The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-02
me CAUSE OF WOMAN.
x,vy aR6rnENTs FAvORING THE
Tbh' pfGUT or SUFFRAGE.

Ione,'s Complaint ihst 'o'ees "e",
p.a,t vote criticised -Ihe Late oonh ''
. ,.,.lI,, Aversion TO "oman"'ss''-
inhaao,t 70 the Dead Kansas Orator
800. sorialistic Mayor Jones In a re-
,nt address MA
ear, the agitation has been goinE on all
f, f' ,ry Tor woman suffrage In the last
' ". A., my cty but ! ,ilo women fesl''efeu 70 'o'e
r'""..,,, for members Of the Board OF Educa'
h" . rhefe are nearly 10000 men registered as
pon' w., mill the women use the liberty that they
u'@ much greater extent than they are using "
49, IN t,,y have more. Thisis a law OF God
r.. ,osr- to be one Of those laws OF God
",,-,re,ed nv man. which does not work
.re I'm all localities. For Instance, the
%Sar negro has used the liberty OF the
-, I'm So great an extent That II II hkely
". ,aL,u away from him altogether. NOW
-. ,roly,r MAYOR JoncI's statement 3o'V"
r.ytstarrd and only i.HO women 'here-
"' mon value the ballot and women do not
a. d1 these 1000 men register was u
-. -os purpose ~ voting for school trrs-
ana moreover for candidates whom they
,l,wed no voice in aelecung' Reverse
as LEFT the women Of Toledo name the
.41.,ss for school trustees. let no mar
Aa.rrittsd n vote for them unless ne reg
-. and no Mort be made TO enroll MIN
"a ,bs, A. rof allow him to vote Tor any other
., will lt.o men take the time and trouble
% register .-I,.., .,oo,ion oh
20 the Efforts made 10 secure the regstra-
~, =, vo,ars. Each political party puts iorth
~. uo.t strenuous eHertions to gather them
" ,,om the highways and byways. from the
u. .,d cellars, and each vies with the others
- tr,rng No the immigrants and paying all
-. .,nanses of naturalization The writer
- 40. baproned 20 be IN San Francisco DUR
". tho last campaign and witnessed the scour-
~ ~ the docks, the sand lots and the Sums
.,,.-a The most frantic appeals were
in tho newspapers for all 10 go to the city
In and register Interpreters were hired 10
,ro,g The various nationalities and eS-
"a, that IL should not cost them a cent men
"a son, around carrying big placards ana
,,.,y hollis and as a last resort the registry
80 we're "a rried ont to the parks, among the
80 and wherever men were at work. TWO
,.,r ago. when Louisiana first attempted 10
80, ,bs grandfather clause" Of her Consutu-
t,or ,,,o n~ractice, the very swamps were drained
q, tho attempt 10 have the initerste white men
90, themselves on the permanent roll OF regis
,..,i,r which would enable them and their
a,,,,dan,s 10 vote ill kingdom come" but
so,v,,,a-andlng every effort not 10 per cent,
,ook sufficient interest to register.
,ror all are enrolled who by hook or crook
-, "a ,lacad on the list IN the various cities.
T. 4. then impossible 10 get them out TO vote
=. phusdeInhia. for instance. fully 80 per cent.
"a ,ha hona ade electors refrain from voting
Thl. I, ,r,s +, a greater or less degree 81 every
a,y 4, tho country. While some Of the men.
o., a consideration. are willing TO vote several
times AZ every election, a large proportion
iii not co 10 the ballot box. The Washington
po,, said a short time ago: Preparations
., great importance have been repeatedly
.nbmitted 10 the people. have been actively
discussed in the presa. and have failed to call
ont half. or sometimes a quarter. OF the voters.
Although these conditions are increasing
rather than diminishing. Ia II anywhere pro-
no.ed 20 take away the suffrage from those
man who do not make use OF II, or to refuse
10 extend II to any more men7 In the four
States where women have the full vote there
ls no complaint that they do not exercise it.
In Colorado, where there are 80, 900 more men
,han women, the latter cast 81 per cent. OF
the total vote al the last election. In Wyo-
ming. where women have voted for the last
thirty years, tho Official returns almost In
tmiably show that they vote In a larger pro-
portion than tho men do. When women had
IN. suffrage in Washington Territory. nine
tenth, Of the whole number voted and eight
t.nths Of the men. In Idaho, where men are
Vastly In the majority. women cast 40 per cent.
Of the whole vote at the last election. The
figures for Utah are not at hand, but they
would not differ from those OF the other freq
etates. II there we're to be Acknowledgement
for not voting II would affect more men than
women in those States.
II Is not possible 10 Judge OF the interest
women feel In the suffrage by the number
who use the small vote for School Trustee.
Even those who pretend that they do not want
The ballot almost universally will say that
they would like to vote for President and for
the Governor Of their State. Both men and
women should feel just as great an obligation
TO vote In school matters. and this is especially
true Of women for the very reason set forth
n Mayor Jones's speech.
not, women are on trial. III Is not claimed. how
ever, even by It's most earnest advocates, that
fnnchise, bit the igures show that the great
Majority OF those who possess II do use II In all
elections which call out a large vote among
Rs Hi,D The later shtGh have ave, t be mo money cSn ana ne e R RaTty
those who can vote only for School Trustees.
Whatever effort Ia made must be by women
themselves al their own expense. The average
woman feels the same apathy as the average
man, and does not care especially for voting as
a. abstract right, but rather as a means 10 en-
ioroe some vital principle through the election
ga certain candidate. In the case Of a School
Trustee this incentive usually IL wanting, and
a. men alone name the candidates. very rarely
pace a woman in nomination. levy the taxes,
handle the money and assume the entire con-
VOL and there are unayoidably some Disagree
poe features connected with going to the polls.
Is not strange that the majority o. women
consider the game not worth the candle,
nut here Il the point which Mayor Jones and
Hlse he represents have no right to ignore:
y LEO women In Toledo want TO vote for Schoo
Irstse. or any other officer, they should be per-
Mtted TO do so. Our Government did not walt
W the majority Of wage earners demanded
We ballot, or the majority OF foreigners, or the
majority Of negroes, or the majority Of Indians.
hsd y done SO all these men would still be dis
uahchlsed. No class appreciates the value OF
ue ballot who never las possessed il. There
~ to-day In the vaults Of the Capitol at Wash
aslnh more petitions from women asking FOR
we suffrage than ever have been presented for
wv purpose by all the men in the United States.
/. nNpeT rnt. 81 the mea in a city refuse to vote
! .aal lQ"~ not IN the slightest degree inyalidate
w Fght OF the other 81 per rent to the fran
.uNt lie way to educate women into an
EteGAuon ol the suffrage is not TO take away
VIZ small fragment which they already
iFseSs, a. certain legislators in Ohio have tried
.uo' pIi rather to give them enough to make
10 OBJECT DO not expect any more OF them
naA would ~ expected OF men under the same
sIvuhsiano"s. II the women of Toledo could
NNl a ballot Tor Mckinley or BRYAN next No