The sun., 1900-12-23
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
,,,,,E brIsOArE IRo1 nAwAS
,.a,s ,OT wOBRt THE srFTRA0fsTs.
,.,, The, s..m Rs,hev Amused ssessss
n. s.u,ss Defeated the whites 81 the
ia. Election ~, Abbott m Dem"ersJ
SANE, and the Georgia Legislature


"a, ri.,,,op Dr. Abbott m Demoerssy
same. snd the Georgia Legislature
80. sdvocatc. ~ woman suffrage cnn
,r ui'h u good deal OF oon'pl"cency w"
,rotute ~ tho white men IN both Wosh-
acton aui Honolulu tt ho'lhs fo'''''
',.,,c cont from Hawaii 20 tho Congress
%. rrl,.d state. Iust winter. when the
.,,,,.,p for those islands WIS being
,..I ,v Congress. tho mrroR" nssocli-
= avery state In the Union peti'loned
a., II should not exclude women from a
,,,,c,,, ,,on I'm th. GOV ernment. that what
,..,r,,t,ons were imposed. Of educa-
H., prouarty, there should not D. tho
.,,,o,rtabl. one Of te1 Mis-. Anthony
,1,.,lf accompanied Nv number of tns
,,.,t women Of tho different states.
,,.,, In rcrson 20 en.reat the scn tors not
,s,r.tr,ts that wrong against those new
,..,en. which had been borne 80 long bv
49,. ~ our own country. Their appeals
,an unon utterly deaf cara Even the Sena-
80. from, those states whore women have
,hs .rNr,g. refused to bring M the question
,,., i, might imperil their own bills Tor irri-
.,,i,n public buildings. Ac. When this
ror,tl,u.lon finally was completcd ana ac-
,.,,.d by our great American congress
I. onfranchIssd practically everything OF
,h.,r,ls .pecies tha h d the physical aoility
>, o,st n vote: and II Disseminated against
man moro outrageousy than any Constl-
,,,I,, ov.r framed for Territory within
the United 81 ltes
r,ds- this the first Hawaiian election
Ia. been held and tho voters have eecteo
:, lerIslature Of natives TO make the i'"s
,o, tho Islands which for years have beeh
r,,ctically In control Of Americans. and they
nav. chosen n. delegate TO our congress
. .,ronr adherent Of the ex-Queen ana
hitter opponent Of n republican form OF gov
eminent, Tho woman sufrngists may he
na,doned II they are getting GOOD deal
., oulet amusement out ~ the situVt'oh'
Ceors. u Gear of Honolulu who IL mere
n contest Mr. Wlco1's seat. says OF 'he re-
cent election.
TN. leader. OF the Independent or native parry
,.r. crolc, and plsu faded out Of sight The bosses
1, ,h,, country are mere babes In politics compared
with the native Hawanans. III bet croker never
dreamed OF making votes 'or t'' candidates ny 'el.
tny IN. voters that the "kBhunA' would g' 'he'h "
N,v titnt watch out. The 'kahuna ~ pe's"n'
,,n.r man or woman. who Is supposed W nave p""e'
N may other people to death. Shortly before No'e
H. vlrd vas passed out that all the va huhas
:. mi Islands would b. So, to praying for the dea'h
- n
~. l,r under which the Territorial Government
. .oari,,d proyic.s that all the proceedings of 'he
,.y,,,,u,. shall ~ conducted in the English lan'
,p,s. Now, Il 50 happens that large nuinoer
n, m. mem hers ot both houses can neither SPEAK no
snd.r.,and word of English. OF course 'hey can
max. no speeches Oh the floor, and Is hard 70 Hse
out now they are going TO vote, as 'hey are no'
A.. 10 say 50 much as yes or no.
