New-York tribune., 1909-02-18
ALLIED TO SOCIALISM
Woman Suffrage Means Revolution,
Sags Mrs. Johnson.

..7rbs truth "a that woman suffrage Is not end
unto itself; It is increasingly the insTuile4iO -
socialism. The end professedly sought nlolo ,. ~
more openly by the true leaders Is the o'etet.
Of the whole present social order-aooltion OF re-
igion of government, Of the marriage reIa'ioh oI
the homo. AS IN the republic OF Athens lne StA1e
came to be substituted for the gods as an ooJect %
reverence and decay came swiftly. so no" ~ IN
anty is in a hand-to-hand struggle with tls same
force We need not fear, but We do need 70 s'I@in IA
every nerve that Christ may not De oAOIeH -
the house Of His friends"
drIcz Johnson (NIrs. Rossiter Johnson IN d POS.
script to her book. Woman and the F'ePuDll-,
which has been republished by the National Leae %
for the Civic Education OF Women, unuel '"0
presidency OF Mrs Richard Watson GlloeI.
The same opinion expressed in the Garner paI.
Of the book and the lapse OF time slilCe 10 - -
was written has only served 10 cOhitH' nc - -,
,.,ar.s Woman suffrage she considers 10 Dc AZ
-,r,o+inla with sound republican government. anu
she finds Il to be allied to socialism on one sIu
aristocratic tendencies on the other ->ol Ol0 20
+jcIa op nrogress'' she asserts. has woman SUI
50 ,,ada anywhere in the world except uIue.
-. - bctb Of -hese conditions" Republics ancLeh1
and modern she finds TO have been uniVeFSsily - -
favorable 10 the exercise OF the HaH0Ls
,or "Greak women" she says. retired 10 'o
"oi ,.s - the liberty OF their people grew
- +ba same thing she hnds TO be true IL oliieI
tiroes and among other peoples DurIl's ' -
- s,,,7sIisro women who were land owners llai ~
- tights ag other mobiles; they couu i0
-, vnonev and administer justice IN
o-tto, as the aristoCratic power iosV Us N %
+ror7en we're exempted from these Sei'i'7
Gained in moral influence 80 49,, ~
7var,,bI,can France and Switzerland nave ~
- ,.r from political power. but auto
- p.eie and its Asiatc colonies nave more
woman suffrage than Englano. 49,. .,.
Gaming to America. Mrs Johnson mus &c
.,I9,o ~ woman suffrage was not only un-
lnuouu1't0 - -os anti-denlocratic. In Utah II
~ - saws as a legitimate part OF the u''ioI.
- ,,turr7 and state Of communism OF
- wyoming II secured oy means &C 80
-. -, , mo, democracy. In Colorado and lo7i'o
4. IS on outgrowth of the popunst nO' '0
-. - success of sound democracy MT,
-t ncongeniality OF republics TO the Pon'l..
- - the sexes has been pointed out oy SUI
l+., Mrs. Johnson says, but they ara" on
Irasls'S' ,ssors from II. They say that IN deny
~ the franchise these der1ocracles ar
80. - their fundamental principles Ms. s -
= ,.,,ares that IN a republic poiiuosi Pt Po =
s, , -. +bosa who have the physical stIene'" -
hold It, while in an arlS''O''N'
privilege property, etc - sex.,
- rbanter on Woman Suffrage ana So
NJ Johnson asserts that the sulroeo - - :.
I1o5 20 claim that man is woman eheilS'
'oIhpel'eu y .La+ ATTY years of such teaching mas
anu s ~. s.o+ The fine bloom has 100 ore"
20 tr,sbe5 from our girls delicacy OF ~ ~tIlousl'
-r1,,,- can strut through the streets III - Il 80
ii-VE sblrtfront a cravat. q choker' vest
wearing - and carrying a cane A few can
- o +ha-,ssIves in boomers and knickerOooAeiS
go -i5a astride a bicycle They ape Iio IL '
,ttre, except courtesy 10 women ., -
aTndinr to views Of the marriage Question sa
.,ra5 rv leading suffragists. Mrs Johnson quoeeS
VaiiCe s - - the Mothers Of the Rebellion Two
- ~ o,-1s fused into by an tmpasSioned Iove-
,. i, marriage and this is the only cornerstone
of an enduring home ..-, have
Homes built solely upon this cornerstone nav
s,,rad IN this country comments Mrs
It-son .'The children born under such prinelpeS
@ 80 cave Of by the community IN a building
apart from the pure souls The 1nstituuonsl
tt,giro M of children was lately advocated %
Mrs stanton BIatch at suffrage nhee'lisS