The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23

been DESTROYS OF having this experiment
maae, as they think IL would answer conclu-
siveiy the hackneyed charge that women
90 not want TO vote" Others hold that Il
would be a mistake for women to show their
political NAM Leioie they get the fulI sun
raxe. tor Instance, II Kansas they
should give a majority Tor kepuDllcan
electors they Would ALLEVIATE forever the
support OF iopuiirts, DeIiiocr ats and Fro
hiuiliouinis, VINO would have Il chance to
vote OH the constitutional amendment
which would DE necessary To give them the
complete franchise. Ineie woiIu he enough
Republicans opposed 10 woman suffrage
per &c To unite win the others and defeat
any such proposition. IL would DE an
interesting experiment, nevertheless, and
Kansas has lent herself kindly 10 expert
meuts. The lopeka Herdid SAID few days
ago: There is no quest ion That vast MAJOR
ity-proLaDly Df-tentns-of the men III
this state are In favor OF giving women an
equal voice in the government II they want
it, Let the women express their VIII, pro
and con. ana they may rest assured that II
will be heeded.'
here IL a chance now for the anti-suf-
fraglsts Of New York and Massachusetts
TO 90 in and organize the state. They
will have to be clever about it for the women
in Kansas have had the municipal franchise
so long that they are mighty smart.
There Is al element In that State, however,
although IL is not composed OF women,
which will be only too glad TO cooperate
in every possible way with the Eastern
'antis, even 10 furnishing the snews of
war-and 10 will not be the first time.
The reports from the recent meeting OF
the State Federation Of Clubs In Brook lyn
are so conflicting as 10 leave one in a very
sad state Of Uncertainty. II seems that
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait. president Of the
National sur Association. was invited
n nd ka It1 " 4
to say a word abe Ut sufira 90. The force
Of habit was SO strong, how ever, that she
accidentally dropped few suffrage re-
marks, which. the report says. were re-
ceived with deafening p!audits. Then,
after these conservative ladies, who are
opposed TO the enfranchisemen of women
lest they might scramble for Office, had
spent several dava in the liveliest kind Of
electioneering. hey shut out the vulgar
public and gave a practical illustration Of
the scramble The election Of Fedora.
ton secretary We are told, resolved itself
into a question Of suffrage and anti-suf-
frage." and after couple Of hundred
women had exercised the suffrage il was
announced that the ANTS" he'd won.
II is not quite clear what this question
has to do with the duties Of the Federation
secretary, but, considering that few years
ago when this body was organized suf-
frage clubs were not admitted, the ghost
seems TO stalk about with considerable
assurance. Perhaps 1t is the old story OF
the camel getting Its head under the tent.
II may be also that the convention was mis-
represented. In that case the suirragists
can extend sympathy. II is not so very
long ago that their conventions furnished a
target for the reporters. Now theirs are
the only ones which are wholly spared.
The d. A. r. congresses, the mothers meet
ings, all have TO stand a certain amount
OF criticism, but of late years the sun age
conventions are treated with great friend
liness and respect. They certainly have
earned all they will ever receive. for the
older advocates, at least. bear many scars.
President Eliot Of Harvard has succeeded
in gaining the enmity of the labor organ
izations. Of the sponsors for the public
schools, Of the friends of coeducation and
of the advocates of woman suffrage But
little things like these will not disturb the
calm serenity Of the Cambridge atmosphere.
One Of the most noteworthy contribu-
lions TO the so-caled woman movement
has just been issued from the suffrage head
quarters COOS American Tract Society
Building, New York;, the pamphlet report
Of the International Suffrage Conference
held in Washington last winter. II con.
tains a full resume of the social legal in
dustrial, educational and political status
of women in most Of the countries Of Eur, p.
In China. Japan, Persia. Australia, New
q
ton is Official in compact form and very
interesting and valuable, II ought 10 be IN
every school and public library ard is
particular y available for club work.
Among the many articles Of the month
In regard TO women, which are now a con-
spicuous feature of the magazines. one in
the Cosmopolitan" by Rafior Pyke is espe-
cially notable. II called What Women Like
in Women" and is an excellent example
OF that writer's keen analysis Of the sex.
He knows them almost a. we'll as they
know themselves and the way he sets out
his know led &c in cold type is calculated 10
make them extremely uncomfortable. He
makes the mistake common o many writer's
on this subject, however. in assuming that
women have reached the end of their d.
velopment Tracing them from the hunted
creatures of the primeva forest. down
through the ages, he considers that the
unfort unate effects Of their circumstances
have been definitely impressed upon their
natures, and a. one result they re inCapa ble
of true friendship for each other because
they lack the necessary qualities.
But when we see the WONDERFUL change
wrought in the infinitesimal space Of half
a century, may We not hope for something
far better than the world has vet known
This is the first period in history when
woman has approXimated irdiy lu1l liberty
and she is s,ill very far from an even chance
with man. IL she can be practically trans
formed In far less than fifty years. may
she not in the ages TO come out grow the
bonds Of the ages past? Evolution never
stops and there is no limit to its possibilities
When the proposed National Associa-
ton of independent Workmen are fully
orranized and in a position 70 enforce
their right to sell their labor 70 the best
advantage to themselves. will they be
ready 10 grant women the same right?
IDA Hustled HARPER