The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30

ducers and ought to control the Legislature.
Manufacturers and working people in the cities
| made the convenienccs. not the necessities OF
! lie; 1t was wrong to call such people the bone
snd snew of the country. t'Thls suggests Prof.
| men and not women who have cleared the for
csts and who posses, tn" stronger bone and
bcrS. pointed out that the Individual ought to
j." M unit OF sgllrnEg The rerrrsGntatyes
try members to vote down the women were
voted down IN their turn. and upon grounds
Of both bills was tho same .,hid"boHnd adher.
enc" TO tradition and dislike on the part OF
those, who have monopoy of power to share
The curious thing about i is tho universal
chorus Of Instrumentation with which the action
ceivel by the entire press ui the country out
side Connecticut. " Unjust and iuipuitous"
and tho very papers that have assured ny dd
nauSedg, that Justice and equity had nothing
to do with political rcprescntation-that it was
even take the trouble to discuss the expcdi-
enc. ,dy or iGeXped,Gney Of letting the country
condemn it on the ground of injustice, pure
and simnle. No doubt 1t IS very shocking that
n town of less than ilfty voters should elect one
representative to the Legislature, while New
Haven. with 12O0OO Inhabitants. elects only
adult citizens Of Connecticut should he de-
barred from electinE any representatives at
all. though equally suhIcctto taxation;
Mavor Carter H. Harrison OF Chicago. In n
recent article on THE Misgovcrnmcnt of the
Modern City" says some sensible things ON
the need Of educating to a sense of civic duty
the men and women who are to be our future
citizens:
Ict the tayrs,er ttc as dGcr m interest in the
tn" private md idual with an aN" to grind, and all
he power Of gold %ann%t keep o,,hrals from being
aroused to this need of watrhfulncssi would an.
swcr Through the public srhu ul stem. Education
should be a. much Tart 4 the Gour-" IF
study OF grammar and literature. / should not
wait until thu college or university age for the
with the child in the seventh grade and keep it at
him until h. was of ago. The result would be to
send INT" citizenship WIDE awatr alert set nf men
and women, posted a. to the taxation svstems IA
in public service. fair-innicd to tie corporations
but jealous of ihNa, u of ruhirrHhts ahlr :" enter
piiHrTipr me hrn s '' ana
Anew les frIs N our public school system, and
CHARGE OF the duties ~ a citizen would speedily ~
our cities with men and women anxious 70 make life
under government the broadcast and tTecst possible
for all-nOt for one or a class
Mrs May Preston Slosson has been appointed
Chaplain OF the Wyoming State Pententiary at
Laramie. Mrs Slosson is an active worker in
the Laramie PRESBYTERIAN Church. and has
taken much interest in the prisoners She Is
Nassar graduate, and hcr talks at The prnitcn-
tiary during the last few months have been n
great treat to the men, who are said to be much
attached to their nav spiritual adviser. Mrs,
Railington Booth would Lr moro successful in
this capacity than most prison cha aims. but it
Is only in the enfranchiscd states that women
are appointed to such positions
The verses by James Oppenheim IN last
Sundays Sun. entitled "Emaucipatcd Wo-
man." ought to furnish food for thought to
Mrs. Francis Scott and Mrs j. Elliot Cabot.
These ladies say they favor collegiate educa-
ton for women. but that all sorts ~ disasters
would follow If women were allowed to vote.
The author OF this long and dismal poem says:
Higher education
Makes men Of women.
and in crratir metre. he predicts from collie
giate education thu whole list OF disnStera that
they predict from the ballot. These Identical
PROPHECIES have been made in regard u every
successive step uf wum"n'~ progress. The on
ronrnts Of equal rights have often cried
wolf" without cause. II seems IA If persons
| OF common sense might by this time have
| learned that there are no wolves IN that par
! ticular thrkct ALICE STONE BLACKWELL
| DUECHESlEK Mass.