The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-29
TTE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
usrFFRAGISTS COMPARED WITH
lN,a,sr uHO ASK FOR SUFFRAGE.

-nngE VINO Aoh ~"
.rd,n of stanford University Makes n
Dt,o..r Argument for Woman Suffrage
S',,on DinEiey's Mother-Women In
r'r,,,uye Observation-Disclosures Book.
h.sn A fact to which women could
~,.h pride that all ORGANIZATIONS formed
pom. ,h,se Of their sex have been distinctly
hmOH ~. line Ct progress. The latest, how
hop Though Il cannot es yet by any means.be
e,e' =. national in It's scope, Is the Associa-
ls onnosed TO the Extension OF the Suffrage
uoInor The busy world cannot take time
~ this long-drawu-out title. aud they
Sour 10 the general public as "Auti-Suf-
acnn,s " while the irreverent dub them simply
unsSmSr They seem to form the only excep-
Au'. ,hs r,le in regard to women's organi-
uon "a their object is decidedly retro
~sessiye. .h.
nor has been 20 extend the use Of the bal
~ y. Tirst the religious restrictions were re-
10" NO, tho property qualifications we're
n,,icaT y a polished after a long and terri
p'.sr Tho word white was obliterated In
eo ,,ting land in seyeralty have been en-
a, snabtssd, Chinese born in this country are
l I,uj n vote. The word males" Is row
oc orIv bar to universal suffrage. and women
's ,he only DISTINGUISHED class. BY every
Wv -. ~ nroeress. by all the logic of events. tho
NV NV, .,an should he to remove distinctions OF
w., and give the ballot to women.
Whilo men have been very slow and very re-
ns,ant to perform this act oil JUSTICE 1t nae
"su.ined for women themselves to organize
- nrder 70 prevent 1t. II the comforting OF
a.. outrage would compel these women to ex-
l. ,I,Intsat a md THAR action
w, .ince they would be left entirely free. their
ds,srnination that even those women VINO de-
w.. representation shall not have 1t. is. to put
4. mildly. not the spirit OF a true American or
,r,e christian. One OF the articles of their
,reed is that universal suffrage Is a mistake.
nd hpb,nd their opposition to an increase in
,hs voting power is the desire to change our
,orm Of government to an aristocracy.
4 COMPARISON of the personnel OF the anti
outrage andthe suffrage advocates tells its W
,ory. Almost without execution the former
.,nsar in print under the husbands name.
Their own individual names would convey no
ns.nino TO the public. Scarcely one is known
lar ber own work in literature. science. educa-
Ion. practical philanthropy. business enter
nrise or any active effort for the benefit OF
nwsDkind. Opposed to these. place the names
A. n n q most prominent oil the pronounced ad-
yorate, " suffrage for women. Lucretla Mott.
EI , q J En4y stnn'2 eI;or s 3 Stg ffHnDIs.
FE1s,,nscreess Power CoGbe. Lady Aberdeen, Lady
HsnTy sqnerSst; A g,6M. Be f@mi:a Lg u. S StSHe.
H HsFEie (. f nsgTnf5 s' iSIia WWari Howe, Clara
BR srtsop' Hereida q. Wallace. Mary l.. Booth.
Alice and Ph,rbe, Cary. Mary Clemmer. May
B. Cooper. Leouora Barry-Lake. Anna Bickin-
tcp. Annie i. Diggs. Grace Greenwood, Har.
fet Hosmer. Lillian Whiting; Bertha Honor5
PsTImer. Jane /. stanford. Elizabeth stuart
bhnInr Ernpnea l. Villa r1 and all tine most OF
" q T, [. leaders. Myra Brad well and all the
women LAWYERS, the Rev. Anna h. shaw and
All The women ministers. DR.. Mary Putnam
Jacob and practically al Of the women physi,
clans and the vast majority OF teachers anu
THIS iist might he extended almost indefi-
nltely and it would include ni~ne-tenths OF the
women who have made a name for themselves
and who are distinguished for their own, COM
handing ability. " hat a travesty that a nand-
full Of women. eminent only In social position;
should beslege the Legis atures to withhold
the right OF representation from such as these!
