The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21

Colorado, from what they are 10 Arkansas. I
woman suffrage was adopted. I was afraid
ina, the better eln,s 81 women would have
reverse SSSrs P hSs proved 70 L, 'ni B. the RSSD' case ing rh. Issos%d
women have taken a deep interest In public
a. u class-can scarcely be- induced to vote az
al. The women voters have simply. refused
ta oSGeS ~ %bs ss haxa AVN wH tSs lIS nes on sambl srs
aud men Of similar callings. Cases are nu-
meroqs whore such candidates have been do.
Ieated by the women's vote"
In Georgia women are prohibited from hold.
ing any ofhce under state CONTROL. except by
Gambler has had to refuse an appllcstI on from
Miss Blanche. Bracket to be appointed o Com:
mlssioner OF Deeds for Georgia 10 the state OF
Massachusetts. although she, had the highest
Commissioncr Tor New York. New Jersey and
other States.
Bill Arp. in the Atlanta Constitution, calls
attention 70 the fact thnt the lowest and most
irresponsible man In Atlanta has q, voice, In
paving tn. largest tax has none, He asks:
When j. this icssilferous relic OF a past age
e be reiormell' BllL Arr, apparently thinks
more than hnlithe States. He says:
schools are women. but they have no voice In
children. ~ 10 is not considered proper Tor
can be trusted il moral measures that aYec.
the welfare OF their husbands and sons and
brothers. and also In AL Educational organiza.
tons. Why does not some member OF the
Legislature. with a Zig heart and brain cham
pion this reformi The people are ready for II,
and will say a Daniel has come to Judgment"
Among the resolutions passed By the Massa-
chusetts Woman Suffrage Association at it's an.
nual meeting the other day. was the
49,. A.. d. -~s-A ~ Ia
land. France, and Louisiana cast their votes for the
nrst time, therefore
and thai we call attention 10 the fact thstin ali these
case. the women voters did we'll. The dispatches
women voted for Juise, o. the tribunals ef Com:
i mean ma: as 'a an1 in foS Nth = the S:' - s.n:; Of & r. Sss sp oi:
leans AMI Baton Rouge carried the day for sewerage
and drainage,
Mr.. Eltweed Pomeroy. in the current issue OF
f f"Ii Green ~ fag; has an am a%p;ips ar article sn on line
State Legislatures. In Texas. TOR instance. the
unmarried man over 80 who had not Eek.
erted due diligence, in ne efort 20 tnd "a q
and maidens not less than 300 nor more
than $500 for rejecting a sutton. New yer.
though It is probably not enforced, A
new y-elected Tammany legislator at Albany
was told that he ought to have a law named
| after him. so he secured the passage Of a bill
through hi- branch making Il a penal offence
to put less than thirteen oysters in an oyster
stew. These are merely Il few samples. IL
any Of these bills especially the one for taxing
bachelors had originated In the states where
equal suffrage prevails. would 1t not have been
quoted far and wide as an example OF freak
legislation" that might naturally be expected
from womenH
Mss Matte Plunkett has been nominated
for State librarian by the Joint caucus OF the
! NJ ississippl Legislature. Under the old consti-
tuition, the work OF librarian was done by a
woman, but the Office was nominally held by q
man, who ran for IL In her interest. and was
electe as her representative, with q fnll I'M
derstanIing Of this fact on the pa RI OF the Leg
| iSlatura. The new constitution allowsa woman
to hold It in her own. name. Miss tucker.
who had been acting librarian for two years
when the present constitution was ndopied.
was then elected for a foui-year term in her
own name. She was succeeded by Mrs. Bell.
who served four years. and hasjnow been sue
| rpeied by Miss Plunkett. The hrr orleans
Rc1gtme says: 1T seems that the Legislature
ha~ come to regard this one office that a woman
Is allowed TO hold az a medal to be distributed
at short intervals among the deserving
daughters Of the commonwealth All the
women are said to have made good
librarians. IL will be remem bered that Mrs.
Pei stayed at her post during tho recent
yellow fever endemic in Jackson, when all the
other officials but two incontinently, fed. leav-
ing the State House almost deserted.
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL