The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-20
HoM4N ANp TIE STATE.
The Philosophy and the sarcasm Of
Ypu,an Advocate OF Poll teal Equality.

Woman yocAte OF Poll teal Equality.
To TIM EpfroE or THR SUN--Sir' May |
suggest TO "Medcus.- whose letter you
printed In THE Sun OF Feb. ~. that the pun
liolty Of the Horse Show woman In not the
publicity that the woman suiIraRists, OF both
sexes. intend 70 have'
am an American working woman. de-
scended from generations OF Americans my
suandfathers and erandmothers helped TO
settle the country and to fight the battles oil
the war for Independence. My own rather
was Union soldier In the war for the Union.
! have earned my living In tho city OF New
York for more than thirty years l have
been spat upon and smoked on. and ogied ana
insulted In nameless ways In Its streets BY
many OF its voters. II had not had a home.
might In my earlier life. very possibly. have
fallen n victim 10 the well protected male
prostitutes who infest the city and whose
interest In women is based on doctors
ethics and the business ethics OF a Johann
Koch.
have. however. always been able TO see
two sides to publicity. and ad wise "Medieus
TO do So have more than once refused
a reporter my photograph and In this am
like thousands OF other women.
What "Medicus" has to say OF the Horse
Show woman Ia doubtless In the main true.
They match tho Horse Show male citizens
who accompany them. and for whose en-
joyment they are what they ara. That they
are what they are Is due entirely to the teach
ing OF immoral canon and statute law. and
the wicked mlslnterpretatioD OF the Constl-
tuition OF the United States
Canon law and much statute law Ia based
on tho teaching OF Aristotle twho was an
trologlstl and upon Thomas Aquinas who
mislnterpreted Aristotle TO save irrational
dogma Though Aristotle was a great spirit
nal thinker his physics and metaphysics were
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unfortunately for the modern world. The
United States as O nation Is. In It's Constith-
tion. based theoretically on a principle which
is the very opposite OF the Arlstoteliau. yet.
practically. II tries TO uphold this principle.
so VIZ are q house divided against itself. as
present social conditions abundantly prove.
The nation needs Ito Intelligent women In
politics. and such publicity as they may need
they win be helped to get by all Intelligent
male citizens" say male citizens" ad-
vsedly. for In this my native State there are.
politically no men. manhood suffrage has
not yet reached us from the West. because
the majority OF our voters are tall uncon-
teiians as to believe with their master that
man ia a human male only and political
This Is the definition which Theodore Roose-
welt practically gave 10 the word man" in
his speech on Monday evening at the Waldorf.
He found the negro pr oblemN'a grave one.
and so It Ia but the universal suffrage prob
lem L. even srsyer. and he da1es not touch IL;
ana stss most sh'
BY the tiger. the donkey and the elephant.
while, most unfortunately. the Church can,
together in the quagmire OF an Aristotelian
materialsm quite equal to that Of Ernst
cept OF what God. man or nation IL. for
fear OF uplifting the women.
So we set the dear flag atop, OF the public
schoolhouse and teach our children to bow
To II, miscallng this patriotism. while we
carefully instruct one-haf of them that II
cannot and must not mean for them what
II does for the other half. And what does 1t
mean for the other half
The ballot. for any one. should be at least
and the course OF study in that grade should
be enriched by such instruction as shall teach
all children that the ballot is the prime bull
wgrk OF the nation tthe president Of Harvard
and that the right to cast II consists In
knowledge OF. and an intellectual appreoia-
such appreciation would insure love for
them. and VIII 70 try to make them real.
v.v NE a a Fes che ssTs saf
immigrants come to our shores even in the
steersge. so deficient IN all sense Of what
liberty and political rights mean to the in
divdual az are thousands OF our well-to-do
Political liberty and rights mean nothing
OF the least human Importance TO any in
dlvidual, except as that individual realizes
that she IL called to the conservation OF the
OF to-day from one NEE end Of the country TO the
other ia jnst this That there u an individual
and private right in the ballot: that is pos
session does not carry with II the obligation
TO use II for the universal good. This Is the
prolific seed that the extreme OF anarchism
sows bring forth the bitter fruit 81 s5tTe@s
prove for the nation before long. And this.
thanks to John D. Rockefeller and the we'll
"the nation is all OF us" and that there Is no
such individual liberty and rights az they
and the rabble OF male immigrants who come
to our shores in the Storage and out of it
dream OF.
The majority OF these political animals
also ~ f bo an" ths9 are Hfs
With With Their own and that through is use they
and the nation into their private property as
well, so even that the Legislatur es may belong
Yet ali the while this nation is pledged TO
maintain a republican form OF government.
20 keep just balance between anarchism
be another Russia or Australia. and Ameri-
oan democracy. now struggling so hard for
birth, will never be born,
The only way In which this cane be done
IL to incorporate In our school system knowl-
edge OF that truth In regard to themselves
self-respect and true patriotism in our chill
Some time ago after a Presidential election.
I said to prosperous business Retter. Well
how did you like the election, and for whom
did you vote'- To my amazement he replied
Il never vote a business man should have
no politics, lest he offend soma OF his Gus
toners" And this well TODD commercial
grub passes for a man, end Ia invested with
the holy orders OF citizenship
In closlns let, me assure Medicus" that
the only way 10 have kept intelligent Ameri-
can women where such persons as himself
Mr. Roosevelt and Mrs Corbln would evil
IDENTIFY like TO have them. waA to have pre-
vented their learning the alphabet: but since
this was not done land they have learned to
read THE SrNl, the best American woman
will surely vote, SO. johnny get your gum
II YOU want TO hinder them: but before Won
get II read Aristotle's -Politics--doubtiess
the greatest book OF antiquity.
CHARforTE Y. DALEY