The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25

coil upon her, since she would naturally DO oh'lged
70 give up many Of her mos, delish'uib o s1S,a,
these"
she has lust told w that the wopan'- sole
duty is 10 her husband ard family and she must
not belong 30 clubs because they would lake hef
.hl hi nigh i9, aud npw seems she m'Et no' 20
ava "S yG iT"m her 81 rH,u,sT % S s"r,aiy' At T HSH FAX reels.
iL.eae anu suffrage Arguments are TOO rlurh loI
IH' aN"fngs weha mind. ' lNS llhlnS ,pSeINns
several lim,S not she mas never even 'ni' sno,
Lev much thought and II not qualified To- PEAK
lhl1 Il evident, and a sle writes n really goo'
story she should stick TO her novels and Keep on
Of the sensational nrwapH '-rS
Madame Alphorse bAHde,. II seems. IL also
enrolled among III" ranks u the opponents, and,
IN Vie midst of lund headlines and an alleged
portrait she says
IS 10 the propaganda Of the SO called woman's
rights hdyochtCs 1t LS no f1tIt" In France. You
Clnnpi iub The rue French woman OF ne svinely In
Si,iIlrd consciousness that her high. ealing Is that
ol VII" ana mother. she regards II ~ a Heaven
gwen pilVltrge 10 uOutiSh and iulSe chlurcn, tape-
cIhIy thr tender BABE whose t,Iute depends 40 much
''uirbc:rg ayar n.4r trHtls OF IT, time IN tie cradle
ana IN tat mothers arms ID
Ono can sea Madame smile rs she wrote this
The birth tate In France " Tnpilv decreasing,
t- WOMEN Aro . caplng from III" heaven given
privilege whenever II /, possible. rutherS rarely
ever nur7e her children, and hose Of the 0orer
classes farm then out in the country almost
~ pOl IL w. \ are DOM. 80 llnt me mDlIrT can
continue with her work. 1t Is true that tho question
Of woman 7lfrlg, la made very I'tle progress
In FRANCE, but II j. not because her women are all
engaged Ia the nigh calling" Of motherhood
II yarety Is the SPICE Of life. then the obiec
honS Of the ants ought 10 be a great deal spicier
,nan they really are At the recent heanrg BE-
turc, Nr,. j. Eliot Cabot, President Of the NJ. \.
+ J.. : " Ulgntc 1t QUO said 1 represent lho
malon.y Il the Ma-.lchusettS women We
tliN = IA TIM hylllf fAr many r4pLtt. Va ln
not want L. We do not n" ~ We ars already
Useful aud powerful enough" Mrs. Lincoln X.
stone said "No man THINKS Of the ballot a, a prlv-
l',;c, but a a burden - Th" ballot IL
simply the register I pt hir OPT aul in that
We are alrea.y represented ana II very strong
factor 49, II Is not rrcc@,ary for Us 10 sit
public pplnIDn. The ballot j. n burden. .
Won I ar said to b. clpSSrd with iiios End
feeble minded persons. The ballot il a weapon.
ou!d you. must ANY weapon IA Ia hands OF an
idiot " feeble minde! person But i, IL not nee
e->ary 10 argue, We feel that the question Is set
tied.
Miss Elizabeth Houghton said you may
shy II w"nlu not take much 81 Il woman's time
g. vote, Dut In" smaIir,l mlN placed acrtat spoilS
po'tly "5d the slightest ni'ptoI; %inciauon, may
change the meaning We sioul. ~. all our
emphasis "a lHilucnCing tile vOteIs vi the next
generator no, on masking more voters, There
l. not much 10 hH influenced IN them after they are
.lduced an ideal President 1t will no, matter
mUrh who cast the votes that put HIM In that
position.
Miss Mary Dewey said: 1T il men who have
oil wet women - enter the professions, to manage
lusu.utIons and to TO a great deal Of public work
which TAILS hatlra..y 81 to their care We can
.rISt ihe men 10 e. On doing Tor the next century
what they nave done, IN the Jast, IN widening
the slsrre Of women" Miss lieloi . +. hersey
So i think thcre ara many more women op-
posed 10 equa. outrage than there we're twenty
years agn. 1t would De a step back ward. .
lo not set us 10 n" haId work Of tha world when
ldcal'sm ~ the thing needed. Sit, and let us
p'TSuhc' yVu, stnuemen. i may Dor,
want yoa to DO the heavy pull ing Of tn machine,
and lot us continue 10 do the fancy uo,tng
The above choice extracts .te given to show
the versatility and "a" pr iundlty Of the argu-
mpntl aCaln,t suffrage for Won ~ Mr. rhoi as
Russ III, attorney for the Man Suffrage Assoca-
uon, c.os1d with the sar,, speech he Los made
Mrs. Shaw and Mrs Park poke for the .entioners
A yOt. o. the women present was taken, sixty
nIuc Y lng IN favor VI suffrage and fourteen
against
We are delighted TO see the Representatives IN
Congress and the speakers a, the various CON
yenuons ARGUING so el"qncntiyl IN favor " g.ectlns
luitpd States senators by Oh rect vote Of the irO-
pie They deciaT, that thirty two States are
ON record ~ iayurng their election By popular
vote This method, II adopted, viii give women
n chance to cast their ballots, for they unquestlona-
bly, come u..lor the head of people. Ii these
orators m,.l That the Senators shall he elected
by direct vote Of he male l"oplc" hey certainly
Wollp say so ~ nlRnl not So''t % pi'ElOuCi
Du, y rely they would not dec We the women
lleIe is ten. lew Wallace, whose mothor il
one ri the Oldest aud ableSt Of the suffrage advo-
Gates, writing on e. 81 letter this week proposing
a constitutional amendment "lorbiddiug juris-
diCuOn or =, yere.gnty over any foreign territory
without the consent .: the people OF the United
States" Now, here is a question in which women
are rs vitality Interested as are the men " the
country, and they will be delighted at the oppor-
1 nifty TO help settle II. .! cot!se, Gen Wallace
means 10 include women in tnis provision. or he
would have made II read, Without tine c. nsent
Of the male people Of the United States"
Dr. Iyman Abbott IL still struggling with NE
Ell Drt t. be logical N the cortrntion tuat tho Fiji
pinos su' I'd hs speedily invested with ts rigat
u representation, but that American women never
should have l.
Tho y sws comes this week 'hn, hoth house. q
Parliament In West Australia have passed the
hll conferrlnr the fun Parliamentary suffrage
on women. This Was granted W the women 4
South Australia in l-y5 In 10th countries
women hnd had the municipal ballot for A NUM-
Der OF years, E"ery English colony has some
form Of woman Suffrage, and IN Great Dritain
ttpv have MI sHcrr' the Parliamentary ia IChi.a.
i NE ia followed by al the Evils ~ freely pre-
dlCtni. how doas II haUpcn this that most con.
s~.rvative nation Coes right on extending this
priultg e to her women
IDA HvsTFD HARPER