New-York tribune., 1908-12-05
WOMEN AND BALLOTS
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Tammany Wigwam?" This remark was greeted
with loud applause.
DR.. Aked was followed by Rabbi Wise. who
said that as long as women were shut out from
citizenship and the exercise of the ballot. which
is the emblem OF citizenship. ours is democ-
racy-that is, rule of the people-and that land
where women are bereft of the right of citizen
ship is homocracy or to call it by its right
name, manocracy, . representing the triumph
Of the man or male caste. Those justified in
their opposition To equal suffrage who are foes
Of democracy. who think Samuel Adams a
fanatical agitator. who consider the Declaration
of Independence incendiary document and
who look upon Washington and Hancock as
leaders of needless sedition. Such do not
believe in the divine right Of humanity-save- TO
he ruled-are in their place at the head Of the
anti-suffrage agitation"
with letters from President Roosevelt and
Secretary Elihu Root. with protesting suffra-
gettes in the audience and policemen standing
in the aises, the National League fired the first
gun in It's campaign against votes for women at
the Berkeley Lyceum in the afternoon.
The letter from Mr. Roosevelt was not written
for publication, for this occasion but was
read with the writer's permission by the Rev
DR.. Lyman Abbott in. the course of an address
on "The Assault on Womanhood." The letter.
which is dated November 10. 1905 says:
Personally. | believe In woman suffrage. but
not enthusiastic advocate of II. because | do
not TssaTd 1t 1t as as a very I'M important matter I am
provement in the position Of women in those stais
in the West that have adopted woman suffrage as
have not adopted it. do not thinK that : gixiS ina
provement in the condition Of women o not l b
ege that It will produce any Of the evils feared
take any special interest in the matter they will
But at present. think G9Sse mosf Of Of them are I,
warm; find some actively for it and some actively
he rens, nh,
tepid in my support Of it. because while believe
lance; believe that man and woman should stand
equality Of right means identity OF function; and
the indispensable field for the useflnesss Of 6 S1eG;
It is her %ork D 0i tbe fe bon9ago,d jag T.,
work IN bearing and rearing the children. which
that work which should be normay the wonsn.s ~
sPeGiaI Iiid work just as normally the mans work
or the home and, if necessary. the soldier who win
There are exceptions as regards both man and
woman; but the full and perfect life the life OF
state is the life OF the man end 10 Gs
TSoand @ ana ana wife who live In the partnership OF
home the other managing the home and the chill
The letter from Secretary Root indorsing the
anti-suffrage movement having previously been
read by President Butler of Columbia DR. Alb
bott said; Il agree heartily with the sentiments
expressed by Mr.. Root. but cannot agree so
entirely with our other great statesman His
letter represents Il common masculine opinion
both in its mild approval of woman suffrage IN
the opening sentence. and in it's strong presents
tion of the arguments against wOman's surfragA
which occupy the rest of the letter"
The anti" part OF the audience took its c,,a
from this mild approval and manifested no en-
thusiasm. but the suffragettes left no do,h. :,
their disapproval.
AT this point the police tnterfered for tho
"antis' had been warned in time thai The srf
frasettes were coming but they were NO, -
be suppressed, and later on Dr. Abbott N,e. -,
terrupted by Mrs. B. Borrmann Wells and NJ