Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-11-30

Doubis II women should be Given the
Suffrage without Their
Asking IL.

an interview with Miss Field in
the San Francisco Call:
Miss Field was to have started
some time ago, but has been de-
layed by the cholera reports. Be-
fore leaving Chicago she rescued
the fort OF John Brown, which
had been brought from Harpers
Ferry to that city by some specu-
lators, secured land near its orr
ginal site and provided for its
transportation ana raised $1,000
to cover the expense of putting it
up.
There is about $500 more re-
quired, md may ask it of some
of the good people of this CITY,"
she said.
Miss Field Was in Utah during
the late political campaign. The
Democrats deserved to be beaten"
she said, "for hrePkirg mp the
Liberal party, which thy did be-
cause they felt so sure of success
l was long opposed to the ndmis-
sion of Utah hrF there is one
very hopeful sign, AID that is Tie
way in which the young Norm ms
assert their Independence of the
church In politics. That specta-
Gle = most bnpOyI, Tor the future
of the StatU. there is very
bitter feeling between the Demo-
cratic and Republican Mormons.
In fact it is as bitter as was that
between the Mormons and Gen
tiles formerly"
Miss Field does not believe
that women are showing Il great
desire for the suffrage. Il do
not see why they should be given
it until they show that they want
it. You eau see by the returns
how inactive they were in Massa-
chusetts in the late elections.
Only $4,000 women voted and yet
there are 10000 more women than
men III tie Stale and they could
run the whole State government
il they chose.
women are not sufficiently
enlightened on the subject to
want suffrage, and 1 am not so
sure that it is wise t. give any
body anything unless they show
Z desire for it. They would be
just like deadheads who always
growl. They never appreciate
what they get, while those who
pay their way sit out the show,
and geuerai.y Ike il. l believe
in the justice of women's suffrage.
l believe they have as much right
to it as men, and 1 do not agree
with Bishop Doane's article in
the North American Review that
everything will 60 to the 'demni-
ton bow-wows.' 1 don't find that
women il Wyoming and Colorado
are a bit different from women in
the States where they have no
suffrage.
"In Utah there was an amazing
amount of consideration shown
to women in the late campaign.
There was taff,y all over the place
until the Supreme Court decided
that they could not vote until
Utah became a State. So l don't
anticipate any horrible results
when it comes, nor do expect it
to bring about the millennium.
women want some small dis
sipation. They want to get away
from the humdrum existence they
lead. Men have their clubs and
political meetings and such things
to give spice to their lives, but
do not appreciate the narrowness
of the circle in which women
move. When women have such
serious things as politics to in
terest them they will drop a great
deal that is trifling. If anything
in the world could reduce the
number Of hours women devote
to shopping what a blessing it
would be There are no gadders
on earth like American women.
If they gadded to some purpose.
if they took up fine cooking or es-
thetic dressing, for instance, it
would be different.
women are not saints, and
will make mistakes. but politics
will be good education for them.
They will be developed and i'm
proued.