The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN:
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE
GOES ON STEADILY.
.nna,sotl, Il Makes Little Progress but u
never Goes nackward-Are There More
Men In Favor OF the Movement Than women
~, n. Rctormcrs who obtain Reforms.

,,-, IN he based on the actual con-
crete Gains e. would be that the progress i III
co,rayInrIy slow. but even rom this stand
noint nnrbtps. the fact that during the pasl
"a, ,.a-s four states have conferred the IuIl
franchise on women ought TO be considered
.at,,r,r,ory returns. n Is not on this cIrcum-
- boUeyar. that hope for future success
"a Tho abstract principle OF universal
.,gr,,o is generally conceded-the right OF
The clifton 10 q voice In government -but
throngh acme perversity Of moral vision tho
vas- majority Of the people Of the United StateS
hive heen utterly unable TO see that women
were included in the application Of this principle,
This neclllar blindness will be az ineNplcable
10 future generations as now seems 70 US tnat
attitude ~ mind which justified human slavery
and vet only half a century ago the great ma
FORTY OF our people. Including both the inteHi-
gen; and the religious. approved Of thi' and
quoted the Constitution and the Bible In de-
fence of their position
Some people can he peaceab'v persnaded INTO
n change If heart others have 10 get II
as Saul did. II required nearly ffty years OF
UNPARALLELED agitation 10 convince one-hali
the people that slavery was wrong. and a I'VE
years war for them 10 enforce This conviction
on tho other half while u few brave and
clear-sighted souls advocated the enfranchise-
mont Of women before the civil War, the aR-
tation cannot be- said 10 have taken organized
and permanent shape until some time after
the close Of that conflict, or about $50. 1t
has now been continued without cessation
for thirty years. and there l. not much doubt
thai another twenty will seq the victory prac-
tially gained Since those who ar" converted
do not propose 10 change the opinions ~ others
BY force 81 arms the process may require more
time. A. monarchical England antedated the
z..-r,ti, TrtisaA Ctutna nv thirty wears in
sbolishirg salvery. 40 she has set this country
the example ~ enfrln chisiuS women, and
doubtless will give them the full suffrage be-
fore they secure 1t In this land Of tho ire" and
home Of the brave.
Human slavery is a. old "a human NE, and
30 Is tho subiection ~ women Evils thus an
Gent must he SLOWLY upro"ted by the gradual
processes ~ evolution The Improvement in
the condition Of women during the past half
century IL marvellous. and II has been brought
about without any cyclones or earthquakes
or other commissions Of nature Their equal
social. legal, educational and Industrial rights
are now so universally admitted that they are
no longer debatable questions Every one rep
resents a contest with inherited prejudice and
custom which a m ont second best and too
badly worsted to continue the struggle But
now when woman makes her last and great
eat demand that she herself shall have a voice
in the conditions which govern her life, instead
OF being forever dependent upon the justice
and generosity NJ man. all 81 these antique
customs and preiudlces combine in one tre-
mendous host 70 resist this final attack upon
their hulwarks r. Is perfectly natural that
they should. Men having been the governing
force and had things their own way as far back
az tho records eyist It could not he otherwise
than that they should oppose this demand to
.divida their power But these allied armies
Of prejudice and custom are by no means en-
ti-elv Of the masculine gender Women them
selves are combating this attempt 10 gain
for thor sex a share in the government, just
as they opposed the efforts to equali2e the laws
I'm their favor and secure the higher education
Thi. also is entirely natural They have be
lougod always 10 an Inferior class and rs such
are NOT able ro cra.pthe full meaning Of liberty.
l. i-ttlr7onIr 10 inoite inferior classes Of mon 10
revolu'iou On long - they are able 10 obtain
the uece@,ifiaS ~ life
There always have boon leaders among men
because thore ALWAYS have been opportunities
for their Development. but until recent years
conditions made leaders among women an
imp,>-ibility When they began 10 appear
thpv were dislikad and ridiculed hy men in
general. which va, all that vas necessary
10 make other women reject them. They found
no organization among women, no cohesion.
~, g,lI,Uggip ~, tubIig -pirlt In flpIr Efforts
.
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and dpmDrll7lug position they had To rely
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