The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20

Obtaia rnem- prsaf ct, en- 10, l.ui.-
tAaa An tnslish woman ea the Pest
ten Of urr s~x In Amertca lord
ssrsbur,'s Retirement . moe to
the suffrage No, ement IN nr,,ain.
Attention hAs b-so called man, tins
. tho utter inadsqusry Of q partial an
.ranchisement ~ women 10 effect p-rms-
ssn, Teforns 4 striking illustration -
this has Just been given In LpuiSanA. II
Sll 10 rpinsmb-r-d that when the con-
ven,ion for revising the state Constitution
vas In session In isps an earnest effort Was
made TO secur- a claus. giving the franchise
70 women. At tn. request Of the suffrage
Bocie,y Of New Orleans Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Catt. nov President Of the National
Association. appeared before his con
venuon In that atty and also gave q public
address To q large audience. urging that the
ballot should be placed In the hAnds ~
Louisiana women. For many days this
sas seriously considered, not as a long
delayed act 81 justice. nut as a means 81
shite supremacy. Finally the compromise
usual In such cases was made and a CLAUSE
vas sdoI ted declaring that all tax-paying
women shall have the right to vote In per-
BON. or by proxy, on all questions ~ tax
luon.'
Al this time New Orleans was g city Of
no. 900 persons with no sewerage system
shAtever. an inefficient water supply In
n the hands OF q monopoly, and a pro-
lected drainage system dragging along
FOR want 81 funds. at q rate which would
require twenty years to complete II. Vel
ow fever had Just made its appearance
The limit Of taxation had been reached.
A proposition for . special tax levy had
been voted down two years previous
What followed under this new Constitution
Il a matter Of record. The women took
The subject in hand. They learned that
pn petition Of one-third Of the taxpayers
, special elsobion could he called. They
sIaminei the records and found what
never had been imagined-that the ma
Iority Of the taxpayers In that city were
romen' They called mass meetings and
earlor meetings. they divided the city into
precincts and thor oughly canvassed II.
and u was the signatures Of women which
enabled the Mayor to call the special
election.
All the work up to the time Of this cleo
ton was managed by the Womans League
Tor Sewerage and Drainage, whose Presi-
dent. Miss Rate NJ Gordon. Is now Score
tary Of the National Suffrage Association.
II Is not necessary TO go into the details,
but only to state that the election, held
mr. VI Nh WA GAITltal In 1ANOE OF n YAK
~ I've Mills on The dollar for a period ~
forty-two years Tn. ffcdyuHs and the
Times Democrat, which. In common with
the other papers. had vehemently opposed
60. an, xith s.m,ny headlines and halst
80. SiLt-, ra,ions daclariny -The Women
IT, $500 ,ha ci,vi" Nh ooli,ician
has been crushed and let the credit go where
" a., az dn,,a. ~ The women ware no,
80 - - h.d ,rads ,ba mat.rial
."n o., ~. -ayan.rafin, ~ ,hsir civ
~, -, orrins a. "a, nroyided fnr
- tra,.r poa,J ~, .av,,n com
~ r,'na,, -boidcr tom oarh
~ 10 s.va, mtuicipal Dis, ricts The
nnIi,ir,an. u,ar. de,eTninei that these
~ H. ~, r.,uir.d thai ,h,.v .bnuld he.
=. :" : - N.vnr xt.h yba ,,tTrcs.
app',,L 49, Sn,,n Sn,,c,l TN. question
~" hr,f,,aj o. The ,,,-payiny cla-t nrs.
80 h, g. univ.r.aly conceded tina, tho
w % 90 "a ~, n, ann,in,mert
NJ H. 10 w,r,.., An homes, and
"a J" ~ a. 80 .n,oi,,ad th. IA.
80 a. ho,ds Tare sid aud work
.as .,nn Under way for a complete system
Wa so" ul''I :, ~ "a wa,or sunnIv
-, ~ AeNeIasc, az, - "
'"' -
The second Is very different h po-
Hn"i t ,. .,j- - ,bis nIpd ~
smk ~" - b.lrl.s. up,I
si4!nHcp, hhl th1y W." m",rssvGsSh IT,
thew could elect "A Legislature whlth th"N
could control This they did AZ tho tr-t
opr,r+unitv in 1911 IL convened in Nav
".l'', -, 81 4, Inc !, pas-..d
OF 'ns I,'Nfn' 20 ~, uayir ard
n MI thhlhs away lruHn w
City Council the right To apI"iht 'hL- '"N
,.ragr and Water board anu N"-'ns u
uholly I'm the Legislature. 10 great was
e. haste - The Legislators 10 pass this hill
r,.L.J ,b,,,gb 10th houses
rhat q 10, !, rad
WITHOUT hhN oh' '-''''
no 'enacting CLAUSE NHhoush Wv
Heard was IN equal haste To sign ", ne us
covered the defect. A stenographer was
-, =, unrk an > o'clock in the morning
~. biu I, va thaD again rail-
T~rteF,lns ,he u'n ,,J atI MI
roaded through pnIn , -
ably have t-"n sighcu ~ wv '"''"'
fore this - read
The women held TWO mas nner,hps anu
protested vigorously agalhs, ,nS s'Ian,r
81 the wishes OF the taAPsS'Is' ~.
they form the majority. lh-' a., - o.
tention TO the weary mon'ns my ~
tramped the streets, going from urr '"
door, In the highways anu uN""'
planning and eXhor,lhg ~. ~ a.,
signatures again anu again Iu-'ns ,m
objections mat " Wolff nmr'.. a. ~