The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-22
sneaker mean, entirely too many bonns,s q, the

meetings"
no partisan politics In he desire not to have women
Ill up IN" seats reserved fQf voters ~ me women
wish to understand the political situation. let them
ask " their husbands nj home
Their. does not seem to be any ius,er proposition
than that IN xmying women should vote on cues,
tics Of municipal Il NauOn winch are suDnl ltted
u a vote. neither n man IL q Jetie r>Onian Dem
ocrnt or an Abraham Lincoln Republican h. ough,
~ sap the righteousness OF giving every mN
paying citizen the right 4, say whether hr Is viii
ing ~ b, IA xrd for certain SPECIAL purposes in con
n"CliOn with the city IN which h" lives, " there
~ any sign,fCanc" IN rcpr's'nlallN" government
It should carry with 1t tins ~ircemhnis privilege,
BuI. AS a matter Of fact, II ~ possessed by women
In lust five II the forty five States winch conSli
Tut The greatest republic on Earth IN Wyoming.
Colorado, ttah and IDAHO where 'hey hh'r NE
full suffrage. and IN louisiana where they have
only this fragment, which IA" men granted W
them IN thc,r new State Constitution OF iNeS
\ bni Tor ms purpose was n.t".hrru lp% ,s .ae
and 1900. las on. Of the most humillarng things
which women ever had Il. confess mat n,"nl,rrs
OF their " sex went 10 ALBANY 70 work against
this measure. II would make all women hide
their heads in shame and gtuvcl IN the dust did
they NOT understand that THIS c"'ei'e OF would
be arlslocrats represents ,oniE NM smail unie
publican, undemOcrni,c element IN our country
who are opposed 10 universal suffrage even among
men.
Last winter the bill passed the lower house
Of The New York Legislature by 9S TO v votes,
but was defeated hy a clos. vOt" IN the SENATE,
This winter II received the unanimous vote 81 the
lower hous" and WAS carried IN the senate oy.
% ,o9, but II required n CONSTITUTIONAL mnlerlty OF
20, or one over one half Il the fifty members There
Is every reason 10 hoI~- that Al the next session
" Inc members are not broad ei,'ugh 10 Rfanl
absolute. justice q women they will at least enable
tn1p1ying women Ia vote on me measure
idr winch they must pay taxes.
Both the United States Senate and House
last week, as usual, touched upon, The question
OF wOtnEu suffrage nutinteniiOna!ly, bless you,
no they would as soon interview q case ~ small
por, hut II IL impossible for them Ia let the eagle
soar without Its running against this snag. SEN
atnr Burrows In discussing the quay case pero
rAt"d as follows:
And lei me SAY that no sooner shall you have
Established the doctrine c%ontehd'd for by The minority
than there viii be a popular uprising In this country
which no power can resist or suppress, 10 take from
state Legislatures and Governors all control over the
election OF Senators and lodge II with the sovereign
peOpr,"
Did Mr. Burrows mean the sovereign people,
men and wumen'' In tina, case II might be a
grand thing. bu, il he meant simply the male
sOyer'lSns. The Senator'S may ~ well continue
TO be elected the old way, for all The difference 1t
makes 10 women.
The eagle Of Re representative Jones Of Virginia
shrieked aloud that II the Democrats were In
power they would give 10 the inhabitants u Porto
Rirp n representative free government. with the
same rights privileges and immunitlcs enjoyed
by every \m'rCau cllil'n.' The Porto RicAns
would better inquire into this matter u little.
There. may be- a Trick in II. II tho Democrats
should mean the sam' rights Of representation
accorded To- American women, the la I end Of these
duSky new citizens nigh b. worse than the hrsl
And then there was that big ,Icf,ersonian birth
dav dinner in New York. a few days ago, when
-S Governor Campbell Of Ohio, in a brilliant burst
OF uratOry. declared Equal rights for all and
special privileges for none ought ~ D. a more IN
spring battle cry now than ever before with the
real Democracy thu jeff r>onian Democracy"
Yes, ind 'pd. This assertion is a prominent
plank IN the lhclara'iun Of Independence, as
the woman Sutitagi,t often have py,niGd on.
