The sun., 1901-03-17
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN:
yBs. BOTHAs PART IN GETTING PEACE
~ SOUTH AFRICA.
Al. Has Been the UntirinE Agent In Bringins
About the Negotiations Between kitch-
sncr and Her Husband -womens share
IN wsr-Eyen Southern women Learn
Ing 10 Prefer Ju,tloe 70 Chivalry.


IN war-Eyen southern women Learn
,,r 20 Prefer Ju,tloe 70 Chivalry.
III. press dispatches which brought the
Ionx.hoped-for news Of a peace conference
t.,Neen Gen. Kitchener and Gen. Botha Ia
south Africa state also that the untlring
agent In bringing about these negotiations
css Mrs Botha, WHO WAS deeply affected by
the homeless plight Of the Boeis." II Is an
spdent remark that in seeking the origin OF
troubls one should look for the woman al the.
ho,tom. II might be said with equal truth
,h,f one IL Just IA apt 10 find woman sug-
gcstng the best way out OF the trouble.
We have not forgotten the imrassloned
.preol q, Olive Schreiner. made in behalf OF
IN. women " South Africa before war Was
cscla red. In which she begged for arbitration
AMI ointrd out that II hostilites were begun
m Boer men would continue the warfare us
long as they lived, and the BOer women would
hiring NJ race Of children born with hatred
o, Tho English which would manifest itself in
al the wears TO come. A part of this pre-
oirion is being fulfled and the rest OF 1t will
10 seen in future generations. In this. IA in
ell wars. the women have borne a. heavy
burdens az the men and their sufferings have
been a. great. The men offered up their
lives in battle The women stand to-day.
amid the ruins OF their homes. hereft OF fathers
husbands and sons. with n barren and hope
less future stretching before them.
In the face Of these tragic conditions how
pueril. are the arguments Of Lyman Abbott
and his following that women must have no
voice in affairs Of government because they
cannot go to war. Alice Stone Blackwell
expresses the situation when she says by
Q funny fatality this military argument Is
svsvs made by some venerable non-com-
bstant minister The real fighters, like
Roosevelt are much more apt to favor equal
rights for women" During our recent war
with Spain thousands even Of our National
Guardsmen were declared by medical in
pection to be unft for service and very
large per cent of all men who presented
themselves for registration were rejected on
account ~ physical deficiency. In our Civil
war over 80 per cent Of all professional men
we're physically disqualified, and 9SI ont of
every 1000 clergymen. On the other hand.
IN spite Of every pTecaution. hundreds Of
women served throughout the conflict. and
other hundreds were discovered and sent home
alter they had participated in one or more
battles. During the recent siege Of Pekin
one American woman. wife Of a merchant
ara hotel keeper. killed $50 Boxers,
There has been a vast improvement in
the physical condition OF women during the
past thirty years. developed by college
t'helcs outdoor sports and grsater free
dom N every direction. one needs no
Nrher proof Of thi- than reading Of the
papers, which daily record some wonderful
iof' II courage and strength on the part of
women There is no longer any force in
ih" objection that women must not vote
he'iuse they cannot fght. As a matter
Of fact there never was any force in IT, There
= not state in the Union which recognizes
the slightest connection between the ability
90 boar arms and the right to cast a ballo,
w." attempt To make IL = bar TO the anfrsu-
'uS"m"nt Of women simply illustrates the
shallow and inconsequential nature Of the
opposition
Women are learning 4 great man lessons
N1uavs II j. one thing to sit down com
'"T1hly ~ home and theorile about the
beauty OF Indirect Influence II is quite
another thing 10 20 before the Legislature
N the interest of some vital reform which
,an be 20, ured only by legislative enact
l"ut They learn In the latter ca the dif-
l"fence between tn" nuCh-V Vaunted. swartlv-
w"mauly indirect influence and tho positive
practical power wh!ch lies In a constituency
In Alabama, South Carolina ana Georgia
Va" women hay" Struggled 10 secure LillS
prohibiting ~" employment ~ children
IIlfT l. III lllt Ibtlt'lt'~ ~ present m those
states children Of thi- age work from twelve
TO thirteen hours daily The mill owners
of North Carolina forestGlled bill by agree
ing not TO work" Clnl,lrnn under 10 veurs
az age, not 10 employ thosr under - during
the school term and not 10 require more
tlan eleven hours service Il day from these
children
In VT" other three states the bills failed
by large majority In Georgia th. women
asked also hat the age Of consent for gIrls
b. raised above 10 yrars. where II always
Df In Ful. l.yt Inf,
sald, Nobody wants these bills but women
and preacher Another asked the women
why they did not "co home and be patient
southern women. with but few exceptions
have never been IN favor Of the ballot, hut
rn" Of them IN letter from Atlanta SAYS.
