The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-26
The CAUSE OF WOMAN.
ONLY ANONYMOUS ATTACKS on
sUFFRAGTsTSIN SUFFRAGE STATE
Plenty Of These. hut No Signed iet,er
Opposing Women Who Vote re-

Plenty Of These, hut No Signeu ift'er
Imposing Women Who Vote Re-
ct I'n..zncd Letter Dissected-
Article on the Emancipation OF wo-
men-No ''Antis'' wanted 10 Notel
7, certainly Is singular that in scarcely
.,a instance does IL man or woman -
.,.v Of the so-called suffrage states come
out openly in n signed article d~enouncihg
tho acknowledgment OF women. OF anony-
NOUS attacks there Ia no end, but what
assurance has the reader that they were
no. concocted In the very Office OF the
newspaper which publishes Them, OF WIFI
ten to order for an element that Is deter
mined there shall be no further extension
NJ woman suffrage? One especially vicious
donunciation which went the rounds OF
the papers was traced directly TO the most
reckless gambler and roue In Colorado,
md another 10 n notorious woman saloon
Lo.,er and l~awbreaker. The advocates
~ outrage, on the contrary, have pro-
l,,oad miles Of evidence, duly signed and
.,tasted by Governors, Supreme Judges.
m.mbers OF the Legislature. Presidents
of colleges, olergymen and others whose
names Garry the highest authority. Sup
noss that there never had been a particle
Of testimony a. 70 the good effects OF the
vomsn's vote except a few anonymous
communications, would II be expected
that the general public would have any
faith In it1 Then why should It have any
IN the statements Of the opposition which
forever skulks under the protection OF a
nom dc plumef
These questions have been suggested
sor the hundredth time by a oolumn-and-
..half article In the New York Evening
Pod OF recent date, condemning In the
strongest terms woman suffrage as ex-
srdsed In the Western States and. AZ usual.
undsped. Now what does It amount tor
How arc we to know that the writer ever
hss been In any Of these States or has
any knowledge whatever Of the things he
descibesi Most Of the assertions are too
pusrile for notice. but take this one; To-
day those States which are politically
mos corrupt are those where women vote
Those States are Wyoming. Idaho, Utah
and Colorado. VIII n one pretend TO
say that they are politically as corrupt
a their neighbor Montana, where women
do not voter Or, to come nearer home.
how do they compare with Pennsylvania.
where women have not a shred OF suffrage.
or With Kentucky and others Of the Southern
States where the very thought OF wom-
ans enfranchisement produces a thrill
OF borori OF the four aforementioned
tho first three compare favorably In pol
itical conditions with any In the Union,
and the same IL true Of Colorado with the
exception Of Denver. But when this city
Is oontrasted with st. Louis, Chicago.
New York, Philadelphia and others which
might be mentioned, where women would
not be allowed to cast a ballot even for
constable. IL looks pretty white. Is
Soman suffrage responsible for tho con-
hitions which prevailed at the recent
elections In Alabama. Maryland and
virginia. There is 10 ground Whatever
en- which to base this first charge.
But, this writer goes on to say. the
evil results might be at least partially
averted IL all women could be Induced TO
vote but a large Reroen'sss 81 .ne 1e sbs,
In Colorado there are only. one-thlrd as
many women voters as men.
Who makes this estimatef According
Ia the United States census OF 1900, men
formed IS per cent. and women 70 per cent.
u the population; and according TO the
official election returns. women cast a
little over al per cent. OF the total vote
OF the State. That N, only 81 per cent,
81 the women failed 10 vote. In Denver
over az per cent OF the whole vote was
cast by women. How Ia this 90 be recon-
ciled with the statement that "A large per
centage Of the better class OF women shun
the pollsr'
Then again this anonymous writer says:
The marriage vows are Nowhere more
lightly taken and more frequently broken
than In the States where women vote
A. a matter 81 fact. II h much easier 90 get
married In New York than In any Of those
States. A girl may lie married al u In
New York. but must he 10 In each Of those
four. The causes for divorce are IA. same
a. prevail In nine-tenths Of the OF her States.
The enact hguras 90 show that Wyoming,
whsrs women have had the full suffrage
thirty two years. has the smallest pro-
portion of divorces ~ any State Ia tho
Union, have been given 80 often that no
ens possibly can be ignorant 81 them
Tia Two DakotAs. which have gained oOn-
siderable nOtonsty foT easy divorces grant
Only . very limited snhOol ballot 20 ~omsn
fhs article soes on 60 say that u IL la
the Legislature that -0nsCn have ts"n tho
Ere@tsst dlsaPpointmsn' and that thaif
Inhuslos hA< beon neroly -senNHsDu'sl IA
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than thros wOnisn Ia the loxsf house Al
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