Evening star., 1912-04-11

merous organizations of women Tor the
support of woman suffrage and the stren-
uous efforts constantly being made to
create suffrage sentiment, it must not be
supposed that all of the women Of the
nation are anxious for the ballot or
that those who are not actively working
for it are merely Indifferent to the fran
chise being granted.
On the contrary. there is a strongly or
ganized opposition among women to the
enfranchis,enent of women. For more
than twenty years there has been an ac-
tive organization of anti-suffragists in
Massachusetts,. There are several or
ganizations in New York. where the
headquarters of the National Associa-
ton Opposed to Woman Suffrage is 10
Gated. This national body was reorgan-
active membership. Its officers are:
President Mrs. Arthur Dodge Of New
York; vice presidents. Mrs. Henry P.
kidder of Massachusetts and Mrs. Horace
Brock of Pennsylvania; treasurer. Mrs.
Robert Garrett of Maryland; secretary.
Mrs. Roland p. Hazard of Rhode Island.
The executive committee includes women
from California. Oregon. Illinois. Con-
necticut and several other states.
Mrs. Dodge. the president Of the new
national organization. was the former
president of the New York State Asso-
worked valiantly to defeat the efforts to
secure the franchise for the women of
that state. Whenever there is hearing
before the state legislature the members
of the opposition are present and present
their strongest arguments as to why
women should not have the ballot forced
upon them The National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Dodge
to combat the new yellow peril'-woman
suffrage. 1t will follow the yellow flag
and endeavor to stamp out its pestilence.
Where the contagion is already rampant
it will check it. and where the malady
is only threatened it will endeavor to
inoculate against the new disease
The New York state organization did a
great deal of work during the California
campaign. u n s
In the California were raised to help
the California asso-
AP"A6A' ia ion fight the
equal suffrage amendment, and notwith-
standing the fact that it failed in that
campaign the work is not TO be aban
doned, as there is a possibility Of there
being a referendum Of the question in
of the voters will be less occupied with
other political interests than was the
case last year. Notwithstanding this re-
suit the association feels that its efforts
created sentiment against woman suffrage
that will be felt in future elections in
California. Attention is now being turned
to the states in which woman suffrage
amendments are to be voted upon this
year.
In Wisconsin hard fight will be made.
There is an organization of women op-
posed to suffrage in Milwaukee which
numbers over 10000. and in forty Wis
cOnsin towns men are being organized to
fight the proposed suffrage amendment
An active campaign is being waged in
Ohio, in which women are circulating
literature containing strong arguments
against the amendment, which was ia
vorably considered last month by the con-
stitutional convention. In both Colum
bus and Cincinnati there are strong local
organizations of anti-suffragists. which
are being generously aided by the newly
formed national association.
There is strong state organization in
MARYLAND. which is publishing a consid-
erable amount Of literature. The cam
paign for constitutional amendment in
Maryland has been active between the
suffragists and the opposition, and for the
present the association opposed to suf-
ITdSe SeeHlS 10 nave Deeu SUCCESSFUL, OF
at least there is no immediate prospect
of the women of Maryland receiving the
ballot. There are organizations in Balti-
more, Annapolis and several other towns,
and numerous mass meetings have been
held within the past few months which
have added largely to the registration Of
membership.
The District of Columbia anti-suffra-
gists organized in January, holding their
first public mass meeting in March, at
tn
creased incomes were discussed, with
their relation to the ballot in the hands
of women.