The sun., 1901-06-02

e Q ls1t cooling their hssls In ths lobby ~
stase ss Sonyentions as they are to get In on the
Sr4pnd sn, moor The Prohibition. party was
nt V Wizard sa1rsd fsS Hs n.S S0nsss i ne
e,Vc!nendous numerical and moral strength
OF me Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Tnu Thu tney nave been the soul OF II ever since.
me Prohibition party does not bring any
more strength to the cause Of woman suffrage
tnan the great body OF its women members
mem they can AFFORD to be repudiated Why
doesn't It make the experiment OF cutting
loose from the women all over the country
ana see II Y can not elect one--just one
member OF Congress2
-, In April a woman In Denver was arrested for
illegal voting. and this incident gave the edi-
tors who are opposed to woman suffrage the
chance they had been watching and longing
lIor such Mysteries, such emotionalism u
been seized upon as proof positiye that they
were unit to cast n ballot Take the Mil
waul'ee SsnrHe. for instance:
Thanks to an overwhelming vote, u will not be
consn. arrest the housewife and take her OF In patrol
wagon. Under enual suffrage conditions. woman
ing ora washing day 10 answer cruel charges preferred
by persons belonging TO rival political party our
nedsns as shs, s,'%o us, repor-S from Denver They
@sS sS no, Sssys ehhoi. wisdom bur d In .ss CAS- ssss
might has. resulted in public calamity.
=, There was no end Of such stun as this.
the papers admitting. however. that u was
the nrst case. although women had been
theless. it was an awful example. as the
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette said of what
Is liable TO happen when woman leaves
Well. the arrested lady WAS tried, found
innocent and discharged with honor" Now
Will all those editors hasten to make amends?
with them as soon as they had their fling
at woman suffrage. But isn't II compli-
ment that men look upon all women as angels
with their balots' And. holding this opin-
ion. isn't II singular how hard they try TO
prevent women from having a ballor II
world regenerated.
, At the very same hour that the. Mothers
roar. according to the dispatches. and cali
ing each other names. the Presbyterian
General Assembly in Philadelphia were
and saying disagreeable thirgs to one an
other. There was this dinerence the min
isters engaged in prayer, before hostllitie.
began. while the mothers did their praying
after the trouble was under way.
The difffculty in the latter body was caused
by the election as state President Of woman
who was not a real mother. and In the former
because some of the members wanted TO
eliminate infant damnstion and other little
things from the creed As for the women.
ing President Withdrew. genuine mother
was elected. and they all kissed and made
up The men continued the scrinmage Tor
several days and then deferred the settle
ment for another year. But the General
Assembly was much the more interesting
of the two conventions In fact there ha.
not beeG anything 81 entertaining since
the Revolutionary Daughters held their
congress last winter in Washington.
The Eplscopalian- have lust had their
tat nAn ont
course the everlasting woman question came
up and was fought TO the bitter end that ~
the end was bitter 70 those who were opposed
to letting women vote in ve-try meetings
one divine made such an incorporate speech
about the miSguided females who wanted
TO vote" that le was sharply cal! ed TO ORDER
Clergymen and laymen boli2ted Separate,y
and the measure was carried by ministerial
vote Of 10 to y and a parish vote OF TO j SO
the misguided females won ont
Booker T Washington and committee Of
twentv-four leading cOlored taxpayers have
presented a petition To the Constitutional
Cony ention of Alabama praying that they
be not disfranchised They say; The negro
i not seeking 10 rule, but since he I. taxed
is punished for crime and responds TO calls
for public service he asks some humblo
share In choosing his rulers
That il lust the way white women feel,
but they are far more helpless in the matter
than negro men.
Tho Boys ana tNe Wits l'epHtlnR ciuUs
Of the Melrosa Mass High School have
lust held public discussion on the question;
Resolved. that the permanent retention Of
the Philippine Islands IL desirable Tho
Judges, n member Of tho Leeialeture. the
s,perintendent Of schools and another prom
inent citizen. decided unanimously in favor
Of the GIRLS club And Yet In three or four
wears all ~ these boys will have vote on
this and all other questions pertaining 20
the Government. but not one OF these girlsi
who displayed even a Better knowledge, viii
be allowed any voice In their settlement.
A great bread-mamlfacturing company
ia being formed with a capital stock OF t2S,-
ooo. 600 10 bake bread for all creation When
the women follow the dough and become
employees of the factory. We shall hear
great outcrv because they are monopoliz'ng
the work that belongs to men.
II Prof starr ~ Chicago C-'-,ersity
will tell us Al lust what period men began
parting their hair on one aide "" can figure
on how far back the present degeneracy
extends Was IL about the time they quit
wearing drpsscs' INA Hustled HARPER.