Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-12
WOMAN SUFFRAGE LOST!
Democratic Legislators Have Perceived
its Dangers-Now Let Them Ward
Off Other Women FOIlies in
Legislation.
(Communicated.)

NOOmmunlcateu.)
To the Editor: Mrs. William Ell
licott, the liveliest woman suffragist
in Maryland, comes out in the Balti-
more Star of January with sad news
for the suffragists. Every Monday
The Star devotes a whole page to
club women and woman suffrapists.
In reporting Mrs. Ellicott, The Star
gives this heading:
"Believe Suffrage Bill Cannot Pass.
Mrs. Ellicott Announces Her Opinion
on Situation at Annapolis. Qua fed
Measure Might Have Chance. 4"
The suifra sists have interviewed
the Legislators in advance, and Mrs.
Elllcott reports that fully three. GUAR
tiers Of them are opposed to the pres
ent woman suffrage intention. Good
for the legislators! They see the
petty tyrannies that the suffrage
would bring. They see the advocates
Of it are mostly Republicans hoping,
among other things, to trotE in the
negro women and double the negro
vote for Republican men and meas
ures. They see the suffrage ringing
the death-knell of Democracy.
With their pet hobby downed in ad-
vance, the women in the same Star
call for an important meeting to urge
their other new laws, chief of which
is what they call "a school attend
ance law" This means the forcing
of every black child into the public
school, that he may be prepared by
education to exercise himself at the
polls. The same Republican element
that urges the suffrage urges this
also. Mrs. Ellicott is a leader in the
movement. Exactly in the same
manner that the legislators have
downed the SURFACE, they must also
down the school attendance bill.U--
The woman suffragists and the club
women are establishing a headquar-
ters at Annapolis. They expect to
importune the Legislators as never be-
fore.~ All that wealth, beauty and
wit can do for the legislative mash.
ing of the Legislators will be done.
l { the Legislators are real men, they
will exercise their own judgment
coupled with the wishes of their con-
stituents. That the old farmers, who
have elected the county members
have anything in common with the
la les of wealth and leisure, domi
mated exclusively by city women, is
preposterous to suppose.
The tactics of the women are the
same the country over. Their fancy
ever turns to fads. They are totally
unable to contend in a statesmanlike
manner for their objects. They make
their appeal through their feminintY.
This may do all very well in the
MASKING of a dude, but not in the
making of laws which affect for veal
or woe the lives of the people. Down
in old Kentucky the women gave a
sample of Their powers. They wanted
an education bill passed. The big De-
lineator magazine gave the particulars
A delegation composed of the most
hewitching womenfor which that State
is famous, bounced down upon the
young men of the Legislature. The
legislators withstood them and refused
them. Then the women went back
to think it over. The leader finally
resolved on another beauty show,
and, "says the Delineator, "she look
Ell over the State and picked nine
more women, the prettiest and the
brightest and the wittiest in all
Kentucky" These fetched the leg
islatocs and the bill was passed.
What is a country coming to when
legislation is enacted by this means
Female Washers in the legislatures
are worse than female Washers on
the streets Of our cities.
So FRANCIS B. LIVESEY,
| - West Eriendshin. Nd.