The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
A RECENT VOTB or TEE BRITISH
COkH0VS 1AV0RS W0MEN VOTERS.

oNASA $1,000
Aldermen, or Common Councils. Women had
been sittins on these vestries for the past i've
years and the new bill merely proposed
DO continue their right to sit In these
bodies after the name was changed to
Borough Councils. This section passed
HE House Of Commons almost without
debate. but was arbitrarily vetoed By the House
bf Lords. Ths Lords admitted the excellent
Der vice the women members had rendered.
but thsy echoed the Lord Chanoslor's DECLARE
Hon that " the women were not peremptorly
barred out u wss only Q question Of time until
fhey would - candidates for . ssas In Pslta-
@snt" % thsy rejected the bin.
The Lords In this action did not rsprasaut
me public ssatimsnt Of Great Britain. which y
strongly In favor Of women taklng part IN
municipal government. A bill TO enable them
10 sit on these Borough Councils has been again
Introduced In the House Of Commons and passed
b it, second reading by . vote OF rs to i2s.
The opponents brought forward al the old OBJ
tsotons which have been doing duty In England
Ind the Unitsd staees for The pest nfty years 1T
Eould break up the homo. the best women
kould not ssrvA 4 would Be en- entering
Nsdge' II would change social conditions,
10. but the able championship Of James
Bryce. Leonard Courtney and other dlstin-
guished members carried the day. The bill
gain e sS y. 1 House i4 lords l %hiah. Il IT" IS Believed SaS1 a
Women have been sitting on the School Boards
A Great Britain for over thirty years and at
Therre are about one hundred serving on Paris6
Councils. $50 on District Councils and more than
bns thousand on Poe, Law Boards; Women
suffrage has been continually extended until
now they have every form except the Parma
isss % ihs " Woman Of I heH SiiG IN every ENG English i
colony women have some kind OF a vote. and
this has been gradually increased since the be-
The argument which is used most persist
ently and with most effect against admitting
EopAp to the suffrage Is that it - VIII interfere Ts
&other. Whoever Il familiar with English
HE must admit thst there are no homes in the
(which equal those Of England in system. man.
Agement. thrift. and general comi9rt. Inc
S Sze "1 on me ,r Is nrd heinz Al T onmmaD oocn Se
renee. and they are brought, up IL a manner
which might well be initiated by. the mothers
mans heart il in his home and his family, II
the exercise OF the suffrage and the privilege
q Siacs s-h Sadrns by ,So, To aoT. dimin a5a ma IN ,nS
qualifications. would the men OF Great Britain
continue to extend these privileges, and would
they be largely sustained by public sentiment
A number Of requests have been received
that the letter of the Brewers Convention to
slIFo hlil'h 10 l'hiAFhVNs C'iA' -
the belief that 1t never was written. Here 1t Is
I verbatim:
DEAR MADAM Your letter of the Esd ui. was
read at the fortletb convention OF this association.
held at Atlantic CITY, N D., on the 9th ana 0h days
Mr.. Obermann Iex. Prcsident Of tho association and
one Of the tIusteesl,. yoieing the sentiments oil the
Miss susan B. Anthony is entitled to the respect Of
eyeiy man and yoman In me country, she,9eT they
ss1es w,!h u ne M, .he snss6 or not ls., ~, 5sin ,.e e. pa, 5ai Be ana ini
structed to answer that letter and 70 INFORM her that
s Sa,in /. = ,u Spsy o .ns sq not 70; p 1 maj fS we nfs, re-,
that she Is mistaken and mlsinformed 80 fr - nf
s sInss~ opposing Woman Suffrage, We have never
taken such action at any q our eonrensor. OF OH any
'' r. mouon was unanimously adopted, and tha. part
4 Of Mr. Obermann's remarks which related to the
iicaiiy sprlauded
T. iISs ssSiin ! ;9u, s1 gnIs permit, ns sss =,
SS A'fn'S' '''''"' d HisDSs''TFiS 0aa NAM Secretary.
Miss Anthony is chairman Of the committee
appointed by the National Suffrage Association
10 look after the various conventions. This
Eneans thai, She has done all Of tie work her;
vn Boston last month she reported:
In round numbers, | have sent out 70 convenuons,
Stat P ,es nts and , others - 400 Letters song.a ana re ,wn =
khree Of our best Documents have been enclosed
Ssy ,ss also s,S T.i'; sht Ge' & Or W MGi g. 'f b. hsld 10 or H TO hi naussss
Eeurrage friends In the same city, asking them 70
&tAut ready 10 do what tney c0Nld. BeNd ; NATIONAL
EssScaatons, I have written 70 a number OF State
and Territorial conventions
This involved the VT ting Of a separate letter
to each which would be appropriate TO its eopc-
cial aim, but tbs Is notau:
besides this convention work. l have also secured
I'D had presented In both Houses Of Congress more
men, ana against the exclusion Of women from Voting
IN our new island poSSesslonS These have come
from the suffrage ASSOCIATIONS Of nearly every State
That from wyominr bore ,hs names among other,
wor-Generai, the StaV superintendent Of Public
Instyuctlou. the STATE Auditor. the United States Dis
Vsslhsr Bureau, q United States Senator, q Judge
XtJc Supreme Court dl>tineul he'd editors, clergy
csIial and proiss .ionsi lie.
In acEnow!edgins the receipt of ,hese petitions
lives have expressed lhe waInest sympathy with our
cause and promised their aid,
When 1t Is said that no woman ever has done
~ much work for the Acknowledgement of her
sex as this one. the statement l., sometimes
pronounced an exaggeration. Let the facts
Apeak.
n the address Of Mrs. Lowe. President of
o. federation Of Clubs, at the recent biennial
special work REINFORCEMENT OF the condition OF
wase-esrning women and children. She COM
Isneaded the Increasing activity IN 9iDiS mat,
day we're finding QUE that the worlds business
: their business, and chat good hSusese.p-
Kosns Is not 81. eo depiore d the eefsdem MflS Of Fl w var
end said: More than ever bcioSs,, Toman's
heart and mind and voice are neeoed IN the
councils Of the world, for she II / Is n must
keep before the dazzled eve Of the oneJime
savag that new patriotism, which fndA II
sweet and decorols not only to die, but to nNe
Tor ones country
other speakers urged the members to en-
deavor N secure higher wages for teachers,
manual training and kindergsrtens in the
public schools, better buildings. vacation
schools, wiser management OF the nm noes,
women on school boards, &C; Not an inn
provement or a reform WAS advocated which
gould not be far more easily secured II women
bad political power. A number Of the speak,
ers recognized this and demanded the fran
A. ehI,r for women, but the leaders refused 70
blow the question 10 be- considered for fear
Of di>rupting the convention
We have the Daughters OF the American
Revolution formed TO perpetuate the memory
Of the patriots who died to establish the prin-
GrIe OF individual representation and yet. they
discourage even an expression In favor OF suf-
Eage at tn, ir congresses. We have the Wom-
ans National Indian Association AFRAID TO
touch the question Of their own enfranchise-
Var work for the Indian men. We have the
Mothers Congress. formed in the interests
OF home and childhood, declining to allow
even 80 much d. a discussion Of the ballot lest
" might disturb the peaceful serenity OF their
annual gatherings.
49, Al Of these are new organizations with but
ltlle experience or knowledge. They are
SUI in the period Of faith In indirect influence;
Y their ltion TO the idea Of woman sur
which prevailed on this subject In the early
eays among the members OF the Womans
S~hTlstian Temperance Union. IL was not
uhtll they had been spirned repeatedly by