The sun., 1910-05-02
SUFFRAGISTS WON'T Do harm
MRS. HARPER TELLS THE PRESS
CLUB THAT.

Mrs. Eslmont Was tS Have Beca AZ the
Meeting % Preside. hat IIeF DOetoF
Inserdieted Fublle speaking she
Wsuldn't Debate Win the AhlIs.
They had a party at the Press Club
yesterday afternoon at which woman
suffrage and music were blended. Mrs.
o. II. p. Belmont was scheduled 10 preside
but she had TO give Il up because her
phyaiolan refused to let her speak
in public Just now. Mrs. Ida Hustled
Harper upheld woman suffrage with a
typewriter address Of q great many
pages, and there was plenty Of music.
The Press Club had asked Mrs, Belmont
70 preside over q meeting At which suf-
frage and anti-suHrags for women were
TO have an equal share. She replied that
she wouldn't stand sponsor for any anti,
20 the Press Club scratched the ants.
Tho reasons Mrs. Belmont presented in
the speech she sent 20 atone for her
absence.
In your invitation you asked me 10
preside. were the words Of Mrs. Belmont,
-Over q nesting whose object was to
discuss woman suffrage and anti-sunrage
Your president has doubtless told you
Of my refusal 70 accept such a position.
for Il has been my policy in life TO en-
deavor 10 meet only my equals or SUI
peFiors.
"A class of women who have had the
same opportunities that I have had, To
whom the State has opened the public
schools and colleges. whose fathers.
brothers and husbands have supported
them and extended 10 them every ad-
vantage they themselves enjoy. 10 whom
every public lecture hall is open. whOse
daily papers enable them 20 form intelli-
gent opinions of every advanced move
ment Of the aKe-when such women de-
liberatsly hang a placard on their breasts
proudly prOclAiming their inferior status.
gentlemen. had to say TO you that !
felt obliged 20 decline 20 introduce q
representative Of such class
President Taft In HE recent immortal
address 10 the National Woman Suffrage
convention mentioned the Hottentot.
/ 10 your president had asked ma 20 intro
nUl'M ~ h0NNEnAAN hWNlAA ~ ANAA. MNNAlEDlLN
az embodyinR the idea of antt-wOman
suffrage Il would have appealed 10 me
| for l should have appreciated her inability
for self-development, but ] refuse TO
COuntenAnce such ignorance IN an Amer
| lean woman Of the tWentieth century
Andrew COlvin held the gAyel in her
absence.
/ Mrs. Harper got a chance to leaf over
her typewriter pages aloud about the
middle of the afternoon. The history.
difRCulties. arguments. enemies, friends
and possible future Of the Cause were ex-
planned She wound up with a prophecy
that labor and woman suffrage would
get together before long Alfred r.
PearsaIl got up ~ soon a. QUESTIONS were
called for and asked her u she realized
thai many Of the labor organizations
we're NOS exactly prohihitiOnists.
-Oh. ] didn't mean 10 say that woman
suffrage stands for prohibition" Airs.
Harpsr haatened 70 reply. We sneak
of the labor party because We don't seem
% have a chance with any other party
Wen take it from any one who'll give It
20 m'
somebody else wanted 70 know whether
the vote was all they wanted whether
political questions weren't discussed IN
their club meetings.
The hallot il an We want Just now.
answered Mrp Harper but still we're
gong into politics neNt fall. We won't
do any harm: We don't know how 10 We
did we'd do a great deal Of harm.
The musical part II the afternoon was
supplied by Mime Neissen-Stone Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. Miss Emma
Gerber Of the Eclectic Club. Clifford Wiley.
Maurice Mike and Alfred y. Pearsall
who injected an atmosphere Of cheeriness
into the meeting right at the start by
singing Scatter Seeds Of kindness'