The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-28
JUSTICE FOR OME
Has Or. Shaw Studled the Constltu-
ton Carefully?

To EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
address OF Or. Anna Shaw before the
annual convention Of the National Amer
lean woman's Association, On which she
said "How car It 1.-THE United States1
plead for justice In Europe when It de-
MES Justice to it's own omen How
can II claim that written agreements
between nations are binding when II
violates the fundamental principles OF
its own national Constitution. which
declares that the right OF a citizen 20
vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States or by any State? 1s
1t true, too. that the Constitution Of the
United states IL but a scrap OF paper.
TO be repudiated at will?' might apply In
part to the notification OF the Fifteenth
Amendment by the Southern States.
though l doubt " DR.. Shaw would care
to advocate the return Of negro DONNA
ton in the South before an audience OF
ladies In Mississippi or South Carolina.
Will the doctor kindly quote for the
benefit of poor b%enighted man that para
graph in the Constitution comforting on
woman the right to vote? A person not
familiar with the conditions existing In
his country would infer from the above
and similar statements OF suifragists
that the man mad Law OF the United
states discriminate against the women
In favor of the men. VIII the doctor
name a single equal suffrage State where
the lives, the property. the comfort and
the happiness OF the women are more
carefully conserved than in tho "horrid
old fashioned State OF Massachusetts?
Wyoming claims the honor of having
been the first subdivision of the
try to discover the wonderful benefits
TO be derived from female suffrage. hav-
ing adopted 1t in 1859. Those of us who
remember the various means used
through the sparsely settled Western
section OF the country 10 make as big
a showing as possible. can appreciate
the need of counting all the noses at
election in a Territory where the entire
white population. men. women and chill
dren. was less than 5000: the only
wonder is thai, they did not vote the
children as well.
As the tide of immigration brought a
food OF g~entiles into the Mormon terri
tory the Latter Day Saints seized upon
female suffrage as a sure defence
AGAINST the political ~ascendency OF those
opposed TO their faith. as Brother Smith,
with his dozen wives, could outvote his
gentle neighbors. with one.
AZ We follow the history of the sue-
frase movement along We will find that
the cause has been fo~tered and pushed
Onward to its present prominence by
some political faction hoping thereby to
further some selfish interest.
Finding that the sentiment OF the
populous part of the countr Is over
whelmingly against them. the eufYra-
gists now lay siege to Congress. hoping
to cajole or bulldoze that body into
forcing their fad upon the country con
trary To the expressed wishes Of the
people but owing to the result OF the
fail elections congressman Will not be
worried over their threats OF blacklists,
whether yelled or open. as at the last
session of Congress. and those members
who have not sufficient strength In their
backbone to enable them to support their
honest opinion will find a course OF alb
sent treatment beneficial.
CHARLES STANLEY.
HoLyoKE. Mass, December 20.