New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-06
AS THE SUFFRAGISTS SEE 1T.
MARIANA ". CHAPMAN TAKES EXCEPTION
TO SEVERAL STATEMENTS IN MRS
SCOTS PAPER.
70 the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir VIII you kindly give space 10 few state
ments about the paper by Mrs. FRANCIS Soul
which called out so much disapprobatlon at the
Woman's Council in London? 1t Is prooaoH the
best statement that can be made upon the anti
suffrage side OF the question 1t is disnined I'M
personal and without bitterness toward women
who hold convictions Of another kind. Surraglsts
should differ from it only in that Its premises are
mistaken anchorage.
The Impotence Of our English sisters may have
arisen from the fact that they have had Satisfactory
experience in several kinds OF woman suffrage
themselves and know that it has neither destroyed
their home life nor been prohibited by nature
and civilized usage" They have not found II IN
imcal TO the cultivation OF their womahnOoo
or its perfect development. which Is stated as the
vital principle OF opposition 10 them' an
ounce Of experience is worth ton OF theory RE
sumabIy. the women who are holding pubic ornces
in England as poor law guardians 600 OF then'
and upon school boards are not women with ram
nies OF small children The paper makes the
plea that motherhood interfsres with outside duties
which Is incontestaby true with all kinds or out
side duties but statistics report that only one-thrd
of the women Of the United States are married
There others.
surTragists have no desire TO deny or TO alter
the differentiation OF the sexes II is their plV-
otal point OF demand for expression from ooth
sides OF humanity in the government which governs
both The threadbare argument OF the lnaollty OF
women to perform military. police or jury DUTY
might have rhyme or reason II II were one OF the
requirements for every man who registers as
voter One knows that It has no relation what
ever to mis- liberty IN casting ballot; that the
lame halt and blind lust as welcome at the
ballot-box as Corbett Fitzsmmons. and that II
often happens that soldiers sometimes deprived
OF their votes Il is also considered desirable that
policemen shall belong 10 political organiza-
tons. AS TO jury duty wherever woman Is trle1
for offence there should be women on the jury. and
n need never b. mothers OF families. who are
necessary al home Men whose professions re-
quire exemption are excused.
There is an argument that ballot does not ad-
vance wages. but thinks OF advancing IL
against manhood suffrage. Wages are or course,
subject TO the law Of supply and demand. nut IN
Colorado We md that public offices nave hXed sal-
aries which do grow smaller II the incumbent
be a woman. notably in the schools.
Mrs Scott SAYS the physiological aspect Is the
kernel OF this question" II Is difficult 10 see even
a remote connection between physiology and drop
ping a ballot the box II one Is possessed OF the
average amount OF brain power. " Is not ha4i SO
hard as the IA women perform every daS
and Il neither "a futile nor unnatural srussIe
unless the fathers OF our commonwealth were MN
without wisdom. II the finger OF science points
anywhere IN the matter II Is that cross fertilization
produces the best results in the deveopment OF
flower and fruit. MARIANA W. CHAPMAN,
President New-York State Woman Suffrage Asso-
Brooklyn, July 3. 1890