Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

with violating Il city ordinance. 1t Is
Il pathetic but significant rebuke to
the insolcnce of wealth. People are
apt to. entertain the idea that il they
can only get rich they are fixed for
this world. IL not for the next. Usual.
iy, man who loves money well
enough TO accumulate a large fortune
loves 1t well enough to cling to II. Hut
not always. as this case. and many an.
other testify. Money Is a nice thing
to have. but 1t Is not Il safe thing to
fasten ones life ambition upon or to
pin all Of ones hopes TO.
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The advocates of woman suffrage are
able to record two recent triumphs.
one in the astern and the other In the
western hemisphere. says the Balti-
more American. In the next election
for members of both the upper and
lower chambers of Parliament of the
Australian commonwealth women will
be allowed to vote. They will also be
eligible for seats in both houses. They
have had the full parliamentary suf-
fragc In New Zealand for ten years.
In South Australia they have voted
since 1896 and in West Australia since
1901.
So far as New Zealand is concerned
the admission of women to the fran.
chsc had no distinguishable effect on
the relative strength of parties. The
outcome of the experiment In the Aus.
tralian commonwealth will, nevcrthe-
less. he watched with interest. because
there the great majority of women are
said to he wage.earncrs. and 1t is posi-.
bic that tLeir votes may go eli massc
to the labor party.
In four American States women are
already entitled to Il vote. ana 1t seems
probable that within a few years they
will gain the full franchise in three
other states. to-wit: Oregon, Wash.
ington and South Dakota. In Oregon
the opposition to women's rights has
dwindlcd to Il small fraction of what
1t was in 1884. and the majority
against constitutional amendment
granting the franchise to women was
diminished in the state of Washington
from nearly 19.i0O In 1859 to less than
$500 In 1898. In South Dakota the ma.
iority against woman suffrage, which
in 1890 was nearly 2i.O0O. sank In 1S9S
To less than $500.
Meanwhile. partial suffrage has
been conceded to women In many parts
of the world. Thus In England both
married and single women have the
parish and district suffrage. and in Ire
| land women can vote for all oilicchold
ers except members of Parliament. III
| Norway also they have the municipal
sufrra re. and in France they can vot,
| for judges of the tribunals of com
merce. In Kansas women have the
municipal franchise: in Iowa a limited
municipal suffrage: In Ohio. Connects
cut and Delaware. the school sui1ra ge
| In Minnesota. the right to vote for II.
brary trustees. and In Louisiana the
| right to vote upon all questions sub.
mitted to taxpayers. On the other
hand. II cannot he said that women
are as near to acquiring the parlia'
mcntary franchise In the United King
dom as they seemed some years ago.
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The widespread adoption of electric
ity by tramway companies all over til,
United Kingdom has during the las
two years had the remarkable effec
of dlsplacing some 1900 horses.
\ proportion went to South Africi
| In, hA 1ns or nc hn utau n 4
have been bought by carriers, ana ON
nibus companies have taken u grea'
number. while not few are belnl
used by cab proprietOrs. or this class
of animals technically known ms INA
chimes" because OF their all around
usesJ there Is an increasing scarcity
and the electrihcation schemes are wei
coined, particularly by farmers, VIII,
have much difficulty In obtaining goot
"machlners..'
AS YET tn elcctrincation of tram
way systems and the growth of th'
motor car industry have not been fcl
by horse breeders, three or four year
generally clapsing before omnibus q
tramway car horses are efficient 70
work. The requirements of London II
this direction increase with such rapid
ity that the demand is always create
than the supply.
According to the latest Board o
Trade return, the length of tramwa.
line in the United Kingdom open 70
traffic ut the end of June 1902. wa
l,4Si miles. On so miles Of this tn
method of propulsion was electricity
and on 3Si miles Of line 23 100 horse
were employed.
When the great transformation o
American tramways took place scvcr,l
! years ago tens of thousands Of horse
were disposed of for ridiculous sum,
, Many brought only SD or $50, an
even at that figure were sometime
; sold with difficulty. There are no,
1908 miles of electric tramways N
thorizcd or under construction in tn
5 kingdom, but as most of them are eI
/ trely new ana not transformations,
+ glut of horses In the market Is M
9 likely to occur on anything like I'll
( scale that obtained in the Unite
States.
:, Eight hundred horses. the last lin
!, with ManchcStcr's horse iramway car
g are this week being sold 10y auction
a reports the London Mail. Less thn
\ two years ago there were 1000 sue
0 horses in the city, but they have bee
a displaced by electricity. Dealers frol