This ia the valuable new element wh'ch
tas been added to our electorate by a 'oh-
Sress whose members would not even rs
,er IN a p.tition that they would give the
educated American and Eng.l'h women
I'm Hawaii a voica in the Government INT
evory point was strained IN order to enir n
cbi.. as many men n possible. with the result
ma, the very first delegate 20 the United
s,gtas Congress i sent by a constituency VINO
cannot speak or read the English language
and who voted for the candidate Tor fear the
-coblins would git them" II they didnt
And then we have the newspapers and poll
ticians all over the country pointing out
that woman suffrage is failure because
i, hos not brought about the millennium in
,bc four States where II has been IN opera
Hon for a few years. and that therefore no
more American women should have ue
ballot -
There IL. however no protest from press
or poiticians in regard TO the results OF this
ien5rant and alien vote IN Hawaii. Repre-
sentative Knox OF Mas-nchns, IL. Shaalrmahh aallh
the Hawaiian constitution. says. Il think
no mistake was made regarding the suffrage
while admitting that "tha Kanakas have re-,
corded their opposif ion to our most cherished
Ioitical institutions By sending a delegate
who stands Tor the monarchy. with all which
Mat implies" declares that nevertheless
we do not dream OF setting up any protest
/: says
rlcS' We propose 20 govern hes. peopi' % on Ia, "a,
\, 'og. Of sell aSsNrln must not only receive.
But welcome Mr.. wilcox as their spokesman. In ao
srhIny these alien peoples ana assuming the re
spnshlllty fpr ,he.r moral, material ana Political
welfare We haG only onr Of two courses opcn " us
that y ruling them ny force as subjects. OF Wa' .t
eu'uvatnC their conadencc fecpsn1!ny thcif ilshts
g. culensh?. and gyIIE ih.m gnlce ln tne coanc'
The point is here clearly stated that unless
these llawaiians Hr" allowed q voice IN tho
councils OF the nation" the United States
nctlv a. il rules all OF the women within its
,vr boundaries, and as il has not the sight
- .compung,ion ~ ruling those 2f It's L;oS neT
Ton is plenty good enough for women.
a. Sa 9SE % d H kandts fi Sq j. Snd T 1Xsr
who cannot eak English and believe in
gobiins. but. who happen. by the accident
Ihe Rochester ~ } Democrat and Chron-
,ca also rushes to the defence OF our Hawaiian
fellow citizens. and says.
The talk among the whites Of restri citing suffrage
In the iSlanGS should be abandOned. Liberty ana
t,Sn.l>. .bIll'v with proper cuucHtlon, will NJ any
capthlt people for self government They will make
bngcfs ana wy u work selfish schemes, but progress
IS crrialn. Let tie natives Of the Hawaiian Is.aEos
have a far onhn'e.
~ all means let the male natives have q
fair chaLoe. Liberty and reSponsl hility arc
the great educators and Will III any people
for government. thsr"iOre grant them
freely to m.n Int withhold them rigiilv
from women, and then when they beg for
the privilege of rcrroS'ptiu. themselves
tell tLem they ar" not Fitted for H.
Welcome, thrice welcome, TO our now
Hawaiian delegate Let hls 81 200 of mile
axe hc presented to him on 81 yer SILVER
and let his 1000 annual salary be raid Ia
the gold coin of the realm. l. II rot for these
ard similar purposes that the women Of
the United states enjoy the inestmable
privilege of pas inc their taxes!
Ip.I LYMAN Abbott ia the champion sorhst
Of Ia, day and a ~. Whether ho is tTyln
tn UNFOLD a triuitarlan creed or a governs
navt ot nne-haii Tho psorla n is alwaNs done
with that remarkable soThstry Of which ne
., "A postmaster lie has iust delivered a
lecture in BROOKLYN on n Political D-Inoc-
racy and the Rights of C!tlcrs." IN which
he demonstrates ~ his own Chara Ct"rlstio
Va, hrst thai q democracy is not nsCes-
sarliy a govern msnt by ali the people, second
th1r n ius: government does not have 10 rest
or In" ., nScnt Of the governed third, that
eulrarc !, no, right, and women ore de-
prived OF no natural right because fh"y canrot