New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02

shirk such duty II they could only have some ex-
cuse for so doing. and therefore want the ballot
withheld from them. James Freeman Clarke very
plainly shows women their duty in this direction
when he says:
What right have you women to leave all this
work of caring for the country with men? Is II
not you: country well rs theirs? Are not your
children 10 i've In il after you are gone? And are
you not bound TO contribute whatever faculty GOO
has given you to make it and keep 1t pure safe
and happy and?'
scientous wife and mothe~ find time for the study
OF civcs. If this were true (which happily Is not
tho case. what travesty IT would DC upon tne
father and husband, who claim TO bear the burdens
OF the family, that IL should be necessary for the
wife and mother 10 labor so INCREASINGLY that she
would have time 20 think outside her own door
4ed sdTnr GIVES a Si the the Country clubs Of
women ara pursuing regular courses upon this sub
claim that they have sold more books pertaining 20
this subject since women have been taking an IN
gether for years past The time has passed when
the woman who never thinks outside the four walls
life to an American -tizen. Thomas Wentworth
Hgginson says: one OF my reasons for supporting
those women who most eminent In public ser
vice also uniformly the most estimable wives
and mothers the same concientiousness and mental
capacity which fitted them for the one sphere ntted
them also for the other Not only have many OF
home sanitation been due TO them, but IN actual
service and success az wives ana mothers they
have been worthy of admiration"
Mrs Smith says she is satisfied With masculine
management OF public affairs. should Judge from
thing If she were not called upon TO exercise her
or DO mr. d4y Ghside mer own nTns Mn
OF public affairs must either be extremely Ignorant
regarding such affairs or extremely Indifferent to
the welfare of her own community. Even her be
loved Bishop Doane considers masculine manage
ment Of public affairs most disgraceful Nothing
can be more disastrous to any class OF people than
perfect contentment with their condition In life;
Progress cannot be attained where Tire people feel
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wholesome discomfort. a looking for something
higher and better. is necessary for the welfare OF
Mrs. Smith does not even attempt 70 point out
an instance whore wOmens voting has had any evil
effects upon the community or upon the women
themselves. she has nothing but theory 10 give US.
women riding to the polls in carriages trimmed
with flags. On the other hand. we have the testi.
mony OF every Governor, every legislator, every
Chief Justice-in fact every high state Official IN
wyoming for the pas; twenty-nye yenrs1aiI , tes,.
Besides these, have the testimony OF great
mary prominent men and women coiorS ws ,s ss
leading men and women OF beth parties. including
OF Congress. the Judges Of all the courts, all the
State officers the Mayor and Sheriff OF Denver and
nS ot ne psen ha Suffrage
had worked well in that State. and that all rumors
TO the contrary were false.
The Rocky Mountain News" says OF the recent
elections in Denver: 49,,
have asserted tina, the possession of equal suffrage
by women is not powerful weapon in behalf Of
good government Inc lduts Oh NNic Guerra
ton calamity raised the banner long ago. and were
largely instrumental In framing the taxpayers
ticket They aided during the canvass and on
yesterday by thousands OF women who could not
be swerved from their convictions by. sophistry or
the pleadings Of partisans The News believes that
the action Of the women Of Denver will win praise
for ns every part rse Gf anS 10
make the only large city In which women vote the
best governed city In the world
" L. Andrews. speaking OF the Wyoming House
OF Representatives writes;
II came to Wyoming with the strongest preju-
dice possible against woman suffrage. The more
have seen OF Il the less my objections have been