The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-05

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shall be composed Of members chosen
every second year by the people OF tho
several States There IA not a clause IN
the Federal Constitution requiring that
they shall be men except the use OF the
masculine pronoun In defining their duties.
but the same masculine pronoun Is used IN
prescribing the punishment for treason
felony and other crimes. which unques
uonably applies 10 both sexes. Women
cannot vote for members Of Congress but
they are eligible to serve from any state
II they can secure an election-but that
Is a very, very large II.
This is the season when Cardinal Gibbons
generally issucs his annual edict on the
woman question, This year he has Sc
best medium Of communication with his
followers. His Eminence and Mr.. Box
have a great many thoughts in common
on this subject. The Cardinal takes for
his theme The Restless Woman" but
we feel obliged to say that II the editor
of the Journal bought IL for a new story,
this fact IL not much OF a tribute to his
shrewdness. az a large part Of II is the same
old article, word for word, that made such
a stir two years ago.
Being written by a Catholic priest, natu-
rally the major part Of IL Is devoted TO wife,
hood, motherhood and domestic life. The
shibboleth Of the modern woman seems
to be-, 'masCulinity is greater than mother
hood, " he says, and Includes In his male
diCtions the club women, the college women,
the athletic women, the society women
and-most reprehensible Of all-the women
who are asking for the franchise. But
right here comes a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Gibbons believes women should have
Municipal Suffragel He didn't believe
this two years ago-or at least he didnt
mention the fact. Here is what he says:
Il hope the day will never come when
In this land all women will be allowed to
register their votes, sdpe, perhaps, IN Hu-
Hicipdi elections, which come near to tho
home and might, therefore, be properly
influenced by those who should be RESPONSE
bic for the home. Who enters the political
arena Is sure to be soiled by it's mud. As
soon as woman thrusts herself into, poll
tics and mlngles with the crowd to deposit
her vote, she must expect 10 be handiSd
roughly and to surrender, perhaps wholly,
at least in part, that reverence now justly
paid her"
1t seemed as IL che would not get any
muddier II she would just stamp her ballot
for the rest of the ticket while she Ia In the
booth voting for municipal officer NJ. 1t
would be rather difficult TO convince a
wife and mother that members OF the
Legislature, for instance, who make the
laws which govern liquor selling, gambling
and houses OF Ill repute, do not come quite
as near TO the home as some OF the city
officers, such as the clerk, auditor, trea-
surer, &c. As for the woman being
handled roughly when she, goes TO de.
INpHll utI NpVs NHdN bbJtNNApA "SAs SSS
when the Australian ballot came In.
What the restless woman really ought
20 do is to snuggle down into the bosom
Of the Church and keep still, 'as God and
n ature intended she should
Several other great men have spoken
lately. President Eliot Of Harvard Col
lege, one Of the most unhinching oppo-
nents Of the enfranohise ment OF women.
In a written opinion as TO whether the
G..al aLA0.lI 10 III - VahfanA
said. Il must confess myself unable TO
imagine how a State in this Union can be
peacefully and prosperously conducted
with q large majority, or even a minority,
OF It's inhabitants deprived Of the suffrage
He seems 70 forget all about Massa.
chusetts, with a very large majority OF
her inhabitants deprived of the suffrage,
and President Eliot himself using all Of his
influence To keep them 80.
Senator J. X Hawley Of Connecticut, out
spoken In opposing the franchise for women.
thus expressed himself in writing on taking
the ballot away from the negro: Any class
Of citizens deprived Of a vote hold their
liberties at the mercy OF other people.
The women Of Connecticut will ask the
Constitutional Convention this month TO
incorporate a clause giving them the fran
chise. Will Senator Hawley assist in reliev-
ing the women Of his own State from the
helpless position Of holding their liberties
at the mercy OF other people?
In a recent issue Of the Commoner Mr..
Bryan waxod eloquent over the outrageous
treatment of the Flipinos by the United
States. As the browning act OF injustice
he cites: And they are denied representa-
ton in the legislature which taxes them.
In a recent interview Mrs. Bryan Is quoted
as saving: -Mr. Bryan has never quite
reached the point OF favorins woman
Is IL not singular how men will stand up
for the rights OF those Of their own sex, DO
thew white or black or yellow, and yet remain
totally oblivious 20 the injustice OF denying
the same rights 20 women2
They are a chivalrous lot over In Eng
land. Recently the governing board OF
the Macclesheld lnhrmary appointed Miss
Murdoch Clark a. junior house surgeon.
Thercup2n the xix honorary surgeons re-
signed. The hoard then met and re-
quested DR.. Clark 20 hand in her %resigna-
ton. She answered that she was fighting
the battle OF women physicians end would
not DO II. The board then adjourned 10
think over what should be done next
In London last week the masculine stan
Of the Chronicle threatened 10 resign In a
body II something wa not done "a check
the cncToachm,ut- - women Journalists
~" salaries 81 all the womeH ou"-thlfd.
Now there Will be a protest from tho mon
that women are undertaking them IN
tie field = labor.
Mime. Sarah Grand must feel that her
lecture Ga Mere Man h % tame an air
sIIoa ~, attended the Pilgrim Hothrfs'
d.ur.f and hsarI Mrs Lnlo nvyrrcuI
blaar ou tNo subject
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