New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-03
WOMAN AND THE BALLOT.
- INTERESTING MEETING AT THE
HOME OF MRS. J. d. ROCKEFELLER.
nnREssES BY THE REV II. NJ SANDERS. MRS
ELLEN FOSTER. MISS KATE FIELD AND
OTHERS-A BIG MEETING AT
SHERRY'S TONIGHT.


An unusually large number OF prominent woman
mirage speakers were present yesterday afternoon
=, the home of Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller, No 4
west Fifty -fourh-st., and the drawing rooms and
A.u were filed with women who listened with in
.nrest 10 their words. The Rev. Dr. Henry NJ.
sanders OF the Madison Avenue Baptist Church.
cuned the chair and introduced the speakers:
Mrs Stanton Blatch DR.. Mary Putnam Jacob
Mrs C. A. Runkle. Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. of Iowa
ra Miss Kate Field. of Washington
Mrs Runke humoronsly began her address with
~ aneclote "1n the beginning OF time" she said
~,here were twelve basketfus Of talk and 1t was
~enor,ed that Eve took nine OF them, while Adam
.A 10 scramble 10 obtain three; l presume
ho, this accounts for the disproporton of the
t.,e to-day among the speakers.
.N.ny people have asked me-" she continued. IF
, Aid not consider that this sudden, unexpected
"a almost violent movement fad. Possibly
=, NAV be- but 1t Is going to lead to good results.
victor Hugo says that in order to reform one must
lin with the grandmothers. Now. our grand
o,bers are said to have been very serious and
s,, home-bodes, ana many assert that they
D,N have been hOrrifed at the thought of doing
,h unwomanly things as II is said we are
,yinc TO do Now | wonder how much of this
,,dltlon OF affairs owing to belief and how
much TO environment!
90 have been told that 100 years ago men were
,sEed why women were not granted the right of
e-aqe and they replied that they didn't want 1t.
v,ou they surely didn't get IT, but ii seems TO me
tina, that argument sounds somewhat modern.
daughter Woman has the power of orsanza-
,ion 10 a marked degree She also has foresight.
arsor and imagination. Prudence. energy, courage
ard indomable perseverance are specially the gifts
a, woman and invaluable in government
QUALIFICATIONS or WOMEN.
can modem governments are governments by dis
cussion. and that is woman's great talent. Women
l hiring 70 municipal problems holiness OF ideas
that most men lack Women would bring TO pub
lie interests enthusiasm and hopefulness. some
men sheer at this and some women consider IT bad
FORM but no great cause was ever successful With
out it,
IN the West and said Il know what women are
dining without the ballot. and | know how much
better they can do with it. hope you will get it"
applause Mention was made of the question re-
garding the Church and the probability OF occle-
sastical influence being exertcd 1t was admitted
that this might be first. but when the women
crashed their position and their rights this would
be overcome
Something must be done" continued the speaker
Thousands of wage-earning women are hungry
and cannot obtain employment ! do not plead Tor
any one system but some action must De 'ak ,eh
out being bothered with this matter VIII De bcne-
doing what must be done VIII you women VINO
sit in your beautiful homes in comfort, say. Let
those who want the ballot, agltate ana 40 nothlhS
10 help the cause? This is the quintessence OF
selhshness. is caused by INSTRUMENTATION You
either don't think or you don't care
A LESSON FROM THE MALTA TROUBLES.
Miss Field declared that until one year ago she
had considered suffrage a privilege. not a right,
but had always believed that If the idea Of the
enfranchlsement Of woman ever became fashionable
IL would become a fact. and smillngly said:
Now that you women making II fashionable.
the result is assured" She continued by referring
TO the Malta tragedy in New-Oreans, and said that
that awakened her mind. when found" she
said. that sixteen States suffrage aliens,
handed in my adhesion suffrage. The
exercised and by the best women OF the State.
Men and women are eternally equal and eternally
different and We want that difference In politics 70
A meeting OF the citizens OF the With As
sembly District was held in the Macdougal Street
Baptist Church last evening. to listen 70 suffrage
Harriette A. Keyser and the Rev. DR.. Robert s.
Macarthur. Of the Calvary Baptist Church. DR.
Macarthur spoke with enthusiasm OF the move
msnt He regarded II from the point of view OF
justice purity and temperance and declared that 1t
"womans right that she would "undoub-
eddy purify the ballot" and that intemperance. IL
not actually doomed would be greatly lessened II
woman had the power TO vote He admitted that
he didn't believe in universal suffrage. but thought
that there should be qualified suffrage for both
sexes. He considered that If the present condi.
what could do. IL quite time 10 gle the
women chance.
large number signed the petition.
The woman suffrage movement bids fair TO con-
tnue with undiminished vigor until the Constitu-
tonal Convention meets. Those who favor woman
suffrage will hold a big meeting at Sherry's to-
Smith. the Rev. Arthur Brooks and Felix Adler.
An anti-suffrage meeting will be held at the home
OF Mrs J. c. Hoagland. No. 366 Clinton-ave, Brook
yn, to-day, at 1890 a. m.