The sun., 1899-10-08

st FL Tr a%%sf s can"c. nss Ss vSo; SSf;
asre1t rd IN the .eTyfe Of private smp2yeT:
and the shrewd business men Of America are
net net given to emn2yi9E Incapable help. The
G%F Sns.n GS' asr!an % heads 20 f depsrt@sDt. az
1t will be hard to convince the public that poll
tics il not at the bottom Of IT,
statos. about 1000 or IL per can't. are in
charge Of women. Bnt Of the 5000 and odd
nGhs1 eI b women and o. tSe
$50 po+tmasters at free delivery post offices.
Snly Nveo les. than Per cent. are IRE, wo%sn ,ps.
l'gure. that, as the Importance OF the of'os
increases, tho chances for the woman arpll.
that pol teal pressure becomes more exactinR
In the large officas. and you know whore
political intluences control, the votele's cti-
This is commended to such persons as think
that tho roSsession of afallot has no bearing
on the question OF women's earning living.
One OF the most striking and impressive
speakers mt the recent International ConRre-
ga'ional Council in Boston was the Rev. Joseph
Robertson. NJ. A. pastor OF the Stow Memorial
Church at Adelaide. and principal OF tho Con-
RreGational College Of South Australia. Being
asked about the results OF equal suffrage in
that colony. he gave a good account OF 1t. In
answer to tho question. DO you find that the
bad and ignorant women vote more generally
than the roi and Intelligent" Dr. Robertson
said: No. II Is rather the other way. The
good and in.s.Iigent. l should say. vote more
than the bad and Ignorant. Equal suffrage
has not given rise to family quarrels. or made
women less wotnanly. or led them to neglect
their home duties And 1t certainly does not
cause them to receive less respect and consld-
erntion socially. In short. 1t has had evil
and IN hi n trnJ nj in I'm
snce into politics"
Another prominent delegate. Dr. Llewellyn
d. Bevau. professor OF Old Testament sxeEesis
and Church history at the Congregational
College Of Victoria. and pastor Of the Queens
berry STREE Congregational Church at Mel
In New Zealand on the whole the extension
Of the franchise to women ia proving useful
expcriment. andi is dii1icu to deci ie as to
h W ia- any effect is to be traced to Tho opera
tainly there have been no evil effects observa-
bic. Nothing obnoxious g women Occura at
tn the pUyii9g y;., A. is or ,ery Tn. movement with
sursd. Elual suffrage will be the universal
rue Of Australia after We federate.
Whatever nav be the immediate effect OF
the franchise extension 10 women, its essential
Justice ant irreststih,s Gaie. whsrs govern
sented. make its a ioption certain"
Rev lohn Jacob HALEY. pastor Of st. Klda
ia OF he victorian CongregstionaI Union,
Confirmed what was said by Dr. Robe rtson and
Pr hsvsn a. to the p,,spes Of n .hs prsdie,ed
ami in south, Australia. and declared that is
speedy adoption in Victoria was assured. No.
body is opposed to 1t now but the old fogies."
he said
The, Inauguration last Tuesday OF the new
Hazard. brought together a large and brilliant
CO. npany. inrluiing the Presidents OF Harvard.
Ran,vas"ar. smith. Bryn MaWr. Mount Hoiyo.e.
Brown. Villains. Bowdon. McGill and Colorado
C"lese Am2pg on the 60! eyes and Sniversi.es
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology. Boston
I.yan. Tufts. Bates. Barnsri. CLARK. Carlton.
Elm ra. Welsa and Constantinopla. The occasion
pn6Hc % opnion % in regard to to- he hisher eancston
o'women. WhenVassarwss psned.th rty-eiEht
ese aTs stons Of ra
| with her hus band was largely instrumental in
opening Michigan Cn!vsrsity to women: Tent
relates that on the same steamer was q band
Col ege was IL. general tonio OF discussion.
| and public opinion was strongly against 1t.
dhr s.f. 3 As sna part.
m.re fact OF it, being called college for
sure hat 20 refined. Christian mother iieyer
send hsr daughters to Nas"ar CoLlegel" To-
day sn: Ssn o. the o
| country to honor the inauguration Of the prssi-
| dent OF a woman 8 college.
| The new Presi lent. Miss Hazard. comes OF g
| Rhode Island fami, y ce ,ebrated for nerations
| not only for wealth but for character and
philanthropy. Her grandfather. Rowland g.
Hazard. signed the call for the formation OF the
| American Woman's Suffrage Associst on in
1859, with George william Curtis. William
| Lloyd Garrison. Henry Ward Beecher. Julia
Ward Howe, Lydia Maria Child, Mary A. Liver;
| more aad many other distinguished men and
! women Miss Hazard. in her inaugural ad-
| dress. struck tho key note OF the whole equal
| rights movement, which does not mean com
| petition between men and women. but co0pera-
| tion. She said:
Long ago We were told that the proper study
| OF mankind is man: and in these latter days
/ the lem nine half % markind is receiving its
full share OF attention, For it must always be
! remembered that men and women are nrH a
| different order Of beings. They nnd their ON
| est and completest development together"
! She made good point lso when she said
The problem is not simply that OF bringing
| children into the world. hut what kind Of chill
| dren shall he born. what kind OF a mother shall
! he elurated: or. il the highest Development
! OF motherhood is denied her, how she shall
| take her place In the world. a useful and hon
| ored mem ber of the comm unity. having chill
| dren OF her spirit"
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL
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