The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
The CAUSE OF WOMAN.
DENMARK To GRANT MUNICIPAL
sJFFRAGE To WOMEN.
The Question Of suffrage Coming Up In
Belgium Also -Ie~a Women TO Try
Again to Get the suffrage Some
signer- Of the suffrage Petition
At the Minneapolis state Fair.

n the Minneapolis state Fair.
Premier Deren'zer Of Denmark Announces
that the first reform measure Of the new
Cabinet will b. the extension u municipal
.pdrage to women. An account was given
IN this column last week Of the recent an
f-anchl-ament Of Norwegian women. The
United States will come along at the tail
.rd of the Procession some time in the dim.
distant future.
one does not have To bs a close student Of
AFFAIR.". but only TO read the daily papers. TO
80 the general tendency toward woman
,urrage In all countries where men them
-.lv,s Ia any conside rable umbsrs have
A vote. The women Of New Zealand were
given the full franchise In 1909, South Aus
traha followed a few years later. then
wes' Australia: the bill TO grant the women
Of New South Wales tho suffrage has just
pa.--d 20 it, third reading; and doubtless
within a year all the women Of the great
Australian Federation will h fully enfran-
chised
The question Ia stirring In Belgium. and
a.. National Sociological Society, an Inn
portant organization. has sen, It's Secretary.
pr Fernand ~D,~chsrnps, professor in Ant
verp University. 10 make a practical study
Of the situation Ia his country. lie spsnt
svcral days at the national suffrage head
cuarter In New York city. where. with
The Interpretation Of the National Secretary.
Miss Kate Jordan. an accomplished French
scholar. he was abls to collect n msss OF
Information from the President. Mrs Chap
man Gait. He addressed official letters TO
thirty professors Of sociology In different
universities. asking their opinion of tho
movement In the United States, the kind 81
women actively engaged In promoting OF
opposing Il. no. Also he interview we'd the
hcads Of various religious denominations
and other eminent men. We will hazard
the opinion that he must ha We been surprised
a, the s,ncral lack OF definite knowledge
The most Of his time. however, he devoted
o. the practical workings In The four States
where the women vote. He 10 returning
home via Boston. whore the WOndns
Journal has been published for thirty years,
and where the theories and principles Of
women suffrage have many distinguished
advocates
The situation In Belgium ~ somewhat
peculiar After an agitation ~ nearly a
quarter % a century. the Constitution was
changed In lsas. greatly enlarglng the suf-
fuge Every man IS years old wa given a
vote. and. In addition. every man 10 years
Of age. married or a wldower having legit-
innate children and paving a personal tara
ton 81 al least 81 n year was granted an
additional vote Also every man % wears
old who possessed realty 10 the value 81
500. or had a university degree. was al
lowed a vote for each. Under this plural
system the minority can out vote the ma
jority and Il has resulted In keeping the
Catholic party In power. The Socialist
party. largely composed Of the wa~gr-earu-
ing glasses. are bitterly opposed to this
system and are demanding "one man. ons
vote The Catholics declare that. II this
movement is SUCCESSFUL. they. In turn. will
enfranchise women. and. by this means.
will continue in power.
Or. Fernand D~champs belongs 20
tho Catholic party and personally was
opposed to cnftanchising women. but
since his visit 90 the Western Stais~ he
announces himself much more favorably
inclined II this were not the case he
would prove a noteworthy exception Ia
an almost invariahle rule. Not one person,
man or woman. whose name carries weight
ever ha- brought back from those States
unfavorable reports. Perhaps the most
unqualified testimony in approval wa given
over his signature 10y Gov. Stanley ~
Kansas 70 DR. pr-champs. There could
b.. no politics in this. for woman in that
State cannot vote for Governor.
Denver IL a popular place for national
conventions Of all sorts. and tho delegates
who 20 there opposed 10 woman suffrage
almost invariably return home either con-
vcr,cd or with their views much modified
Such was the case with tho recent meeting
- 49,. Au..rt.ap A.angtasI.p t. 81. A.
vanccment Of SCIENCE. whose Vice Presi-
dent. Or John Hyde Of Washington. u.
c. announced himself a thorough convert
"A, did many others IN ~ said that there
never wer" A. many people won over To a
h"lief ia equal Sulrag" IN one week a.
When tho National Federation of Woman'-
Clubs met ia Denver
A. the great Republican rally held In the
Academy Il Music In Philadelphia last
week. with hundr,~is OF women IN attend
anc" senator Emery Of Mexican couuty.
hogan h- sp--ch 10y saving What I
Witnessed IN Colorado on ~clection dav
opened nv eyes 20 the noC.=si'y of CIV
ing women a chance in P~cnnsvlvauia
" they had the right To- vote | do
uo' believe YOU would he called here to-
night go regulate the al alrs of the city
81 Philadelphia l. l. a..
duty - every man and woman To preach
g. N" cud that women shall have the right
az suffrage
''i "'NAi'f ifNiillIlhlA - NNttiANu fNtl
g. Colorado, a short time ago. strongly
opposed 20 Oh" cufrauchisement Il Womeu.
AMI now Wr,''~ hnm" that he has almost
reached IA" equal surrag" point
STAT" senator Fred Dumuut Smith 81
hau-N- vent to Colorado" early IN Sspten,-
t"f iur a VACATION He wa a bitter opI,p-
L"ri 90 'hc ballot Tor women and las winter
mad" several speeches ia tn" Senate against
o." -lhrag" measures which yer" mp Tor
consideration. He now writes home,
a''1uiIug 20 the Topeka Journcl. that
d." has ls'"n giving the matter practical
.'idN and al ~" next session Of IA" l"gi~-
l"Hr" viii prcpar" a Hill himself, AMI en-
o"a'"r y" pVt ~ through. giving full sui
TAG" iu m" women uf Kansas Such
Examples ~ the-' hay" hardly a limit
IU" c~Np"rruC,st and highly cultured
winter laltn Whiting, travelled all ths
way from Boston Ia Colorado lately TO
rHiH' a ISr~1ual iuvc-tiga'iou ~ this gus~-
t.r. and. A. - result. she writes
aHl.a n,ris seem p,S,b.- iot any person Of
'hN. rif' rrErr 90 VISIT tuiufado Withuut b.
comm. nHu uvd - NJ yHlur 10 woman suffrage
' rH.". H"I o. IN state tiuvrrrf one = pr