The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20

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snisfnnly detlasr ths' shat Miss Anihuny
should hHve don, vaa Nv cunvert women
~ = h~lief IN mo suHfnec
II " amusing In reading ihrae editorials
Nv ar~ the editors citcie around ihia
dangerous ousatiun N NAV - eatd ~
lhsir obituary notifies ~ tho New York
uaR felIal'puslv Observed ~ the fvsoiu.
ton rassrd hv tho state srhatsi III Waa
carefully vnrird ~ that N might In M
way 10 construed lo stand for suffrage
Ono neyer so fully appreciated the value
" tho subjunrtivr mood ~ " peruslnR thc-e
glowing taneryrics Whatever one may
think ~ Misa Anthony'a ~ rtllnal doctrine
Seven though W. cannot agree with her con.
%cluaions.' although many may widely
dlner,' "whcthor or not all may sym
rathise,- 1T zoos not matter N one should
not approve even those who may he
hostile 10 her cause ~ Ia not essential
that mo should coincide with her eStren's
views" over and over magnificent edi-
iorials ending with these stereotyred
phrases. which Miss Anthony hated, bedg-
Ing on tho part Of tho writer's, leaving a
loopholc Of cscnre from this s~smi-political
question, nothing to 10 gained by oom-
hitting oneself. something to be lost per-
haps-what was the cause, moral cowardioc
or simply a little 81 the moss and mould
not yet rubbed off1
On the occasion ~ Miss Anthony's eighty
sixth birthday. after letters Of empty con-
graduation had been read from the Presi-
dent, Senators and Representatives. she
came to the front Of the platform and ex-
claimed:
when will the mon do something besides
extend congratulations 7 would rather
have President Roosevelt say one word
TO Congress in favor Of my cause than to
praise me endlessly''
And 20 she would express herself In
regard to many OF these editorials. Even
those Of her own city Of Rochester, MASTER
pieces of eloqueDce, tributes that never
have been surpassed, as lofty and beautiful
as the English language is capable Of,
crediting her with every attribute Of the
noblest and highest womanhood-could
not find one word to say in favor Of the
object to which she had given her whole
life and which she placed above all that
she ever had accomplished
A large number of papers. however,
did speak clearly and oourageously in favor
of woman suffrage, and these are the edi-
torials which the writers will recall with
pride In future years. A fact especially
noticeable is that these were not confined
to anv one section Of the country. An
idea is prevalent that the Western spirit
is much more liberal than the Eastern
toward the enfranchisement Of mt
There was nothing in this editorial COM
ment to sustain that belief.
New York, Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts are three Of the oldest and most
crystallized States and yet there were
papers in the cities Of all three which spoke
strongly in favor of woman suffrage while
many in the West declared against 1t. In
every Western State there were papers
very favorable in expression, apparently
as many in one as another, all where
women have the full vote, Of course,
rather a larger proportion In Kansas, where
they nave the municipal vote. There is
very little woman suffrage sentiment among
the Southern papers. One or two are friend
" in New Orleans where women have the
taxpayers franchise.
The religious press OF the country be-
slowed upon Miss Anthony and her work
a generous and unstinted attention which
is in itself a striking illustration Of the
progress her cause has made. Unitarian,
congregational, Presbyterian, most denom-
national papers gave columns OF space;
the Methodists were especially liberal.
AS regarus woman Poi'icdi r1Rnts, leu
this point never be lost sight of-that the
sole reason in this State why they have
not been gained along with all the others is
because they alone are affected by the
Constitution Of the State and can be had
only by consent of a majority Of all the
men. II this had been necessary for all
the others, the conditions for women to-day
would be Just what they were when Susan
B. Anthony began her work ffty-ive years
ago. IDA Hustled HARPER.
LIVED TO HIS GOLDEN JUBILEE