How much worse than II t~ravesty that they
should seek 70 deprive wage-earning women
Of what would he their strongest weapon Tor
self protection, All the OPPOSITION OF men for
the last hall century has not caused as mucn
fought the battles a. this unprecedented &C.
ton on the part of their own sex. This Is not
that they are retardlng the progress OF the SUI
traee movement. Tor they are having the Oppo-
site effect, but only that. after all these years
Of opportunity. the women who should be
leaders are laggards and obstructionists.
The one and only text book of the Ants"
IL a little volume by Mrs. Rossiter Johnson
Ialas. that our only acquaintance with these
whose statements for the most part are in dt-
rect contradiction of the actual facts OF woman
suffrage in practice. She admits. however.
that In our own country "womnn has, become a
leader Of thought" What is a ballot but
thought crystaliiZed into expression? IL wo-
man is the leader then most assuredly her
tknnrnt 10 A.Inl -. h. -.aat ,tt@ n az
tons pressing for so!ut. on, ana the only way
IN which 1t can exert a direct influence Is
through, the ballot boz. This is the medium
By which the citizen e~nforces his opinion.
Mrs. Francis NJ. Scott. first President and the
Chief spokeswuman Of the Ants is quoted
ID last Sundays Sun as saying: Think for a
moment OF giving the voting power to a ma
(orty I'VE women are in the majority, you
know unable to coerce a troublesome minority
By physical power In the first place, the
last census showed 100000 more men than
women in the United States. In the second
place. 1t is too absurd for discussion that all
women should, vote one way and, al! men
lh0uld vote IN the opposite. In the third place
u never yet has been necessary in our Gov
ernment for the majority at an election to CO.
erce the minority by physical force into accept
Ing the results.
Ms. Scott continues: THE fact that women
have no Offices il view. no constituencies to
pLease, enables, them more quickly to achieve
Maeie work, Women do no municipal work
IN the literal sense, but all who are engaged
n charltdble and reform work which requires
the concurrence and assistance OF the civil
eulhnrlt.es are continually hammered and
uWarted, because they have no political intlu-
shNe and DO not belong to a constituency
nnhich l'ut these officials in pOwef and TO which
t.hsy mus. answer. The educational, chart
4ole and reform work now carried On by
nIn@n would be vastly promoted If they net
pun couId nut the right Eind Of men in Office,
ouu could I'LL sOa..e OF the Offices themselves.
Mrs. scott SAYS IN one paragraph that the
IL malqrlty 81 women are mothers. and in
AZ leNt she deulores the GROWN" diSinclina-
son Tor Motherhood. She makes the threat
iIste statement thai the best years of woman's
ne must he given to the bearing of children.
KloFing the fact that This period ends in the
cary lorttes and that the average woman has
EimssmV Or twenty I've years of active life yet
tveoIe her: She implores men TO build up
Smsv; nan OF Inc law about women" when tor
hham d century women haze been struggling 10
vmte"k Gown the wal II law which gave all Of
~ WIZ property absolutely to the husband
nm ~. control Of all sho might earn which
TEVu,mitteu MN to apprentice young children
,bbnm"Vl Ihe mothers consent and dispose OF
msrro S WIZ az ms death; which prevented IA
i %S','eu woman from dong business or max
aJ" SIilIac, IN her own mime: which for
cruel Treatment
and ~, no. women are not CRYING with a loud
mo my u',ahllho'ls voice for men to build up any
tsc1i on I5nlhese walls Of law for their pro
tbs ~, me hfrlr'r Of ReuteCS expresses
stuatlon when il says:
H. Is me women rather than the men of the
az Az Ttates VINO are manitesting the keen
lntsIIa.,lly' the deepest suiicitude and the best
tb,nnn IN matters of e ucatiOn, philan-
doNsS,i 'eIeloh APPLIED TO practical affairs aud
TIC Us d science and Il practical art
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