The sun., 1894-04-25
THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE.
-osF WoMEN OPPONENTS OF sur
FRAgE EXTENsIOM

ERAdE hAthNSAONs
xv,x., NJ Four vsTI.huov~ .yvS~e.
s.v that women Have otter Thiues %
NJ Thns TskiuE Pert n Politie-, tor
xrh,eh they Are Dtsinetned s.d Unattsd.
ornosItIon to woman suffrage is assuming a
-.eni,ude that is alarming TO its advocates.
Th.,r apprehension Of being thwarted In their
soiitieal aspirations was expressed By several
=, THAR numbe. in the petition room at
sa.,tJ's yesterday. A knot OF women had
.h,,, heads together. One said. As she flushed
With Indignation:
,A.lr old counter petition quiet. They've gone
"A work and Just spoiled everything"
70 obtain views on the question from women
,ho are brought to some degree into touch
18th subjects OF public concern reporter for
Tur STU called yesterday on the wives OF four
Judges OF the Supreme Court and the Court Of
CANNON Pleas, Mra George p. Andrews, Mrs
abraham L. Lawrence. Mira Roger A. Pryor.
md Mira Leonard A. Giegerich. All declared
themselves opposed to the granting ci woman
suffrage
Mrs Giegerich. who lives in Seventh street,
,.ar Avenue D. in an old part OF the city. where
she can study the requirements OF the poor
slasses OF women. has bright and emphatic
manner OF expressing herself She said;
"Ibelleve the homo to be woman's domain.
Tam now In all the confusion OF moving. and
Innd the days far too short to accom- plish all
vish 10 do. 1t would be unjust to ask me to
undertake in addition to my household duties
ths work OF man. Woman suffrage would
force such things upon me-" Mrs. Giegerich
,aid also that tho nchisement Of the Door
woman would make her no more happy or
eoutented with herself or any better OF So
Mrs Rocor A. Pryor was quite ns emphatic.
II am only too glad" eho said. to go be-
Woman ,ToH mi in every particular and will gladly
use what influence | may have against the
Povsment. 1t is abhorent and abominable 70
forte to go Into politics. Her home is her
forte II politics has ruined many men the
down from the high plane OF morality eho
should occupy. At luncheon party Q few
si SSud fGS not ssI iss 20 ss
vote and md have voted ios iOr yesrs Why.
my children; / have sent. out three stslwart
tSsir i ballots in the interests of honesty and
purity then knew the reason why; and that
Influence with her sons. and vote through
them. 1t would be repulsive to see her going
E. the H1 ann S SsTy glad 70 hear that The
opposition; Great influence will come out OF
II Judge Pryor says he 10 In favor Of letting
Know s how eSiyairous yuds. Pryor Is Il 'I He Is
always according women more than thoy de-
don't believe ono woman. in a thousand
would know how to vote" said Mrs. Abraham
Woman y out Of . hundred who have bee been at at
tending the woman su1rage meetings has ever
se.n The inside t e bound volume q The State
Bought IN Paris, but they don't Know he laws
practical and that is the main reason why
cannot believe In the Justice Of woman suf-
Now. here 10 an instance One Of tho fore
most women In the woman suffrage move
ment. woman who has made great many
on this movement she has neg elected her home.
because he Is q refined and an exceptional
man generally, the children have grown. up as
wo%an aator hes es
home While she pleads Tor the suffrage OF
.I,., So%.1 ;hs is herself convincing argument
Mrs Lawrence,s daughter. Miss Ruth Law
4 p S the Sm1s re
ts as decided as her mother In opposing the
t'+t1h the other day l was at luncheon party"
in lsyor Of the enfranchisement OF woman in a
told her that she ovid entity had not read the
receive an Invitation to luncheon at that house
again. The trouble with most women is that
they have read the Heavenly Twins' but not
man should get the right to vote. .trou Bile would
pot come from the illiterate, poor women,
but from the women Of the leisure class In
should use her influence not at the polls but
at homo What sets me against the agitation |
particularly 10 that it is so plain that the |
women in Il are not In the least practical. 1t
. Mrs George P. Andrews came out as strong
L. against woman suffrage as Mira Giegerich. |
Mrs. Pryor. or Mrs. Lawrence. and Mrs Arthur |
II. Dodge put herself onrecord as being op- |
posed to the agitation.
Dr. Harriet Heating lectured last night |
on The Ethics OF suffrage" In the parlors |
Mrs Keating asked why one-half OF the |
race should remain ciphers while the |
other half demonstrated itself to be |
ineom petent to remedy the political evils OF |
the day Mrs. Margaret Moore spoke at Miss |
hAstman's. 374 West 116th street where more |
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