The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
THE POSITION AND PROPORTION OF
WOMEN IN THE CIVIL SERHICE.

womar's Advance In This Century shown
Graphically by n New Caiendar-women
and the Roberts Case-The New Woman
Treated ms Respectfully rs the Old in
Coiorado-Co-opcrntIon Needed
The annual report ~ A. II. Server. chief ex-
aminer OF the Civil Service Com m Ia sion. shows
that during the past ten years less than 10 per
cent OF the women who have passed the civil
service examinations have been appointed TO
Government positions. while 26.8 per cent. OF
the men who passed. have received appoint
ments. The number OF women employed In
the Government departments has. however.
gone on gradually increasing. till tho present
year. when there was q sudden and marked
decrease. The highest percentage OF appoint
ments given to women In all branches OF the
service t13 per cent? was In 1893. and the low
eat in 1899. when II dropped to per cent.
This looks as II some. at least, OF the heads OF
departments had determined to reserve these
positions for voters. Napoleon once told Nine.
De Stael that he disapproved OF women In
terosting themse selves ia politics She answered:
''Sire. when women are liable to have their
heads cut of. 1t Is natural that they should
wish to know the reason why" The women
who are having their official heads taken OF
In the Washing departments have a new and
strong reason for interesting themselves In
politics. and especially In the effort to secure
che ballot for women.
The progress OF women during the present
century Is graphically shown by the birds
eye view Of the advance In all lines set forth
In the Woman's Century Calendar, compiled
by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. and lately Is
sued by the National American Woman suf-
fraRe Association as sort OF campaign docu-
nent. beginning with 1900, It gives for each
sueceeuine year some sai'ent ,sc' OF no'e-
worthy utterance Illustrating the position
Of women In that year. and aims especially
49, n. ,roan ~. ,h. a.. ,,r,s ~, a.
oohe " women 'or the nrse tlme' 10 tho
young women OF to-day It will be an eye-
onener. showing than "tbe nj, from
80 80 -, O ~ Wv -,
wnIcn '".y "ero o'skeu. noaerh
n, tba ra,ord viii ha tho horror and
y. ,"o i.so'' WI Vo '"' norror anu
every new departure. even by those things
which are to-day regarded AZ the most natural.
innocent and commonplace. The Rev. Francis
Tiffany says that In Csyon he once crossed
plain covered with tbe mImosa ar aensi,,ye
plant At each step that he took all tho shrubs
within q circle OF thirty feet shrank and shud-
dered. curlsd up their leaves and seemed to
COVER In AFFECT terror. IL no stood STILL they
gradually resumed their natural aspect: but at
n.e,ns ,na ee ,me s snp m % mn W. re-
pion ~ cnntry oh un 40 e Hos 9u. s o' ,h re
IN anH s az emIoty syn o' women pIog
mi tho and Of Tina '0"'''S'' W W
w. Wv WV '''''' -
,propos OF Miss Antbonv's remorEs nj tba state
Federation of Womens Clubs. asserts thai
rhs oficiai bnard ~ tbs SstInno, ho,Sr,n,n
Woman SufYra9s hssociation DetitionaJ Eon,
yress Tor the expulsion OF Mr. Roberts very |
l.. A..
bony's name 4ena.i tina neti,i"n ", IN aah a
,ther hand, not one of the associations oppossS
al az tbat ha shoUid M aaHno,2 women mas
Brigham II Roberts WAS The most nromI.
n the Ttah Vons,itritionaI Convan,i nn. aSSJ
ieien Gould. who has done more tHnn any
ther one woman to secure his expulsion l.
hnrye ",bs aot sunrasS; 20 i9eh ioT tne
ir RobaTts "i"o "0ih'" s'"'"s'9's e"uorso
THIS corSes pondont T. CT tr,os 70 s,ou
bat omnn 81, a., - 81; nes 10 SNOW
~ fyr"g. No. Ea, lnel M ppo,senhny. Euuai
SntradIctorv grnunds. II has baen s oI ,h,yy
rothcrs do, thus doubIlnE The vote With "nt
hansin: the result and that they wouIi yots
nus makipg family 5pnpreIs. II bas beon sbfj
hat women do not want to vote. and cannot
rat II they were nlIoweI 10 vote Inv w"uid hn
,me so obsorbingly interested in politics rs 10
ea lect all their other dutIes. that thev wonid !
lte under the influence OF the clergy, and
'iters; but u has never yet been seriously
aimed thar the majority OF women anywhere
ltsihs OF Utah would vote for polygamy
@ remembered that the women have had only |
Sc, secondary respon siGiity. No woman ever
70 "a lined to have received a revelation that
olygamy was divincly ordained. The Gentiles
re 4nsn nous In t.stifying tina, at tho outset
ne doctrine was forced upon the women by |
,scieslns,ical bulldozng. as a command OF
eelumhhcc, anu thoroughly against tho grain |
hls STANDS 10 reason. There ara some men |
Vho NE TO have half dozen wives. but there
Z no vile VINO likes to share her husbands
,,Hecuphs Win hall dozen other women A
oosiah Mems Wite' says Mormon polygam
vas hohum"ht not TO the deprnyity OF |
y.nheh; but TO the wIckcdness and smartness
u men or. more accurately. OF some men.
" me practice OF poygamY bv men and
tomeh IN Utah e To be al argument against
ne exercise 81 the suffrage by either men or
! so, n OUTSIDE oi Utah tin which there seems
irGumsnt against the sex that Is chiefly re n
'rnns!hIs Tor noyRhmy The doctrine was not
hNehIei ny women. neither has the system
'eeh maintained Tor women's qualification.
~
me french have proverb. when a thing |
= nor worth saying. We sing it," SoNe recent
Ntle vefsilied squihs against equal rights for |
women seem to have been written on this |
lrlncinle One such appeared in SUNDAYS
SUN. u "a addressed to the now woman" and |
inquiries:
when no man G re gives hi seat nm