The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
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Al. majority ~ women s,n' TIE h"n"' 'h''
= -. Whoever - curious Ia KNOW
80 .al.,,t.l. dunns the pp' few ~-rs'
..,. r,nx the ohsnsc~ on 'h"a" t@o H'nten'"s
= 80 ,y ..c,r,a rins the nufnt-r 81 n"~-.
,.f.rs urhrshej IN ~" rnit~i states f"c'
u.,., .t.n. over the door ana cr'skihs
-,.x.,no,e wa , whole variety show. "om'
-. g., ,b,.r vhnSe obla'tiOfs Ia woman
.,s,,v. lave finally been redlo"d IA u" one
uo,o,,,cIu refrain Women DO not want
.. cot. A ,het. are only four S'htes IN
"a. t,,r whore women ran vote, In the usual
.cc.p,,ion oi the word, common sense ana
cannon fairness requires that estimates should
IA bsssi on 'hrse four states Although
,h.,t Official STATISTICS have been published
over and over sshn during the past '"ur Sehf~'
Allowing beyond all question that a larger
ptoDortion ~ their women voted thano ' thelr
men Al the last Presidential election. II has
NO, modified In the slightest degree the eternal
.,,u sons Women do not want to vot"
Tn. opponents prefer TO base their assertion
on the returns from those States where the
women possess only a small fragment ~ school
suffrage. for the obvious reason that o'her-
wise they would have no base at all
There In not an EDITOR. n politician or an
ordinary citizen who would base his caIcuia-
Non, OF n. Presidential ballot on the vote
chs, for constable A. the last election. and
vet all o, then, Judge Of the desire Of women
70 tale part In government by what is known
~ the School suffrage In no state does even
this SCRAP give 10 women the same voice IN
school matters as men Possess Men evil
dainty think women want 10 vote Just Tor the
pleasure o. putting a piece Of paper into a
box, and do not recognize the fact that they
are actuated By exactly the same human in
t.r.sts and impulses as themselves.
In no other direction do We see 40 striking
an Illustration Of the axiom: Man to man
so oft unjust IL always 90 TO women WITH
oil the bitterness OF partisan politics men are
not 40 unjust to each other as they are 70
women Oh this one question, because IN poll
tics one side has the same chance as the other.
and the reader. or the listener. can take all
statements with n grain OF salt. knowing the
party animus which lies behind IL But in
the persistent and illogical misreIresenta-
tons o, the woman suffrage question the other
side has almost no chance whatever. Inc
great newspaper Of the country are owned
and edited BY men who, In full possession OF
their own freedom, are not specially con-
garnA0 1Or That OF women, anu lll'st VI NHeSe
papers are dominated by party politics which
IL hostile TO the acknowledgements OF women.
II one Of the dominant parties would declare
specifically for woman suffrage and the other
AGAINST IL. then the adverse statements Of the
latter would 90 viewed with some Incredibly.
but when these are found in the editorial col
umn. Of both Republican and Democratic
papers alike, with no equal opportunity FOR
defence, the vast majority Of the reading
public must necessarily believe that they are
founded on fact. Against these very great
odds the suffrage advocates must contend.
Another Presidential election now has given
the country the second object lesson 10 show
whether the WON N want to vote. whether the
majority will use ~. ballot Some weeks aco
this department called attention To IN anti
suffrage article which starred in Boston and
appeared in nearly all Of tie large newspapers
Of tho United states. sometimes rs editorial,
sometimes ~ special. " continuing w 10 The
very day Of election. 1t started out by sny-
irs
Woman suffrage I. no lon ccr = novelty. in
these NestcIn States ard II IL predicted that
many women VINO cast a vote III 1903 VII tnt
take TIE trouble tu do 80 In 1919 Onl" a -mall
proportIon III the women take any real interest
In politiCg. lfty per cant oil iha f"n'aI" ponula-
non will DO in fact = large s%-t.n,at. Of the women
NOtafS IN 'IsSP ~kdNF- I'tAAl' ~ N'llA''ls VI
j.. III" West. form n very small m'aorl'y.
Of the seN. and there II a much larger number
Of women who are Opposed to 'eriale slnrnse
and, according % nlescn, Indications, alNa?s
vii he These women believe that their SEA
Las 70 business 70 interfere IN politics and they
stesdfastly decline to go to the polls To vote
for ANYBODY.
VOL. how near the truth did this widely
heralded prediction come? just about rs
near as Chairman Jones's estimate ~ the Rrvnn
electoral vote. The woman's vote In COLORADO
in 1898 VA. 1920; in 1901 it was ss.ai3. In
stead 81 decreasing 80 per cont. II increased
nearly ~ nor cent la Wyoming the women
cast over 200 ont Of tho entire poll Of 5000
votes As women form lust about oH"-third
Of the population Of Wyoming. 1t will I've seen
that almost every woman IN the state cast a
ballot. \ separate count was not made in
! tnh or Idaho. but oil reports agree that fully
as srea. a proportion Of women as Of men
voted Does this looS d, II much the larger
proportion of women in those states are OPP
posed - female suffrage and ste'diastlv Co
cline o. 70 To- tho rolls" VT not n bakers
dozen Of tho pa,,ors which puhla he'd that state
Inent Will mako n retraotiou IN the h;ht of these
official lisur--. aud tclore the N"w lenr the
sane Old Iarrot-!lte cry VIII b" heard, Y oilen
do not want - vote
As ar example Of the rrc,s dispatches on
the voting oi the women. tthc the follow IfS
lTrIn lNF ' NlC'gb i'lDH''s sh w h' ~ ~
nmn. in lteh tn" women were much more
willing 70 follow the leaders oi tho Mormon
,hurch than were he Ttalc mem1ers' Thin
fa~tae. down ~" 'ulun n l. thl-, TIE juc:rr
aud clerks Of election AID the people generally
acreo that tn" woUCa voted, practically a>
did tho men Ir-'anc.s ara. 'oinparatlyely
few where the women IN IA" faiuil" voted IN
opposition TO the f1'ie-, husband Or brother
Then, three paragraphs farther dnwr
largo prnI or,Ion oi the -'eI. Particularly tie
Younger mon, r.fu>" Ia b. guided IL easily:
then votes h v ~. heads VI ~" church. Ih.
women, horoVCr, a." more deNou' and bed
tho wO-d- oi tho Bishops and elders n "A OWN"
Comtuar"'
In this column i the following Tho only
woman candidate IN ltah ran hehlui her
ticket and Wa defeated. The women wer"
against her. appareutIy, for ttr reason That NII"
was a woman. Her small vote i at'rtutod
almost entirely to the opposition al her. own
ser" And then. not only in tne. zane column
but in the same para9r lph. II thl- statement
In regard 70 this candidate Sh" Wa Ms.
Joseph Cohen. who seconded the domination
OF BRYAN AT Kansas city. MIS-. Cohen wd- a
candidate for the lower hou . in the l"El>-
la'ure. and VA President 81 the Womans
Democratic League iuier these clrcun-
stance could the Republican women be eN-
pected 10 Not" for her. She simply shared
the fate ~ tho rest ~ her ticket. aud l. II not
much moro reasonable ia believe" that she ran
be hind n beCau>. a certain number oi men IN
her rlrty w." upyu. ed TO "A woman IN the
l.egi l,tlre. rl'her than because Democratic
women IA led 10 yn'" for her. In tins same
inter 'stnI COW NJ on" my r"hd 'urtIh"r On