The sun., 1903-05-17

Ps-g VI .oitn0r party platform was en-
acted into law, almost every bill was passed
In which the women were specially in
terested In matters for the public GOOD
lhey generally unite without regard to
party ahiliations Among these were bills
providing for juvenile court and maxim &
1t Is believed now that this State has the
most enlightened and perfect system for
dealing with youthful offenders. Another
regulates the conditions OF employment
% OF women and children and prohibits the
employ yment OF the latter under the age Of
"a. Others, which the women either
presented or strongly indorsed afford
greater protection 10 birds and increase
lhe appropriation for the Humane Society;
| repeal the law allowing girls Of the Indus
triai School to he indentuied and make it
misdemeanor to entice them away; i'm
[ prove IN many respects the provisions for
schools, already excellent; increase the time
| OF residence necessary in a town to secure
a vote on the liquor question, thus pre-
not only hs wife SemPe apd cs1en but
MS parents. II necessary Most Of these
bills required no work on the part Of the
women, but were passed without opposi-
ton.
TO the women was that requiring the State
TO take over the travelling libraries which
the Federation OF Clubs had been maintain
ing, to make an appropriation and appoint
commission which should consist partly or
women. All Of this was done except that
the Governor appointed an entire COM
mission of women. The property. laws Of
Colorado are largely n survival Of the old
mining camp days when wives were OFTEN
too far away to be made party to trans,
actions. The present Legislature provided
that chattel mortgages cannot be given
by either husband or wife without the
signature of the other; that. on the death
of child intestatc, father and mother
shall inherit equally; and also that property
shall descend in the same proportion to
the parents Of husband and wife instead
of all going to those Of the husband
In long interview on the negro question.
Judge j. c. Pugh, of the Louisiana Circuit
Court OF Appeals is quoted as saying; Edu, tI
the negro girls. A large percentage OF
them. among the lower classes. have no
well-def1ned conception of what the word
virtue means, and the lecherous disposition
of the great ma ajority Of the men manifests
developed in the race. as whole, price
in the honor Of its women. and no people
can reach very high stage OF civilization
whose women are not virtuous,
Here is expressed again the one-sldea le,d
began to be placed on vlrtue-teach woman
to defend herself but do not teach man to
make this defence necessary; a certain
amount Of virtue Is essential to the hl9hest
civilization and women must furnish Prac-
tically the entire amount. Men OF we
higher races feel a supreme pride IN the
virtue of their women, but no especial
shame in the lack Of 1t among themselves.
And to maintain this national glory they
place the whole burden on the weaker
sex. The girl is taught from her cradle
that virtue is her rarest possession In.
struction on this point forms no part OF
the boys education Not only must woman
keep guard over her own. immoral In
stincts, but she must also hold at bay those
of men which they themselves have never
been taught TO control. Eyerywhete
woman is held by men responsible ior the
morality Of society which he himself feels
at entire liberty to undermine.
BY all means educate these poor weak
negro girls to protect themsel ives against
the men OF their race-and incidentally.
it might be mentioned. against the men OF
some other races. But would 1t not be we'll
at the same time to take the negro boys III
hand and see if that dangerous disposition
cannot be disciplined out OF them' hnd
should the experiment prove successful, 1t
might be tried on some boys not quite so
dark-as to complexion-in the North as
we'll aS the South.
Gov. Yates Of Illinois has Just vetoed the
bill providing for the examination, regis
tration and licensing OF trained nurses by
the State Board Of Health. He gave a.
the principal reason that "it contained too
and that ANY legislation which TENDS 70
discourage ministrations to the sick should
be most carefully scrutiniLed:
The same objections could be made to
licensing physicians Apatient might suner
az serious consequences from an inefficient
nurse as from an incompetent physician.
The trained nurse IA among the most valu-
able products Of modern times. and In case
Of illness 1t is the greatest comfort to secure
one with the proper certificate OF proficiency;
Association Of Nurses. through the state
branches, and advocated by the vast major
ity of physicians. 1t was adopted during
the past winter by New York. New jersey,
Virginia and North Carolina.
The Massachusetts State Association
Opposed to the Further Extension OF Suf-
frage to Women held it's annual meeting
last week in the parlor OF the Hotel Vendome
in Boston. The last annual convention
of the New York Anti-sufrrage, Society
Buffalo. That Of Illinois finds ample room
in Mrs. Caroline F; Corbin,s .parlor.
No other State in the Union has ever
Northern State holds annual suffrage con-
ventions in the largest church or hall that
can he secured in the various cities, and ii il
crowded to the doors. But the
papers 90 right on taking ABOUT the
large and strong body arrayed against the
movement" @the formidable opposition
and -the vast majority Of women who
protest"
A Mrs e. T. Harris has begun suit for
damages against the Pullman, Car Com
pany because she was compelled to ride
from Nashville to Memphis in a sleeper
with members Of the Tennessee Legis-
lature, 'who made night hideous with
their vulgar language and other noise
This is a most momentous case, Tor II 1t is
decided against the company the logical
result will be Jim Crow cars for the especial
,ise of members Of the Legislature and other
noliticisns, IDA HUsTBD HARPER.
LEGISLATION FOR CHILDREN,
Progress Of the Movement to Separate
Juvenile and Adult Offenders.
The establishment OF the Children's