The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
VI Dice Of the People
Wis. Gin.sor,s queer Eoiprnm..

To the l:ditoi Of The Times Dispatch
Sir verv Interesting report OF
MIS-: MISS ga ssoM speech at the hudito-
issue OF last saturday. and I nope IL
is not TOO late 10 send YOU this brief
comment upon II, with the ,heorics in
lhIS speech W. have nothing to do.
They are we'll kuown We are all
iamiliar with the declaration Of the
ne temporal o. lie eternal welfare Of
their wives and children 80 that pass
without comment mis- extract from her
} speech Woman has com. 10 under
stand thar IL she does not maze the
world cleaner place toi her children.
Wsn never Will
surpris" We are faced about with
trusts Mhich make us pay twice Tor
sysr> m"nthfml w. eat bN graz, MAJ
piums ald conseuuentIg We need the
pa TO- women to put al end to
these things and other social evils:
Miss Glasgow has been and what she
mas 'eeu doing during all ths ia 81
year OF briliiani achievement in ltgis-
ihllon a"o Icfoim Where was she n
the sumnler Of 1872 Wnen Secretary
hrynn declined the support Of III"
noneNed interests foi any candidate.
Tossed aside the ninety votes proneretl
ny New York 49, the small dust Of The
balance and secured ia. nomination
or President pledged 10 support the
cause or ne people against the trusts
Mere hcI cHrs "loscd 10 the great 30 .
the fall elections showed that move
men, to hc Endorsed II, an OVerWhe I'm =
inS majority throughout the country
Has sh" observed The fact that the fat.
Of protective tariff the another OF
trusts" has bee, settled within the last
I six months. and how easily il has been
accepted even b.! those who prOphesird
the greatest financial disaster the coun-
Try has yet seen: Has hel attention
rcnvy reform bin through Congress
SLOW perhaps. but not too slow when
We consider the Importance and the
complex nature OF the question.
Does She know that. because he VAS
unanimously convicted of graft ny the
court which imp"ached him. M official
has Just been degraded from the nigh
cs' position in the gif' Of the State Of
New York;
These are ,yefy . i,"p99s'amt signs o.
that Miss Glasgow should abandon her
briiiIaht c"'eer as writer OF notion
iead,i i' :. rariN " She viii ha avS , q" Il,
up and take notice Of the worlds prog
ress more than she seems 10 have done
or late
ture which are new 10 us think The
whole body OF antisuffragists viii To-
! surprised to learn this:
The recent laws we have secured tC
project the separate estates or mar
RED women have been championed b,
suffra9 ISIS ana opposed by antisuffras
lists.
When. where and how did we do hi.
th'HS IL ~ matter ot history ina
gentleman whose name should no
be forgotten by The. women OF Virginia
who was well-known in the i.egisla
tire smith. Of Nelson" was TN,
chief agents III securing those right.
for the women Of his State about fort,
years ago have yet TO learn tina
he met with opposition from any bod,
or women; the hniisuffraeists were no
then organized
Another less valuable item is new
10 az also. We never knew tina
women we're opposed TO the invention
OF the spinning Jenny and desired {,
return TO the days Of spinning ant
weaving with the hand. We; so i
would appear from this extract. tn.
last ] shall quote:
The soullcss machines which MAJ
has invented took the place OF III,
spinnins wheel and the old home oc
equations OF woman and drove her for
ever from her home into the factory