The sun., 1900-12-09
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
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Tho olporont. Of equal 'phfrs" arc shout
Inc rom the hpus"tup- f'ho'i N"h'h
.s tho f,nr,hi4e four wears IN Idaho
Eve year ip I'm. scv"n ''afH ~ '''''"'''
a.. ,cat. LA y yumIng, and IN" millennium
n.. po, yet arnyod. therefore. woman rnf'
f,..c 4. q iauurc II ought - be abolished
it thos- Statns auI never sfHhtei ih any
otlr~i
i, you'll hp waste 81 words. perhaps,
4. .r.xe,t that oven tho longe't ~ th".o
p.,ind- l., a r.tlef Otief tfGo I" usher ~ t''
u.u,.nnium or tn cal att.tton ~ the Ia't
u.at tIere !. not a state IN the | mon WIN
80 small q TrUportpn OF Il. lhhaNtdht- 'h
the ads, poorhou,es and insane d~l iuin-
A. wyoming. or that the tr-t lessIAtutcH
Of Colorado and Idaho after women "ere
snfrah chl."d passed respectively strhsch'
u-pTIzeGuugSt and ant -ssInDihs la~' 'r
that the vast preponderance OF ert'in'h|
from all tho four Statos - that the ene'ts
Of WOMAN suffrage have been in every way
bsnenolal to the commonwealth, nor Is IL
worth while - suggest that the women ID
ali OF these States 40 largely in the minority
that even II they should stand s"idIy To-
eether, they could not wholly eradicate
tho,e evils VIII, h are So strongly Implanted
In the community There 10 ample ana
Trustworthy evidence that those women
have used their ballots in favor Of law and
order. and of candidates who would enforce
existing statutes and not be themselves
v1olaterI OF civil and moral laws.
Readers of this department for the past
two years may have observed 1t never has
claimed that when woman suffrage was Sc
cured people could set their ascension robes
ready; or that it was foresoEe conclusion
that women would use their ballots TO pre-
ciI tate tho millennium No such claim
Is made by any Of the prominent advocates
OF tho enirano noh!sement Of women. They
demand the suffrage primarily because they
hold that. In a true republic. every citizen
has a right to individual representation;
and secondarly because they believe that
the combined influence OF men and women
must be necessarily stronger ard better
than the influence of either alone. on
these two corAerstones they are willing 10
rest their cause The three great bulvarks
Of our na, ms perpetuity are commonly
said to be the home. the Church and the state
the latter IN the sense Of being u compo-
neHt part OF the " hole and itself resting upon
the foundation OF individual representa-
ton 1t would he Just as logical to say that
We can have the perfect homo and the sue
cessful church composed OF one sex alone
q - say that wc can have the ideal State
Composed Of one only. And there would
be j|~t a. much logic in deo airing that, be-
cause affairs OF state have been act apart
a. mans particular domain. therefore he
shall be barred from Participation IN those
Of home and church. as In declaring that
delegated 70 woman. therefore she shall
have no voice IN matters concerning tho
ni9te II + u,t ,t az eIsensa s ths' she shd
church III order to secure the best results
Matters OF interest To tho state at large,
vel as those Of d domestic nature need
the two points OF view. the masculine and
tie feminine. When God created the world
be made nan and woman. and gave them
Joiat dominion which has been needed ever
since and " II be needed to the end OF time
ernment as matter OF simple. abstract
justice. untrauia"lied by any consideration
..ngie reason fsT s.y.ns tte ballot 10 man nan
s.yins !. Z, TSmsa. II it's h%i. % right It !: is
Is a c.tzen Of he United stqicS. and she IS
citizen, IN every sen,e OF the word, In cx-
.r, d not enjoy me solitary privilege in thi.
:. ,,uy aIter They are natura!i2ed which
that they may vote t.tzenship,. therefore
carries with it the franchise, and there never
United states a. the Withholding Of this
preroEatNe iiom women citizens.
,.W nat nst nSht hav. IN, men t" exact suaran.
the world with their ballots. Have they
REQUIRED such pledges from any "taer class
several million plant.t .ton negroes Nero
enIranchsed, and when the vot" was CON
ierred on the ee'ni-ovili2ed Indians of the
Ntstern plain? 10 the political inanasers,
previous To each election scour TIE alleys
an. oyways OF tho cities in the effort TO nat
he may i'm rove tho quality Of the elector-
ste' Is It tor this reason that criminals
s anors sfs SGehaS s9 me f
elmshoiufes are r,,! T9nndcd up at The pos'
teen paced in tha hands of the iiliterate
HaN aiians and Porto lilCans. anu the half
ssN lee Filipino entrcated to accept 1t in
exchange Tor MS bolo; o, no. not at all
Ch.-ed IN the last forty years that has added
To- the dignity. the Intelligence or the NOR
atty of the electoral body, on the contrary
al, for d time, at least. have caused dis
t"rt retroGre~,lon. and have added many
diverse elements to be dreaded and feared
81 every election
But when suffrage is asked for the women
srprehersion Is at once aroused lest they
might not b" ahlc 70 purify politics. lest they
thopli not at one sweep wipe, "It Of existence
the vicious institutions which men have
slowed to tale root and Aourlsh Tor CEN
tIrl"' The urnrh"t n 81 har" had thl' great
tody of American directors in mind when
l" -puhe ri those ho strain at guat but
fud n" difficulty in swallowing camel
~
to 'iaaks for having put MS opinions INTO
lriui ~ last sunday 81 as those persons
Who we're i'"rod Iious as to his really having
tAid tie { iNg- ,ur which he was criticised
H. this department are low convinced A.
]" m"rrv To- Gated Ioruon "l his lecture
Il - NOT ne'ssary tp take IL up again IN its
nnulsa-lut detail | am glad, however.
nj IN opportunity 10 correct tuo statement
f. regard to tho Rcv Anna Howard shaw.
This lady happened 10 he spending SUNDAY
with re when IL" criticism OF Mr. Dixon
spr"aro', and ~" said IN" remark mat he
had descended INTO . Ith- where 81" could
not follow was not made II tho tine oi the
debate. as -" ole ucipr" hn did b'd at
Il VA. sent to n numhor 0f lecture bureaus
sr"rWdrd. who wanted 70 have tho debate
ror".t"i II had hccu three or tour years
srCo >uo mcrtInr"d II ana memory was
a. iaut
MIR Dixon. after asserting thPt mono
grarliC marriage H. TIE unit of tho state,
a'd 10 womnN suffrage ovem"rt seeks
to destroy IT," saws This statement Of
historic sociology makes NO an suiiraCl-t
s" 'urious she l-yarlahly ceases 10 rc,son
ed r'glr~ to say things " can hardly
T." 'st"ru"d a virtue to gr7ceet calnIy and
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