The evening times., 1898-04-20
WOMEN WOULD
FIX THINGS
And Possibly Avert War If
They Gould Vote.
They Would Also Arrange Other Af-
fairs Very Different From style.
i'm Vogue at Present.

81 think that the time mas come when
the men and women % this country
should demand peace. There can be nc
doubt that the majority of the people of
this country are opposed to war"
These were the words spoken by Rev
Anna II. Shaw. who conducted a ques-
tion-box exercise yesterday afternoon at
the second days session of the Woman
Suffrage Conference. a; the Central
Building. Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. in Baltimore. This apparent di-
gression was caused by the following
question: How answer the objection
that women have no right to the ballot
because they do not go TO war?" Con-
tinuing. she said:
IF Congress would Let us women set
tie this trouble, the men would not have
to go TO war either. We would find
way out of the difficulty without the
horrors Of war. and honorable to the
country. too. And suppose women do
not fight: that does not say that we dc
not suffer from war. Ii is frequently
harder for the poor wife and mother TO
remain at home and to bear all the at
tending troubles Of war. than to march
away with band of music and under
the flag supported by enthusiasm. Ii is
the women. | have no hesitation in af-
firming. that suffer most from wars"
In the course of the exercise Rev. Miss
Shaw said some amusing things. Some
OF her remarks were as follows:
My great hobby Is to have a woman
on the police force. In fact this is the
only municipal office that | have ever as
pired TO. ] firmly believe that it would be
a great benefit to the state, and at least
80 per cent of minor criminals would be
saved. where now they are lost
Il have never Yet seen a woman who
is supported by her husband, but | know
a number of women who support their
husbands. When woman attends to the
ordinary duties of the household. she is
a long way from being supported. Why.
she is giving value received for what she
gets
Gen. Butler. when governor of Massa-
chusCtts. removed woman from one OF
the State boards. on the grounds that
she was not a person, the law requiring
the board to be composed of five persons.
And don't you know, il took the supreme
court long while to find out that a wo-
man is actually a person.
I'm the same State until recently the
women did not own their own clothing.
but went about the streets i'm their hus-
bands clothes. And then. too A widow
could not be buried i'm her husbands lot
in the cemetery, for ii was proven in
court that she was entitled 10 a life es-
tate i'm one-third of the real estate. and
that that lease expired at the moment OF
her death, SO she would have had TO be
buried before she died. If she wished TO
avail Of her right OF being buried in her
husbands lot"
The morning session was devoted to
plans for organization and instructions
to officers. Parlor meetings and teas have
proven fruitful sources Of arousing inter
est i'm the movement.
At the afternoon session DR. o. Edward
Janney answered the query. Would wo-
man Suffrage Benefit the State?" Or.
Janney held that il would i'm three inn
portant phases of life First. il would
help the state from an educational stand
point; secondly, from a moral standpoint
and thirdly. from A good government
standpoint. as he contended the highest
type is good government as seen in a
well-conducted family.
How May the Suffrage Re Won?" was
answered by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait.
who held thar persistent effort would
be crowned with success. She pointed out
the great advance that women had made
in the past fifteen years. In part she
said: The more ignorant and degraded a
man \, lhe more hefce is MS opposition
to woman suffrage. The reason why sa-
loon Keepers are so violently opposed TO
our cause is not only that they think we
would vote for the overthrow of their
traffic. but as a class they are ignorant
and brutal We shall never win until ev-
cry man and woman i'm this land in SYM
pathy with our movement is willing to
stand before the world ana be counted
IL all our friends were united and or |
ga nized. we could win today. but We are |
divided and separated What we need is |
SaniZation. our cause is the great |
cause of human liberty" |