ng that she
wished, she replied:

I am delighted; for however heroic our pioneer fathers may have
been, our pioneer mothers, in the very nature of things, must have
braved all the hardships of the men by their side with the added
one of bearing and rearing children when deprived of even the vital
necessities of maternity. Self-government is as necessary for the
best development of women as of men. Sentiment never was and never
can be a guarantee for justice, but with equal political power
women will be able to secure justice for themselves. We have had
chivalry and sentiment from the beginning of time, with some
privileges granted as a favor. We now demand rights, guaranteed to
us by codes and constitutions; and if their possession shall
forfeit us gallantry, we will make the best of it. But I do not
believe woman's utter dependence on man wins for her his respect;
it may cause him to love and pet her as a child, but never to
regard and treat her as a peer.

To Prof. C. Howard Young, of Hartford, Conn., for thirteen years an
invalid and yet an ardent advocate of woman suffrage, she wrote: "I want
you to feel that the dollar you have sent from year to year all this
time for your membership in the national association has helped bring to
us Idaho, for our organization committee's work in that State was a
large factor in securing the victory. Every one who gives a dollar helps
do the work where it is most needed to gain the practical result."

The following extracts are self-explanatory:

The vast majority of women easily can have their sympathies drawn
upon to help personal and public charities, while very few are
capable of seeing that the cause of nine-tenths of all the
misfortunes which come to women, and to men also, lies in the
subjection of woman, and therefore the important thing is to lay
the axe at the root. Now, my dear, if you and all the women who are
working for the different charities and reforms of your city, had
the right to vote, how long do you suppose the brothels and
gambling houses would be allowed to keep their doors open? Do you
believe that if women could vote for every officer whose duty it is
to enforce the laws, these dens would be licensed, or if not
absolutely licensed, would be allowed to run year in and year out
merely by the payment of fines from ti