The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
II, Exercise in Colorado Defended ny .


To THE EDITION or The SuN-,Sir: Having been
born and educated In Brooklyn, but having lived
In Denver Col, for ten ycAp. feel somewhat
auAlihec 10 speak u womAL suffrage as found
II thsfr-
Caroline T. Corbn letter to THE SuN is 40 olev.
edy written that 1t viii give your readers wrong
impression unless Its weakness is pointed out
". may pass over the single case OF the oorrip-
ton OF one woman, for as that letter says, there
were Two men involved In &C. but beg 10 dispute
the statement that the case points deep moral.
An Isolated case OF female dishonesty, when al,sl
know OF many thousands OF cases OF mems
dishonesty In politics Is a sorry argument against
woman suffrage. IL may be- true that some women.
perhaps many, throughout the country feel no
drawing toward political duties This is pariicu-
larry true In large ccsnotably SO In the sections
OF our country where woman suffrage does not
oxist-but among my host OF acquAlntanceS and
friends In Denver one only expressed indifference.
and she always voted because. the suffrage having
been given she felt It her duty TO do so. In
deed, noticed. at irst with considerable surprise,
that the best women Of Denver went to the polls
and sun NAMED as sweet. womanly
home makers their sisters In anti sunrhgisI
States. That II may be known that am tree frun
prejudice. permit me to say that have never been
a member OF q womAnIs club nor have had any
political duty other than casting my ballot
Probably Mrs. Corbln would be unable to defend
her statement IN regard TO Kansas. Perhaps she
did not mean 1t TO be taken literally, but II her
reference TO that State Ia as misleading and unfair
the sur which follows In regard TO the state Of
anarchy In Colorado, IL would better have bten
omitted The lAwlcssncss ln Colorado which Mrs.
Corbin thinks should have been prevented
corrected. by the female voters, wholly due 20
an extreme condition OF labor troubles and the
present uncertainty following H.
AS 10 the real choice OF the people for Governor
It Ia due entirely 70 the political machinery, which
Is not controlled by the women. Surely any ono,
even the most extreme advocate Of woman suffrage.
would not claim that the mere fact OF women
voting would Immediately, or In short time.
wholly purify and change conditions or political
methods which have been In force for many years.
To quot. Mrs. Corbin; The kernel OF the whole
situation is. Does woman suffrage point way 10
the highest and best evolution OF the woman sou'-
As far as know no woman SuiirAgist ever claimed
that IL did. II Is simply question OF rcht and
wrong. Should not every woman taxpayer have
voice, II she wishes It. In the selection OF those
who will ornolally act for her In executive arars'
woman's soul is certainly not crampcd nor rs
grown turned backward by her Interest In ATalrs
of her city. State or country, and she certainly
has eIcried and Is Sill eKering powerful In
nucRce for good In the grave question concerning
a United States Senator from Utah. and this with
the loss of womanly quality or the holding
OF any political Once.
Again quoting Mrs. corbin. Woman suffrage
has not purned politics In Colorado" ! am told
on legal authority that Colorado has the most sd-
vAnced laws OF any State In the Union for the care
and protection OF the home and the children. and
Judge Lindsey has written These laws In my
opinion. would not exist at this time II II were not
for the powerful influence OF woman suffrage
There Is u feeling by some that the casting ofa
vote by women gives 70 them a mannlsh faint or
takes from them some OF their inner qualities. bus
II others had the same opportunity 10 observe that
have had think they would feel differently about
It. May God bless the women OF Colorado
EAST OxASox. Feb ia AsHIR T. HALsTI