New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-01
WOMAN SUFFRAGE FAILS
EVERYWHERE, SAY ANTS
Claim Privilege Has Proved a
Monster That Turns on
Its Creators.
"BUT FEW DESIRE TO VOTE"
Majority of Sex Asserted to
Have No Interest In Move
ment-"Politics Not
Purified"
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.1

washington, Aug d. votes Tor WOm-
en- described by It's advocates as the
panacea for all political evils, is working
havoc among those very women who
have persuaded the men voters of their
states to give them suffrage. Women
who have obtained the franchise are
modern Frankensteins, creators of po-
itcal monster that has turned upon the
sex with appalling results"
The National Association Opposed TO
Woman Suffrage makes this preface to
statement. given out to-day through its
Washington headquarters containing a
denunciation of woman suffrage by Miss
Annie Book. OF California. who refers TO
her own state In proof Of her assertions.
Miss Book was one of CALIFORNIA; most
active suffrsgists for more than year,
but now is working against 1t. Miss
Book says:
1T takes some fortitude TO come out
and acknowledge that one has been in
the wrong After due observation, study
and deliberatlon I am willing to make
such confession. AS secretary of the
California Political Equality League, the
largest suffrage organization in Califor-
mia, gave, without remuneration, over a
year of my life TO working for suffrage.
And now all ! have to say Is that, II
had 1t &c do over again, 7 would work
twice as hard, If that were possible,
against 1t.
A Failure in California.
LAS A member OF ten clubs and organi-
cations. also as registrar, precinct cap
tain and worker at headquarters and at
the polls, | have had more than ordinary
opportunity TO observe and watch the
workings of suffrage. and / consider
the result unsatisfactory. because what
was surmised has been demonstrated
that the majority OF women not only
do not care 70 vote. but have no in
terest whatever in suffrage The New
York woman who came out TO California
and found that women did not turn out
well AZ the polls-that suffrage Is fall
ure-found out the truth.
Just recently the California suffragists
sent out workers TO initiate the New York
women into the California modus oper-
andi. Sufragists assert that women VIII
purify politics. on the contrary, ! have
found that women in politics are no bet
have had suffrage nearly twenty years,
but from what have seen | do not be-
ieve the women Of Colorado are any
better OF economically or In any other
way than the women of the worst anti
suffrage state.
The Rev. Anna Howard Shaw In
quoted as saying that In all the sixty 1--WE
years OF hghting there had never been
man or woman advocate of equal suffrage
who had done an unlawful act, or who
had been other than lawabiding clti-
zen Where has the Rev. Anna been all
these years-in her closet prayins-that
she dare calmly come out and make this
bold declaration?
81 went to say 10 the Rev Anna that
there are hundreds Of men and women
who are advocating woman suffrage in
this country alone who scorn the law,
denounce the Bible and trample our nag
and work 10 tear down our Constitution.
Majority Shun Privilege.
IF do not deny that there are some
lovable. enthusiastic suffragists, but the
persistency OF a few agitators. small
minority OF their sex. should not put upon
the great majority OF women an ooliga11
ton and burden which they do not care
to bear and which will bring calamity to
the nation. Men should not be impressed
by the parades and demonstrations OF
few thousand faddlsts picked up here and
there over the country
Judge Ben Il. Lindsey, OF Denver. was
the principal speaker at mass meeting
OF suffragsts here to-day under the OIL
rection OF the National Woman Suffrage
Association. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
president OF the association, presided, and
other speakers were Representatives
Kent, OF California. and kindel, OF Colo
RADIO Judge Lindsey replied to recent at
tacks upon the juvenile court OF Denver
over which he presides.