The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-12
VOTES FOR WJhEA
 PROVE MAGIC SLOGAN
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two men. The two women were so securely protected by their property and social advantages that they did not seem to realize that other women might need the protection which they found unnecessary for themselves. I was interested to find out why the men appeared against the bill. l have been unable, as yet, to find out much about the reputation of one of the men. The other man, MT. John J. Splain, of New Haven, made a very flowery speech about the God given sphere of women and about woman's s being on a pedestal. I find on look ing him up that he Is the manager of a chain of cheap theatres. Why do you suppose he appeared against the woman suffrage amendment? Do you suppose that it was because he pedestal? No. It is because he req lizes that anything which opens the eyes of the upper classes of women to conditions as they really exist in the outside world. and anything that gives to the women whom he em- power to protect themselves, will hurt his business. It will make him less able to employ women at starvation wages and expect them to eke out their paltry earnings by selling them selves body and soul to the highest 
 acter of the real opposition to woman suffrage. The few women of the pro- tected classes who call themselves anti-suffragists and who have organ ized to protect themselves in their present parasitic and irresponsible position hardly count at all.''
 If the meeting at Warner hall may be considered a success, it is hard to find terms to describe the supper at the Country club which followed inn mediately after. Mrs S. T. Davis. Jr., had invited about fifty guests from Bridgeport and other parts of the State to meet the speakers of the evening. The host of daffodils which decorated the tables seemed symbols of the spirit of whole hearted cama- raderie which inspired the guests. s. T. Davis, Jr., in introducing Daniel Dav enport as toastmaster, said: "We men are here to stand beside and aid our women in the splendid work which they have undertaken. For my part, hope they will admit us to their equal franchise league as members without votes and decide things for us without our decision just to let us men know how it feels to be unen- franchised.''
 MT. Davenport first introduced Will liam IT. Hincks, who gave a practical and immediate aspect to the situation.
 
 in equal suffrage ask ourselves is- What cam we do to help the women win?"
 Miss Milholland. who was next in- troduced took exception to a sugges- ton which MT. Davenport had made that perhaps it would be a good thing to let the women struggle for enfran- chisement since in so doing they would gain in strength and civic conscious ness. She said: Let us make 1t as easy as possible the transition which is at hand that all types of women may enter this new inheritance"
 w. S. Feel, the next speaker, said that he welcomed the opportunity to declare himself for equal suffrage and to aid the women in the work before them. He then proposed the toast, Connecticut, the first equal suffrage State in the East"
 c. B. Read said T have known three women intimately. my mother, my wife's mother and my wife. Of these one only is living and she is to me the epitome of all the rest. As my wife stands for equal enfranchise- ment, so stand I.'
 Mr. Davenport in closing said: t'I now declare that I stand absolutely for the equal and complete enfran- chisement of the women of Connecti- cut'
 With a few brief farewell remarks from Dr. Shaw, Mrs. Hepburn and Col Osborn, the supper broke up, an oc- casion felt by all present to be an epoch making one in the history of Bridgeport.