New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-22
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TIE SACRED RIGHT OF WIFE BhAIIN"'
Woman. take notice. The dignity OF the Loru
~ Creation is TO b. protected. This Is a ch'"i
80 400 II ia called the W0mans century.
uo, "a generous. He gives his companions OF
49, ,,o,ror COX fine clothing, pours gallant
manifestations Of devotion into their ears anu
tolls them fattering tales OF their periec''oh
.a1 ,rsrorce. he let's them meet in clubs crcu'
49, ,,o,i,ons and generally imagine that they
- Go ro,,onoI and respected beings. But fet
..a,, ma, ,resnoss too far upon his good-nature
49,. doo,, that no has abdicated his right 10
rrle II is all very well TO besfow ia'isn gus
. T., tho mood on sweet, dependent Great
49, D,, may no caressed and horses 1eu
...,,,, su,or nlums but that does not give then
r,b, ~ onneal from the whip and the spur oi
49, o,,rer A the Gar announces that WIN
all goodwill to his subjects he must oeien' ''''
nrlnciple OF aurocracy. so man hpuS' '
'.',,an tho, mo "a not TO be subjected to hunlh
alton and bodily pain for any Of his doihgs !"
the august capacity Of husband ,,.
Men are sometimes weak IN tEeir "e''i"-
with women They have given them co"ioi VI
their own property. In some places '"rs n'.
10, them have a voice in public affairs bu' ''''
h,,t has been made at last. Whatever others
may do rho great State Of NewYork Is ranged
., IN. side Of ancient precedent and stands
hu,w,rl, for the defence of mans most inherent
RIGHTS A bill was recently offered in the Legs
l,urc 10 punish with whipping men VINO IN
flcrcd brutal physical illusage on others. 1t
WAS generally commended as the most effective
means Of dealing with this class OF people -
little humiliation and physical pam mas oeen
shown more effective in dealing with the cow
ards who do not hesitate TO infiict pam IMAM
any other method Of punishment yet devised
II Is a punishment that fits the crime to perlec
ton Yet this bill had one defect. II was SO
drawn as To interfere with the rights Of a man
IN manage his family and discipline his wife.
This would not do at ALL No legislator would
wish to correct his wife with his fists. Still. the
principle Of family government was AT stake.
Society had surrendered 10 sentimentalists, ana
called men 10 account for killing their women
folks and had even gone so far as To send them
IN rho workhorse for MASKING their wives faces
In Jolly Yet the line must be drawn some
where No man, however humane. could con-
sent TO rob fellow male creature OF his self
r.snect to the extent of having physical blows
| inflicted on his bare shoulders just because ne
happened 10 be unduly Jealous in maintaining
his rightful supremacy at home. 80 the Dill
was amended and was reported for passage. 1t
provides that corporal punishment may BE- in
! nictcd on persons assaultng female or child
| ~ either sex under the age Of sixteen years. cx-
cont II tbe female Is the wife Of the person in
question. Anv man who would beat child de
serves whipping He who beats another mans
wife must be- severely dealt with. The man VINO
beats his own wife may be "A wretch whom
'fycrc gross fat,cry 10 name coward. but
| for all that be is a man. and none may dare To
| break the spirit Of thar freedom soul.
! Down in a tenement in Baxterst. the other
day lay rhc body ~ a woman covered win
| bloody rags Her throat. her arms. her legs
her body had been cut by her husbands razor.
Patiently she had worked with failing strength
10 yet a ctisi Of bread for her children ana Keep
this man in lazy drunken idleness. When she
could not earn enough for his impcrious de-
mands he exercised that time-honored right OF
family government and beat her and kicked her.
And she worked on. At last she could work no
l,nyer and in brutal rage he killed her and then
SAT down. whining: VIII they kill me: Don't
| L., them Kill me-" The electric chair may per
hap> Kill him Bur that penalty Is no deterrent
| I'm such a case The fear OF 1t did not prevent
this womans sufferings This mans fate will
! teach no lesson 10 others He l. coward. rs
his whining shows He whipped this uncom-
/ plainlng creature because he could do 50 Will
our risk 10 himself 4 week in prison would
! only have given him time OF better living than
she could earn for him. \ good logging would
/ have stopped at the beginning the brutality
| which ended in murder OF all people VINO SUI
| fer from the violence III men. II i the wives
who suffer most and who most need protection.
Better. though. thinks the Judiciary Committee
| ~ the Senate that All the wives In the State be
reduced 10 pulpincss than that the supremacy OF
man over his own family Sc undermined