The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-17
WOMAN As VOTER.
Bishop Doane's Opi.iou That she IL Un-
.Htted By the Emotops.

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10 " EDITOR or Tns Bishop
Doeno ana nave ooen attacked several times
W prominoh' sunraR'sus. heearoinR tno per-
sonar attack. 90 not caro At nil; ana anyone
VINO kno"s bisnop Doehe wou'o ieoi that no
pays no more attention 70 IL than the msstn
pays 'o.ne snariihs OF tine terrier.
nus mere arc such wrong impressions con-
voSea tnat may 'hhuenco your many readers
th"s levi my uuty 10 hotlco thoso portiohs OF
IHiar''eies earnirectiy on suffrage.
IN INC nrot piaco b'shop Doaho 10 accused OF
oe'ns einRuiariS inaccurate ana misleading
IN MS ar'icie IN tho norm American heriew OF
NoSehoor' Inc nrst protest 10 against tho
n'enop sta'omeht regarding 'he so-caied rel
eienuum In Massaehusetts one year ago Inc
bishops st"thtles were taken from the public
proes, ana also from q statement OF facts made
over tne signatures OF the Hon. Francis 7. Low
" anu u non Sharies " saunders OF BOSTON,
~ " Univ enee'' 'hat ma'sacnusetts 10
ciheu woman suffrage oy 10 Der cent IN a pop
u'ar vote. LOT US DO perfectly iair In the mat
Yer @na Jake your correspopdehts nenres' she
says tnst inc numoer OF men qua''hed TO vote
was ooi'oeo' lna .here were at least o,o'ooo
women VINO couiu nave voted. Inns makes a
total OF 100000. Out Of this number. she
- 80 ~, 80. 80, - sso. vi
i"'""i ose 'hes tne' '"ousns ~ eApeuieht 10
grant suffrage to women. for that was the word.
ing of tho referendum. There vsre than Ar
-. 20, He"' ~
oVruins You're olro'pohaen' l.o<''Aeo persons
never been a doubt I'm the mind OF any ono bpt
49,. OH
m.Ss = as.nara,. s .ro,, - ..or. Inc .o"ao.s
possible, In order to verify their statement to
,ho nrov,or. Iss,.I.,rr. ,ha, -, 'nn.sSo
WAS desired by tho majority of tho men and
women of Massachusetts. It WAS an ignoblc
vote for suffrage is not oo per cent Of l.
l3e, 500, who could have voted for Il. IL IA 40
nearly IL ~ not 10 DO oiaesed oy your CORR
spondent as reckless" An interesting fact IL
this, tina. on this referendum vote in Massaehu-
eo''s' "hsen was neiu nov. o. 1870. only 0,o4l
women Of Boston voted for woman suffrage.
vo,.d %, sohoo, Comm,,,.. =, e. Iii ~ W.
so'eu o eonool Iomm..ee. us wen 70 re-
of po,,on shows, nonpI,,ion n, xoa 600 -, H.,
-. - NJ 'u"'
t,une. rro'umao,y oh"-quar'er OF that number
The second protest Was over A quotation from
my address before the National Demoor.,in
Convention at Chicago, referring to tho fact
that where women may vote they do not e.or.
else the right and giving statistics to prove this.
tered in tho interest Of school suffrage. and in
1891. three years later, only 5000 registored.
The The S pPi%ser 'T made m. 81 SAY 'H 5000 aun fss isss i:
5.42s women voted. The exact number WAS not
statsment. In Connectiont only 81. ner can,
Of the women entitled To- school an ffr,r, yo,eI
In Chicago two years ago tile REPATRIATION OF
women was in round numbers 40 O6o and nbout
"a, 900 voted. This year when OF nil years one
would expect a large registration II dwindled
state elections whsn tbey had ,Sha rirb btS5seu q !,
Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah answer. These
are the States where women are the equal Of
OF Denver, Col. gave a recrption To- Sr, Rrvan
the defeated candidate for tie Pr.sldency' Tn.
and heard the dis,ipeSished 0uest psIhUoposs hi,
hand, and went away satisfied 49, Sererai
OF the women fainted. but there was no acei.
dent of n serious nature. There has never been
a NOR. enthusiastic gathering in Denver." In
the address of welcome. Mrs. bradford said:
House. Whe,, A few more stars have hear
ADDED to the equal ~sufIrage banner the women
will, will T. ,;sua yo1 to the whi,s House Asih,
you welcome. 1t is not the welcome that we
mon and women in the country.;,'
Mrs. Patterson. President ~ thu Eo,., su,.
and closed with this. "Womsn Of Goi"rnan I
s%satuIy: William jennings Brysn."
publican party' which lie IN an rnsl,i Claim win IN,
Lh0 nOuOF intaHRAt hafeufed epnal RlnraUa In
California: "Thini Of women roiny in car
loads 10 Canton 10 se, McE inlay y hsd mra,Sser
pay my way 10 sing Sing !"
Perhaps Bishop Doane's assertion that ,xomsn
may Ds moved by sentiment and feeling. TO
which your corresnond.nt tak "a .rcen,inn NAV
moi seem 40 very .miss aiter rradinv yEa .hnv.
or this extract from n ie,tsr from, T,,I,fornts
published in The Womau,. 'fn,,noi' ona 30 III
workers there. referrinU To- he mart she ,oos IN
' Watching thn conr, NJ ona ~ *. kon,h.
when the returns wera co,nIng IN wriJes ,hat
when the retnrns came In f..r .nt .nyraya
A; made her :. terribiy him, ., hui xhsn onn naso
naited hrr nm tha shouId.r mud had. n.r ha~.
COURAGE in nor words H. :. Sear,v hroLe ma nv,
1 can tell yuu. for / neycr ran .tsnI sy,nna,nr'
In neopl, wIIi'let ma sion. can cri, ~ y ,sa,bh
and stni,d n but x6en thov SAY / nd ,hyyngs,n
m, I % 10 nieces Wnw.var a ' wa. hnuS5
would not siow tbosc Innn how bsdIv fell and
give them A chanco IN SAY ,vom.n ,ysrs bys-
tericaI / smiled weakIyEwsr yycntiv In a frstJ
lint AMI IN yas a anil, ara $780, n.an"h
Then I bpvan IN ca; .nct IVY ;, ,r,o5 Il hos, ssWu,tnii
Ihe exeitetnsnt in the bm.Hh sJonnnt M, ,hsr.
WINS An eScitrm,ent in nv head lin. ju, MOI
been there beiorei Evsrvt ninv snt blacs ma
began 10 10 ronnd. they could hsye CANNED ~ ,s
ou1 n dol,n tin.s al bn~rS $500 -
Known lie diNersnra ;"A 'A' Wv ""'e
Furtber on She savs. The nex, no-,inv nj
heado unruers hers Iirs ~ was ao it'd sndd
annointed that she hraL'. down :, :" NJ. "a tcncL
war.d oloournt and hnd Iha ,,s.tinr IN ,.o,s
Mis- shaw snid shc wanted 10 sueuk az nne Win