The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
PHILIPPINE WOMAN SUFFRAGE
why the idea Does Not Commend Itself to
n Woman-woman,s Wages and Mans.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Accord
ing TO Henry b. Blackwell. husband Of Lucy
Stone. the only way to secure happy and
peaceful ending OF the difficulties entaicd by
our new possessions IL to give all the native
women Of the Philippine and Hawaiian islands
the free and indiscriminate use OF the ballot.
What useless worry President Mckinley and
his Cabinet have had and are still having! All
they need do is to say to the native women.
who can neither read nor write. who don't even
understand the English language. and whose
only idea Of government is brute force. Go
throw in your vote! Elect for your ruler the
man. or woman. rather, OF your choice" Every
thing will then be lovely poacr and harmony
prevail. What a simple soluttoni | am sur
prised that Mckinley should have waited for
Henry B. Backwe to point it out.
I also see by the letters OF these woman
suffragists that we are way behind the savages
in our treatment OF women. They tell us the
savnRes consult their women upon all grave
questions; that tho Indians never wage war
without first gaining the consent Of their
sQuaws 1t would seem that their consent was
pretty easily obtained. as the tribes are almost
always at war with one another. 1t may be it Is
bought with n few gavly painted gewGaws.
just as our civilized men would purchase the
votes OF their wives with handson" gown or
n love Of bonnet" | for one don't believe
women are any more prone TO peace than men.
or any less g ven to auarrelIing, Indeed. more
wars have been waged, in the cause Of
w rseiH Sn boa o the se you o., shT
airy and observe how knight used
grdcd on his armOr AMI sent him forth to do
battle IN her cause Read history and nnd how
often the head Of some bold warrior was the
price OF a fair maiden's hand. In fact the lntc
Spanish American war might he said to have
grown out OF the cause of woman. Prior to the
was to instill into the minds OF men spirit Of
warfar" portrayed in VIVID colors the smtrerings
81 the poor starving Cuban women. When the
6Dr h SaS he wives nnd
mothers Of that il -fat"d crew" No, az pro-
motcr OF peace i don consider women Il COM
pnte success
II. at length. women show any concern In re-
gard to war and its attendant horrors. it Is he.
cause so many men have died and been killed
during the past year that they are becoming
81 Tncle Seth "thnt men is scarce an wlmmin
Is plenty" and wondering what will become Of
themselves and who will supply their pumer-
Gus wants when there are no men lett.
noted missionary who has been aborinE
! among III" Mormons to convert them from NO.
| lyganv says he has no trouble with the young
| men. who seem perfectly willing to rem ounce
it. hut The kris are hard to YIN over They
| fer being content with portion OF one to hav-
! ing no man nt all
Hnothnr writer bnwails the scant pay which
| the woman waGc,ea receives. decl aring
| man receives much more for the same labor
Whatever the pnst NAV have evoked. there is
| no discrimination shown against woman In
this respect at the resent time. Whenever
| she receives less pay for her work 1t Is be-
| cause she does not perform her labor in 80 sat
isfactory manner, as man. Take, for
| example. household labor. something that
has always been c1nsidered woman,,s
tennis that kind OF labor he entirely, out
strips and ,excels her. All wealthy establish
ments employ chef or male cook. not because
he is a man. but because he makes a better
| cook than n woman does. Just So, all first
! hotels employ men ms walters. not on account
| of their sex. hut because they understand their
! business better and give better satisfaction to
! the guests. have heard many women declare
| that Chinnman was worth two maidservRnts
! any time Yet woman has always been given
! supremacy In this kind Of work.
Take also the dressmakinR establishments
! carried on by men SEQ what a worldwide
reputation they have made. Men dressmakers
! command much larger price. for their work
! than women. yet women mainly are their GUS
! toners
| know Of no reason for the existence OF this
| state OF things. unless II he that man takes
/ more pains to perfect himself in whatever
! field OF labor he undertakes than woman she
/ thinking almost anything will do until she can
| marry and get husband to work for her
! suppose Mr.. Henry b Blackwell will tell
| you that giving woman the ballot will remedy
! all this. but for the life OF me | cant see how.
| However,. am only woman. EMMA G. KING.
| BRADFORD. Pa, May ~.