The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-09
THE BROOKLYN ANTS MEET.
MRS. WARDWELB THINKS WOMEN
Would GAIN NOTHING BIZ VOTIgG.

she Says All en-. sisn.r- OF the P.utioa FOR
suErsgs she Has Met Say They no Not
went the S-ErrEs for Thsms-ive-.
The anti-suIrsgists Of Brooklyn gathered
yesterday morning at a pretty uptown resi-
dence at $40 st. Marks avenue. The hostess
was Mira +. II. wardweli. who IL n new anti
sufTragist recruit. About one hundrei and
fifty women were present. among whom was
Miss Romolo Tynte. an English sutTragist.
Miss Tynte had attended the meeting for the
purpose Of plying the ants with questions.
but she ventaway disappointed.ss Mrs. Lyman
Abbott. who presided. concluded that the hour
was too short for the exchange OF questions.
Mrs. Abbott introduced Mira wardwell rs
the leading speaker OF the afternoon. Mrs.
Wardwell said In opening:
"Of course have met women who have
signed the petition. but when say to one Of
these. Why do you want to vote ? she always
replies oh. don't want to vote myself but
and then che generally branches of about the
old State laws in Rhode Island. or the condi-
tion OF married women In louisiana Some
times they say they are opposed to the liquor
business. but that 10 no argument. for SO am
truly protest with all mJ heart and soul
don't want to vote, and don't see why
Mrs. WardweIl then went on to say that.
a French movement 20 flood the Sahara Desert.
flood the sahara would destroy the climate OF
both Europe and Africa The project was con
Of the Sahara would destroy the climate OF
Europe, so womnn's suffrage would destroy
the POLITICAL climate Of the United states oy
vo!sTsst o,,.,,,o, - o,r,,, TIM .,,.
on the vital and essential fact that. no matter
what women, sunrAgists may assert 10 the
ana perhaps overestimate us too much TO con-
tradict them-that women and men are not
equal They are unequal physically they are
unequal intellectually Man mas governed the
world in the rast. governs IT to-day. and Will
govern 1t in the future. whether we have the
ba OF or not. simply because he las stronger
and more acute intellect, n greater CAPACITY
To- knowledge. selt-control. superior,I over
Off endurance. and q nervous force thar can
oEwomen. Oicourse know there are individual
exceptions. but our evidence Of the iemtninit7
OF our minds II that we often nudge nv the eN .
ceptfous. instead OF by the general law. and
that w. m easure ourselves Individually against
how many men are my superiots we say ain
not better in every way than tramp. or my
male servant. compare with these men. Meas
ure yourself against spencer Huxley. Brown
ing. Tennyson; Hawthorne: Irving, tenimore
yes. even our politicians"
that. in conversation with her husband a few
evenings ago he said to her:
why. IL female suffrage could he restricted.
so that only women Of -FOUR class and &C.
quaintance could vote: women who are rea-
sonably open to conviction. who could argue
without passion; who could desire fair play
m ere than to score point on their side: who.
while enthusiastic in their advocacy OF cause,
could vet be courteous to opposition. and
could submit to defeat without sarcasm and
vindictivenesa, and could meet at the polls
without. like the poor women at " indsor Ter
race. coming to blows. 1 should certainly adj
vocate it,"
Short speeches against suffrage were N ade
By Miss Bertha K. West. Mrs. Tunis q. Ber-
gen. Mrs. james Mexican. and Mrs. William
A. putnam.