The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-17
SHALL THE WOMEN vOTEi
Eor All NEW YORK WO1EN Would
ANS WEIR 1HIs hFFIRM1TJTELI.

Society people In New York do not all take
the same view Of the woman suffrage question.
While crowded meetings In favor OF the move
ment have been held nearly every afternoon
for two weeks q very strong feeling aRains:
the agitation has been growing among women
Of social influence. The feasibility OF an or
ganized movement in opposition to those who
intend petitionine the Constitutional Conven-
tion to strike out the word male" as quail
fcation for voters has been considered. and II
an opposition petition IL not sent TO the Con-
yention q great many denunciatory letters
certainly will be. Prominent among the op-
possrs Of woman suffrage are Mrs. Frederic r.
Jones. Mrs. Frederic GoodridRe Mrs. William
Beeckmsn, and Mrs. Granville Winthrop. Mrs.
Jones recently received an invitation to attend
one Of the m stines In favor Of woman suGraRe.
and instead Of doing 90 she sent the following
letter:
After having given the subject my beet
thought and hearing arguments on both
sides. I ind I am thoroughly opposed to wo-
man suffrage. II thought there was real
danger Of woman suffrage being a reality. I
should certainly throw Whatever influence I
have into the other side but in the mean time.
ss It's advocates seem to have their minds Inn
movsbly made up. and happen to be rather
busy. II 4sasn't seemed to be worth while to
waste time at all these meetings"
This woman suffrage question" said Mrs.
Jones yesterday. is not OF vital interest Il
IL nothing more than q hobby. few yeers
ago the question OF ladies' riding on horseback
like men was talked Of In very much the same
way. Every season brings its new topics.
This season II happens to be woman suffrage.
Seriously. I don't think anything will come
out Of It. and II seems great waste Of time to
push thing so and In the end achieve moth
Ing"
Woman suffrage would be an unmtHigated
evil: Il would do more harm than good. You
may quote me as saving that" said Mra Fred
eric Goodridge Of $50 Fifth avenue. Women
have all they can do now believe men should
work for them as far as the outside world lie
concerned. Woman can find all she can attend
to in the house. Iagrse thoroughly with Mrs.
Jones. Mrs Winthrop. Mira Beeckman. and the
othors. Tho first arguments for woman suf-
frags that heard set me against 1t. and the
more OF them hear the more am 1 opposed to
Il. hope that counter petition will be
started. know II would receive hundreds Of
very influential signatures"
Another opponent OF woman suffrage said
Yesterday: I don't think a respectable wo-
man would any mure elbow her way to voting
booth than she would march in . st. Patriok's
day parade. Besides. Wa have all the rights
We need. For instance, can put . mortgage
spsaklng e my husband about It. and my hus-
band would not expect ms TO speak OF IL. An
American woman is. to all intents and pur-
'f :d o Spsni Ss l.:
and great many Of them Sei.ys s are ser:
vantp. Not more than one-;ourth OF New York
81 d.os. A. fo1 E.s.
Thirtieth street . large gathering OF women
@SntSoners ~ rochester was the Speaker.
Mrs MonseSSm:r h gSTn q Dinx and green
In thu lattAr ahA nlncAd hAr dADanhancA IN
cold facts. Mrs. Montgomery has facts,
figures, and history, at her toneues end. and
ssinsse man could fail to. be convinced By Il,
The adysn n,n,,s Of woman p "a svolp.
and America Women Women have the suffE.s H IN part.
IL. DcS q bsnE
about Tho other evening Mr.. Coudert said,
e SI .Es q K. %oa s MSs not
listening to him that he wanted woman sut-
mrst ;. sSa1 nos one the
felt any need Of It But he said there were
sss Tor eRos SAX. thar Mom.s SHOULD sse IT,
PERHAPS you. do not think the ballot would
how the ballot had helped men, and parsiieled
those with cases when It would help women.
dropping her voice to an imprsssively low
nv May i. in this gathering Of ladies. sneak
show you that all women. simply because they
Strongly as they hope to A .s. The world Better
and socisty purer Last year there was intro:
IN Ins Of bill
81 Mr.. Russell s.ae's. some one said to me. I
], hope. that ever one here knows enough
%hst Is sa % q
girl who goes wrong Is held entirely Iesponsi-
with the man who has ied her sstray. Viii any
woman here say that child Of ten years is old |
hsss So Win
l believe good man Is just as good as good
This sentiment was loudly applauded.
But" Mrs; Montgomery went on. ifwo- |
men had the ballot that politician. who shall |
introdase such bill tR"a ' h nave Would rf lave
dared tote Introduce a bill cutting on the
bill was introduced the year before. A similar
TSsss are IN sse:. IN this uSlon
Th;n ne age S 81 consent II seven years!
othsrs Il Z ten years In others we've ana
fourteen; In ore or two. thank God! It is
-. That Is IN Wyoming apd Colorado" said
Miss Field. where women have the suffrage"
. .. Thank you" replied M,s M9ntgomery;
the obiections urged against womsns sui-
IrsEe. some people say thai All the wives win
|
simply have twice as many Democrats and
Twice IS many Republicans and twice as many
and on. Maybe sol Maybe
sol Though l do not believe IL. and neither
do the people who advance another objection.
which may be set over against the first. These
other people say that women will not vote as
their husbands do and accordingly there will
be so many divorces and separations that the
world will become a most unhappy place. And
don't believe that either"
MIRA Montgomery made some remarks con-
corning the buRaboo made OF the vote OF the
ignorant women. This led Ars Barney to tell
how her sister. after having signed suffrage
petition was asked II her servants wouldn't |
Ike to sign It. Why, I'm afraid they don't
know ANYTHING about IT," she said. but she
took II out to the cook.
:. lilsn, would yOa like to sign suffrage
DstltionY
scribe her name.
!. But. didn't know you were interested"
Why notp' said Ellen again. :" I don't
working women" 4
Mrs. Barney also told how she became an adj
Eoeate OF womAn's suffrage. She said IL was
not till the death Of her husband. thirty years
AGO. that she realized that women did not have