The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09

ss',''''N ~ "lI btlWttn inc sexes, InN
baltLInHre Sun started tho procession with n
doVhtr- loaded editorial n foot aud u half long.
friend.
\ carcrul search Of the official report Of tho
convention aud that Of the city dailics failed 10
disclose this inccndinry speech. and finally an
appeal was made to Miss Anthony herself. She
answered in her characteristic style.
have hunted through my scrap books and
ind that n telegram tothe Kansas City lp"rnai
refer. il seems that / was telling the story OF
me trsi Noman's Rights Convention and how
Mr., stanton ard the other women hunted
about 10 nnd ~ many grievances against the
common enemy. man. AS the c%olonists had
against OLD King George. II was said face
me. aud certainly do not soc any need Of arol-
ngizinG for it. surely. man il not woman's best
shuts her ont from what he deems for himself
the priceless right Of self govrrnm"nt: when he
cutting Of the laws; while he "omncls her. with
ont Judge or Jury Of her peers. 10 suffer every
I%.mnlty o. their violation. Is he her hest friend
dehc. hy marrying him. lie takes away from
her thG r@ntiot o! her "Tn r"rson. makes her
other children:
is he rot her enemy when. after iftv years
u logging ard r~!radin: b"lor" Legislatures.
only IN slY states have they given herthe right
T., ,ir f%f , Gn 'ha c5,, AM II ut r on" nM Mns u rs%9gn ~ n,n ,fr
her az nrunl nwnrr,ot IN" int earnings ~ ne
l4arriarc lmr,nTirshir: fh.,n. wIth he iiat
wor'd-what stun. what -lusl !, this haze aud
grr against ) u: A. Tor "omraring ne gri"y:
fathers, Would that had the powcr and the
lntirnrc to- ~crNc up this drirel as II deserves!
But | hay" neither. SO let il 90.
And yet what can. we say in excuse for our
Suffrage women. who ,crinEr and, cowtr, and
H|",@rs IT., ,h a.. M'sS AnWtn %pI ~ is m an %'d .n mni na nma
would thes" winners cali the, F%tlipinos if they
sh"m'! g., H." nrt'"1 Of "lr boys ,mh r" e Hn
j. con -ilrrCd "A token OF friendship on the part
Of >mrriyan men toward american womcnf"
Susan D.. Anthony in her rightieth wear is
Tearing ihr end Of her lies work. and who is
there left among al women TO tear aside the
fimsy veil % -orhistry and sentiment, exros,s
the false prrt"nces and declare the truth which
alone makes free
The SAN Francisco papers are sounding the
alarm over the Number OF Japanese who are
coming to this COUNTRY aud entering business
life. The Philadelphia Ignifpl' comes to the
defence and says. 1t would seem that tn" in
t~elIigent Japanese youth had Just As much
right To work out his commercial and profess
sional salvation in this country as the German,
French and Italian youth This is both sem
sitie ard Just but when women wish to enter
the industrial field where is the logic or the
justice in complaining tina; they are crowding
out men
Acommitter was appointed recently from the
Woman's Club in Denver to investigate the
condition % the women employees in Denver
stores. They reported that not only were
the laws complied with. bat employers had
done more for the welfare Of their en-
plovees than the avs required Another ter
rlhlc example OF giving women political
! equality.
toy. Roosevelt is winning the votes Of the
male teacher. and the gratitude OF, the women
hy threatening II veto ,nt any lilI wnirh re-.
du"e- their salaries. Heaven forbid that We
should mix NJ in New York politics. but there
are. some features, Of the, Pr sent school .lll
mum salary raid 10 any female teacher in the
elementary grade shall l." S'ilW: the minlmuln
saIy yr pS,1 l 10 IT, By m s!o 'e' TiS a -. 81 the
women rriprtpuls shall be Increased so earh
creased s25n each year until they receive
S3,Oun per nnnum. In other words. II COSTS
from SioO to SJOD a wear to he Il woman.
Republican party has been born in Porto
Rico. Republican in tho broad, not the partisan.
sense Of the word. we are told. aud one OF the
planks in its constitution declares for uni
vcrsai suffrage" How nir". The Porto Rican
women who possess all the necessary qual.fl-
cations will be allowed n voice in the govern
ment. But now that we think of it. the United
States hrags loud and long about its uni
vcrsal suffrage" and. after all. only ,one-half oi
its people are enfranchiscd. Perhaps those
Porto Rican men are only getting on the same
old JOKE.
In Girton College. England. the women stu
dents have their own IRE brigade. There Is
also on at Holloway College, where the girls
can get the engine at work in less than a min
ute. Several OF til" hospitals have IRE hr!gal"-
Of nurse". and IN" women cmr,oyeeS N me
large establishments are organized INTO IRE
companies. A woman III France has been dec
Grated with an order tor resisting q rlot.
Two more objections OF the ants removed,
Women can I've called in case OF fire or ROY.
The Nevada Legislature again has chal,
lenged tn" contempt OF the country. During
" $500. Is 80. 10 .ApNaI-l flA - In lei 3 a
OF Elections" law. refused to repeal the law
lnralizing prize fights. provided for a State
lottery and defeated a woman suffrage amend,
mcnt. This last action follows as a natura'
sequence. 4 body which is capable OF the first
thre" acts never would provide ior ! cInS'htl,
law The men OF Nevada have been ~clecting
Just such Legislatures ns this right along, II
carries out their wishes.
Som" of the newspapers express surprise
that NeyHda should r",Tct NMn sHT hn r g
States. similar in their political "onditions,
have it. There are no l%olitical r9nditlons u
Legislature to make any such record rs this o
Nevada. II, however, the numncr ui rs repre-
s"ntativos, wer" based on its voting n9lnlntloi
Their. would be some incentive to enfrhnchis'
IT'S women. but since they already are counted
in the basis and since It gets l's two senator's
for putting women whore they can, Interfere
The few women in the State are widely scat
tered and thus prevented from combined If
lori and. Judging the men Of Nevada from
W. u tAh'H
those they select 4" represent them. there /
not much hope for its women OF the presen
generation.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference whicl
has Iust met In Baltimore passed the sterco
typed resolution against Mr.. Roberts OF TIA
which is very much in vogue at present. b'i
this one went further and declared that Ii
had married his three wives since the law
against polygamy were passed. that is. =
course, since Utah was ADMITTED as a STAT" il
polvEamist. Whil" most rcopl" hop" tina
Congress VIII get its couraS" NJ I" put q 'ac
in Mr.. Rohcrts's chair. yet there i no use
miSrrrrr>rntiuE matters. Tn" most ,r"llnh!
authority seems I" uc that ne WarrI'd' me 'h'r
wifi" more than ten y"nrS aG",
Mrs. Mariana ". Chapman, President o! IN
New York State SuNrag" Association, ha
issucd a card 10 the effect that it is not necr-
,nry for the agents Of In" Lnd'eS' Hoi"" Jo"'
nat to ask for subscriptions from the su1raG
women. The latter resent the continued III
suits of its ritor. Mr.. Box, TO the extent Of r.
fuS ny to read his PAPER,