The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
and purer raoe OF men because Of freer and
more public.spirited mothers.


Of resentment:
I cannot consent to take the position that !!
tho door OF lop"-the door of opportunity I
worthy. purely uron the grounds 81 race or |
DOR. Such an attitude would. according 10 |
ny conyitiGT" be fn dan n So c0oTss
and inruence TO iold such no.itioH.. il seems
MUM uron the eror, among them 70 achieve |
the character and standing Which VII M
, sI ,o It v.r%. 70 % ~, ,s ;ba
20 o-nd man know that II he shows in marked |
degree the qualities OF cooi citizen .hip,thc |
estit,ed to ' r.word then he viii not be cut
~ '-orn all hone Of similar reward
ny many generations this door of
hore' hiss been closed TO w.omen,ho" !
fast it is still shut-and no Presidents hand
re"ards for character and standing
held on, 10 vonen? What premium" is
put upon their efforts TO know and support
the principles of the Government When
tics Of good citizenship-the qualities
which in white man re feel are entitled
10 reward who upholds their right TO
this reward. Not a statesman or poll
tician Neither would one uphold the
negro m.n's !, ne could not repay his cham
The editor Of this department said IN
an ortiole In the Ir6e ndent last month:
IF the intellect Of Elizobcth Cadv stanton
h'd bean possessed by man he -.ould
or in the Senate Of the Un'od States but
great women The Syracuse Post
Standard in fippsnt editorial answered:
.,rert'inly IL revards au,hI,s Ite Miss
college presidents lie Ceroline Hard.
ard artists lie Cecilia ReauN". This
she's NJ the Govcrn'nent in a ne'v role
and 1t al. . ilhst -ates mans idea 81 Justice
10 .oTnn Thee is net an o~ce holder
down to tie smallest local incurhent
or encunh~anoe no is not in rart sup
prrted by the taxes Of owen Neverthe-
los. not only are "omen blurred from a
'hese Offices, BIT ther ere also prevented
f~or, cen expressing a choi'e ms to 10
shall III th.r,. u sore Of TIE big metro
Noli,an dailes that are running .sympo..
Sums on -0ur National Disgrace" would
tale IN his GRO wing ono OF al' thew might
be able TO strife the tap root OF the Others.
to excuse TIC s1o~tcoming. of tho negro
mon and patiently await their evolution,
altNouqh they have already possessed tie
fra1cNis' over th,rtv ysars Attention
was called in It's department two
INTO me political fold and the ex~,ses
madN in advanc" for their various d.lin-
o,I"ncies. including the barter Of their
ballots. Ri, when the inexperienced
woman of Danvar do not clean out that
su-,an political stable ard circumvent
to unsc-uprlous leaders OF half dozen
political parties within a few q ort years.
they mist meet storm Of criticism and
donrnciation from one end OF the county
Il the other. So much higher Is the value
pleoad upon the m ala negro and the male
IrdaH. AID with good reason. for both
a-e marketable commodities in the poll
teal mart
The Philadelphia Public Ledger devotes
half column 10 the woml1 repeater in
Denver and oictures no awful consequences
Which would follow II the women ~ that
CITY were enfrancN'sNd The Washington
Post takes the editor down very roa'lv
AID ends hv saving. 'Dons the Public
Led7cr link il either just or expediant 10
cNa-actor. well-educat d ard tax-pavng
women--from TIVE ballot. Will the el'c-
tions in its citv are CONTROL d by TIE droves
Of human cattl' who are corralled and
voted by campa,.sc comn'ttses;
vas arrested in Darver for Illegal voting,
his been honorable iischa-rei bv the
court. and tNe man who caused her arrest
wes iulicinlv cens,irel. But all those
vj-,uoils a'itorio's we're not SOD They
ncco,nriisheA what was intended. viz: a
Gi..ris' ~ woman -uNrare and strength
ening Of the preju@ic" against it.
The Utica Observer quotes the timid
and ger'le ren1r'ss ~ this dapar- ment on
tte Ir'an and the franchise and makes
this rlea san comment
u T. o,r onirio, that AZ Intelligent white
woman u r-orn cap1b's % exercising the
s""ro"r" woN tNan . rS1 Ir'isr. 81" cor
tpir'v T. 'Norn ~ Doh'n OF r'''ti,p mn m a-pn-
ror' il favor 90 her o. his"uer' thar
s-v 70 We nav" reco-''- soon outside Of
The Legends OF the Iroguoi- 4"
The advocates Of woman suffrage ALWAYS
have had tho argument on their SIDE. but
the parties of the other part have had the
votes.
Women ought TO have no difficulty in
evafing the new order Of Post master
Gn-eral PAYNE:
II y horehv ordered 'Nst o. ard af,o- Doc.
l. io0e. woman cl7ssia"i ernn'ov"e in I'VE
70 ~ sprrics who -hnli cr7r 10 her name by
marriage shall rot be reappointed.
There is no law anywhere requiring
woman 10 change her name when she mar.
ries, and number have refused 10 do H. CF
these Lucy Stone is best known. All . q
woman employee has TO do is 10 retain her
own name And there will ba M necessity
for reoppointmert. The Government Of
fcinls and School boar,'s shoul5 60 to the
roo, of this matter by ISSUING or ers thot
women EMPLOYEES IN tnot fall in love until
thew have ascertain d whether the man :
salorv is large emo gh 10 Justify them in
giving up their own. In fact p bnreau
SHOULD be es'ablis'lel for the cisco u-a c.
ment of mstrimonv. AM Of course Il should
be composed entirely Of men. No woman's
Judgment could be trusted on this question
Then there ia the Rev. Dr.. Henry Collin
Ninton, VI VIBRATOR Of the last presbvt c-ian
General Assembly, who II his Thanksgiving
sermon at Trenton, y. j., also takes a fall
ont Of the women s,,ploveas "Everv ono
Of them. he saws, is robbirg home Of
wife and mother-a household of a mistress
or rnaiA."
There are q g. o many widows In b',ainess
who fnnl IL a DUTY 10 stav there and give
the girls chance in the matrimonial mar
ket And there are number Of spinsters
who have ma"c observations among
their mnrriei friends AM prefe- To keep
their present iohs. But what weight has n
woran's in'ivi iual preferences IN anv
of these coses? Let the game GO on Battle
doors in the hands Of men, women for
shuttlacocks. and the pass'~c -o""s shall
mark the score, IN, ~ sTrD HARPER
Woman In Politics.