The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
WHAT WOMAN HAS DONE.
Some Accomplishments Credited to
Suffragist A~dherents.

To THE EpfroR or THE SUS-Str: All
OF us may not agree as TO what good
consequences are. but we think that
the closing Of 1000 saloons IN Illinois
and the adding OF many dry towns
In California and other equal suffrage
States is doing some good. My author
ity for this is not suffrage literature.
but the 1914 year book OF the United
States Brewers Association. 1t Is very
evident that the liquor interests hold
no Illusions rs to what woman suffrage
means for them.
The Colorado Serste on January 90
passed unanimously the following reso-
luton:
whereas the question OF woman suffrage
has become an important Issue IN many
States o. the linton. and
whereas woman suffrage was made a
part OF tho organic law Of the state ~
Colorado more than twenty-five years ago.
and
wherea. the operation ana effect Of
woman suffrage In this state IL being
made the subject OF Misrepresentation in
ether States where the question is an
issue.
Therefore We deem 4. 20 he our duty
10 say shat experience has demonstrated
That woman suffrage Il not only n Just
recognition ~ the rights Of all before the
law hut has proved in all respects ma
trrially helpful 10 good government
among the people and 30 n noticeable de-
gree has incuicated a higher rcspsc; for
tho majesty ana supremacy - me law
Ttah was just "a pol, ramous. IN fact
more So than row. when the state al
no, have woman suffrage Moreover.
polyEamy was not invented by woman,
nor for woman's benefit. ard there IL
very little ro,ycomy there At present
except among some ~ tho older mem
hers Of the Mormon church
As FOR wOWcu not having the physical
force to back up their ballots. II that
were n requisite for voting most "
our professional men would he d.sfrau-
chiscd. ard al men over forty-Nvc. he
ing exempt from military duty. should
forfeit, their ballots. With regard 20
equal pay for equal work. women can
and do earn as much ne men in certain
lines OF work, though they do not re-
coiye the same pay. Robert Nurdlc. an
auditor FOR the American Express Com
rany, says:
IN one department We had nineteen mon
doing a certain KIND NJ work When vc
iroppei them We discovered 'hr' r'ro
women could attend 20 tho Same work as
well, II not hot;'r. than No mon hai.
But whereas he company paid TIVE
men clerks 500 a month. it pays the
women clerks so.
Recently Miss El'zahcth y TAYLOR, a
Roston lawyer. has been appointed con-
V]eyaucer in the city - Boston law de-
rnrtmeut. where she has done work for
fifteen years. She takes tho place ~
the late Rosro" L. owen. who received
"a salary Of $4,000 But Mss Taylor
will receive only $4,000 Why she is
a woman
President Marion lie Roy Rlrton Of
Smith College. the lagEcs, voman's col
lego In the world, has said in q recent
Interview
| shall vote for suffrage IN Nassachu-
sets this fan what ! look forward "a
T. n" day whcn no woman shall h, a. n
disadyautor" because NJ HOY soy, and
when ~ woman shall, No able 20 take an
unfair advantage" because ~ f. Roth con.
dl'lous exist to-day, and each ls nccrs-
sary coroilory Of tho other
This is the more interesting when one
knows that pr. Burton became O. CON.
wort 10 suffrage after an extended TIN
through Some Of tho equal suffrage
states. whc'o he made somewhat of "a
study Of the elects OF wOwlu's plrtirl.
patton in the government.
M>uEL ErTCUrV BREWSTER.
President of the Florence Equal sur.
frape League.
NoRTIANlpToN. Mass. MAY 10.