The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
Tur CAUSE OF WOMAN.
a,,,oy, or IN1I-NtFIkitN'N "N
ortiz p,ESrt0> or '"h''f
JOIILIIf

NJ a,,uut-Thr Ii"inohStrih""'' W.
IF the inti-SnfrnEiSts Women "'
s.wcn what II Costs I" u" u ""''"h'
,.,, E,lIc authority that AL men arc
Ne", D.. rrru.al 81 thai luuk vii! disclose
lar ,h,, r.u,u also sinuud in this dircr-
'tr ,,,r nature has no. hanged ana NJ
to' ,s.r Of every vrAr what is known n|
rt''"" ,,,irn l," RACES like an epidemic
IT, mirage ne differs from this other
t"' g 3, h,,iuk a,l times and seasons Tor its
Ns'' ia, women vlo have SGT themselves
OWE ~ ~, ,ngilus these AZ" kept busy. Us
'W ,t.,, ,crarhrd. for Il sex which Is not
'''"' y, =, lr able - drive q nail they manage
sur, ON III, bead with remarkable FREE
Those rhiio-Ophir remarks are sug-
Hu'" ,, all interview which appeared in tho
l'E ,!,,,on ja.' u ,hort time ago with on"
NIr " ,r. from 'lr classic precincts Of Grip.
'iir.oas G., Il ran rs follows;
,,-rl, ~ Colorado who have persist
j" ,.,., 4 ,ha, tine right al woman to vote and
'"i ; os,. va. a I]urirr.ns infu"nre III 'ur state
',,, arc WOW Of n. 10 rIhiy worried.
~. ,,,r, that, ,l'tr wa-shll '"''r" 'rr L'Gtsl1'
L '''"I, o.,.. have III Colorado Springs and
,.a,,, rrrA III I"'-'n' ro'ht - tn" f"il vs. "'o
.'f. -, ,,..,.,.,4 h, hU made u plo; TO put IT
Lltl IL. 4 W. .. p. 10. - 49, > '"' ''' -
r.,,,,f IL, 81 aA m'mh,r" Il til" Legislature
..r -, ,..." '~N,.nt.s uf tho ill tNn lule
- ,,tOhlr tho lt;.. Woe So cntlanccd with
.a,, lr. a~'.r;,,. ~ 'har iGusts aS to I've ON
a.. Guard a,u'-.di.,d waiter was t. ruf u few
' , ID, dr.,. m 49," hr'r ur Wiu" ~ Whatever 6"S
.. the masculine / 4: -lt,-> w'r' drtuhin.:
1t. IN r,.ol j. p.p. m'-ra,rird from somn 'auso,
,l.lmpg and thu hog' -,h'mr failed to ma
..,,, and on % the alleged t"inal" c"nspiri'"r1
,r,e ,.li tin whole STORY. The anti v nmau
'ns,,,,. ar - great 4lrc "y,r the tNpoSc. an
r,s all solt- a. -,t,a.t.r ',nIr"'"'s On the II.
,Aln. iuAu,ur' q w"mrn N politics.
Naturally the auti- would be in great Elee
,sr .urh a choice bt of scandal and would file
a. vay in thcjr archives t. be- doublr-lradrr
4, their next annual bulletin. The editor ul
,hs dcpartment. having no doubt thHtthe thing
r,s an absolute t%ileehood. despatched a letter
,,oncc 10 Harriet & Il. Wright. one of the three
women members Of tn" Colorado Legislator"
Mr. Wright i a uomiuent "nbe OF the
ranver Womau'S Club. has been n resident q
,h,, ritv seventeen years. ana her father was
the ,ouLdcr IL Brloi' college. Wisconsin. and
oco NJ the founders If Rockford m Female
seminary IN bena'f % herself and her col
yaguns she answered
esud be made only uv Il PEARSON 81 no posSihl"
S,ror The bin to lrltr i new county was
Siyoc4trl ald voted tor 'y 'llc three women
memlers There twas a plot T." "ntice two men
avay. bu' the women employed hy outside
lobbyists to rugin"r this wer" not connected
IL any manner Win the legislature. We're not
allowed the privileges w. the House and did
their work outside. They were not connected
with any club or orgauilrti"Ii Of women in the
State and wcr" PERSONALLY ,unknown TO Us.
G. smith, Speaker Il III" House. which ended
The women who were charged with trying
tolse 'Snockout drops nron members wer.
c cn's,aT; i WITH ii, iT'essislat%nre. and VIII" were "p'
excluded from the ilvur OF the House by III,
Undersigned Our women members are all oil
the highest "harGrtar and standing.
