with different professions. or
journalists 40 In every 100 were disqualified. OF
preachers ga Of physicians GO Of lawyers 5H The
majority ~ all these classes are useless for
warike purposes as women. far more useless than
the fighting women Of Dahomey. Arc these classes.
therefore. to be disfrauch.seI. Ike women? on the
other hand Of ali unskillel laboiers only 3is In Ion
are disqualified, Of tanners .6 OF ironworsers $50
Is the voting power to be taken away from lawyer,
and Journalists. and 10 be cOnceutfHtel on IRON
workers and tanners? We should DO that be con-
sisient. In the Frussian Army. the most powerful
In the world. General Mcclellan tells us that all nen
are enrolled and those unit FOR field service are en-
II eel mi.
,rT '''.''"'' '"'o' VI ''''' ]ff,
military duty as much as you please"
:, s. = Ana no" one word on TINS much-praised |
influence which the antl-suffraglsts allow II Is de-
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voter can she have II she Is not Informed about Do
litical matters? Well then II Il IL not n burden
some HAty bey""' .He posslniHtles ~ nor tn'"'4'b
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ally II she So desires and the 'bgrdons0fne duty
sinks - ,h. ,ne,. NO., ~ da,.,.,,,. ,ne y,,a anco
a year which even the s,ou;cs, anil -sufrrasists 10
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= In ms answer Mrs Johnson argues Tor suNIase.
God has Joined together let not man put asundcr."
This IS exactly what has boon dom snI what
/, Is hoi good for mann -, be- alone W liner home
or politics. The argument cannot BE- made to do
by the sunraglsts
E. II is encouraglns to nuI that some Of the |
ants IN Il week have learned 80 thoroughly AZ H. |
admit thot household suffrage il no, The basis of |
this Government II p,oii. Viii only learn by their
mistakes no one neei ,!stDalr OF them SunrarI-fs |
who are by some mistakenly said 10 be- working
,ralusi mon a. mon Union e,,,.,r.rt H. MIR. mn
aduitcrotrd ncion 10 NOT MINK ." moorr - men
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