New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
He Becomes the Hero When
SuffragiStS Do the Same.
MAYOR MOTHER ENDS TALK
Hearers Thought She Said
Male" and the Resultant Roar
Drowned Her Words.


morrlIag don't be too hard on the poor
man. II is so long since he heard any
thing good about himself and last night
the women fairly outdid themselves.
Pure. sweet. charlottesville is what
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw said all the
James Henrys are. and she insisted on
it even when James IL himself blushed
and laughed and hooted at the Metropol-
itan Temple last night. where the suf-
fragists and their friends. the ants,
were met for a merry little debate.
The anti-suffrage sister Miss Char
lotte +. Rowe, did more than call James
II. names. She came to his defence.
Il am here not only 10 plead for Amer
lean womanhood in all its sweet beauty
and spirituality. but ] come to defend
the honor of the American man" she
began mid applause.
The fundamental appeal of the suffra-
gists is the bclttlement of man. the utter
repudiatlun Of his tenderness Of soul. IL
Is the consolidation OF man. Suffragism
is robhing man OF his strength. woman of
her loveliness. both man and woman Of
their proper places in life and robbing
life Of romance.
Il can conceive Of some women who
could endure the terrors Of a Presidential
campaign | can conceive even that a
woman might win-but if' she did. what
of her Door. subdued husband? / can see
in the future a delegation of these crushed
creatures appearing before a body Of lady
Senators to plead for the rights Of man
las the mothers grotesquely endeavOr
10 become mems equals. rising higher and
| higher in the scale OF life, the men must
| inevitably descend. Suffrage will bre AK
mans pride and send him forth coweJ.
protest against It. what will become Of
| the poor little son. bereft and cheated Of
! his birthrght through some"--
Well, everybody thought she said male
mSsfer." and such a howl was raised
that the speech came TO an abrupt end.
Mrs Laidlaw struck while the iron was
| hot
II know little about the male mother"
shs said. my biology may be at fault.
This do know from history and eXper .
ence-that the American man needs no
defence"
Then James Henry preened himself some
more while the speaker explained II
wasn't man who was at fault even for
political messes and police scandals. II
was the flaw in American democracy.
which calls for the rule Of the people and
makes half the people do the work OF all
the people. OF course, they couldn't DO
IL well. though they tried hard.
Later I'm the evening il developed that
what the ant-suffraae speaker had said
was MAYOR mother"-if women were
MAYORS their children would be neglected.
Everybody apologized all around and the
proceedings continued to proceed
Mrs Marie Jenny Howe, chairman ~
the 9th Assembly District of the woman
Suffrage party, who was chairman OF lhe
meeting. announced that she believed In
mon She believed i'm them so much that
she was going to ask for COLLECTION
Miss Alice Hill Chittenden, president OF
the New York state Woman suffrage as
sociation. made the announcement that
the anti-suffragists now had colorS ana
weren't afraid TO show them.
1--WE have adopted the colors OF the
English Society Opposed to woman ou.-
frage-pink black and white she sa'u
"only. instead of pink. we have CHOSEN
,he darker red Of the American Beauty
so whenever you see woman wean"s
a black and white dress and America"
Reauties. YOU may know she Is an anu
suTragist" ,,.,,
MIG Minnie Bronson spoke in behalf
l cttffr
% nor cent Of American women khe"
what they wanted better than the per
cent who were suffragists. and confessed
themselves so weak they couldn't ac-
complish anything without the ballot so
thought they had to have IT,
eft is better to be good originator
than a bad imitator," she said. 'Better
the lawful possessor of small territory
,han the turbulent usurper of an en-
,,iro. better an excellent woman than an
imitation man.
The complete programme was as foi-
:ows:
am suffragist because ! believe in
home and marIiaRe.-fola Ia J. oIiettr,
am am anti because ! beIleNe IN nome
;, ~ ,',.,rriage Mrs Robert McVicker.
~ am an anti because J believe IN hch'
-Charlottc r. Rowe. T..
ara n suffragist because ! believe IN
men Iisrrift Laidiaw ,o,,ovo IN
am "A suffragist because DeheNe III
women Elizabeth Freeman; ,,,..o -
am an anti because | believe IN
women. Minnie Bronson .ho
| 1 am an anti because believe IN the
| state-AIice fill Chittenden. l.,
| am a suffragist because be!leVe III
! the state.-Beatrice Forbes Robertson