New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
A NEW ERA IN POLITICS
George Foster Peabody Predicts It's
Dawn with Woman Suffrage.
EdItor al The Trihunc

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: | am glad Of tho occasion To express
my appreciation OF the action Of your paper
in giving space for ample discussion Of the
question OF votes for women. which IS with
MS n very live question until II Is settled IN
the affirmative.
II is most suitable that Tho Tribune
should take this position. as It's great ed
tor. Horace 'ecley. was most coura Geous
sixty years ago I'm keeping the journal
/ ever true 10 women" / was interested in
the account II the cleveland national CON
vention OF 1873 10 lind this record NO ridi-
cuie Of oar cause. no sueers al our advo-
l'cates found place in Tho Tribune"
The fundamental arguments in favor OF
woman suffrage made ~ such great men
Of the past as George William Curtis
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Wendell Phillips.
DR. Charming. William Lloyd Garrison and
many Other leaders Of the cause Of equal
rights could not then be controverted. nor
can they now. The cause to-day has the
added force Of ~" greatly increased influ-
cncc Of women ia the community by reason
Of their enlarged education and Increase Of
admitted rights which the persistent agi;a-
ton has won from men.
The Mems League is a bcated rccogni-
ton by voters Of the lamentable lack OF
chivalry which they have exhibited since
the foundation Of this government In not
having themselves been the leaders In rec-
ognizlng the complete equality OF woman
in every relationship. The assumption that
men are the people" Is mortifying to some
men who know that only as voters is the
claim made The fact thar these leagues
have been 50 late In organizing and are so
few I'm numbers is in itself a noticeable
shortcoming Of men and convincing argu-
ment for the release OF women from the
practical slavery TO men which is involved
in their not having their fun share I'm he
direction Of the government The more
complicated conditions OF life which mod
ern industry forces upon men and women
increases greatly the necessity for utilizing
directly for government all the wisdom and
bower which humanity can marshal II is
manifest that IN no relation Of life do men
succeed without the active counsel and co
operation Of women | think the present
condition OF modern life and the practical
surrender OF the rights OF humanity TO the
Iuggernaut OF modern progress and cvillza-
ton Is due I'm no small part to the elm
nation OF women from the councils OF the
government and the efforts OF men to be the
'Whole people" There are too many as
poets OF the failures of men to forecast
rightly the proper functions OF government
in its relation to the people to endeavor to
enumerate them. 1t is evident that men
have so neglected their duties as voters and
have so surrendered TO the principle Of
selnshness which Is emphasized in the re-
fusal 10 woman of her true place that large
numbers even accept as necessary and per-
manent the present lamentable political
conditions.
| refer especially to the strange persist
ence Of illogical party affiliations and the
consequent demoralizing and humlllating
associations OF the party leaders and local
organizations with the degrading environ
ment Of the saloon and its numberless ram
locations The assertion that politics IS
pitch" Is In itself an unanswerable argu-
ment for our beseechng woman to take
her full share in government. for man alone
is responsible for the conditions as they
are, and 1t II evident that he Is unable to