The herald., 1896-03-08

ing women, but very seldom do we find
a woman with the infinite gentleness Of
the tenderest of her sex, combined with
the mental breadth, the universal
grasp, the indomitable courage and the
fearless aggressiveness of magnificent
manhood"
do you think there is going to be a
reaction against the new woman, Mrs.
Stanton?" was the next question.
"The new woman, as carioatured and
gossiped about, is fad of the day."
she replied; "there never can be re-
action against the cultured, contented,
physically and mentally strong new
woman. She is in her right sphere
now-the comrade, the companion of
man. Genesis, first chapter, says:
And God created man in his own
image; male and female created he
them The obnoxious rib story was
never mentioned until the second
chapter; it is one of the legends women
must insist upon eXpunging.
"If we could only educate women to
the thinking point all would be we'll,
for it is self-evident fact that a world
filed with tolerant, fair minded, liberal
women would be very desirable place
for man to dwell in. Men are every
where helping US in the good work.
"How inconsistent it is to say that
women have encroached upon mans
work. Do we not see that women need
no longer knit or weave, make butter
and cheese? Cunning arms and fingers
of steel now do it all. And who made
those arms and fingers of steel? Why,
man, OF course. And why should he
not lift the heavy burdens of labor
from human shoulders to tireless ma
chimes? Women as class do not yearn
TO go out and earn their living from
day to day. Fathers, husbands and
brothers are responsiol for more than
we give them credit for
Women throughout the world are in
terested in this ever recurring question
of woman's rights. Even those who
take no interest either way remember
how the news flashed like wildtire
through the country in 1850 that Mrs.
Balva Lockwood had been nominated
for the presidency of the United States.
1t was generally thought the woman's
suffrage people did it, but, as a matter
of fact, IA few friends of Mrs. Lockwood
had met in San Francisco under pc
cuiar circumstances and made the
nomination. On this subject Mrs.
Stanton said:
"Belva Lockwood accepted the nom-
inaiion and the votes that she received
in order to establish a principle, Just
the same as l did years ago when / was
nominated and ran for congress. re-
ceived twenty -four votes. believe, and
the matter vent on official record, be-
cause during the hubbub and agitation
that ensued the discovery was made
that throughout the constitution there
was no word forbidding a woman to ac-
cept an office, but the Interpolation of
the word made it impossible for her
women friends to vote for her."
The suffraeists will not run any
presidential candidate this year. This
reauX Blake, who is skilled in pol
itics and political lore. In talk
ing on this subject she said: "We
nominate woman as presidential can
didate until women are voters and we
can make our nomination in digni-
fed manner
"Of course, from time to time, many
women have been put forward as presi-
dental candidates, but their names
il6N g pSoli uloioly suggested ny some
of their friends. In Justice it should
be told that the National American
Woman's Suffrage association has
never, as body, made political nom
nation of any kind. Our policy has
been and always shall be to indorse
the nomination and help toward the
election of men who are favorable to
our cause, without regard to party"
"Yes, we have our own ideas regard.
ing all the vital questions of the day
the gold and silver question, the bond
question, in fact, all the pending polit-
ical questions, but we do not commit
ourselves or air any of our special
views.
80 long as we are classed with
idiots, criminals and lunatics as unfit
to cast ballot, it goes without saying
that our views on political questions
can not be of any great value.
sit should be remembered that suf-
frage and equal representation are not
longer theory, but an accomplished
fact. We have three free states wy
oming, Colorado and Utah. In those
states women are divided in their DO
litical views, just as men are, and in
the older communities it will be the
same when the right of suffrage shall
have been ecceded."