The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-27
RIGHTS IN ONES CHILDREN.
IN ONLY EIaHT STATES ARE FA TIERS
IND MOTHERS JOINT GUARDIANS.

Legal OWhcfNhip VI h'H U"sp'"s sumo
Cases of Hardship omohs "o.h IN
the London Nestri"s-Sunr"ee Er'"'o"''
The public has been following with interest
,ho r,,nrt OF the Perot case-Mrs. Perots alb
Ju,,i,u of her daughter Gladys the arrest
ofthemother on reaching England. the demand
ofthc United states for her extradition. aud
,be discussion whether the question OF her
,rtredition might be dropped by mutual con-
.ent after she had agreed to give up her child
10 hcr husbands father No doubt 1t has
occurred to some readers Of THE Sun that it
was rothpr small business" for two great
nation, to nut forth all their strength to part a
mother from her own child. There may have
been .reclal reasons that made Mrs Perot an
w. ''..Iian t,r b,r dauphtnr and one can.
nn' R""' ga" ' ,y' ,i,is ticnIor case with
not pronounce upon TINS pa ''u'" c"se "th-
ont knowing all the circumstances. But the
oH' ,.,I,o nt,rr,lon anew to the fact that
a'a,r has s aa,"' ~, III" i'n."n mother, as
r,r~raI rn.. y, REGARDED as having no right to
h,r.nIl nu..-..i. p. t,r,sit mate.
In Sew l.l. a""' n other states fathers
tud mot"rr, ..r "at guardians OF their
e"'' 'f'' ~ IL. li,nr,liy ,rue TINT n
tnerem"'no ."''' - ,,ra' ,i'. .rue o,. .haS
husband, ha, no more osa' right to her child
th re sole control and disposal o, the children
1Tn NAV separate them from their mother en-
tireIv may place them in the charge OF the
person most um, to nFh h 'me "p dnu away
c.. SEQ them again This power has been e1er-
man married respectable Irish woman.
When their first baby was three days old. the
husband gave it to his brother t, , be taken Ken
away to china ana ' sou up t Imsrs ne
mother through 'n %, HSre' -, ' ~ tha
n Of Tn' to 5.sSsS ab ,1 tine
'"t,' 20. ri,bin his rights Ue v,s the
husband was w'en' M ms hsh1. ho ,.d ,ha ,nis
right to say what should he done with it. Tn.
same thing might happen to-day in most Of
the states OF tho Union.
%TmfT #. hdf thu saas sh Tas
and wanted to board it out at tho poorhouse
n tstsr cared SS ior but the law gave
hSr h hasbani and 9 appS for legal separso
ti"n IRON ea n, hsr chid from being sent to the
ps9h1u; sns sy essIis ths
cri ia an When Of them shall have the children
sng makTs SHS ar B ., upsss woman Is
wiling to resort to the extreme measure OF
sSraraiio H thus Breathing up her home alto
sr thtr she has no remedy. The Massachu:
s ann TO- Women has published over it's
imp prnHo 10 Isaiet ascending the Massashusetts
aa a, the o SH5sn the New York Assoea
Soa, 10 OF Of the more liberal New YORK
law avon" on this subject as proof tina, al unjust
indirect influence. They may: but the in
direct rect way is needlessy long and troublesome.
dn s9sEffG a t"s the patient old in Hong
Kong when she wanted needle; to make one
by ns e. DsS has sesnred the %
em"Rdmen iaG OF this law in only eight State. out
o the sSS eiss IT'D svs %,
When a GOOD statute has been obtained with
LAY nut ''0'' - NV
- lsg, E3s the equal sufrrsgists OF New York
got the harshness OF the old com non law mod
ihed BY a provision that no husband should
w,thout the mothers consent A few years
later this Just and merclfu statute was re;
. %th 70 beaussh hs cysody ana guar
dianship Of the children away from their
G Ever father, whether o, full age or minor,
under tho age Of 2i years and unmarried may
by his deed or last win duly executed dis die,
IL S and ol r snv Of s1Ih Sh 3.
any rerson or persons in possession or re-
some cases Of severe hardship arose under
this law 4 hard working ires.maker. who
OF -. consumptive and penniless She married
nm Largely ~ orler 10 take care OF hlm soon
hinssiT ahnnt 70 Jia be aYnressea wish ~
make his will. He had nothing to leave. and
~ uhiuncy etel ~ pa' IVl niakIuk q WI ou.,
SAINT fnr lawvsr AMI naii Kim 70 drraw m n
will for her husband. few months after his
aeath ehiid was born. Ihen strangers came
banI's vii Thev prro%an tba. ba Mad hs
queathed the child to his parents in Michigan.
ana they tooH me oaby away win them rms
tims law vars 500 %" II ~ vas rsneaisd "a thss
present lust law OF equal guardian ship was en-
acted: but how long It will remain on the
have The haiiot tbev boI5 Iii tbair rigbts amh
loot tot ~
position IS constantly changing. and every I'm.
"ronsnt Grahted 10 mem Is IN the nature OF
sure
Most men are better than the law and few
husbands use the q xtrem q a nd tyrannica power
which the law gives them But in this case
a. in others, the law is not for the Just, but
for the unjust not for the many men who
are willing to do right without com pulsion
but 'or the few who are inclined to be lust as