The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-03
WomAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS
DO the Ladies' Keep Congress From Doing
Its work Properly?

Its work Property
That eminent Democrat and bachelor,
Senator David b. Hill Of New York,
thinks it would be mighty good
thing il tho women in Washington were
packed away and sent out Of Washing
ton. " Then the members Of congress
would be left alone. and they could do
the work they have been sent to Wash.
ington by the country 10 do, he declares.
The women keep up one round Of parties
and receptions aud distract the solemn
aud lofty attention Of the men from the
mighty themes they are expected to
wrcstle with in their minds. Once when
some high school boys were forming n
debating society, their teacher asked
them if the high school girls were also
the young men. "Wo can let the girls
come in, for they will distract our
minds. - Don't you think your minds
are pretty weakg' asked the teacher.
The youth admitted that they might be.
The application Of the anecdote to Sena-
tor Hills complaint concerning the
women is neither here nor there, but for
some reason one is reminded Of it,
There is, however, a more serious aspect
to Mr.. Hills charge. What would the
able senator have? He and the other
members Of his sex aristocracy have dis.
franchised women. This sex aristocracy
asserts that women have no business
with anything but housekeeping and So
ciety and that they have not capacity
to vote or to understand politics or any
Of the great questions Of the day. The
same aTistOcraCy-such because of su-
perior physical force-has done its ut
most since the world hogan to keep
women in state of intellectual child
hood, and now it is unreasonable enough
to turn about and complain Of its own
work. What is left to women but society
and frivolity; If women could vote; il
an able, clear headed and disinterested
woman were here and there permitted
to be a member of congress-yes, even
Of the sacred old senate itself-Mr. Hill
would have no occasion to complain of
the social distractions which draw con.
gressmen away from serious business.
Where women are allowed to share re-
sponsibility they bear it gloriously every
time
A programme Of study for the meet
ings of the New York City Woman SUI
frage league was arranged by Miss Har
riette l.. Keyser as follows: Party
machinery meetings, registra.
tion, nominating conventions, the bal.
lot. Parties-Democratic, Republican,
Prohibitionist, Peoples, Social Labor.
Evolution Of the municipality from the
hamlet-London, Berlin. Paris, Bir.
mingham, New York. Tho county
Examples from New England, middle
states, south and west. The state-For
nation and idiusyncrasies Of different
states, New York state constitution.
The federal overnment-Evolution Of
the United States with study of the con.
stitution. Comparison of the United
States with the Swiss republic. &c
and do likewise.
For II years Frances T.. Willard has
been elected and reelected president OF
the w. G. T. U. 1t is only within recent
years, however, that she and the mem.
bers of the organization have seen il
clear that nothing would promote tn,
cause of temperance more swiftly anc
surely than the ballot for women. Once
having seen this, however, they brayely
insert woman suffrage plank in every
one of their annual platforms.
One Of the most hopeful signs abou
women is that they have begun to cult
vate the sense of humor.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.