The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-15
The CAUSE OF WOMAN.
NEW YORk sANTT-SUFFRAGE ASsO-
CATIONS ANNUAL REPORT.
Nothing Terrible In IL. but Much OF curious
Interest -Four Anti-Sufrrage Assocla-
tions. rs Against Twoscore suffrage As
sociations Its Parlor Meetings -Bish-
op Foss's successor as q S~urragist.

interest OUR hn'I-~u'tosV ''"''
lions, MS Against Twoscore suffrage As
socIauons Its Parlor Meetings Bish-
Op Foss's successor as q sunragist'
The report Of the New York Anti-Sufrage
Association made public last week. con-
tains nothing which will strike terror to
the hearts Of the Suffrage Association.
The Ants first began organization work
about ten years ago and during this period
not one national convention has been
held, and In not one State has there been a
regular delegate convention. The annual
meetings. so far as can be learned, have
been held in the parlor OF some MEMBER
There are no membership fees and any
woman who says she does not wish TO
vote may become a member and Is always
counted thereafter, even though, as has
Happened a number OF times, she changes
her mind and joins a suffrage society. In
the latter she will have TO pay her dues
every year or be dropped from the rolls.
This report, just issued, announces
that there are A~nti-Sufrage Associations
In four States, Massachusetts. New YORK.
Illinois and Oregon. There IL a Suffrage
Association in almost every state In the
Union, which sends accredited delegates
20 the great national conventions every
year, and also holds its own annual con
ventions, with the exception OF some OF
the Southern States. The Anti society
of Oregon is too small TO be discovered;
that OF Illinois il composed Of a mere hand
full, nearly all in Chicago. So, after ten
wears of agitation. the Anti-Sunrage As
sociation consists practically OF two socie-
ties. In Massachusetts, and in New York.
This New York report states that during
the last year and n half the Brooklyn and
Buffalo committees held some very sue
cessful parlor meetings" that the society
has issued considerable literature, which
has been placed in libraries and supplied
TO all who wanted Il. and that "a sympa-
thetic correspondence has been kept up
with the other associations and closes:
sThis account Of what has been accom-
plished u submitted to you with great
pride and pleasure"
Perhaps IL was intended to include In
these Accomplishments the defeat Of suf-
frage bills in various Legislatures, but
there il no claim that the "antis' had any
thing TO do with 1t. Their only recorded
appearance in legislative halls was In OPP
position TO the Women Taxpayers bill in
New York. and this report SAYS: The
very large majority by which the bill passed
was a surprise to our committees which
had worked 40 hard But IL continues,
and this Is given a. the deliberate opinion
of Tho ten women who signed it. AS tho
months have slipped by we have come TO
feel that in neither House was the bill con-
sidered as a suffrage measure, any more
thar the Married Women's Property bill"
IL will be remembered that when the
committee of eleven "antis" went before
the Senate Judiciary Committee last Feb
ruary to oppose this bill, their spokesman.
Mrs. George Putnam. devoted half her
speech to urging the Senators not TO be
hoodwinked into believing this was not a
suffrage bill
From Colorado they say. 'stin comes
an abundance Of evidence for both sides
proving nothing But only two weeks
ago, at the Buffalo meeting, Mrs. Arthur
N. Dodge, who signs this report, said:
ct Is impossible 10 secure statistics 70
prove our assertions. for u association
cannot get letters 20 show the failure OF
woman suffrage in Colorado
The account of legislative action gives
the usual number Of very clever half
truths. For instance, u is true hat a
suffrage amendment was defeated In Ore
Ron In 1900 by 200 votes, but that showed
considerable progress since 1884, when one
was defeated by II .OOO. Ia the latter case
onIy one out Of thirty-three counties gave
a majority. In 1900. there was a majority
In twenty-ono counties. a tie In one,
another was lost 10y only one vote, and
another by only three. The mendmen
was defeated 10y the city Of Portland.
"In Kansas the bill giving women tho
right TO vote for Presidential electori was
defeated In the Senate, % TIC Il.
The bill at first passed the senate, but
at a caucus Immediately afterward the
Republicans decided II might hurt the
party's chances at the approaching cleo
tion. The next day Il was rrcOnAidoTed
and defeated. The Speaker 81 the House
and a majority Of the members weo said
20 favor II. A. this same session a Till To
repeal the municipal sufragr, which Kansas
Womsn have po=se,red fOurt's'u year,
wac reoxved with iecrs and laughter and
peferTed 70 the Judiciary COMMITTEES where
II was slaughtered without debate
.ln Indiana the House pa-ss-i n hnl Tor
en- amendment giving rur rag" 20 women,
vhich wa- promptly klled 10y "a" Sruai"
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