The sun., 1901-11-10
are oontsnt TO Say, sweu work for you.
.-Apd 60 their way with no realization cf
thslr own slavery

70 arouse these women 10 a sense OF their
helpless and humiliating posiuon' There
was much 70 excuse women ior haNhg
no desire to be enfranohised in those times
when they did not read the daily papers,
never attended political meetings and had
no part in pubic Life, but under present
conditions Il II most amazing that they
can endure the disadvantage, 70 say poth-
ment, for they are crippled I'm everything
Of q public nature which they undertake
and hopelessly 40 when II comes 70 political
work. When that delegation OF wealthy
and prominent women went 70 Mr. % L4w
and asked him TO name the greatest servios
they could render the party which ne repre-,
ssnted, he ought to have told them it wouid
be TO secure the right for themselves and
other women to vote for II.
The President Of the Ladies' Democrauo
women went into politics; and another
member as saying: 1T will not be long
until this club will be permanent organ
ization with hundreds OF members. In
jerome said: Your real work begins
after the election There are few men
nowadays who do not desire the asslstance
Of women, and no man who does not resnze
fully how handicapped they are wlthout
the franchise, and yet where are the men
who are making any effort to obtain II
for themi In all the large cities OF the
country men are appealing TO women LOT
help In municipal campaigns, but what 90
they want them to doI Peddie hteratnre
day go into the house and shut the door
and let the illteracy, the unscrupulousness
and the vice Of the country do the voting
The Womens . Campaign Committee com
planned bitterly because 30 few compaTa-
lively Of the women took any part In the
canvass. The surprising thing Is that,
under tho circumstances, 30 many should
have done so. IL the women Of New York
were enfranohised and II they followed the
precedent Of every State in which women
have the suffrage. larger per cent, OF them
than of men would have voted and there
would have been no complaint OF lack OF
interest. II all Of these clubs and leagues
and committees are really desirous that the
influence Of women shall be felt In politics
they will secure this most quickly, most
surely and most effectively by working
for their enfranchisement. They can well
afford TO leave the parties TO their fate until
this has been secured, for then their power
in a campaign. compared 70 what they can
exert at present, will be a. Niagara fails
TO babbhng brook.
But a careful examin alton OF the n names
most prominent among the workers In the
recent campaign show very few who ever
have been connected In any way with the
endeavIr to obtain the SalS' iGr tbsss lns
women would put forth the same efforts
as in the recent canvass, raise as large an
amount OF money, circulate as much htera-
ture and infuse as great an energy INTO
their work during one session OF the Legs
lature in connection with the other women
who would rally to their assistance, they
could secure any kind OF a suffrage bill they
wanted. But they will have 10 keep on
puttering around In politics in their smaii
and inconsequential way for some time
yet before they, learn TINS lesson: some
organizations like the Womens Christian
Temperance Union, already have mastered
It; some like the Federation OF Clubs, are
now in the intermediate grade; others, ke
the Daughters of the American Rsvolu-
ton, and the Mothers Congress are stu In
the primer; while the anti-sufrage societies
are not vet out OF the kindergarten. The
veteran Suffrage Association, which has
been In the post gr aduate department FOR
a long time, will have 20 wait awhile longer
until reinforced by some, at least, OF the
others, and then they will all 60 into the
kingdom together.
A short time ago the Hon. Abram S.
Hewitt published an open letter IN which
he said OF the approaching election The
verdict will show whether manhood SUI
frage can be trusted TO secure good gov
eminent
During the same week the Hon. Seth
Low said in an interview:
Il rejoice that the issues OF this canvass are 10
he passed upon by the entire citizenship Of TINS
hood surrsge as ne greatest force ever se, at work
in society ior the rducation aud uplifting OF ,hs
In This cty has an interest al stake. and It is in
every way fortunate that the views OF all are 10 os
cNpressrd.
The might o. election dav Mr. Low gave
o,r a statement beginning; The outcome
of this election is a splendid vlndica'ion of
universal suffrage
Mr. Hewitt was entirely consistent In
hs statement, for manhood suffrage
4. Ia. H
does not approve of womanhood sun rage
and when the subject was before the New
YORK constitutional Convention In lsst
ro sent = letter opposing ~ MI Low
however, n the writer r"meintler- correctly,
has declared himself unelul vocaly la favor
uf h. and yet he tay- the 'lt"ilpn Nas
-pleud.i 'fndica' lon ~ universal suffrage,
psd that the We've - every man and woman
were expressed A. a matter - fact the
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fl. ,U.lrr citl1ru-hlp ~ tie CITY y"
.u. Woman 900 >sV York wa- permitted o.
t..,.std her vi-vs on ele'tun day, and,
with tN. exemption - fho few Who took
par Doe lh- oHmIlalgn, nobody sho"s 10 a
certainty iusf how thev would have voted
NJ Love frtuHIh- made lu haste, sllnfly
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