The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

were sound, II would imply not only that We
must M, exclude from rom suffrage al men who can
who can night. Maine. Massachusetts. Wy
oming. California and number OF other States
exclude men who cannot read and write To
insure a stable government. on this theory. we
should have to abolish the educational Gunli-
as soon as he landed; He would be called UPON
to understand something Of our INSTRUCTIONS
Snt only that he was able to WELD a club
cludod because OF illiteracT. or because they
have not been here long enough to lie natur.
allied and while thousands who cannot fight
can be no certainty at any election that the
majority. " legal voters represent the ma
doubted whether our Government would really
he made more stable 10y Observation-Disclosures and
freshly landed lmmiGrants. Indeed. many OF
the opponents OF woman suffrage loudly pro-
which would destroy the last ysstSs Of mus
Mrs; Cabot. the President Of the Massachu.
setts Anti-Suifrace, Association. Is a woman
Is 1t not little Inconsistent on her bart to oh.
Ieet to suffrage 2n,thc ground that the ballot
has herself for years held two important pub.
I nc oiil.es' as member OF TIE school Board and
imnS the holding u Office BY ali Two" Women aH0 anG GG
some women are able amt willing to hold 1t.
as Mrs. Cabot herself IS. why should they not
Mrs Scott and Mrs Cabot say: Woman Is
not NOT excluded , h from the S9nstitutiona ballot by
n tho South against teaching "a negro 10 lead.
there never was any law against teaching n
horse to read. One was excluded from a
knowledge of the alphabet by nature. the other
was not AS John stuart Mill wrote wears ago.
What women by nature cannot do, il is super.
luous to pass laws to forbid them from doing"
III women were excluded from suffrage by ma
ture. the opponents Of equal rights would not
be ;? anXioua to Keep tho word male" in tho
Mrs Scott and Mrs. Cabot say that they be-
Joice in seeing women "physicians. lawyers.
professors, &c. but that when women seek to
vote they ignore the physiological line Of dis
physiological objection was used for all it was
worth against the admissio e women to the
professions and to the hig her education and 1t
was good deal more plausible IN regard to
these than In regard to suffrage. 70 approve
Of study. to rejoico in their being physicians.
object on phvsioIoGica grounds to their being
voters this is strainin9 AT u gnat after swal-
>, MTs. Scott says. The nhysoogicnl aspect Is
nature of women is much the same all tho
World over, II they cap vote Without hurting
and Idaho in England. SCOTLAND and Ireland.
IN Canada. Australia and Now /ealnnd. it Is
likely that they could do it in New York and
One of the most amusing things. In Ito anti.
suffrage paner is the conviction of its authors
Logical grounds. they occupy, the scientii lc at
titude." The scientific method is to observe
the facts first. and then TO deduce your theory
from them. The anti suffrage method is to
start out with preconceive theory. and cling
to it in disregard and defiance OF the facts. The
hundreds OF thousands OF her. in many difIer.
ent parts OF the English speaking world, The
whether she has in reality mad" government
unstablerrined her own constitution or ceased
tho very last method tho ants will alopt. be-
cause 1t would give no support to their theory.
me antt S article , ,aIs 'ulTraEs you'll be
women will always ne wives and mothers. and
il equal suffrage were Incompatible wi III home
duties. that would be enough to condemn it,.
But the testimony Is practically unanimous.
from all the places where women vote. that
they are as good wives and mothers as ever
Mrs. Sarah $. Platt PRESIDENT OF the Colorado
state Board OF Charities and Correction. said
hom p'TeT to dear "E2n the l2f 2md
Times. II takes Just about one hour in the wear
to cast all tho ballots necessary and allow
1t NAV he urged that it takes longer than
that to learn to vote nits,!iEenttiy Hnt Mrs
est themselves and others in public affairs
arouse publ g opinion against wrongdoing. re
Mmk to see ana to srrM9r, syery wise bs
! State" If women are TO take time to inform
themselves at any rate: the small amount OF
yery formidable Ny frIad Mrs. Mary C.
Bradford Of Denver tod me- that. when she
school. stoppel in and did her marketing and
got home inside Of twenty minutes
But the anti-suffrage style Of reasoning is
| like that Of James II. His mode OF arguing.
! il 1t IL To he so called" says Nucaulay. was
| one NOT uncommon among dull and stubborn
persona. He asserted n proposition. aud. as
| often as wiser peoTle vontured respectfully to
| show that II was erroneous. he asserted Il
again. in exactly the same words" No doubt
the ants will go right on asserting That tho
| ballot nples military service" and that women
| are prohibited by nature from voting. no mat
ter how often the contrary may he demon
| strated ALICE STONE BLACKWELL"
| DORCHESTER. Mass.