New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
Sir Almroth Wright's "Unex-
purgated" Presentation Wide
Iy Discussed in London.
AS TO "MAN MADE" LAWS
Says Women Are Insolvent,
Politically, and Therefore
Have No Claim to Control
Country's Finances.

VI. D.. F. r. s.. has published, through
Constable e. Co, small volume, entitled
The Unexpurgated Case Against Wom-
an Suffrage" which is the most widely
discussed book Of the moment, It's argu
ments being welcomed or combated ac-
cording to the predlspositon of the read
or toward the question which has been
so prominently forced on public attention
In recent years.
The author denies that there is truth
behind the belief that everything that has
a bearing upon the concession Of the suf-
frage to woman has already been brought
forward. and claims that In reality the
influence Of woman has caused man 10
leave rnsaid many things which he ouch,
10 have said In two respects especially
women. he suggests. have restricted the
discussion:
"She has placed her taboo upon all
generalizations about women, taking ex-
ceptlon TO these on the threefold grouni
that there would be no CONGRATULATIONS
which would hold true OF all women
that CONGRATULATIONS when reached pos
scss no practical utility; and that the ele-
ment Of sex does not leave upon women
any general imprint such as could prop
erly be brought up in connection with the
question of admitting them 10 the elec'
torate Woman has further stitied discus
sion by placing her taboo upon anything
seriously vnflattering being said about her
in public"
Sir Almroth lays aside these restrlc-
lions. Only by felicitous exercise OF the
faculty OF generalization, Sir Almrotn
urges. is II possible to arrive at KNOW
edge Of the truth.
Saws Campaign Lacks Sanction.
The book is divided into three parts
tho first dealing with arguments which
are adduced in support OF woman SUI
frage and the second with arguments
aeainst while the third propounds the
question. "Is there, II the Suffrage Il
barred, any palliative or CORRECTIVE io'
, the discontents OF woman
The task which Sir Almroth has undet'
taken is Ito show that the woman SUI
fraee movement has no real inteiiec'ua
mr. moral sanction. and that there are
vary weiRhty reasons why the suffrage
sbould not be conceded TO woman. h'
.xf mines with particularly the motives
from which the claim springs ana urges
that thu cause derives little force iro"
philanthropy and public Interest AM
much from offended amour propre aris
inc from the suggestion that woman
| should be accounted by man as lnhereA.I'
his inferior In certain important resp.SS
! only two classes OF men, the aN'"U'
urpos have the cause at heart-tne cra"S
/ and the "complemental male tha' 'o''
cu,ious tvpe Of man who, when IL 10 sue
o.stsd I'm his hearing that the spee's'
1,oroan Is. measured by certain inter
| ioo,uaI and moral standards, the ih'eiiO'
! :, che snecies man. solemnly draws MN
| ,e,f m and asks. Are you aware Oh
49, you are insulting my wife
win regard to the argument that WON
,oing t.xnavers. should have the vote
Sir Almroth says - =,
..Now II woman insists. In the race VI
rar,Ines that she had better not 40 30
on taxing man with dishonesty TOT wiz"
,o,dirp from her financial controi o'e'
Tho revenues Of the state. she mas on,'
bers.lf 10 blame " she Is told very Diu'''
=. ,hat ber claim 10 such control IS BARRE
~. ,ha fact that she Is as a citizen III
solvent. The taxes paid by women
| cover only very small p'oPo' N
Tho establishment charges Oh 'iIe
which would properly be assigned 10 ue''
7, falls 10 man 10 make up tnat oeiio"'
..rbe very revenues which the "oiila'
surrage societies devote to man '',"
carton are 10 a preponderatlng extent ue
.,,od from funds which he earned an
gave over TO woman
From Point of View Of Intellect.
Turning to the complaint that woman
required to obey man made Ia"s' .,
Alnroth next replies 10 the susses'lo'
that woman has been oiherenOa.e.
AGAINST He denies the generai oh"i
wbiis admitting that there Is SUCH vi
Denomination I'm the exacuoh oi pei S'''.'
sar,,ce for the state and IN rela'ion :
IT. ,,ota-oll In the interest OF worla
harsn,, The author advances from IN
ID ~ women's disability In the mat
ter OF physical force to the cohs'u0ra ''o
81 her intellectual standing;
.arne woman voter would be perniciou
-, ,ho state not only because she coul
20, hack her vote by physical torce w
also by reason OF her intellectual ueieo'1
"Noman's mind attends in appraisihs
statement primarily to the mental mas
which IL evokes, and only secondariy
IA sometimes not at ALTO what IS preu
,oa,ed I'm the statement. II is overihiu
.rced nv individual instances; arrives
| -,,,.iors on incomplete evidence, has
very imperfect sense OF proporoloh'
cents the congenial as true, ana reJects III
uncon1enial as false; takes the imasiha'
hitch "a desired for reality, and treat
,h. undesired reality which Is out or sign
as n-existent-bullding up Tor itseil
this way. when biassed by predilecuoh
aa overs,ons. a very unreal picture o
the external world.
"The explanation of this is to be fouh'
in all the physiological attachments
uoman's mind; in the fact that menta
images are in her overintimateIy hhNe'
nm with emotional reflex responses ina
,iAIding 10 such reflex responses glVe
ra,,acation. that intellectual analysl
ga susnfnse OF Judgment involve an IN
hih,,ion Of reflex responses which Is fel
az neural distress; that precipitate )uos
r,ent brings relief from this physiologlca
-,ra,n and that woman looks upon mel
,,,rd NOT as an implement for the pursui
=, ,rrtb but as an instrument for pro
yiding her with creature comforts III 'h'
form of agreeable mental images
"D.feotiye Moral Equipment"
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