The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
protest. After eloquent speeches a declaration
Is adopted which closes az follows:

with England. A
A call is then issued for a delegate conven-
ton to form q permanent organization. and a
President Of the United States and every menu
per OF Congress, After his national organiza-
tlon Is completed no politician and no political
newspaper will dare question the good faith Of
Germany. WHY 1sit because there, is a bay
citizen No; it is something far more power
fu,l: viz. a ballot.
~ q convention Of women should meet. for
mulate u DECLARATION upon any subject and
gress, what would it be worth,Y' Not Tho paper
there were no bullets behind it" III ~
The Government Of this country. municipal.
tive hodies and executives. These are created
ny the Tyoters. who can ,unmake ~ well as
Those who are without votes are without
power. 80 far as all questions OF the public veal
roads school to those OF the United States
they would have as much, influence as men
practically, none. They may delude them.
selves with pretty phrases about " indirect"
THE ballot has not educated men" Has IL
not2 Introduce the subject OF finance or the
tariff. or expansion. or the Initiative and refer
endum into any assemblage Of men and
women. and twenty OF the former will discuss
1t intelliGently where one Of the latter tan do
so. American workingmen are better informed
than any others in the world. and this is due to
the fact. more than to anythinggelse. that they
are called upon every year. or ~oftencr. TO set
tie questions OF importance to themselves and
their country. Give women the same stimulus.
and. with their quicker wits and better educa-
ton they soon will ACQUIRE a fund OF informa,-
to their '%laureiss,' II this compel them to taxa
some OF the time from their fancy work. their
part es: yes. and their domestic drudgery. 80
much the better for themselves and future
be to, teach them out OF their own superior
knowledge. when the road to learning leads
straight through that tlfty-toot Enclosure which
terminates in a voting boothl
This talk about mems voting as their party
"boss" dictates has not a great deal OF foun-
dalton. The leaders may manipulate the NOM
nations. but with the introduction Of the Aus
tralian ballot the buying and selling OF votes
started in the direction 81 the lost arts. The
number Is steadily increasing OF those men
who read the parers; attend p3litisal meet
bors and vote to suit themselves. In the sclec-
ton OF candidates the party leaders consider
who will do the voting. When the woman's
vote becomes factor in these CALCULATIONS we
may expect a very different class Of candidates.
A few moro points in Miss Hazards article.
which ably sets forth the anti -suffragists' po-
sition. must be very briefly noticed. The as
sertion that a body OF women going before a
City Council or a State Legislature for a con-
cession possesses an advantage because it rep
resents no votes. Is disproved every time the
women attempt it. This very experience has
carried more women into the ranks OF tho suf-
fragists than any one thing. To demand a
measure as an abstract right and not a political
expediency' is u beautiful theory barren OF
result. There cannot be a question as to the
abstract right Of women to the ballot. but until
the Legislators can be onyinced thar II would DO
Is D2fl c6SSef efPsd asdE yiin d Wii, sTE ma 10 De a matter
Will the ballot raise tho wages OF Womenf
Has i done so in the case o. mem IT Is In
tai Of to-day's problems-that OF, Iahor-bpt
let this question be answered: What would
# they were Without, a vote? by this sisn do
they conquer. Complaints were made recently
only from 40 cents to 81 a day; Secretary vii
son is quoted as saying: " We cannot intor-
t trss w' eho 9ss t to pay 81 II 't ths s sr'si se TIA ISL GSi-
lar a dav that IS more than they receive in the
sachusetts statistics compiled by Carroll d.
Wages Of women to be si's4 a week. which
means that many work for much less There
" Tt9Sn atti Ss ff onsGt Of Tor 'n msp' s6o wers sD com np led
TO accept these wages. This we do kuow-that
Gompers, Powderlv; Debs. all OF the prominent
The writer OF this always has believed that the
fight for womAn's acknowledgements eventually
would be made and won by the, workingmen's
organizations Of the country. who understand
the value OF a ballot.
In discussing the polluted water Of Philadel-
| phia. which has produced an epidemic Of
typhoid fever, the Washington Post says: III
the majority OF the people had desired good
| government and been willing to work for II
| they would have had it. And good government
would have furnished wholesome water In
stead Of the filth polluted fluid that has deyas-
t Dsonla hoR sha ah %o ESen'bbe Be Re EfA resronsible f oe
these devastated homes? And yet there are,
doubtless. many women in that city who would
&c. and declare that they had all the rights
they wanted and did not desire a voice IN
selecting the Council. who control not only the
water supply. but every detail of.the municipal
| government;
now before the Houae OF Commons. Mr. Bal
four, First Lord OF the Treasury. states that it
will e%ntitle women 10 hold seats IN the pun,
the office Of Lord Mayor, or Alderman The
Momen Of England n9W fi the oflcss OF Pa p
Law Guardians. &c. and have every form OF
suffrage except the Parliamentary II women
want political freedom they should seek It
under q monarchy.
Much importance Is attached by astronomers
| to the discovery Of a new star. But nine have
been discovered in the last forty years. and five
| OF these have been found since 1887 10y Mrs,
Fleming, the astronomical curator at Harvard.
why does not your sex do something in the
| scientific world p is a question often flung at
women. They are Just beginning to get a
chance. and are. making up for lost time as
rapidly as possible.
Women voted on local improvements in sew,
eral towns in Iowa last week. We cannot tell
how many Of the vicious ones We're forced to
vote under threat OF exposure until We get
the next bulletin from the, "Remonstrants q,
tho Massage through the Utah Legislature OF a
very, comprehensive health measure providing
scrihing quarantine regulations, relating 70
health OF schools. DC. She, was selected ny tho
senate to present a handsome gavel 10 its
PresideE!, which she did il an eloquent speech;
Waring, addressed a large meeting o. ladies' at
the Grand OrerN House in New Orleans last
week. urging them to vote for better santa:
ton, and describing how she, and her husband
worked together TO improve New York,
The recent school meetings in New Jersey
were largely attended by women In that state
who have a vote on school appropriations, but
not for school officers. In MASSACHUSETTS, they
can vote for the School Board. but not on
srhooI anprOprIatiOns These anomalies show