The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

| US ldfkt WHO arc ODDOscu W ALL
on principle and not because the men OF
their own family patronize them.
are compelled 10 do IL for political reasons,
The representatives OF what Is calico
the upstate districts OF New fork arc
engaged In continual warfare against those
who represent New York City and are
determined 10 have the laws Kept lax
enough for that conglomerate population.
The former have the remedy enurely IN
their own hands. They can enfrancmse
women whenever they choose 20 do SO,
The majority OF women from upstate
would vote very much as the men from
those sections do, and they would be m
creased by a sufficient number from the
great city 20 wipe out completely that
dangerous balance OF power which TENDS
TO keep the legislation OF the Empire state
on a very low plane instead OF making II
al example for the nation.
There has not been anything 30 humorous
as Mr.. Jerome's Rochester speech since the
a~n,i-sudraEe aides issued TIER n last God ma his
pleadings that the saloons shall be opened
on Sunday to save the policemen from
being debauched. his a~rraignment OF the
whole country for degrading. the liquor
business, and his closing appeal that great
public needs shall not be considered from
the standpoint only Of political exigencies.'
az The principal reason Tor ohanging
the excise law, form a combination nat
should cause Mark Twain TO hand over
his laurel wreath.
The climax is reached in this declaration:
God knows, with the experience l have
had. that If II were possible 70 close the
saloons for all time I would vote aye but
ii is as DR.. Parkhurst said. A bill for sunday
opening during limited hours Is. not a bill
closing'"
Does not this recall that touching state
ment in the nti-suffraQists' report, AS the
months have slinped Nv we have come to
sosr sn Se IN h tsr.nav hous women %a in sny sense
a suffrage meas,Ire?''
sThose laIchable ladies' the New York
Ne,es calls them, and surely IL can add,
Those laughable men"
The Nassachusetts Leoislature. after
extended travail lasting through many
sessions, has at last brought forth an act
which has been Dassed upon by the Great
and General Court in special session and
will become a law Jan. list. II allows husband
and wife TO inherit property in the same
manner and in a burst of iberality 1t changes
the provision that "a widow NAV remain
in her husbands house forty days after
his DEATH and extends the time TO six
A. its last meeting the Massachusetts,
Suffrage Asaociation adopted these slightly
sarcastic resolutions.
Rs,olr,d. that we rejoice In the action Of the
Legislature W tquhllng ~ law y h.l"en
between husosnd sna VIE IA ,e new G 6sen ~
,nyr 70, his obviousIy iust measure for 81 years,
Resolved, that Indirect influence without the
ballot Is a slow and lAborious way 70 onns ABOUT
feiorms -
This suggests an editorial which appeared
RECENTLY signed by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
and entitled -Tirade against Man. II was
in reply 10 one of those letters which editors
receive when hey Ina We an answer all ready,
the writer protesting against the injustice
of the property laws to women. Mrs.
Wilcox proceeds with great triumph to
quote a long digest OF laws from Bliss
E~ncylopndia showing that In many States |
women have full control of property n
power 10 dispose of II al will. She draws
the conclusion that the woman who can
write such an abusive letter toward men
as a CLASS = uesoin ~ s n ,nenLtnd
more Than apy law out upon the statute |
NJ T"N ""' -" S
oJuhs' u,,,. l;corl, .ao hov wonsn
~ a W. r' ~ a.
can ruIe q man " ~ tapddar ;n,n,,lss
uoes een az oolt hsrd s,stmte
uL W 500 4, ~, ,ba noint
wouiu ger we w4rst y ~ ~ .ho pO
rs ',thhap'' .dui,o,;ei reSar simnlv TO the
u.y,.,s own senara,a nronertv which She |
had at marriage or acquired by, be9uest, |
atc. About t~hree-fourths OF the states
now permit her TO retain possession OF
this and dispose OF it by WI In the same
manner "a the husband di,poSes OF ms
The writer entrely loses hight Oh ,ho iacs
that In every State The property accumu-
lated by the two after marriage Is IN the
absolute control OF the husband, and II the
wife die first she cannot dispose OF a dollar.
thing like this, for. as Mrs. Wilcox says,
The woman who knows how TO manage
a man has no occasion TO feel that he regards
her a. an inferior, being but only as q differ-
ent being-and he thanks God for tbs |
difference" |
Well. he ought 10 when the difference |
him 10 own the entire proceeds
OF the partnership. And when We learn
a little farther on that men are " hat women
b" a little more leiient with the poor help