The sun., 1894-04-28
THE PLANS OF THE ANTS.
WHAT THE WOMEN VINO OPPOSE Wo-
MAN SUFFRAGE ARE DOING.

Hssdausrters N this CITY sua n Hrook.
I've Now oper, ava the tiIsnt Cnmpsien
Wen Under wny-The Aar.suHrngists
Are winnine Converts Over IN BroohIyn.
The silent campaign plan adopted By the
antl-womsn suffrsRist leaders Of Brooklyn
and this city has mot with great success II
IL the belief ofthe leaders that far more effect
ual and satisfactory results can be accom-
plished by speaking to working women per-
sonally than by holding me- etlnRa Mt which the
wage Gamers have no voice. With that end in
view committees have been appointed in
Brooklyn and will be In this city to carry the
question Of woman suffrage among the work
ing women Of both cities. In Broodlyn the
committee has been at work quietly for
three days More than 100 counter petitions
have been put in circulation. and thousands
OF signatures have been obtained. The anti
suffraRlsts are taking particular pains to have
none but native born American girls sign the
petitions.
The Brooklyn headquarters for the Anti
Woman Suffraglst League are In the Exchange
for Woinan's Work at 130 Montague street. A
SUN reporter called there yesterday and saw
several petitions filled with names. The young
woman in charge said that great many who
had been asked to sign said they had already
signed the other petition. though on second
thought they found they we're against woman
suffrage Anumber OF such persons went to
the woman suffragist people and had their
names erased from the petitions and afterwsrd
signed with the antis Counter petitions are
open for inspection at the Brooklyn Library
and at IA and 800 Fulton street. .while a hun
dred odd are IN circulation. On Wednesday, q
counter petition was circulated among the
woman employees OF Abraham 4 strauss dry
goods store. and. with few exceptions ali
sSufs the home Of M BsrSen ~ 9eF
pont street, and asked for counter petitions to
sun rspoPer % eniied al he heaGauorters o,
the BROOKLYN Women's Political L1uslity
League, The windows were full Ut placards.
near the windows. and about u round tabla
piled with petitions and sufrage tracts eat
dressing envelopes assiduously ami the
fourth was deep IN u paper-eoyered novel:
asked to haye their names taken from the
neditlIons: ions she ne, 2t the The novel said Pcrhars
drSxn through nsSs fTis sp se whos
appearance OF petition" When it was in.
timateL that the an,i:sul1raRists had been
very successful among wage-enrninR girls,
she closed her book and answered:
It's not true. 1 don't Lellevo they've Sc
have done that But we've been extremely
anti.surraRists simply make our side ali the
Interest ed in. the welfare Of working eiris said
yesterday: " do not like to be called au anti
woman suffraRist. There may be sOtno who
are opposing woman suffrage now who believe
In woman suffrage to a certain extent. but
who do not think that the time has come for it
yet; l am very deeply interested IN working
frage would benefit them. This movement
has been gone into blindly: II would be alto
Rether wrong for all sorts and con ditions OF
women to have the right to vote: Work;
ing girls are beginning to see this and
are expressing their convictions by signing
the counter petition. The time has not come
for woman suffrage but This agitation will
prove great educator. and will open the way
to letter things In the future"
Mrs. James McKeen. another BROOKLYN wom-
an who IL opnesed TO woman suffrage. has
novel objection. Our marriage laws" she
said. should tie changed before women OBJ
tain the ballot SO that marriage would be an
equal andind.pendent partnership. The wife
should be entitl ell to n share Of the husbands
earnings When this il done 1t will be time to
consider woman suffrage seriously. but at
present women are hopelessiy bound. They
should be financially independent of their hus-
bands to vote rightly"
Yesterday the Anti-woman Suffrage League
OF New York Established headquarters behind
a screen In the reception room to the left OF the
main entrance OF the Hotel Waldorf. Early
next week the counter petitions will be sent
broadcast throughout the city.