A Mother's View

To the Editor: Representativo Manly's speech in the house contains a sweeping assertion that would hardly bear investigation. He asks, " Who are the women who ask for suffrage?" We answer such women as Mary A. Livermore, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the peer, if not the superiors of Mr. Manly ia intellect and the moral granduer of their reputations; and thousands of others, too, ladies in the estimation of gentlemen. But perhaps some of these thousands might hesitate to aoknowledge ït if encumbered with a husband whose opinions were eo pronounced. Ït is not surprising that the wife should advise voting down the mensure. In the interests of domestic peace, her reply was natural and wise. But happily her case is not a representativo one. There are ladies, even in Ann Arbor, by general consent also, the peere of Mr. Manly, whose hu9bands do not rule with such a rod of iron and who are happily mated, too.