The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
,oUrrIS "EoUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN"
~ TUE DTSIRICT OF COLUhBII.

,ded to Help Men-A ReHums OF
III, ,ods-What the Women VIII DO
,nout It-Presidcnt Thomas of BrJn
u,vr on President Eliot OF Harvard
.,,, ,,,ers announce with AaIing headlines
H.. Corning Of mans rights movement In the
.,,,,,I rnpitnl Its battle cry Is sounded Ill
i,,-, ,,,s cudiication Of law for the District
:, Gambia, which has been much discussed
..1 rrsl,v incorporated in n bill TO establish the
aIc which will he considered by the coming
congress. ,........, -,
Judge CoS holds ra-cOnscrvative views on
49,, ,,r,ian question and Is DESTROYS To- uepi''
,,.,rd women OF most Of the rights they no"
,,ss,ss IN regard to their property persons anu
,hudreu " present the laws vt the DiS't''' "i
,,,l,r,b,l are more equitable Ia women IMAM 'n"Se
j., mos, II the States How they came 10 DC 50
",,J,,r,J by an anonymous champion OF the
man, rights movement In an eNu'mht aru'''
,..s,,r,, aver Judge Cox ; effort 10 remand women
10 their former medieval position lie says
,,r,, ,r,,l status OF women IN the District is
-. -, crt,trly defined by what is known as the
St. net a law resulting from a bill framed
wv, .y.r,,J through Congress by Mrs Mussey
,s,c IN the wave Of emotion which followed
S,ncp rssc This. it will bc remembered
,,,e made possible under the old law which
~ r,,,, tbc right to will away his children
,,, absolute disregard OF tn" mother. All the
'''' ,.,n,,.sn NJ this partiCuliar cHse tended to
.,.,,s feeling Of general and Intense lndigna-
.,d.p tho tide, Of this sentiment Mrs, Mussey
- ,rrr,.h Congress q Till which not only
,,,,j ,n. law ,u the point involved i'll the
,,'..I ,.,, INT was an omnibus bill for women
Th,. nil, proyidcd lot equal rights Of mother and
t.,h., in the guardianship Il minor children,
.,I ala, for rnu1 rights Il husband and wife IN
49, ,s,,., uf urnpcrt. In his new
,,d. ludrc COX has sought To- establish equal
RIGHTS not i,r women hu' ~ mcn
fl 10 NOT rsev u. e.. how equal rights" can I've
,,,,n +, men v,t,,ut bong gwen also to women,
.in,, thing, r,ual &, tnr sam" thing are equal
:, zach ,tl,,- lut the ultra conservatives have
,hr.,,. Ives ~, influenced by such Il tric
a, lnr.r fudge CoVr champion proceeds to
explain as follows , .,.
arc involved Judge CuN's eide maErS a stand
a., r',,nI RIGHT. g. men. this too based TN the
A.sr,pt,,n that a head - Indispensable 10 per.
i..I rr-nnlytlIuil, and that IN tie urSanlMN"n ul
+, ,tb,r word, h, bass nD- claim for equal
r,.h,, t" mon" ou Thee ssIuutpu thatNnal rights
b,wr,.n husband auI wife arr impossible. ami
ma thu -hi, husband must he NupCrlpr.
T,r thr ,Iunl night - Nn the natural guardian
IT the child nj present r\l>ilnE under me MusSey
Mt Ju ll.cCr\ , law substituted that every father
may nv his last .,.M A'.i testament appoint Il
l-ulr liar II the Der, ~ have the care custody
SN' 'u''.n p. IT, t..yn,rdin,s ri,,ht Ia
II" g'" IA, III ' any ,,r r Il, T1nnsr
T. II, b.'-r hm Tbs il Judge toXS idea Of
equal rights t,t men" ..,,.. ,--,
r,nlI.t If tn a.fr before N rfiaE", lnkn"Wn
t. the husband aud Nuh"1l"niiy discovered
nv ui. NV, ,',i' ~, ,,r-rieps ~,
ln,Nu u the wife and subs, Acntlv discovered
BY be- Wa ,ttpr lttt" her rdNor,c
nt Az u,,'S! ,',,,.,t , t,,,, er,,n,rino
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Judge N9\i nn,nNmnIS ei.ogist rs esperia.ay
Pisdirn M'', iN , ~, VII itn t "I'ch
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NarNG- IN ."' Mnii1". VI ,nuu,Hen, r o. o.
