Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-22
AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

OF this city created such interest that
there is reason for beIieTing that the
impression she conveyed vas sppreci-
atsd by the members Of the committee.
HsE pap-g vas strong and entertain
ing argument against the extension of
the suffrage to women. 1t read as
follows:
Gentlemen II is not the tyranny bat
the chivaIry of men that We American
women have 70 fear. The men of
America want 10 giFe Us everything ne
really need, and the danger is that
they will mistake a majority for ma
infity. That is why We are here today.
We hold brief for the silent majority
who do not want the ballot. There
are, no doubt, thousands of women
who wish the ballot, and wish il earn
eztIy, but there are millions sho do not
desire it.
The proof that We represent this ma
iority may be ASKED Tor. II lies in
this-that the suffrage movement must
be against the opinions of most Of our
sex since it has been pushed fer 80
gears by as able a womap and as popu
lar a one as Miss Anthony, and Jet still
remains a minority movement. In
these 30 years every other voman's
succeeded. The educational movement
mot necessarily the coeducational, 10
a magnificent success. and by the way,
may mention here, that the Presi-
dents OF four of the prominent vomen's
colleges are all anti sufragists. The
movement for property rights Is 20 sue
ceSstul that even married women now
haye more property rights than married
men. The entrance of women IN all
occupations and professions has been so
great that Gus Of a possible S59 occupa.
Iions ever $50 have been conquered for
our sex, according TO the census of
! 1850. while now a suffragist speaker at
| the conference this week claims that
We are today represented in over 100
trades and occupations. And the club
| movement-Weil, gentlemen, wherever
/ there are Two women nowadays there
| il club; the remotsst hamlet Is no
| exception TO this rule. These move
meDts nave had no trouEle in winning
| their way and they have not taken hall
| century to do il either. The woman
| suffrage movement is the only woman'a
/ movement in existence that after e
| years hard work finds itself not only
in the minority but with strong asso.
Citations Of women banded against it.
| The suffrage movement is minority
movement even where it has succeeded
In Colorado. where have been twics
since the Equal Suffrage law was
passed, and where / have friends whc
are old residents, l have been assured
that the majority of women did mo-
desire the vote and have been indiffer
ent ever since as TO casting thsil
ballots. When | was going 10 Oregon
last year had most interesting tall
with IN Oregon sufiragist, who sougb
To dissuada me from opposing suffrage
asked her il she did not think tina
| represented the majority and shI
said: why Of course, the majority o
women here in the East are against US
and you will find the majority on
there against US too. but when the.
have to vote they will vote!' Ant
when reached Oregon found that sh
was right in her first remark at least
The great majority Of all the women
met there did not care a button fc
the ballot, and strong organization
} has been formed there against it. i
this connection | may add, since tt
success OF municipal suffrage in Kansa
is often spoken Of by the sutfragists tina
one Of the members of the standin
I
citation Opposed to the Extension {
. the Suffrage to Women, came upon tina
committee because, as she said, she ha
| been living in Kansas under munich pa
/ suffrage and was so disgusted with
. that when she moved to Oregon sh
wanted no more suffrage at all.
a Tho suffrage movement Is a minorit
movement too, in that the four State
, which have accepted suffrage are nc
representative in our large coinmuni
ties. Colorado by the census of 18S
had less inhabitants in the whole Stat
thar the city Of Baltimore; by the las
estimate. made by its governor, it ha
i Just about 10000 inhabitants MOI
than Baltimore, which is not much {
/, a margin. WyomiDg'a total popult
=. tion is LEGS than the foreign populatio
of Maryland, and Maryland is rot
land OF immigrants by any means. TT
;. population Of Idaho is far below Ii
I number Of coioied people in Maryland
! Utah tghere the admission of wome
4 to the suffiage can hardly be said,
q yiew Of recent events. to have elevate
the character OF the candidates. b;
less population than there are negro
in Arkansas and altogether the fol
States that have.egpRl suffrage all pl
together have fewer people in the
n 1900, 600 foweri than Chicago, and n,
!. half as many as New York Cit,
: GentIcmsn, results from such Stat
l. eyea il they were conclusive and pos
# tive would still be minority results.
g But even in those States the result
% are negative. Colorado has no advan
Z. in legislation to speak of, no puiitic
t, tion of politics. no improvement
3 municipal conditions, no raising
Is working women's wages, no tokens
o the millenial dawn whatever. Uti
IL has sent MIR. Brigham Roberts her
Ie but he has been returned with thank
1t through the efforts of The women wit
g out the ballot, SO that Utah's effort
% uplift the country goes for nothin
n Wyoming has had equal suffrage for
II years, yet nothing important has ha
n pened any mure than 10 Idaho, viii,
ct has but Just begun the experimer
a Negative results such as these spei
ic powerfully against suffrage, to our min
10 may be asked by what authority
j. speak for Colorado. have here lette
re from Color ado men signed with thu
p, names and giving their opinion as
I'd tho negative or evil results Of suifra
SO ir Colorado. 1t may be said that y
would prefer to hear from the wome
id and 1 also have letter from Deny
as woman, who signs her name to 1t q
a. who shows up the same evils. (Ht
al the speaker read two letters, one frt
ch an official of the Fire and Police Boa
or of Denver and one from Deny
as lawyer, which spoke emphatically
" tho failure of woman suffrage to puri
et politics, advance the cause OF temp
lil a,a, -, ,an,aIu tho IN laval oopF p,