The San Francisco call., 1909-01-24
Mrs. Clarence MaCkaySays
All Women Should Vote
Equal Suffrage Asked for Sake of Children and
Prevention of Graft in Big Cities
By c. c. Carlton
ISeecial Dispaleh o The CalIl

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-AIrs. Clarence
Maokav. having won one or two local
school contests waged in her little
Long ssiand nome town, Roslyn, TO say
nothing OF one or two church wars
has given a wider scope TO her ambi-
ton and promises 10 become one OF
The worlds greatest workers for equal
suffrage. she began by converting Mr.
Mackay and incidentally beguiled him
of spare cash with which to help
finance the equal suffrage movement
Then she converted Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. She had Mrs. Vanderbilt in
q bow with her last week at the Berke-
ley lyceum when the play. Votes Ior
Women" by Elizabeth Robbins was
read by Marion Craig Wentworth.
They were accompanied by Mr. Mac
kay. who Joined the Equality League
of disappearing Women by signing
his name TO a piece Of paper, and today
lie is counted an earnest supporter
Mrs. Mackay believes that II women
voted and held Office the administra-
non OF public affairs in big cities
where graft has thrived, such as New
York. Philadelphia, Pittsburg and san
Francisco. would be inmeasurably ben
sfted She says: There is great
deal Of municipal house keeping 10 be
done which women can 90 Tar better
than men.
EQUAL suffrage. the vote for all, Is
demanded, not so much for the sake OF
The women as for the sake Of the chill
dren. Surely laws are made not only
for today, but for the future. The chill
dren are the future and nobody Wll
deny that women know what the chill
dren need; women are fit, as guardians
and understanders of the children, TO
legislate for their future.
1T seems unreasonable TO assume
that women would stand up and de-
lnand the Offices for which they are
physically untitled. We know our limi-
fations. each Of us, and we only want
10 use those tools which we are able
10 handle The more we delay making
our right heard throughout this iano
the more difficult it viii become Tor US
10 secure it. Accepted custom is bar
rior which grows more and more IN
sa assable with each accumulatlng year
our country needs our work. Woman s
training through the centuries has de
veloped her instincts so that she is able
10 analyze, 10 discriminate; 10 reed
upon the good. passing by the evil
In the ira suscOntineutal coaching trip
that viii be undertaken by Norris T.
1lowlett. the famous New York whip,
starting from the Palace hotel san
Francisco on June 10. some 1900 horses
viii be REQUIRED between San Francisco
and Albany. Hewlett viii have to
relv entirely on horses hired along the
road. This in practice means the en-
rlovment in nearly all cases OF green
teams. never having previously worked
in four horse harness. The green
horses viii. however. afford better test
of coachmanship and may possibly IN
The more mountainous regions prove or
greater utility.
That several OF the stretches viii
present some very great difficulties is
feres hadowed by the fact that How
let's calculations are based on an
average Of "A miles a day. His maxi
mum DAYS run fAlbany 10 New York;
Of l6O miles VIII thus presumably be
Offset bv days when but small progress
IS possible In a few instances II may
be necessary TO employ more than the
classic four in order TO climb steep
ara des. and at some places, If horses are
not forthcoming. ii may be necessary TO
use mules.
II Hewlett carries out his program
lie viii have created a record several
hundred miles higher than the present
one. Before the Union Pacific railroad
was built the old Concord stages some
times ran through from the Missouri
river to the Pacific coast, but the pro-
uoSed run Of the Magnet will almost
double this distance