New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
ANTI-SUFFRAGE PROTEST.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION REQUESTED
NOT TO INCORPORATE THE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PLANK
IN ITS PLATFORM.
IN IT'S PLATFORM

The following protest against inserting
womans suffrage plank in their platforms was
sent to the Republican and Democratic National
Conventions by the association opposed to the
tension of the suffrage to women;
The women Of the United States who ., are op-
posed TO the extension OF the suffrage to their sex
desire to present their vigorous protest against
in the platform of the National Democratic party
This is not the place for an extended argument
against woman suffrage; but before declaring in
its favor it is proper that men of practical ex-
general welfare of the community would be ad-
vanced if women were TO enter the field of politics.
would be Conducive 10 the Veil being Of the sex or
OF the community at large.
Should be taken only When if crV a appeers that
such an extension is necessary TO the general wei
fare Of the community, that it is called for as
suffering some deprivation Of their rights by
reason reason Of Of present disqualifeation Can it be
as the women of this country are concerned?
munity would be advanced if women were per
mitted to vote, it would be necessary TO show that
such belief At most IT could only be expected that
nuenced by the same considerations that control
brothers, and the only practical result of extend
ing the suffrage to women would be to double the
and labor of elections.
Manhood suffrage in a government where the
certaining the will of the majority, to which the
a stable government, while full opportunity is
the end the opinion Of the majority prevails. be-
cause it is the majority, and could, If necessary.
compel compliance with its wishes To extend the
electorate a vast non-combatant body, Incapable
bic 70 have a minority which could safely defy the
wishes of the majority, and thus the fundamental
thrown,
in political life must seriously modify the social
unit Of the family as it exists. The duties of
On n
the secluson of domestic life The participation Of
in line With their duty of cherishng and protecting
the home from dangers which may attack it from
the outside, and such participation can have no
such disintegratng effect upon the home life as
would necessarily follow a like participation by
That II the E, suffrage should be extended to women
broad and intelligent minds from the paths Of com
The very word women" suggests at once certain
limitations and peculiarites belonging to the sex
ing privileges and projections and as time has
progressed these have been more and more gener-
Special legislation for the benefit Of women based
upon the necessities peculiar 10 their sex. has
grown TO command the support OF our most eminent
and intelligent statesmen,
fhaG bos W Who 6neSe 6 d ia nI9ce her no2 DiaHe
Of political eGuaIiTy With men The position of
these advocates Of this change is inconsistent and
untenable. The general enactment Of laws for the
benefit Of women has been due to the chivalrous
feeling Of the men who made those laws tnat the
characteristics whereby nature has difrerentiated
men and women call upon men who hold the power
CherlSh
To grant the power to make laws equally to men
and women, and thus destroy mans sense OF re-
sponsibility for woman'S welfare, would leave the
latter enjoy only such special privileges as she
could win by fighting for them, and even if woman
had the unrestricted right to vote any struggle
between men and women would be most unequal
We ask that the wishes Of the acknowledged
majority OF women IN the United States who
opposed the extension Of the suffrage TO their
sex he respected, and that all mention of the
extension OF the suffrage to them be omitted from
Mrs. FRANCIs NJ SCOTT, Honorary Chairman,
Extension OF the Suffrage to Women.
Mrs J. ELIOT CABOT, President, MASSACHUSETTS,
Association Opposed to the Further Extension
Of the Suffrage to Women. -
Mrs. CAROLINE T. CORBlN, President, l!lnols
Association Opposed to the Extension OF the
Suffrage to Women.
Mrs R ". WILBUR, President, Oregon Associa-
ton Opposed the Extension OF the Suffrage
Mrs SAMUEL CAsADY, Iowa Association Opposed
to the Extension of the Suffrage TO Women.
Mrs c. w. GRIGGS, President, Tacoma Association
Opposed to the Extension OF the Suffrage to
Women.
Other women represented in the protest were
Mrs Hugh D. Auchincoss. Mrs. Lockwood de For
est Miss Jeanette L. Glider Mrs Richard Watson
Glider, Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt. Mrs Iren01 T. ParK:
Mrs Elihu Root, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
and Miss Van Buren,.