The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01

by their accredited delegates. Not one
woman appeared In opposition. Every
member OF the Legislature. however: re-
Caroline F. Corbin, who, as has been often
stated In this column. constitutes practi-
cally all there il OF the Illinois Anti-Suf-
frage Society, One Of the elections COM
mittee. tbs Hon. Oliver w. Stewart. wrote a
singing letter to this lady, in which. after
expressing his surprise at her literature
he said
! can understand why some women may
not care to vote. Twenty Ave to 80 per cent.
q the men Of Illinois VINO we're entitled to
What I cannot understand Is why women
who DO not care for the ballot themselves
should should object 70 It's being granted to other
alone e. ne Of p !Ser c dsSsop
the Elections Committee, TO which the bill
report II fsvorsbiy to the HOUSE. and to do
Sops so To IL viii ne. cea.. it.
efforts In opposition 70 this bill. ! know q
to the Bill Or sny ysS H TX. H. and the chief
that a law such as the bill provides for would
TsiS . and and
which would naturally follow. The ladies
who compose the association opposed to
that participation In public affairs In the
wss The e. s5 t SGe' but not
to occur at any time when matters when
concern women are up for public discussion.
of my life to wcI in support Of. the Sin which
part IN the pas.ass Of bilI d9ins even .mpler
1t will not be month. however, until
some Chicago paper will have an editorial.
which will be widely copied declaring that
a strong anu-suhrage association exists
in Illinois which represents the large ma
jority OF the women OF the State that
-the best women do not want TO VOTE DC
dc, the same old threadbare repetitions.
During the Presidential campaigns OF
1895 and 1900 the woman suffragists OF the
country were scored by the followers Of
and work for the peerless candidate. who,
they were assured, was an ardent advocate
Of equal rights for women as well as for
men. lis he not the only candidate who
ever has held meetings for the sole puI-
pose OF addressing womenl' they asked
credulous and confding. whatever may
be their other weaknesses, had this gentle.
men interviewed on the question several
years ago and he declared that he never had
given il any serious thought and was not
The one and only subject about which he did
not have his views on tap, the suhra gists
did not feel any special obligation to give
him their valuable support.
Now Mr.. Bryan has just been addressing
the " o mems Democratic League Of Brook
Ign, which has embarrassment As one
OF the planks in its platform Mr.. John
8. Crosby, in presenting him, closed his
speech by saying: The one great injustice
is the denial OF the ballot to woman. and !
know Mr. Bryan will say amen to this.
Il IL 4VxA
my friend has said something which
might commit me to woman suffrage.
but am not committed IN Il. / have enough
TO do with mems suffrage without branch
ing out into womens suffrage. T0-day
We are dealing with economic and political
questions Ihave my hands full with them
Evidently in Mr.. Bryans far-reaching
and al-embracing philosophy the right
women to representation Is neither an
economic nor a political question. The
remainder Of his speech was devoted -
an imprisoned appeal that the h voice nsyo o.
alton declared in burning accents. The
Democratic party will stand in the future
for what il has stood In the past-for the
rights Of the masses against the trusts
and privileged Glasses.
II would be difficult to ind bigger trust
than the suffrage trust. now wholly In the
hands OF men, with It's stock continually
watered by the admission OF everything OF
the masculine persuasion. There 10 not
In the United States 80 infanl Gus an example
OF privileged classes' as u found in the
men endowed with the supreme power OF
the ballot which Is absolutely denied TO the
women. Since the Democratic party 10
going to stand for the rights OF the masses
against the trists and privileged classes
il will need leader who Ia broad enough
to include women among the 'masses
n the Democratic Womens League en-
10Y such stun they are entitled TO their
AT of it. but they will hardly need a magni-
fying glass TO discover one flaw at least
In their .nawless jewel
A good many OF the newspapers are
expressing considerable apprehension
as TO the approaching national elections
in Aust ralia because in several OF its states
women outnumber men. This anxiety
seems entirely uncalled for, IA these same
papers have continually asserted that
women do not want TO vote and wouidnt
do so il they had the chance. To be sure
thew have voted in increasingly larger
proportion than the men in New Zealand
and the Australian States. where they
have had the franchise. but that does not
alter the refrain that women don't want
the suffrage and wouldn't use y II they
had IL. IDA HUNTED hAhrA"'
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