The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
Tur CAUSE OF WOMAN.
..n,o,s ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ITS
FRIENDS AND FOES.

.,.s Ouestion in Our New Colonia'
p.s...sions-An out-of-DRte Labor Union
nu.er Doings OF n ~Railrond-Good Work
~ women Students mt Yale University
Dvr,rtoy FOR THE WOMEN OF HAWAII.
r-yr rrtror OF Thu SUN-Sir; The fol-
.t,e nctItion should be circulated by every
..r.nizcd society OF women throughout the
Tf,,i,ed states. and promptly forwarded to their
70 Ipective Representatives:
- rur SENATE AND HOUSE or REPRESENTA-
rryrs IN CONGRESS
m, rrderslgned earnestly pray your honor
~ h,dv that in the proposed government for
AIR newly acquired territories you recognize
so,vomen the highest position OF citizenship
VET attained in this republic.
- In f,ur States OF the Union women now
.,i,v civil and political equality, 70 create n
nsIe oligarchy, by restricting the right to vote
and hold of % TO men. would be to ignore all
t,e stel 7 progress made during the last
atv Years and re-cstablish at the very n
a, the new century Il government based upon
Abe invidious distinctions OF sex. which have
.,ar blocked the way,to a higher civilization.
When the emancipation Of blnck men was
,,dar discussion the Women's Loyal League
ANT 100000 petitions to Congress in favor OF
.hat r,eas,lre, Shall we do less for the political
freedom Of the women OF Hawaii? On the
..n,ra,v. let us Of the several States vie with
.s.b other in our efforts TO roll up the largest
EDITION ever presented in Congress against
anr form OF class legislation.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
with the annexation of Hawaii. the probable
annexation of Porto Rico. a rrotectorate over
cpba and a sure responsibility OF some nature
= IL. nl;Iirptpop IN pprppniaptpH nrrny
AZ economic questions is presented to the law
u,ters of the United States for settlement;
In. not even the Congress, that great body Sc
iacted 10 represent the people of the country.
nsn exercise an Independent Judgment in these
vital matters. But. in the midst of all this
turmoil Of conflicting opinions. who is there to
apeak for woman2 In the recent report Of the
Hawaiian Commission her existence is as com
nletely ignored as If there were not a woman
in all that populous country, and yet not one
newsraper, not one legislator. not one orator
in ali this land has raised Il voice in protest.
This Observation-Disclosures Culom and Nor.
gan and REPRESENTATIVE. Hit. with President
hanstiye report OF the institutions, climate.
and commerce of the islands, prescribe, the
to deputies. and declare that all white per
sons shall be considered citizens" All voters
must be able understandingly TO speak, read;
and write the English or Hawaiian language
and own Il certain amount OF property. but, in
addition. they must be of the male sex. No
woman may vote Cor any official or be eligible
Tor a legislative office, Such is the, decree OF a
commission of American men at the dawn of
the twentieth century
Gated. property-holdinG women Of those ISL
ands. the wives and daughters of planters. mer-
chants. missionaries. all American women who
hereafter shaI! go there. politically under the
heel of the ignorant and conglomerate nation
alitiGs q men who Who ma iIin6 up , thG m barseIf OF tn IN
return to the land where she reigned as quV ,en
she will nave No voice, in the election o. the
lowest officer. Women have sat as Judg'.s and
filed many high official positions in Tawaii:
now by annexation tothe land OF the ' rec they
have forfeited not only that right. but the privi-
iege even of a choice in the select on Of their
rulers. The men Of this commisJ',o on propose
70 degrade the women OF Hawai- even below
those Of the United States. for here there is
no law nrohiLiting women frovl a seat in Con-
Gress or State Legislatures,
In a few years. when tho women OF these
islands become aroused to til g Injustice of their
condition. they. will have to repeat the expert
.rrco II those OF this countrj :. who for fifty years
have been pleading for lih' ,rty at the feet OF the
One ran partly understond why the founders
Of MS government. ms re than a century ago.
patton, They were no educated. not in busi-
ness. did not own property. scarcely had a
f and exaSting ,T f%tics II ,lTi' the h;o ms" tHf rS@nTred
most OF their TIM. All Of these conditions are
now changed. an! it Is generally admitted that
hav" political go Iulity. Must We compel the
women q orr now territories to begin nftv
ran baSs arr endure a, the bitter humilia-
a recent con IGNITION held in San Juan: Porto
Hico; declare: for ".comrnerciai and religious
il,eFly am !" limitation OF suffrage to males
End write
Federal J abor Union No. 700 OF Ovens
relo ny; ',my"red itself with dishonor in its
''oS. de99 .TTT Tfiosn t6st t. f 5 tHn hm \ biIf N F Re era-
scented W Congress 10 remove all women
10 Cow rnlnent positions. and thereby
Of wpTlGM from the everyday walks Of life
Srm one relGG9tion = her 70 the home" The
IS is N." mo .a : H oTa T.. tTi nn seems 70 GG + as C Pa
Service law. The latter would he a serious
an9stacIe in the RELOCATION of her to the home.''
10 employed to 'reIegate" the other 100000
IWt9men Sread,winners in this country. Would
has !ust been don" with the Spanish soldiers in
Cllba, or would it act as a walking delegate and
olHer them all out or q moments notice,
eesrners into? lit will provide r. ' the homes and aS
%oi ifthH'ss" w3 10 sn'S WiII t rlsdly the are yesf R,9P t6s@l
selves. ~ ~
In grateful contrast TO this mediRvaip roposi-
tion Is the, resolution Unanimously adopted at
sue annual meeting OF the Federation in KAN
formation Of trades unions OF wage WORKING
" n 10 me end that they may scientifically
In."H'nuf HDOllSl the terrible evils ac-
iuniPltIslhK NOR weakened. because unOrgan-
t,r ~ S,h,c; aud emphatically reiterating the
mauc UNION demand that women receive equal
e"n'PehSatioh for labor performed"
ont h hon mMtee in New York is trying TO md
~ 10" niaiily working women would patroniYe
tehio.e. lullt Tor their own exclusive use. II
tItrrnniinlttec hay" capital seeking investment,
~ ~ ""u.n be wiser TO put 1t into the Keely motor
NJ ursn Hr UhSH claims in the Klondike sight
sS ~ Th" working woman is not pining
var wu ea own DISTINCTIVE hotel. which shall nd-
wmrtsr To he world, first. that she is n working
s ThUhan, and. second, that she is here because
she gctS rates Heretofore women in such
nopltE have been made to feel entirely too
tinmN NJ ne inmates of come public institu-
tSm n Ihcy know too well the kind OF victuals
100 nr, served 10 women. They remember
ra ~ snS'inrtly the rules and regulations: Nc
r"m" "S hlrdiS or Hover pots in the private
tbee W W no handker"hiefS washed and nut on
Al msiuoW rahes % dry: punctuality required
NJ n, WW"aIS. doors locked at 10 O'Clock. lights out
%adInitted. ~ " so"u mor"' character
AHdssHSTm successfully. The are not fond Of aE
pav 9nmre ld"n, that ls. not fond enough 10
d. ruo, the privilege NJ dwelling in one. They
frisnJss IHte IN" pleasure o: entertaining their
nnisI,i, VI ln' nia,r persuasion under the In
ers 'f H. ga2" of al the other feminine board
tho nmey nave their doubts whether one Of
ii" opposite sex ppulI no trI,,,I - ,,irI. "a