J"fier|lnian Democracy ara & ing 30 make thelT
cause the battle cry of the coming campaign.
Ata recent meeting 81 the House Military Com
mlttee. several Of the m.mb'rS became 50 angry
that an explosion was imminent Chairman
Hun NhIok his fist al Representative lentE the
latter fntprtrd by calling him 4 liar. then Attorney
Cheney said Mr.. Lent wa a lar and the latter
shouted that h. would kick the attorney out OF
the window, CD COX then threatened 10 IN,
Att rney Hay Tor insulting him and several
other gentlemen called each uther liars aud threat
ened T. throw various members of the committee
out Il the Windows.
\ few days later at a session Of the HOUSE on
Pensions, representative +, rluev declared he
would not b'liry' X. representative THll.rt 20. oath;
and the latter called Mr. Fordney an a. and aid
The gentleman frpn Michigan then said he 'hopd
- God that when the gentleman, IRON, Souli
Carolina was born again h" would b. SIN cnrn,
and the latter stated that tn" devil already bad a
~ TflF ~ NV lfAh nv bb -
These little occurrences are cited not because
they ara ~ unusual in th' history OF Congress.
hutb'cause M II the stock reasons giv'n why men
alone should hold th" ms Of government l. b.
cause women ar 50 emotional and "%ycitable, ana
have not that fine splf control which T. one Of the
distinguishing masculine attributes.
Speaking Of Congress. il is q pleasure to note
that in addition to the bathrooms and batb'r
shops in the Capitol is now 10 b. added an 'rm'r'
grncy equipment. n case 81 medicine and Su bic
inst TIn1pntS for minor on Tntltrg see MS
that the members are Liable y lsinting spells and
sudden Illness At any time and no provision ever
has been made for these attacks. Md then, too.
a man never knows when his appendicitis VIII
90 back on him.
W. are very glad there are 10 be arrangements
for all these probable contingencies, and beg
leave Ia suggest that a trained nurse n voter,
OF course b" in constant attendance at each
end Of the Capitol. We must throw every safe,
guard around our national lawnnkers-but
We were Just thinking about that stock ergument
that women Wer" not strong enough physically
10 mix up in affairs OF State,
What incxrrpssihle drivel is this chatter in the
Ladies Home 'IoHrnai md HGrperS Hd:dr on
the woman Question That woman placri IN ne
Of man, 10 bc his wife aud housek"spcr, Ia breed
and bring up his children, 10 have no aspirations
not entirely consistent with his comfort and money.
making propensity ibis il their philosophy
AEd how perfectly in harmony it's with Mormon
ism, Joseph Smith before he dared To assent
- the religious dogma OF plurality 81 wives paved
the way by RELOCATING woman a. the position Of
hOlIsekeeper and child bearer, granting n soul
u her, 90 be cure, but assigning her to the help
meet sphere, beyond which she must not venture.
Did 81" venture, eternal damatiou was her lot
That position in the Mormon economic system
Of woman being assured, then plurality ~ lo,ise-
keepers and child bearer, was not only permissible
but g1lly, in order the more RAPIDLY 10 build up
Zion
Lifted right down 10 essentials, the wonan's
sphere Of the BG:1r and Ladies HOme journal
(Which is Box Is the Mormon sphere, it prcsumes
the superiority ~ the male, the infrriority Of the
female; II neCcSSltRteS the suppression 81 wOman's
indivdualism whenever and wherever il antag.
oni2es or comes in competition with tina, Of man:
IL Is the incarnation 81 egoism. sclishnrss, and
ignotility u soul. this II Is and nothing more
II reduced 10 is constituents, in a phIlosophic
sense
so We may well say -wha, drivel is this chatter
Of BOX and the Bd.dr on the woman question
And We may add when the lnShlight Of an aroused
public opinion reveals these women's organs
as the enemies Of woman dS women the Fool Killer
will have two more scAlps 10 add 10 his amazing
collection"
IDA Hustled HARPER
THE VIEW FRENCH THEATRE.