The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22
WOMAN SURFACES HOPES.
.,nrPs or TINE CAUSE HAPPY OYER
O RooSEVELT's words.

-, makes Exchange of Ideas will
uIm-AIms of the Woman suffraGists
r,.odore Roosevelt's espousal OF the caus,
"smon suffrage is no new thing. Mani
W. zero surprised when, In his 1rst mes.
pVp = Goyernor OF New York. he declared
, - In favor OF extending the franchise
ia, r,ssessod by the women Of thla State
~ ve,rs ago, when a member OF the Leg.
n =, no cast his first vote for the cause. That
- 1894 municipal suffrage bill was pend
icing women the same right they have In
INLAND He voted in favor OF IL. and from
- dov 10 this he has been an out-and-
y" ~, ,rmpathi2er with woman's desire for equal
Ju,sh,s He PUTS his theories into practice in
~ own home, too. for every one who knows
"nr,hine about that wholesome, typical Amer
- honschold is aware that his children are
- ,ights children. The Roosevelt boys do
W, have one single privilege In their moral.
-ortoI or physical development extended to
II ~. hv their father and mother that Is not
.i.o ,ytended to their sisters. Now that he is
ss s position to do so. Gov. Roosevelt has taken
a.. arst opportunity to let the public know
-hat his views arc on this question.
The woman surragists OF this State. and In
,,od throughout tho United States, are In
t,,b farther over his attitude. They deem It
ne Of the greatest triumphs that woman
,rGrape has ever had in It's comparatively nom
,rumphant history. and justly so. for when
nov, Roosevelt backs up a thing he does not do
4, merely with words and sentiment; he be-
,t0vss in action, and 30 the would-be women
yotsr, have a light to be hopeful. 1t must have
taken no little courage for him to place himself
an their side in his first official %utterance.
br there is also a State Anti-Suffrage Associa-
tim. which is composed largely OF ome who
move in the same social world as the Gov
ernor, Many OF them are personal acquaint-
,nees and friends. and this would have influ-
snced some men. but it did not influence him.
Hs success In life. SO 1t Is said by men who
have carefully watched his career. Is due
largely to that faculty OF ousting all personal
feeling and looking at things MS they are.
Mrs. Lille DevereuI Blake. President Of the
New York County Woman Suffrage League. and
the most active leader of the cause Of woman
suffrage in the State. went to Albany and had a
conference with Gov. Roosevelt. She was ac-
cOmpanled by Mrs. Mariana W. Chapman. State
President Of the association. and Mrs. Mary
n. Loines. Chairman OF the Legislative
Committee. They came away thinking Mr..
Roosevelt about the biggest man who has ever
filed the Governors chair. and furthermore
that the chair isn't quite big enough for him.
When asked about this conference and the
rrogress Of woman suffrage Mrs. Blake had
this TO say;
Our Governor has Just the right ideas about
extending the franchise already possessed by |
the women Of this State. and they are the very |
though | suppose it will be hard to convince |
the public OF the truth l. Of that statement. How
ever. III say more Of that later. Mrs. Loines.
day. day. j Eiap T. First we s saw 5. Frederick NiGon.
Speaker Of the Assembly. who for years has
l sssq a strC IF. ad dT} 2 ,S Of The Saq bif,s Of woman Isn9sr
a ns9y pls sdSpcat e'm' IN the IL as sen sPs S e h &se
.sad''y very Tnee em pS SsT sn tha s0v 81 sour ns
he believed in woman suffrage, but that
Il must come gradually, and that he thought
we're asking for things gradually. He volun-
teered the opinion that the school suffrage had
worked admirably at his home. Oyster Bay.
interest in school affairs before the women
voted, and that many improvements had re-
suited. We talked about a few other things.
be treated in any other way than Justly. fairly
and ~squarely by Theodore Roosevelt"
You say that the. public does not under
Yes do say that and more" answered
MS; Blake but first l want to say a word
and 1t makes me SO indignant when l read
has not done anything to bring about
the acknowledgements OF women. We women
tSu YUM as have done everything that has
and Elizabeth cady Stanton Stanton T for / n am
,Relty years younger than they, and 1t always
being OF one age with them, | suppose a
|reat many people will be amazed to find that
am feminine, enough to resent being made
. But to get back to the growth Of the sufr-
age sentiment, Our Ideas have permeated
Isr MINDS IN OF millions Of women who never
heiieve n 1t; We woman s~uffragists don't
l.ns +. that the ballot is all n all. We don't
yeraee person actually believes that a woman
mo wants the right to vote wishes to exercise
ibPg privilege from daylight to dark every day
mirage as the final sign and symbol Of our
'mnlete, emancipation. and we have aimed at
a. Ihe highest evidence OF our emancipation.
All Oh the demands made for the higher
uueatlon Of women. for the admission Of wo-
IGn TO me Professions and for the equal pay
y Tisn ana women have, come from our writer's
,%iStings, every minute W%e'dd ali have a. been
GNd to death long ago II we had lone so. We
lsGqss al sorts of things. such as woman In
women and the like. Perhaps we generally
u what suffrage, would bring to women In
" = " :, ana in business; but we don't (
loy, Roosevelt believes in the gradual ac-
a'ennlent Of the ballot by woman. and SO do
y ou,r history proves that we've always
u.Nrl IN that way, though the public believes
'". W. Whht complete Acknowledgement to-
y, 80 mat we couIl run for every Office in the '
,n o-th3rrow. The cause Of woman's rights '
y, 10 me demands male by Mary Wolston- {
NY more than a hundred years ago. She I
~" a." II II mother OF Shelley's first wife and mar {
Isr ana an influential woman In her time. {
'ri gfI early part of this century Fannie t
,lRht. an English woman. came here, and '
3r "G hrdent advocate ofequal rights. Finally I
- S!oht, IN Massachusetts, Mrs. Stanton, In 1
" lorR, and Lucretia Mott, the beautiful /
,nNeEess, all set their shoulders to the en- I
I RWgnisenlent wheel. Mrs. stanton and Lucre- G
a. ~ ShIled A convention at Seneca Falls I'm I
ron ""l ! teii you their action created a SEN
|, ~, MiSs Anthony did not come into the
amto "h'll lSo1y and | In 1850. Before Mrs, |
rmseii ana MISS Anthony publicly avowed {
" n Er1estine l.. Rose, daughter Of a c
iitio ountr and went through this State with t
nn M. ABOUT property rights. 1t was quite a I
.naj TACT that this woman emancipated d
~ d. ln ner own thoughts In the s~eclusfon of 1
,tra ,oi!sh nome. We all know how the Jews d
'%ays suppressed their women, so this o
~ 90 ntE attitude, all the more astonishina. n
DoTT as me most eloquent speaker who ever d
scconr 1ut hIRtiorm. but had to retro early a
~ tnat time on tho women OF the United i
10 reSpond to these demands. The h
q nenpio EtSW IN the thoughts and hearts OF \
wbhooLL.e VINO heard and read. and gradually /
/ g mmoIe public sentiment on woman status i
vnanReq; A Worlds TEMPERANCE Convene i
~ nnaS helu here In the TIA bern cIa In 1SS0