New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-26
SUFFRAGE L|0NESSES
MILD TO DARING ANTI
Female Daniel Who InvadeS
Den" Escapes with a
Tame HeCkllng.
MRS. CATS PUPILS LAUGH
Miss Chittenden Points Out
English Militants as "Hor-
rible Example" Of Eff
fects of Cause. -

Long ago" said Mrs Carrie Chapman
Gait last night. introducing Miss Alice
lin Chttenden. anti-sufiragist. NJ the
evening So ssion Of the School for Suf-
frage Workers. NJ the Hotel McAlpin.
Tong ago a. brave man went into den
of lions. We have his feminine counter
part here tonight; but Miss Chittenden
viii find the lions very tame.
Tame they certainly were. Dead silence
greeted the first half Of Miss Chttenden'
speech. Not a sound was heard until the
speaker alluded to tine victims Of 'hose
women over the seas
The English militants. she said, are
instances of what women may become
under a nervous strain Under this strain
they have become victims Of neuraa-
/ thenia''--
A burst of sarcastic laughter cut the
speaker short. and there was more laueh-
ter when she asked
DO we want this emotiona! lorce p
part Of our government, where IN rohu-
cal crises IL might cause who knows Whdt
harm"
Miss Chittenden apologiZcd for sticking
10 her notes: she had been working so
hard for anti-suffrage. she said. tnai s"e
really had brain flag. She took up h'r
arguments IN order. asserting. hrSt 'Ed'
the acknowledgements Of women Wo"'1
I "shatter a basic principle of government
! because II would give power TO tnose VINO
could not enforce their rule.
In the last resort" she declared, gov
! eminent rests on force The state is buil'
| vb by mans courage. To realize on what
| our government rests we have only To 20
! about this city and look on the police
men who patrol the streets. What would
New York be without the policemen 10
keep order?
Mature intended women 10 conserve
| force. and in following in the footsteps
Of men and becoming dispensers of en-
ergy they are breaking one Of the basic
principles OF life. The increase in the
number Of defective children born bears
! testimony TO this"
/ What good would the ballot do
women" she asked 1t would only add
to their burdens. and would bring them
| no advantage. Why. workingmen. with
the vote. have not been able to gain a
! living wage"
"Are we 10 understand" asked Mrs.
! Gait. when the time for heckling came,
that the vote is of no benefit 10 work
| ingmen? I have often heard the argu-
ment from ant-suffragettcs that the
! workngman has not been able 30 INT
himself by the ballot. and ! should really
like to know II you believe that he could
| have on without vote
SHOULD the government. then. be placed
in the hands Of men OF property
| Not at all not at ALL" said Miss Chit
tenden II only meant TO say that work
ingmen have obtained increases in wage
by banding together IN unions. by
| strikes"
Mrs. Marie Jenney Howe challenged
the speaker to clear up the situation IN
regard to anti-suffrage and the liquor
traffic. Had the liquor interests aided
anti-suffrage campaigns?
Miss Chittenden Immediately read sew
eral denials from the heads OF liquor as
| sociations TO this statement, but snnra-
gists in the audience cOuntered with at
| tested statements that liquor had
! financed anti" campaigns. Miss Isabel
| Hansen, Of Ohio. joyously told Miss Chit
tenden that it was liquor that defeated
suffrage in her state
| At the close OF the meeting Mrs. Gait
thanked Miss Chittenden for coming.
you came boldly into the den of
| lions" she said. and quite unconsciously
YOU have contributed to the success OF
our Gauge"