The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05

against us. PRESIDENTIAL suffrage is ana
thema TO them because, they say, it will
he a further opening wedge which will
lead TO our having all
II think that, notwithstanding this in
| fuence, we would have succeeded last
winter If il had not been the time for elect
ing a United States Senator. and if his
election had not made a vacancy in the
Congressional delegation. That circum-
stance get bee buzzing in the bonnets
of number of our supporters in the State
! Senate. Our strongest friends and weight
lest enemies happened to he in TIE c-@..rct
where occurred the vacancy. so our
friends weakened in support Of our bill
while they went in pursuit of the Con-
grcssional plum, which, am happy to say.
they did not get.
"in the House we had many friends
and good chance of success. The great
Republican boss Cyrus Leland, cham
election proved our doom II was further
sealed ny the selection of the State Printer,
for Mr.. Leland cracked the whip unspar-
ingly and defeated very popular man
by the strength of the machine. He had
elected the Senator by a big fight The
previous fall he had elected the Governor
the same way. BY the time he had reached
the Suffrage bill the revolt had begun.
The dsaffected hunted up the disgruntled,
and they said Here, we've got a party
dictator in Leland, and he shall not stuff
woman suffrage down our Threats, So
they defeated us to punish him. Women,
you know, can't strike back very hard,
even in Kansas, SO they were safe in wreak-
ing their displeasure on us. Noftzger Is
our arch-enemy II is not true. az the
newspapers said, that ladies showered
our opponents with flowers. The only
bouquet sent was by Mrs. Noftzger. Here
tofore the only flowers ever. presented to
those who voted against our bills were by
openly notorious women.
"We could have secured resolution
submitting an amendment to the voters
and that is what we should have asked
for. number of our friends voted against
the bill because they were opposed to any
ought TO have obtained the full franchise
instead of the municipal in 1887. At every
election our vote defeats somebody who
ever afterward is our enemy Municipal
suffrage does make friends for us; it has
converted many to the principle of equal
political rights, but. alas, by its exercise
for sixteen years we have made many
enemies who have been able to prevent its
extension.
When the Williams and Walker troupe
of negro performers who recently gave
an entertainment at children's party in
Buckingham Palace were interviewed as
to their impressions" they declared that
what impressed them more than anything
else was the refined and courteous behavior
of the children, not only toward their elders,
but toward each other. They only express
what has been remarked by others who
have had an opportunity to observe the
children of the English nobility and cul-
tured classes. The London papers have
many complaints to make of the bad man
ners which have been brought to Great
Britain by American men and women:
They will not realize what calamity OF
this sort really is until the manners OF
American children have been imported
and gained foothold There is nothing
like them even among the children of Gem
trail Africa and the FIJI Islands. The on
spring of those savage races may be little
demons, who would not hesitate to Kill
and eat each other. but they could never
approach the refnements of barbarism
practised by their prototypes in the United
States Here all are born. free and equal,
which means that the children are equal
to their parents and free to do whatever
they please. One constantly marvels at
the ingenuity with which they conjure
up disagreeable performances and while
outsiders are filed with thankfulness that
they have door of escape, they are moved
with sympathy for the parents who are
sentenced for term of years.
We are far too loyal to the greatest re-
public on earth TO covet the houses or
lish cousins, but we may be pardoned II We
do entertain a slight feeling of envy when
we think of their well-behaved children.
The president Of the senior class of the
Columbian University of Law, who re-
fused to accept his diploma because one was
given TO a qualified woman tudent, is still
hanging by the gills. The faculty Of the
law school have declined to confer degree
upon him and have referred his case to
the trustees of the university. 1t is to
be hoped that they will sustain the faculty.
The name of the young man is Haskell
Burleson Tulley and he halls from Tennes-
see. The Supreme Court Of Tennessee has
Just refused to allow a woman to practise
before 1t, although, after long-fought
battle, she has been admitted 10 practise
in the lower courts. This young scion Of
the old male aristocracy comes honestly
by his intolerance, and perhaps he should be
regarded with some charity
To celebrate the 25Oth anniversary Of
New York the Times instituted History
contest" on the progress Of the city, the
competitors being the pupils Of the
schools Of the 100 cash prizes of $40, the
girls won So; Of the l, 900 medals, the girls
took $40 1t is such things as this that
make boys hostile to co-education
IDA Hustled HARPER