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laIIi',' 20, 90, w., 49, iir ~ rhi,nsa fcr,.;n,
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,o,,t Ircs a., tb, ' ,,yer,mcnt the wife lives
~ b,s b,,sb,rJ 800 ,hrf go 49,, To-
,r3@"s than a MAJ, ,,d s,,li p'ste m"nev" lie
r los -, S.n,tnr NAV - IEnns,. as sa,ing
IN ,Qos th ny , V ~ Stn On aa 10y 'iaS
Il
If ,hn.. II sx,6ed a. ,dnmes,c aud nrrSoral scr
yi,e T,hni means 4 p5O Uno women ,np,rcd
N mems york iN,tre Inc calm ossunIntinn
h,t man bsvc :, natural rirh. IN "A mnnnnIy oi
III tipds ~ wnrk eIrcn, domestic service lido,
-, ,hinIs tbst ,mnSt hensfcent resuits would
ylIo, nrnIititin- married women from enrHg.
i,cr IN business ,yithnmt th,ir husband consent
ID, ,he 1 90 600 wnmrn whose undrrpoid lshnr
b,s h,nucht dnwn mems wages are most n tLem
,'nn"r,,cJ " Wnrno"nr 81 he married ,cnn.n
,rhp atn ryorLinty o,tg,d. thctr homes IN, trrcot
,naio,,iv are doing 50 with their husbands fuiI
Hrs"nI and ihrir families proiit by Their % m
na,,;J ,,,,ncr =, h, nrn div husincss d,ertIN,
.."r,,'rr +, iheir bnshands' Wishes Could moi an
n,",;. hIv affect Tho ahor market '
Inigs Iny's .uInrist ought In coo this for he
,rI,t,,rs unnn The good nature NJ \mrricen ms
hs"Ie' Nt'
Ngvet gr.,f p,,i,,r,,y. 81 mon b,re mot 20, sed
N bc sn,"seI h,. me ,hsur,i,tes II ,n,nsn's rrc
,S,e,,,, 10 irSnTcrdcrr, Scr,,r. j., ii" marion
isr rrsonoI crIrn ~. ,yc,,'rc ,,.i ,nJ cod
hmsh,nJ hurnrs his wife ,yTSthcr she wants y,
re,r hnn,.t ar a neu nlnrc il, 10 .nriol ~ aco
Mani" n.Jcr So. -, 's;lIv Iii,In ,hi,n on,,i,n,,
,.y," d,n. n n b,n,t ~ - hlI, - a. ,,W
sign and same n,ti.nts or n ie,v~cr'- sion and
,Hn,e riisrts r a ;omrnsIsisi oh ond sor, niaccs
&C Lone aS H. can nav no nric ,J n'si,o h Wv
banny Thn,eforn ,,ySoth", r. wa WasLingimI
H. Association ~, vb, Wa ~ mo-, ha,imts n
'nohy' "Gch question ol woman rgh'S comes
she wants as snv 81 tbcr, ,v"ttiI L,,r =, cNc"L
or his Wits nIcssmrs. H. III" sssies, ,,oy tnt
I'D nr, ar,,,l.nt ,'nd ,h c.,,o,,,,y xerc;s.. W.
nsnwar", w. her ,i,nU hin, ~; IN hin,.,T '
TErn yL,t GOA could il 10 =" 90 ,-;we him the