The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-21
JUSTICE nREwnR,s JOLLY.

 ing. with more or less earnestness or levity. as suits them best. aNrecent re- mark by Mir. Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme preme Court. Judge Brewer Is one of the most learned and scholarly of our jurists, and this is a specimen of the taffy he dealt out to the vassar girls last week:
 Who shall say that before gray hair shall cover the heads of the women here tonight, there may not sit In the White House a woman who VIII sned she, iuster pS SpSon tnis country yg,ns as 9Seen Vic
 It must not be inferred from this that Judge Brewer meant to intimate that we are to have Queen to rule over ps. except as all American women are queens in their own right His Americanism Is too well grounded for that. What he does mean Is that wo- man suffrage may become universal and that the women will elect one of their own sex to occupy the highest office within the gift, of the American people.
 To those who read his statement the contingency seems very remote one. and when he intimates that these things may happen during the present generation one is apt to think the learned judge was merely "joshing' the vassar graduates. To bring about such an event it will first be necessary for all, or practically all of the States
 
 requisite is that the women shall unite on candidate for President-ess and all vote for her, and we think almost any woman who reads this will readily admit that uniting the women of the country in support of any one of their number will be a gigantic task. Tn addition to these difficulties 1t will also be necessary to get a goodly number of men to vote the ticket, though that might not be serious obstacle, come to think of it. Women have somo- what confirmed habit of causing men to do just what they want them to do, and it would probably be easy to get them to vote for woman, especially if she is young and handsome. Come to think of 1t again. that isn't the sort of woman who would be likely to get the nomination.
 way on the subject:
 Even as 1t Is. woman without throne and without a dynasty Is recog- nized in the United States as queen to whom every manly and chivalrous American ought to do homage. But a woman President in the White House Washington W. uld find herself fet- tered to a far greater extent than the uncrowned queen of private life. She made bS horrid men. She would have to execute laws which might seem to her to be cruel and un- just: She would oe most aosoroed Tn other woman in the land was devoting her whole time to the selection or Easter gowns and bonnets. That the be pleased at the opportunity to make frequent speeches from the throne or forward messages to the national leg isdatufe tson for the e0t daughters a of Eve have ever loved to talk. But this Is only half an inducement The law making body controls the public press. It often ignores speeches from the throne and messages. It passes hateful laws over the executives veto. Is there any woman anxious to he the slave of congress of men when she might be ab- solnte queen over any man worthy to enjoy the blessings of such sover- eighty? Let woman pause before she abdicates one throne to ascend another.
 Let not The Sun be too cock-sure in its predictions that a woman would not be glad to accept a nomination for the high office of President, especially if there should appear a possibility>>of election. In every age and country there have been women who were not only ambitious, but able. They were not only willing to rule nation. but were qualified to do SO. and we don't think any true American gentleman will so much as intimate that our women are below any who have lived. Queen Victoria was a good woman and she ruled England wisely and well. but she was neither great nor brilliant. aside from the fate which made her ruler. She was in no respect a re- markable woman, but she was certain ly a good queen. It would not be diff superiors in native ability or acquire ments.
 The Sun advances one argument against Judge Brewers theory that Is certainly not without weight. A wo- man possessed of both talent and ann bition. with a strong desire to rule, would hardly endure with becoming patience the limitations imposed on our President by the Constitution, the laws and the courts. nor quietly sub init to be hampered in her designs by the formalities and anchors which are part of our system. She would be con- stantly endeavoring to kick out of the traces, so to speak. and We apprehend than even the present occupant of the chair is. We suspect that there will be some high jinks in Washington if 0 Semiramis or a Catharine should find herself the occupant of the Presi- dential office. If the country falls to witness an occasional circus we miss our guess. Meanwhile, whether Justice Brewer was in earnest or was jolly ing, he has doubtless found the spark of ambition which lies dormant in many a female bkeast.
 
 The Sacramento Bee severely con- demns the school authorities of Wash ington City for barring Our Dumb Animals" from the public schools be- cause 1t had criticised the President