Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-06

To the Editor OF the Evening Star;
Sir:-In the course of her recent adj
dress to the suffragists of Newark. DR..
Anna Howard Shaw descants upon
what she terms "the position of
humiliation now occupied by Ameri-
can women" She tells us that in
other countries women are governed
| by men of them own nationality,
| but here they must submit to the
dictates OF men of every nationality,
race, color and condition. THAT, "
she adds, hurts worse than anything
else
Strictly speaking the above state
ment is somewhat incorrect. There
are in this country races and con.
ditions of men who are not permitted
| to use the ballot, fact, by the way
that goes to prove that the suffrage
| is a privilege subject to restriction
not a right to which all are alike
entitled as some are prone to con-
tend But for the sake of argument
let us assume that DR.. Shaw is more
or less correct.
Should the American woman deem
| 1t more humiliating to submit tc
the dictates Of her butler than to
bow to the political edict OF heI
cook?
Is the American woman more Am
erican than the American man? Does
the foreign born woman who adopts
this country as her home become
an American, whereas, foreign
born man similarly conditional re-
mains q foreigner? If not, surely the
! American woman who clamors fol
universal suffrage is inviting deeper
humiliation and a plunge from the
frying pan directly into the fire; fol-
| if the suffrage were allowed, every
nationality, race, color and condi-
ton" of femininity would exercise
their newly acquired citizenship By
voting, and thereby in the majority
of cases, merely duplicate the vote:
of their male relatives than whom
they would be more ignorant ant
untitled for the uses of the ballot
This certainty, it seems to my "un
advanced mind, should tend to in
crease rather than lessen the hunnil
iation of the simon-pure American
woman whose parents, luckily, die
not delay until after her birth t
come over"
Anyhow, the American male mon
| grel-Heaven bless him! has mad
this country the very top notch bes
place on earth for any woman to liv
ILL., IL ldCi StitOB CiilCi tOO oStbiitiJ ehP
lpreciated by the advanced" Ameri
lean woman.
1t was DIR. Shaw-if my memor,
lserves-who not very long ago coun
selled woman among the idle AM
more or less rich who had becom
nervous wrecks through the effect
lof bridge whist orgies-the grea
number of whom she deplored-t
forget their gains and losses in tina
precarious pastime, and to take o
the study of politics.
If the suffrage were granted t
women, would DIR. Shaw sugges
sound timber for political office an
craftsmanship 1t is a noted fact tina
the code of honor among female gamh
lers is lower than that among NAL
gamblers; and the woman who be
comes so unstrung over card play
ing that she needs rest cure, woulC
liz she should engage in the might
, and crafty game of politics, 500
, require a restraining sheet in til
"disturbed' ward of a psychopathi
: hispital: besides. the neurastheni
lady with the gambler instinct-th
ambition to acquire something fc
lnothing-would not be likely [
, very much resemble in the strict COZ
: scientiousness of character thos
! marvellous models of political virtu
who, according to Mrs. o. H. p. Be
: mont, are to revolutionize and mi
. lenialize politics when women vote
Then" that ardent lady assure
us. 1.-THE blind struggle will be ovel
. there will be light where there Is no
darkness. Order will be brought oil
of chaos.
: Has anything like that transpire
, out in Colorado? "Not"-in the We
r nacular---"so that you could motto
: it" though woman suffrage VIZ
granted in that State twenty yea
z | ago.
In fact, Denver its chief city, beal
a very juicy and rank reputation
Q and in an election held there to d.
n eide the liquor question. seventies
o wears after women were allowed Il
ballot. the wet" vote was near
d double that of the dry elemen
8 Indeed, the liquor vote among Il
4 women was so heavy that the salool
s keepers themselves were astounde
r and after the close of the contest Fl
8 cetiously derided their dry opp
t nents.
In California, where woihen are Ell
franchised, conditions similar pr
wall, From Redondo Beach. tn