This uuim p"achahlr testimony suggests soy.
era questions. First. when men from the
woman suffrage state, make such maliciou.
statements Il. that Of Mr Prince. ar" we not
justified in -usI"rting that some personal dc,
eat lies at tn" bottom Second. We're no
these women VIII" wcr" engaged to " entir,
The members ' simply making use Of that " in,
should be proud Of having Third. are not III,
men who EMPLOYED them and the other mcr
who were SO easily ''"ntred " the ones who
ought TO he DISTINGUISHED
Here is another story. The Rev. A. {, Crane
10 an address in fremont Temple. Boston
lately took occasion to say:
The tonins M ~ the public conscience, the pun
EtElNANi ~ IhIltlNN, I'M NN'TlnTbW OF evil SOCIAL gu
toni and the erfo'c mcnt of righteous laws. all %
which were TO be- results of woman suffrage, hay,
not, yet M to pass III Colorado. and the exampl
o.that State ius;lGes the belief that this plan r.
public progress is helpless II secure these most de
Uable ends.
He then cited Colorado Springs as a horrible
example:
1t Is a city ~ about 10000 inhabitants. II is
centre Of wealth and social culture. 1t has the hes
code Of municipal laws lo7 the Advancement of tn
"y reform So dear to the heart ~ the woman sui
tngist. There i. a provision in d,eis to real estat
Prohibiting the sale of lntoIirantS. The school sys
ten, both IN plan and efficiency. " MD honor an
,h' Ss'' Il fancy. seventeen literary clubs are com
posed enfircl$, Of women. The churches are dom
btsINr all these advantages "nioycl by the SUI
p,,tsrs 81 H"man suffrage. II IL a fart. easily sui
.Ahtiated, that ms select citv has u luwcr moral tor
,asn any "'h,r NJ ITS size or larger in the state. 10
excepting MN ng Clowns.
WIN Just AMI generous laws 10 assist them in cur
lns this evil tn" woman srtiragtsts do nothing I
rhtck il; From three years experience there a
pastor of the largest church in the city. | am able I
~ that te'p.i" good laws and unrestricted woma
Hht't rum rules the place. ana wue he Ia hl
'aodeH's or vigorously opposes its supremacy!
Ihls wa Immediately taken up by the anti
Somah suffrage press and reproduced il
aores % PAPERS. Now, women have been vOt
u ~ III HploraIo only five, years, and here is
cty with the best code OF municipaI laws.
ssa. estate deeds PROHIBITING the sale of intoXi
ant a splendid school ~systcm-what NOR
,puW IN" hsE IN thht short space of time? le
t |. cty has n" lowest moral tone OF any /
u otate ana rum rules the place" We i'm
asIhe colorado must b" a pretty good State
.e WORST GUY in II can make such q shown
E%lnrs Mr.. Cranes address WAS submitted I
II william r. .SlO"um, President of Colorah
soLege' situated IN Colorado Springs, one Of m
ahest institutions in III" State. with a lacult
answer: ~ "'N' :
J. c.hn1t believe that Mr. Crane ia CORRECTLY i,
mu ! nave teen citizen Of Colorado Sprn,
lev w w, 'h years and may safely say tha. there Al
II, H. m,h VINO know both TIA" CITY and State h,tt,
man do, aud | ran unhrsitaiinvIv atirIn that
tnn To-" u no ne VITA a true knowledge of the rond
low eit WI" "oult LAY II TINS cat that 1t has
IN H. tSa',a' zone than any other OF its size or larg'
" rmr ~ I'' rN'"pt!NS mining towns, ur tn
H. "a .N!cs Ue place. On the runtr lrN. 1t is stcai
lIsr,"aAE as a city # residence hr, ause of it, e
,h.r,,' m'tAI tone, which parents recognize al
~ re- Choose ~ i desirable place. to bring u
t.s.t children. III" ar'lrlc seems To- claim tLar II
tras, yves ,IlSproNe the "ticacy Of woman ~
men, ma. az eIal ~ CIV" a. my testimony the stat
Inv :, 49, ~ iIeh and women ct ia" city are wur
,E go't,au III InNat ami socia, life, to strength,
,bs =" rrI'ill'lnn tn town mas Justly earned
disrrnr,, . ,'l ats. l. a-thiS yUn send ne are lIu
prpm"ts t'ti"sC VINO Al" giving their live.
>" " '" moral LIE # III, rl:y an : ate.
me KEY. VI Crane GruhtIeSs believes thi
rum ahd immortality can H., voted "n,ntInt"
Ih,, uh N!>,"h'"' but "i"ll Women soon lea
n W. Mt,l' IN" ballot j. 4 great pDWtr il +. ~
a,r,,u enough - prOdUr" ilr millennium
Iurr,"a,H VIZ Cranes Arrangement o: womu
hnTs'H. na,,'S n'i indicate that logical, cnmpr
sro,H hl0' judicial point Of View which v
"oNilN nav" necm taught was III. dIsrin"ti;
'""ro''"riN'i' Of the mGErulir mind