New-York tribune., 1902-12-06
WOMAN SUFFRAGE OPPOSED.
THOSE FIGHTING TO KEEP THE BALLOT
FROM WOMEN ENCOURAGED
AT OUTLOOK

There has been much in the last year 10 encour-
age those New-York women who view with dis
favor the claims of woman suffrage, to judge oy
the annual report of the executive committee of
the New-York State Association Opposed to the
Extension of Suffrage to Women. which read
yesterday at the annual meeting of the standing
committee at the house of Mrs. Gilbert e Jones.
No. 222 Madison-ave
There is no doubt that the majority OF women
are either opposed Indifferent to the extension
of the suffrage. says the report but in review
ing the work of the seven years of its existence
we cannot fail to congratulate ourselves that the
arguments base position upon have sue
ceeded in bringing the whole question of woman
suffrage into the field of intelligent discussion We
have the qualification of knowing that men, begin
ming to comprehend the true issues, realize
that IL would be manifestly unjust to put the 90
legation of the franchise upon ttose who do not
want it, in order to please the few who do And
where women are Indifferent, it is absurd to sup
pose that the body polite be in any measure
improved by dragging them to the polls.
THE old Revolutionary cry of Taxation with
out representation revived with the first
suffrage manifesto without regard to the fact that
in this republic women already had far more rep
resentation than their forefa theirs had members
of the Colonies. But despite the fact that class
and partial privileges really in the teeth of all
the claims of sufragsts to equality of suffrage
it has again been seized upon by them as the last
hope of their which is at standstill in this
State"
AFTER quoting HSlfeS 10 snow the S.pdlhy ioE I4IS
polls displayed by four hundred thousand property
owning in the towns and villages of this
State, the report continues
There is much announcement in the knoWledge
that in Massachusetts the women are mlndful OF
te of fbe smiV must must NOT be sadced pi to become
the centre of political whirlpool; and we reJoced
the legislature had defeated a woman suffrage
amendment by vote of 137 TO 45 c...-..,o,
there were but three votes in favor of giving the
sufragsts a hearing d suffrage amend
ment
six years ago women in the State of Iowa wrote
the agitation OF the suffrag gists? And you may
remember the concern of this committee last year
of matter relating the invasion of that State by
went to Iowa to lend inspiration by her presence;
bs the he Of the tn State b boldly b
were pledged to their cause. To those who only
woman suffrage must But. again we learned
that the quiet, steadfast resistance of women was
is sign of the times, In 1888 the legislature
IN 1890 It 1eted 5 to GSSd s and n 1872 wien the
roll was called the vote stood 56 to 2s- A message
| OF Consratulation Immediately flashed to the
women in the West, and the remeTnbrance OF what
inspiration should such condition of affairs again
occur
o & 6s+eHy t es st9dy y The phases of woman
franchise is futile. and that the educational work
or me committees opposed to woman sn1rase mas
| through mans mistaken chivalry. or womans mis-
nnderstanding d Of equal rights with unequal prvi
to grant the suffrage to women so long as rep
reSentatfVe and strong body declare the reasons
why women themselves do not desire the burden
To this end. then and in order to secure the at
tention Of the legislators and voters to this fact
our position of insistent protest must be main
tanned"
The report returns special thanks to the Editors
| of The Tribune Almanac. who for number of
years have given space to the work Of the assoca
ton.
The annual election resulted in the choice of the
following officers: Chairman. Mrs. Lyman Abbott
first vice-president; Mrs; Arthur NJ; Dodge; vice
Presidents, Mrs Elihu Root. Mrs. Philip Schuyler
Van Patten. Mrs Richard Watson Glider Mrs
William J. Wallace Mrs William Putnam. Mrs
George ParkhuTSt; treasurer. Mrs. George Wad-
dington secretary Mrs. George Phillips; executive
committee. Mrs Arthur NJ. Dodge. chairman; Mrs
Francis S. Bangs. Mrs Rossiter Johnson. Miss
Elizabeth V Cockcroft. Mrs. Gilbert Z. Jones Mrs
Charles II. Dennison. Mrs Otto Kiliani. Mrs
Howard DufHeld Mrs. Joseph S. Rylance. Mrs
George White Field. Mrs. Munroe Smith, Mrs s.
III. Hanford and Mrs. Emil knIchling