The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
ferent subjects. capable OF giving the very best
s~ervioe. but always conspicuously ignored.
What Ia the reason for this2

committee. whose report was criticised In this
column Perhaps an apology Is due for drag
Ring her out from that cloistered s~eclusion
which the anti-suffragists are 80 fond Of par
aiding before the public. 1t IL a comfort to be
assured, however. that mo little children are
being neglected" while the mother is writing
for the papers. or occupying the stump in OPP
position to woman suffrage. Mrs. Crannel
somewhat misrepresents the sufrraglats when
she says they write article. after article about
my neglect" Her stock objection always he's
speeches. and the worm only, turns OCCASION
does the same thing. Mrs. Crannell says:
did not go "campsigning through, the state" !
mem msa and adTf I icy s no a p SiSps s1 man NM : a ~i pSit mho it hne lny,'of
had believed my work was to be the org,niLinE OF
necessary. but found it had been pisnnsd that /
should speak TO the voters as we'll as 70 the women,
SO smbiguousIy that many voters would fail to
recognize 4; as meaning simply the granting of suf-
frage to women.
Well. it does seem that If the voters Of South
Dakota had not sense enough to know what
they we're voting upon and the women Of TIE
them. e e time those men banded oyer the
itinerary made out by a o%lergymsn's wife,
S Tao %f FAD Therefore not ih R}sr n q 4, s''% SPEAK. heFi
self. but only to organize and send out
c could P do It m SSaef better Saf 6ayins rf had such Hrshna ex!
tensive practice. and; indeed. according to the
editor Of that bright newspaper. her ad.
Of Dakotaif it had not been for Mrs. CEannell
State! e'o'' III
The statement sent out by the Colorado Leeisls.
tnrs last winter was a sort OF boon ~ t ,ne
offered. and had beloved it would 20 through
and without discussion.
mr. T11N-.IA .;It,xa aI1aNAl IN saaD1,
ton indorsing woman suffrage In unqualified
terms and commending it 70 other states;
l Hsis ss passss'b the e T MSS; ci y q z to vote i. 4 Th 4s to Sn g a aIsl
cent TSs a s@GantaTa fro from . the n ! szio, n dis,
Mrs. Crsnner thinks, lit is absurd to attach
any weight TO nanifestoes in favor OF woman
by women. 1.-THE possession OF the franchise
%confers such power that women can secure
an entire Legis ature that is the very best. rea-
son why they should, strive to obtain the fran
e Of Colorado. the editors. the X cieereymen. Who
cannot be suspected Of Interior motives. are
quite as emphatic In their approval as are the
politicians. The Governors. eX-Governors and
fraee. advocated it publicly and assisted the
wa% sran IL enei It fis% N no use s0f for yef the o antis to q
s't snnds. to p pr tSs , that S Womsn nS SHt5r1 bsyd Is tr Rot
it. for 1t cannot be done.
when MIRA. Cannon of Utah was running in the
Presidential campaign as senator on the free silver
ticket against her husband, she said; II believe in
polygamy. l think. the women OF Utah think with
SIXTY SIX sh psr cent TS OF tho ss toter Sf Of II this sssI iais aTs women.
We control the State"
This is a favorite quotation with the ants.
pop sSSs s. It tf is BASED on an a ' diacre siHeSd"g news.
paper interview Mrs. Cannon is one Of the
many women in Utah WIG was widowed; and
feel bitter and resentfui over their position.
nothing to dc, With woman suffrage. Certainly
she is too well informed to say. sixty per cent.
Of the voters of this State are women. for the
fema stssa y. 7o3. '"t''e "a'e' over
pl In most n3 n of the aq noriinn Il made %i,t fsG% HS Mcf;
would qualify the For instance:
Fourth-Has the woman vote purified politics. and
No. to both questions. The supporters of equal
suffrage have never claimed that the woman vote
to s0S claim PS or Expect RS,9 such . a result result. 0ss "se'@en1w tsh hS2s
not 40 banished The saloons ! think we should be
am not sure. The saloon and its belongings are too
deeply aeS iS ,ntTene a,Ssr p Snys foy d fnsn Sna el;ss so OF my
community to materially disturb them.
Mrs. Plat then continued:
There mus, be a somb!neS. Prolongsd And nd, mighty ,s
spire both It's men and its women, before this curse
80 Women have been in churches and in so:
ciety since the beginning of time, but there are still
society circles. The most that we assert is that 4
We pour a clear stream am lnto a muddy one we shall
presence of women at the polls az officers and vot
es has made election day a time OF sbsoists 9nis,
from personal wranGles. profane language and vul
gar illusions because women are sitting ~ delegates
After explaining the many things women had
to learn. she concluded:
= Rutin spite of many mistakes, disappointments. o.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS there is an indescribable uplift II
"criminais. paupers and idiots. There is a spien
did vomanly Independence in being a voting citizen
and an absorbing interest in fulfilling the duty oil
citizenship. and there is a much more chivalrous de
T ypan tb s4a .i rssPsG not Pa as ihs P e Sf nor @e as p prope .pSl
but as equals and follow citizens.
1t is only the extremists who claim tina
rational adVocates ask for It in The name o
justice. because they believe It to be one Of the
also that the. influence Of woman through tn
possession OF the franchise would be for thu
m1nicipaT' s Fl poli nnd %n nnd q ahs a ampTsvePF or tx .
saloons in Colorado. but in four years after I
was granted the number OF no-license towns II
that State had more than quadrupled. Mel
and women together. can create a better gov
ernment than men alone.
An account was given IN this department
few weeks ago OF the efforts to secure a wo
man suffrage bill in the Oklahoma Legislature
OF its passage in the lower house. and thu
tactics adopted to prevent its coming to a vot'
in the upper house. or Council. In her re
cent report 10 tne ndLlOndl convention HTs
Carrie Chapman Gait. Chairman Of the Organ
ization Committee. throws a sidelight on thu
combination OF influences brought to bear oil
this Oklahoma Legislature:
As soon aG the news spread that the bill wa
through the House II telegram was received by eacI
member OF the Council from the Albany -, " re
monstrants. These were not all phrased alike, bu
each asked the recipient: What can be done I
defeat the Woman Suffrage bill Answer at our ell
pense." At nearly the same moment the chief agen
of the saloon Keepers League an associatio
ORGANIZED last fall 'to protect our interests fror
unjust lie xislation. :" appeared upon the scene. Onl
a week remained of the Legislative session. WhethG
this agent Of tho Oklahoma saloons came at III
invitation of the Albany remonstrants, or tn
Albany remonstrants sent their kilograms c
inquiry at tho mitigation of the Saloo
Keepers League. or whether their simul;aneou
anpearan' &c was by chance. I am unable to say. Tina
they appeared together seems significant. II the
work as distinct forces. a study III the Nagdries {
human reason il presented in the motives offered I
the public by these two organizations. The AlDan
rcmunstrGnts would protect the sweet womanly dtI
nifty of Oklahoma women from the debasing intl
ence of Oklahoma politics, The Saloon Keeper
League would save the dchasing influence Of Okll
homa politics from the sweet wOmanly dignity {
Oklahema women. SO these Albany women. VIII
never fail to inform the public Of their devotion
the Church. join hands with the Oklahoma saloo
keepers, who never fail To declare the Church q 4
, natical obstacle To personal liberty, A queer union
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