The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
ENGLISH WOMEN PROCLAIM
THAT THEY NEED NO TOTE'
Thousands Greet Win Enthusiasm Formidable Movement IN
Antagonism TO That Whic, Seeks Woma,ls Suffrage

en- vino Shrek for suffrage were contlp- I
ually before tho public gaze, and the
voices OF the women who do not want the
vote were drowned. The position is fast
becoming reversed
Some OF the most important shops In
London have written for forms Of protest
against the granting of votes to women,
which their employees wish to sign. The
protest has been signed by the entire |
feminine STATS of some OF the hospitals,
from the matron TO the youngest ward |
maid.
Thousands Of women who do not want !
the vote have sent letters and kilograms
to Miss r. K Taylor, OF Hyde Park
street. who is acting as honorary secre-
tary to the anti-wonen's suffrage move
ment. 1t may safely be said that no polit-
cal proposal OF recent years has aroused
so widespread an antagonism among wom-
EN- as that to confer votes on women.
| The movement has not been officially
christened yet" said Miss Taylor yester-
day. ct is almost too large q question to
be hampered by a name either Of an as
ISOLATION or a society.
ut practically means the union of all
the womanly women of England. Later
| on we may organize the extraordinary
volume OF opinion our appeal has brought
to light into an association, but there is
time enough for that.
We wish to point out that the result OF
our appeal has been marvellous. for the
following reasons" continued Miss Tay-
Tor: 1T must be remembered that the pro-
test has only been circulated during the
last fortnight; that no meetings have been
held, no literature has been distributed
and there has been practically no organi-
zation.''
What the Leaders Say.
/ I,
Der OF letters and kilograms OF support
and encouragement
The Dowager Countess OF Desart writes:
| ut is pity that women should wish to
| be the rank and file of the army instead
of being content to officer 1t from superior
heights
II have signed the protest" writes LADY
Hamilton-Gordon, land a number Of my
friends are doing likewise. We should be-
1.-THE laughing stock OF Europe IL the Wo-
mans Suffrage Bill We're passed.
There Is a mistaken idea that women
with large properties should be aggrieved
because they have not O vote. cannot
understand why this should ba the case.
Landed property is SO we'll represented in
Parliament. Women have an enormous
sphere before them in guardianshlps, etc.
Let them develop these before thinking OF
the franchise.
"Women do not realize their power of
Influence. II they wish any great and
feasible question brought before Parlil-
ment there are always members of Yar-
lament who are ready to do So
II feel very strongly writes Lady Rus
sell Reynolds, "the injustice OF forcing the
\ vote upon thouands OF women who do not
want It, which would be the case II the
Womans Suffrage Bill We're passed. My
truest sympathy goes out to the cause,
IL "a t1ta
women who do not want the vote, are In
a vast majority.
Premier for franchise Bill.
Meanwhile the women suffragists are
not idle, and have just scored q victory
in securing from the Premier promise
to vote for their bill. which measure has
been introduced In the House of Com
mons by Mr.. Dickinson, This proposes
that neither sex nor marriage shall pc 9
disqualification from the franchise II q
woman possesses the same qualltcntlor
as would enfranchise man.
This means that any woman ratepayel
shall have a vote, and that IL married
woman, who Is u Joint occupicr, or rate
payer with her husband, shall also be en-
titled to vote.
The bill also proposes not only to con
fer vote on all female ratepayers ant
occupiers on the Same terms as on thu
other sex, put 10 eHtenu WIS Aouker tiaH
ch1se to females,
The object of the promoters of the bill
has been to avoid creating a new class O.
franchise.
The names on the back OF the bill, IL
addition to that of the introducer ar,
Mr. Stuart, Corrie Grant, the Hon. Goef
frey Howard, Hart Davies, r. snowdel
and Cameron Corbett.
The committee responsible for the cir
culaton OF the protest against woman
suffrage state that 1t will be presented t,
the Prime Minister before the secont
reading OF the Woman's Suffrage bill,