The sun., 1901-12-29
praisins highly the pstisns, IT.: and y: per-

past few years, and Iecoenhiop Of the n,snt 1,snt
q women TO the s9Is s9Irsse has hssisetmres' DeS9 for
reasons sSsig sspshe Of sheir own. still Withhold II
The New York Neses declares: There
Is no denying the fact that many women
| do want to vote. In o"'es nL,e
| fact that good officials hold office. This In
| itself Is the best argument for woman sur
| fraee. And the Nunda On. " Neps says:
| .Women can WELD the ballot as well ~
| men, and the Neus believes the world wouid
oe The he Manchester IN. H. Union. in discus
sing this subject, thinks that such oppo-
sition as exists Is neither bitter nor Tor
midable. The logic Of the argument IL
on the side OF those who urge the extension
of the right; and not many thinking people
look upon the application OF the principie
The Allentown (PaD Neus. In reviewing
the progress OF the movement In various
States, draws this conclusion:
These facts prove that the tendency OF
ment Of women, and that It Is merely aues-
tion of time until the idea shall be Renerany
adopted Everywhere the equality OF MGmen dnca
IN rssnr%sni cosmmSnities " which have declared for
equal suffrage Is doing much TO advance the
realization OF the principle elsewhere
The New Haven Register, whose argument
that there should be no further extension
OF the franchise to women because OF the
comparatively small number who use the
school ballot was reviewed at length in
this depart ment, replies In a column edl-
torial. and sums up its conclusions by say
ing: If, as is admitted, there IL more or
less apathy. principally more, among the
women In regard 70 voting ai sonooi , s,,,S- e,
born man justified In concluding that me
consideration of universal suffrage should
be postponed until this has been overcomet
Women will have strong cause
indeed to champion when they can show
a vote cast in school matters relatively
equal TO that cast by men.
The Secretary OF the State Board OF
Education in Connecticut, Charles ID. Hlne,
ip his report a few years ago said on this
question: If men were reluctantly per-
rnitted az a great favor TO vote for agent
OF the town deposit fund. they would not
f,ock to the polls. Women cannot be ad-
Judged a. peculiarly lacking in interest
because they do not vote in large num-
bers on one question and one set OF officers.
Indeed, in many districts It Is found difficult
TO obtain men enough to transact the busi-
ness Of the annual meeting. In the largest
district In the State, school meetings have
been held and considerable sums OF money
voted with less than dozen men present;
The attention of the Register If called
10 this report. IL might be duplicated 10
every State. When women ask for full
suffrage the only fair test Is to go 10 the
States where they already possess tins
and see what proportion OF them exercise
il. When the official statistics show, a.
they do. that a larger proportion OF women
than Of men vote, that ought TO settle the
matter, and II would do 20 II men We're not
prasping at every possible excuse Tor with
holding the franchise from women.
As To the question whether stubborn
man is not justified In postponing the en-
franchisement of women, II Is sad com
mentarv on republican form of govern
ment that one-half of the citizens should
have il absolutely in their power to de-
prive the other half of the right to repre-
sent themselves.
There Is n comparatively small school
vote of women in Ohio, but M order 10
ascertain the number who would like the
full franchise a canvass Of the State IL being
made The heading OF the enrolment
reads We believe that women should
vote on equal terms with men. mus
far $1,000 signatures OF both sexes have
been obtained. about twice as many women
a. men They are systematically ar
ranged by counties and care Is taken that
names shall not be duplicated.
All the expenses Of this great work are
borne by Mrs. Louisa SOuthworth OF Cleve-
land. The canvassing Is "A free-wlll offer
ing by the women OF various localities,
but the printing typewritlng, postage
and clerical work form no small item.
Eventually this monster petition viii be
presented to the Legislature Of Ohio with
a bill TO eufranchise women. Then some
new excuse will have to be found. instead
of "the women don't want it Perhaps
the men will be honest Tor once and say,
we don't want them TO have II.
Bv the wav, Director of Charities Cooley
Of the Cleveland Norkhouse has Just inaugu-
rated "A reform. The principal industry of
that institution IL broom making, and from
time immemorlal itr rules have required
that women should he paid just hall a. much
for their labor A. men, although "a" records
showed that the work OF both averaged
exactly the same. Thus u took woman
iu-t twice a. long as a man tp work out her
fine Il has remained for the present di-
rector to d,clAr. the custom "a rank m
Justice" and abolish u
some reforms have 90 begin AZ the bottom
and work Up Perhaps th- one iu tim"
NAV reach the public SCHOOL, Wh-re th.
ZANE practice is followed
wife-laatsr ~ New York ha- ilst been
sent to state prsun iOI three y"ai-. That
il a uTugTsr-iN| step nom ~" common
law which existed Iu soins 81 the StA'"s
i,,-- than forty years Hgu and Which al
lowed man tu ri"at hl- wife severely
with NmI- and Dudg"l- Bui the mru e
tl.-r day- Wen" Iu-i a. rut' ruUi laws N'r"
n~o,s.-aiy lu order lo piurciN" "a" d1iInsiio
f,.Iafl .t. a. th.s-s 81 flr Irt,rst ars that If
b. nsos=sarv 90 d~pn," women ~ thr fran
cnlr,' tHi iHr raUar rrarsr. 10" H. h"i be-
uuf pufr ut.sfIr'r fla' i1r Nuruau. Nt'ry
aud malnm'i' at" Incompatible
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