sometimes think our Legislatures are in
league with the equal suffrage 8sSocations
such actions as thes" are the best suffrage
breeders ! can imagine Another writes.
Women IN Georgia a.. Grown. me- tired .;
0s And talk oi chi,alrc brccmes a shade nsuSe
urton to baby girls Manv southern women d5nI
want ip vO" because they fcgr THEREBY to lose that
bsGuiful cLNalro,.s protection of tnr southern men
',A little arr,ng 10 nj, view to and iAai seventy
Georgia men, representatives OF other GrDrgla men
could actually deposit thrr votes refusing 10 "a 8.
,on 10 % = tai> Il k's ua Zee. Lhat We brand
''nt what MS creckrdup tobf
Ne', n good many women, both South and
Npf'h ar" reaching the conclusion that. II
they cannot have both. they Will take Justice
sni rry 10 get along without N" cAivalry.
Bui the southern women arc not the only
uprs who Rre having their nnings-Or per-
han- 1t would he more nearly correct to >ay
'ler outings = th"r BILL are usually
-nprkNd out In Illinois the women have "A
n.l before tho L"yl~l atur" asking for the re-
p"G' Of ~" Law which gives the father ahsO-
.V'" pulrhiau~h'p of the children, the mother
he.ng legally deprived OF all custody The
-lWa law J. IN force in connecticut. and the
.rrm"u there also are asking tOr legislative
enactment which ahHll Riv" father and mot her
-!vll yr1rdiau,hipor their children should
'ooa with great sl"e ana aid another para
gra0h under N" h"ad Of "dc'eat- in the neNt
l.'n" OF " RcUDp sfrGnCC, whtl" the indif-
'"ralf women can lean back in their rocking
.,.~. and chant "u'nplaceu'!N "Nr Lav" all
'Io rlxht- We want
Ihe Kansas Srns's iasi week, bv vote Of
> ~ :. passed q bill 'uufcrrng Presidential
I"rAye on the women of that Stat" Onlv
o'~ u."NIb"r ~poEc agilu-f II. II was learned
'hI' in" Speaker of the Hons" favored II and
eDp.gn votes were pledged 10 carry it. \
''H"rtul lpbh" IN opposition worked DAY and
. ~ in" % r,uuu~ ~ld"rHtlUu. wnirh was finally
'"'Nrrd the argument u~td beng mat there
vHIi b' uu Presidential ',rrtiuu for tour
."I~s tui the pl.-Hge ~ the bill would on
df'g"r the -uu"'s, of the party AZ the election
fN' Nnlr- hence
Lvrr, ~t,t. {, entitled tn prescribe the
nlI. -.upl, hy t"t ~ the legislature may
*" women eligible 20 Vo'" fHr those "'sC-
tors wt''pu' submitting tr" question 70 .
nnplItr verdict Ih' -ufragl-'- themselves
-" ] IN.lN' In ODiriou a,tp IN" wisdom Of a..,-
~ ~ This privilege Iho-" IN tavor think