New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-15
here FOR OHIO cause
Head Of Mems League Tells OF
Fight for the Women.
CAN'T BRIBE FAIR VOTERS
Certainly Not with Ice Cream
Sodas and Candy, Says
Judge Littleford.

You can't bride a woman with glass
of ice cream soda or box OF chocolates
tthe feminine equivalent Of glass OF beer
and box Of cgars-accordng to the mas
culine mind out this is only one OF the
little reasons why Judge William Little
fcrd. president of the Mems League for
Woman Suffrage of the State OF Ohio. be-
lieves that granting the tallot to women
will purify politics.
The judge stopped off at New York yes
terday on his way home from Washington
to enlist the moral and financial support
OF the New York State Mems League for
the coming votes for women campaign
In Ohio. On September 8, along with con-
stitutional amendments about the initiative.
referendum and recall and the reform OF
the court system, the men Of Ohio will vote
on the question of giving women the bal
lot. According to Judge Littleford, the
women are likely to get IT. But he adds
that there is a stiff fight ahead. and II
was for the purpose OF getting the New
York men to help that he met yesterday
afternoon with the executive committee OF
the New York league at the office OF James
Lees Laidlaw, chairman of the executive
committee, at No. 26 Broadway.
I'VE are planning to start q whirlwfnd
speaking campaign about three weeks be-
fore September g." said the Judge, land We
need money and speakers. We are count
ing on the assistance of the New York men
because we think they realize with US that
the failure OF Ohio to grant votes to women
this fall will be something OF blow to the
cause all over the country"
According to the judge, there is almost
no man who is really against woman suf-
frage but a negative opposition is almost
as hard to combat as positive one.
why, I've converted men in ten min
utes on a street car" he said. II start by
asking them why they are opposed to wom-
an suffrage, and they usually humble the
same answer-'The women ought to stay AZ
home Then say, Doesn't your wife ever
go out to play bridge or attend Oriental
rug auctions? Some Of them don't do very
much else Then the man I'm talking with
has to confess that his wife does 80 out
occasionally and maybe the home won't 90
to smash II she spends fifteen minutes
every few months at the polls. And the
average man hasn't any moro arguments.
or fiimsy ones than can be knocked down
just as easily as his first"
Not only can women not be bribed with
ice cream and candy says Judge Lttleford.
but even the bait of an once will not at
tract many Of them, since most OF them
have their home duties as mothers ana
housekeepers to consider.
When It was suggested that the lure OF
desk in the City Hall might cause Jane TO
refuse to marry John the judge asked:
did you ever see a woman who wanted
to get married turn aside for anything?
The Judge believes that not only viii
women purify politics, but that they Will be
enabled by the vote TO legislate for the oe'-
torment of the condition OF women and chill
dren. And although they may have accom-
plished some part Of this end they cannot
work effectively until they can plead their
cause before the legislature holding votes
in their hands.
'They are received courteously now, ~
said. but nothing is done. Yet, let Ike
delegation OF men appear before their req
resentatives, and watch the dust ny.
The mems league, OF which Judge Litt'H-
ford is president started In CincinnaI
about two months ago with membership
NJ seyenty-five. which has now increased I"
over two hundred. A similar league was
started in Cleveland at the same time, m
both leagues have been so busy that the
haven't had time yet to amalgamate.
The women in Cincinnati expect 10 hsNe
q parade some time in August ana 'hS
nudge thinks that a largo percentage oi
mon will march with them