The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-14
OPPOSES WOMAN SUFFRAGE
EIGHTEEN MONTHS WORK BY WO-
 MEN WHO WANT TO TOTE.

Report Of the President of tho Nov
 York Anu-sunrngo Assoclation-set
 backs for Woman Suffrage in vari
 ous States.
 The following report has been mad
 by the president of the New York Stat
 Association Opposed to the Extension of the Suffrage to Women to the Stand
 ing Committee:
 During the eighteen months which have elapsed since the last report, { period due to the change of date of the annual meeting, the work which wt have met here to discuss has continued to grow and develop, fostered, on the one hand, by the unceasing aggressive ness of the suffragists, and on the other by the augmented interest of all classes in all social problems. The channels through which the various committees have worked are many and the faithful energy which has characterized them is matter for congratulation by every one of you.
 There has been issued during the year, among other printed matter, a leaflet enumerating the defeats suffered by the suffragists, an interesting &C., count of the failure of the school suf- frage to bring out the womens vote, furnished by the editor of the Hart ford Courant; an excellent pamphlet en- titled What Is an Anti Suffragist? 2 written by member of the Mount Vernon Auxiliary and published by that committee, and much excellent matter printed in periodicals bearing both directly and indirectly on the question in which we are so deeply in- terested.
 Through the correspondence of our secretary there has been expressed a live interest in the opposition to woman suffrage, made evident by ad emand for information and pamphlets to be used in debates all over the country. These demands are, of course, immediately and fully responded to.
 At the special request of MT. Mel vile K. Dewey pamphlets have been sent to libraries, and at the Astor. among others, are easily to be got at through the drawer catalogue system.
 ''The correspondence of such an asso-
  and this has beaten steadily throughout the year, and under the wise and tact full stimulation of our secretary has never been stronger nor more indica- tive of growth and strength. To aban- don an imperfect simile, the lively in- terest shown by those new to the work and the constant and sympathetic in- terchange of opinion and experience with the other associations have been gratifying to a degree.
 Tt is difficult to impress upon you sufficiently the influence which New York State has on the rest of the coun- try. Her influence is tremendous, and no matter how flipantly the newspa pers of other States may speak of our faults and foibles, we find that every step we take is recorded, every act of ours is heralded as important; and that,ss therefore we cannot afford to leave undone what we ought to do. to make mistakes. even to indulge in be- ing little foolish but that we must be dignified, steadfast, wise and unfal- tering in our work.
 We have, as you know, an associa- ton in Oregon which guards the West; one in Illinois guarding the middle West; one in Massachusetts which does work we might we'll copy. With all these We are in close and harmonious touch, and we learn from them of a growing conviction of the inexpediency and uselessness of woman suffrage.
 "Several of our leading workers were invited to debate this question at the Woman Suffragist National Conven- tion, but it was deemed wise to decline the invitation We each year receive a number of such calls from political equality clubs, and various like soci- ties, but it has been the settled policy of this association from the beginning to keep off the public platform and thereby to avoid among many other pitfalls those personalities and that kind of statement and retort which make SO large a part of the material of suffragist meetings
 These are neither arguments nor proofs of anything, and consequently | lie quite outside our legitimate work, which has always been a constant ham, l mering at the fundamental principles | which underlie the vast mass of dis l tracing and irrelevant half truths l which cumber and obscure the sub | ject.
 "The Brooklyn and Buffalo commit | tees held some very successful parlor | meetings. Miss Bissell and Dr. Lyman Abbott spoke in Brooklyn to over 100 women, and Dr. Abbott and Miss Story addressed an equally large number in Buffalo.
 "These meetings were held in the houses of members of the respective and are open to none of the objections cited above and there can be doubt that where it is necessary to arouse interest, such gatherings are the most efficacious plan People will f listen where they will not read for with only A small proportion of men or women is there a formed habit of thoughtful reading, and in many cases a latent interest in a subject can only be aroused through the ear
 'In a number of States the question of the extension of the suffrage to wo- men has come up in various forms. In he following States the suffragists met with defeat
 Tn Oregon proposed amendment to