The sun., 1894-04-29
ny WOMEN CAMPAIGNERS.
,rrgR1eTSTs AND TEE ANTS
noRKIYS LIKE BE<TERa

,.,o ave R,vsl HessSusvtsre st
rev ,,s the wsidotf-Hoth Ca@Ps
,,,es In Earnest Absut the wsrs.
-, atmosphere at the woman Suffrage
p..,,,srs p. at Sherry's continues serene
f1.,sh, in spite OF the fsctthat the antis"
nOm, nm rival camp At the Waldorf. only
h 49,. avay. A sort OF universal good
fs no,,ade. the place Yesterday morn
n"v na.t,s a suS reporter was there. nne-
he an walked In. and In courteous, ret
-,,tsr.ei.courso tone, ssid:
nsuv s,,.on n,s..e. | would llksto sign the psti-
ton" o. %. MI. F,.,s
hSSi,, he I, he would care to take . petition to
N. business Office
Ia taking the envelope. he bowed and
', W.. Tsld looked at the name in order to
I ,p,o The list Of those who have taken re-
,..,. II was John NJ Cornell, 10 East
usI,,s. usvs ..e,snth street Mr.. Cornell IL prom
., .n Ms,hodist and q man OF large wealth.
u.,irg one OF the largest iron foundries In the
State ,...,
!. .om.n !" the reporter asked Miss Field.
Soh in every movement" she said. there
"a, bs two sides think they will only help
n",ssuse lam sure they will not iniureit."
", norn At the Waldorf. three ladies who didn't
ant their names mentioned were In charge
Al ths protest This document was lyirg on
N. dssk when the reporter arrived. but was
.n,ctIv turned face downward lest any OF the
n.m.. should get into the papers. The New
York woman who assisted at the ORGANIZATION
a, m. brooklyn committee at Mra Putnam's.
~ ant In
-. In charge this morning. but she exacteu
s,omI,. that her name should not be printed.
Shs said that they had thousands OF sigma
,nrss and that things were going on wonder
iuily Protests are given out to any one desir-
"sWs take only women's names on this pro-
,.,t said the woman In charge. for this 10
somsn's movement, We assume that most OF
'H' DO Et the women IN favor Of suffrage come
Ss .srs aS aaS aaS' ssss ana thns. hoNs1sr
They say all sorts Of things, In one oI these
letters was asked l mad sier read about
fSe writer said that she Thought II I knew
about that would change my stand on the
SUBJECT" "n.,
oh yes. l am thoroughly informed about II.
ne lsdies rhO have taken up this protest are
A"Bu. about this age Of consent. Is It that
you think wome en- couldn't do anything to bet
t.r the law or is 1t that you think the law 10
oil riRhtr'
help the law. We have Rooc laws as 1t 10. The
laws are more favorable to women than to
men. and It 10 simply because women DO not
vote See what the position Of women Is now
compared with what It was thirty years ago"
Isn't that because these women who want
woman suffrage have struggled and fought to
That Just shows" said the anti.sufYrags
cham pion ntriumphantly., a., what women can do
wthnut thu hallOt HAA ~
':But these women say that they would pre-.
hr to accomplish these things By the aulet
means OF tbs ballot. without going around
making speeches and beseeching Legisla-
turss. That is what MIs- Elizabeth Cady stan
ton said tho other day."
Al this point another reporter appeared.
They come 10 shoals" said the woman In
And they ali ask questions" said one OF the
ehers plaintively.
The new reporter had not heard.
Have you any arguments ?" he demanded.
ct has been said in the papers that you de-
cline to argue"
We have plenty OF arguments,''. said the
lady in charge. with some spirit, but We do
not choose to bring them forward"
And abe turned her back,