The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-08

draughts of comfort. or they pretend
.ney do. from the demonstration re-
Gpeintiy made at the jefferson Hotel,
richmond. by the Virginia Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, as witness
SSwo articles In The Times Dispatch of
March 80.
AS a direct result OF this meeting
one OF these writer's declares that we
snail hear no more OF the unwoman.
s s,mgss OF the woman who appears on
h hac PUPILS occasions-Pankhurst and
ner battalions OF window smashers on
iiccadiily and tho Strand not except
cd! In which assertion there Is il
on eauc Ioo sense SCI or truth as in 20 out
IIorth by the promoters of equal suf-
tragc. You Will hear more OF It, and
M ,ne more you see OF &, likewise tho
more you Will hear of Il. =.
1t would be more in Keeping with
INC proverbial modesty OF woman to
assume 4 receptive attitude In this
matter matter; as being willing to receive
oestow, rather than TO demand It as
q right, or to attempt to browhcat or
nenpeck them into Willingness to
panacea for all the ills of women as
well as men. would. in all human prob
aoility, prove to be n veritablc Pan
dora's box of evils for both.
But that Is Just the point exactly.
lhese women have got the new fan
slcd (new- fansedl idea that the time
mas come for an end of the dominance
authority or prccedents and they
themselves are the very ones who
harp upon that strident chord.
nrst as las, and may nave a don wei, SAY
woman can never be the equal of man
In the sphere wnicr is properly and
naturally mans. and that for tic very
her so, and 1t surely follows that
neither she nor man can do what Cod
has not done But this is no detrac-
Tor in many things she is far superior
to man. 1t is ont" when she seeks
to Invade the sphere OF man that she
becomes inferior to him and makes
But TO bark back for a moment to
that insistent cry. Wyoming" utah"
etc. There are six States in the fur
West which In their unwlsdom have
granted to woman the right OF SUI
frage. The combined population of
i've OF these States is about equal to
that OF Virginia alone, California. much
the largest OF these six States, has
population about equal TO that of vir-
ginla; whereas the area of the small
est one of these states Is much greater
than that of Virginia. Moreover wo-
man suffrage in all OF these States
is n very recent cxperiment and he
would be gullible indeed who should
profess to sec In these examples so
"a reason why the people of Virginia or
any other State, should follow in their
wake.
Imagine n jury of Virginia women
listening in opcn court to the sala-
cious testimony in a case, say Of Grim
NAL assault, in which tho Victim Is n
white woman and the criminal a negro
man. and the court room packed with
a miscellany of white and black OF
both sexes. And Yet if we follow the
lead of Wyoming. Utah and California
this may well come to pass
This talk about the emancipation"
of woman is mere twaddlc. and it I'M
plies Il singing insult both to the man
hood and wouanhood of Virginia
Woman has an individuality all her
own. and it sticks like Nessus's SHIRT.
her. cast her helpless toy into tho
secthinG vortex OF political chIcancrv,
rivalry and what not. give her the
ballot!
And this I say in defiance of tho
assertions OF the leaders of the suf-
fragcttc- mancttc-votcrcttc lcagu. of
Virginia. among whom are some whose
names have been wont to coruscatc
and scintillatc in the armament Of let
ters.
Since you will have it so, yc sur
tragettcs, manettes and would be
voterettcs. the gage of battle has been
thrown. and ii one emphatic No is for
You no answer, then shall 1t he &C.
pested until the echo of one no re-
verberates into the repetition OF an
other.
Till sound and echo fill the air,
And make prolonged negation there!
Grove. r. NJ. WILLIAMS.
THO Public School the rome of tho