New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
SEES TRIUMPHS
FOR SUFFRAClSTS

Of curiosity and not lttlc admiration
the way the women manage IL Nnen
their forces grow someH nat larger and
more iusistent the men frly expect to
Weld The press from one end = the
country To- the other treats the movement
with entire respec, and gives an immense
amount of space 10 news concerning II.
facciioUs sometimes. after th" American
fashion. but reasonably fair and friendly.
Tue bills fail "a some legislatures. but ~
it. m the open ard not by deceit and
treachcry Disturbances ~ an indoors
eufirare meeting is unknopn. and even
az those on street corners the rahblc fears
to make "a demonstration. There - actu-
ally prestige in being recognized as sur
fragists. and they a." WELDON. ~ every
kind OF gathering
I'll. orsanizcd no, emcnr ir great Ri
tain began at the same time q. IN this
country. n has been in Just as capable
hands. and until within q very few yrars
n las been conducted on just a. disni-
fled plane. Always 81 has been boycot-
tod by the press. and after the mill
tant" features were introduced these were
constantly played M To tho entire cAclu-
sion 81 the legitimate work that was
being done The largest meetings pass
almost unnoticcd. and there IL not a par
,lclc ~ the gayety and fun that pcrme-
ate the entire movement here. Compare
the terrible scenes now taking place over
there. the smashing OF store fronts the
burning 81 houses. the destruction II pub
lie utilities. the blowing up of buildings -
,o,nn,re those scenes With tho suffrage
hike" 20 Washington. We open the
papcre eagerly each morning to read 81
the enthusiastic greeting b. college boys.
tho escort by the local militia the well
come by the Mavor. the hanqucts 10y the
women an along the route. tho arrange
rnen,s for = grand reception IN the ma
tional capital
our leaders receive an ovation vnen-
ever they appear IN public. one Of the
English leaders IN almost crushed by dis
appointments another IS In prison. While
their Parliament has ended years Of out
raEcous "ioCkcying with their bill by
finally destroying go last chance, our
legislatures, one after another. are pass
Ing the bill and giving women their op-
portJnity Tho beginning OF tho new
century's sccoud decade finds more than
one and onc-half millions ~ American
women fully enfranch.sed. and az many
more certain OF this In the very near
future. 1t finds not one woman in Great
Britain and ireland in possession Of the
complete suffrage.
This favored position Of the women IN
the United States is not because Of their
greater superiority or because they have
conducted their movement with more
ability--it is because Of the difference be
tween American and English men. the
difference between their laws for women;
the difference in the entire attitude Of
men toward women In the two countries.
and above all. the difference in the way
they have managed the question OF the
cnfranchisement OF women. American
suffragists have no feeling OF exulta ton
over those across the sea They deeply
regret the extremes TO which miltancy
has been carried but they feel that those
women have been driven 10 II by the
worst treatment TO which women ever
have been subjected by the men OF any
civilized nation. and more than ever do
they appreciate the comparative liberal
ity and justice Of the men in the United
States.