The Washington times., 1913-08-18
T|LLMAN ASSA|LS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Declares, in Senate, 1t Is "Beau-
tifuI Dream That 1t Will
Purify Politics."
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ought to be-" he said. "and the water
ing places and hotel resorts in the
mountains afford opportunities for get
ting acquainted with other mems wives
and other women's husbands. Lus'
takes the place of love. with the result
that divorce is soon arranged and the
swap is perfected under the forms OF
law. The women are just as bad as the
men and divorce their husbands on any
slight pretext If they come across a
man they like better who makes )ove
to them"
Scores Titled Marriages.
Senator Tillman depicted the title
hunting American heiresscs as going
straight 10 hell" He said:
"A most disgraceful and mortifying
fact which every American must blush
for is to see how the American mil
lionaires are buying their daughters
titled husbands. Some count, baron or
lord. no matter how much of a
debauchee and scoundrel he may be, is
looked up by the rich father and 2uT-
chased in the open market. just as ne
would purchase a horse or a stallion.
The women submit to legal prostitution
for a time. Then the titled debauchee
whose relatives have sneered at the pie
beian wife all along are relieved OF her
presence. A divorce follows, and The
unnatural alliance between money and
scoundrelism is ended. Oh, the shame
Of it!-but that is the way modern So
ciety is progressing. God save the
mark!
TO me such people seem to be going
straight to hell, and / am no stckler
for religion. / only abhor from the bot
tom of my soul degradation and rotten
ness, now becoming too common In
society
He held suffrage would not lessen, but
tend to, increase, the dangers Of this
situation
Favors Unwritten Law.
He declared the unwritten law the
best law TO protect women, and said
that if the Diggs-Caminetti case had
occurred in the South the men would
have been shot down like dogs.
Senator TilIman took the position
that the relation between votes for
women and divorce was one OF mu-
tual acceleration." If not one Of cause
He predicted the downfall of America
If woman suffrage came. saying:
II. looking at the growing craze of
woman suffrage and the rapid increase
in the number Of divorces granted IN
this country, sadly think. II l do not
say: America, thy race Is almost run
unless something is done to check thy
headlcrg speed
We had better endure the evils OF
corruption in politics and debauchery
in our Government than bring about a
,1rbiS beauty
and dim the luster Of the glorious
v voteantood with which we have been
familiar.
Fears Effect of Politics.
IT know the demand for suffrage on
the part Of women is growing too fast
for old fogies like me TO stop IT. ex-
cept possibly in the South and New
England, where conservatism Is more
strongly entrenched than anywhere else
in the country.
IT sincerely believe that the useful
ness and goodness OF women vary in
versely as the extent of her partcipa-
ton in politics. ] believe she will i'm
prove politics, but ultimately politics
will destroy her. And when our good
women are no longer to be found the
doom Of the republic is near.
AS to the effect that equal suffrage
may have in increasing the number OF
divorces, Senator Tillman said: II thank
God my lot was cast in a State where
there is no such thing as divorce. In
South Carolina We do not believe in the
modern idea so prevalent in this day.
OF permitting a man TO marry a woman
in her youth and beauty. and then.
when her face becomes shrunken and
her eyes dim. TO search out among his
women aCquaintances some young and
buxom girl who suits his eye, and
straightway set TO work systematically
to force his old wife TO seek a divorce
Seeks Bearing On Divorce.
The Senator urged the collection OF
data which would show whether suf-
frage had any bearing on divorce and
whether II has affected the birth rate.
II was in explanation of his action
in inserting in the Record an article on
The Mission OF Women" by the late
Or Alfred Taylor Bledsoe and his
withdrawal Of the article from the Rec
ord that Senator Tillman spoke. He
said he did not know when he present
ed the article that II reflected on North
ern women, and said when his atten
ticn was called thereto he promptly
Withdrew II. He said he harbored no
mean thoughts toward Northern women
Some OF the very finest women I
have ever known are Northern wom-
en-" he added.
He explained further the article was
written many years ago. in reConstruc-
ton days, but the real reason for it
was that DR. Bledsoe 'shuddered to
think of women taking part At the
rolls under the existing conditions Of
pclitiCal debau cherry"