The Detroit times., 1913-06-25
'|VEIS' {
THEM, AS
SlJFFRAls|
Michigan Associatioa I1
fetal Statement q d.
'sVotes for Woane X
Amendment
ANALYSIS OF RETUEIQf 7
SHOWS LIQUOR INFLlN
upper Class" Scored 60
ing Forces With 'sths u
est Of the Low

The Michigan Equal suGsaeo z
ciation has issued the tolloWtnG,l
ment relative to the defeat o(
frage amendment in the ApE1k
ton:
"As nearly every suffragiot ~
sufYragist of note In the coQ1(
had a ding at the solution oe
uation In Michigan and tho eG
the defeat Of the suffrage oSno06
perhaps Michigan sufr1gisto II
make statement which WIN Z
weight and some authority. 1olon
state workers have been hugy G.
ing figures. and not wishing 70 u
cipitate, have waited until they
statewide compilation of rttur
The 'antis' claim the liQu0e W
had nothing to do with the 6o19
suffrage In the spring eleotion.4
suffragists claim, and with RI
good proof. that the liquor
were the greatest factor In tho r.
THE suffragists Of MichiGnn, ~
state, have never made the QU0[
q wet and dry issue, and - yGE}
fundamental principle IL not svC1&
dry or any political faith OK Nu
yet the VETS have made Su1EHGx
issue. and we, the workers Of II
gan, know that no one factor r
could have defeated us. expe
liquor forces.
''The fact IN that every wet 1d
paper In the stats opposed oQu0f
frage: every wet politician o1o1
equal suffrage; every saloon
liquor dealers Organization opG
equal Suffrage: every broWQ2
liquor dealer IN the state 01
equal suffrage. M
"'The nv sat on the Achai1ok,
and said, oh, what q dust I a. r.
This might apply to the hande1{S
men and women who c0mpooo1s2l Y
Michigan Society Opposed to W0r|
Suffrage In their faith that t
work defeated suffrage n Mionn
The few 'antis,' the men ana Wx
OF the so-called upper class Aid
get out in a body and work o
man. u
1T was not the 'Militancy N, s.
land It was the unfair use Wa6i
it by the liquor people. The cour|
Gated political situation hurt ~
and the ADMINISTRATION, conai6
nearly all of Detroit people &
we're three other societies IN tho (4
did give a semblance Of respoof0|
ity to the opposition. but the tli
aforesaid factors, or factions, ooI
not and did not, either alone a. q
bined. defeat suffrage In MichiGn0sl
is indisputable: there 10 but onos
ganized opposition which amoGn>
anything against suffrage, and IT,
the liquor forces. 81
Quoting from the statement s
out broadcast by the 'antr pre- {
resentative: Seventeen count1G1 \
ed In favor of suffrage. flve dry
IL wet, only 80 per cent dry c0Unf
and 20 per cent wet But they e. /
say that the 80 per cent. or dIy o6
ties. gave within - votes Of q -
a majority for suffrage ~ did IT,
per cent, or wet ones. 'Twonkys6oi
dry counties voted against Du3rn
and 3S wet ones, 81 per cent SlsA
dry and only rs per cent Of the r.
continues the statement. But why
finish 1t. The 81, per cent Of the
counties gave majority against
17,113 as compared with 59.O31 1
jority against by the vet count
To further quote: The above ngu
are peculiarly significant
THE facts are, the mo- vote was
creased only q little over 10000 q
the fall mo- vote, and of this q
$4,000 was gained In the court
where there was liquor fight O.
I'm Wayne, Kent and Saginaw o.
ties. the stronghold of the 'wetoys
unprecedented spring vote was q
twenty-five of the 2S dry OOun1
had an unusually light vote, a. Sho
by townships. As the rural conn
tiles, the Changers, Cleaners ana 4
Farmers clubs stand for suRrAU4
shows that II was the wet vOte1S.
the dry counties which were at 4
polls.
1--WE do not say the 'antis' are
liquor people. or that they alWo
work In harmony but this 10 q
and none can dispute. or refute t.
upper class and the lowest 0f Z
low. are meeting on common gre((
and working for the defeat OF We
suffrage. II decent men and voGf
will get into this class. we are ne
blame n the classification is revol[
and they get mixed up with the ~
cry interests. IN
This Is not a whine. cry. beco
of defeat, but true stateme0e9
facts and figures."