The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03

@HE average man has hitherto not
regarded himself as interested
in the radical change Of our or.

"HE average man has hitherto not
regarded himself as interested
u in the radical change Of our or
ganic laws which IL more than
- double the vote by the addition Of
good. bad and Indifferent women to the
present number Of good. bad and indif-
fefent men. "Oh, let the dear girls have
IT," say some. "They will not use the
vote after the novelty ceases" say other
men. They are 30 much more moral
than men that they will improve the
franchise" say some. and so forth.
All men appear to lose sight Of the fact
that they are at least equally concerned
in this most radical change of Gov
ernment which their ancestors built up
and they have sustained with their own
blood and treasure on the field Of battle
and which they alone will always be
called Upon to defend with their lives
ana their health and their hard won
treasure. In their love or admiration
for the fair sex they lose sight Of this
obvious fact which to-day In being
brought home to them with bitter in
tensity.
It Is being demonstrated to-day, a.
history has always shown. that with
men very properly rests the defence OF
the nations honor. This Is clear
demonstration OF the reason why men
None have been granted the vote In
enlightened countries. II IL now fully
recognized by all fair minded persons
that in matters not pertaining to war
and peace the aid Of women Is OF para
0ount importance and value. And for
this reason women have been appointed
N the more enlightened non-suffrage
States to more important as well as to
minor offices for which their tempera-
mental and physiological conditions
adapt them. This question, however. IL
too large for the limits OF this article.
which 10 intended to deal only with the
peculiarities Of come suffragist logi-
clans, as presented by some interesting
essays in THE Sun.
~ My comments thereon are prompted
entirely by altruistic motives. They
cannot be construed In the slightest
degree as personal, since I am not ac-
Quainted with the lady except through
the excellent counterfeit presentment
that graces her articles and in which
every lineament betrays earnestness and
Intelligence. In fact that face recalls
many hundreds not quite so beautiful
whom I saw In that wonderful parade
on Fifth avenue two years ago. From
the eyes Of these women marchers
scanned conviction and serious purpose
that led me to rebuke some Of the by
ISLANDERS who appeared to treat It as a
holiday parade Of notorlety seeking
women.
Only the most sincere belief that these
earnest women are fatally mistaken and
that their success may work serious
: harm to their sex and to the social
fabric emboldens me to encounter the
sate that we'll meaning suffragists. in
tolerant Of opposition. mete out to those
who differ from them. as recently II.
Illustrated by the scurrilous criticism al
the wife Of an ex-President. They would
DO we'll to bear in mind that vitupera.
ton 10 an evidence OF weak cause and
that II only embitters the antagonis,
and stimulates TO agEressiveness.
This series Of we'll written articles
nnder the caption why Should Mo-
Women Vote?" which is appearing II
THE SUN. demonstrates that for about
half a century men have striver
70 remove the disability of women
The latter had crept into the laws b,
reason OF ignorance and ideas derived
from Biblical conditions. 1t does no
1eem to have occurred to this author
that II was but natural that men VIII,
revered their mothers, loved their ais
tiers, wives and sweethearts. should be