Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-12
WOMEN OPPOSE
RIGHT TO VOTE
Anti i-Suffragettes Appear Before
House Body.
VOTE IS NOT NECESSARY
Mrs. Dodge Declares Ballot Seekers
Have Appeared Before Congress
and Protest is uarea-
sonable.
VOTE IS NOT NECESSARY

Washington, Dec. 5.-Declaring that
and the home." the anttsuffragists.
before the house rules committee
made vigorous protests against the
demand Of the suffragists that the
house create q special committee on
wonan's suffrage.
Mrs. Arthur J. Dodge Of New York.
president of the National association
opposed to woman's suffrage, declared
that the suffragists have numerous
hearings before congress and that
their complaint of unfair treatment
was unfounded She says her organ
izxtion is comprised OF organizations
in sixteen states and numbering s0.-
900 women all Of voting age.
When you consider that women Of
our class do not relish organizing you
will see that We have q remarkably
large number Of women in this move
ment," she said.
Miss Alice Hill Chittenden. presi-
dent of the New York association op-
posed to woman suffrage. declared It
was not within the power Of congress
TO regulate suffrage in the states and
that each state should be permitted
TO work out its own suffrage problem
without interference from the federal
government
Obtain Standing Without Ballot.
Woman has obtained the position
she holds today without the ballot"
said Miss Chittenden. amid applause
We are not the women who sit quiet
ly beside the f1reside knitting In the
twilight of another generation; we arc
not drones or parasites and we know
Fomething OF the problems Of today.
Despite all that Is said Of the glorious
economic independence Of women. all
persons recognize the limitations Of
women. Women may chafe and fret
under these limitations, but 1t would
be as useless to halt the stars In their
course as to prevent the natural phys
biological trend OF the sex.
I'VE seek to conserve the home and
family life. where woman makes for
Righteousness of the nation. We seek
to make woman mans helpmeet. not
hin rival and competitor. We stand
finally for the conservation of women's
energies"
Mrs. shxw Remains President.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president
of the National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation, who has served nine terms as
head OF the organization, was re-elsct-
cd when the returns of the primaries
were announced. DR., Shaw received
!S26 votes against 4 votes for her near
est competitor. Harriet 7. Upton OF
Ohio.
First vice-President Jane Adams
lof Chicago had no opposition. receiv-
ing 349 votes. Caroline Rautz Rees of
Hartford, Conn, received 141 votes
against 11e for Desha Breckenridge Of
Lexington. KY. for second vice-presi-
dent
Plymouth, England, Dec. 5.-Mrs.
sEmeline Pankhurst, leader Of the mil
itant suffragettes, wis arrested on
board the White Star liner Majes-
tic and rushed to Devonport on gov
eminent tug by government detectives,
who outwitted six suffragette defend
ers Of Mrs. Pankhurst who were
brought here by Mrs. General" Drum
mond.
At Devonport Mrs. Pankhurst was
taken ashore and placed in al auto
mobile. which set or in the direction
Of London. She was under strict guard
all the time. n
Mrs. Pankhurst was locked up in
Exeter Jail She was imprisoned here
because of threats made by her fol-
lowers to start riot In London upon
her arrival She was brought here by
automobile from Devonport.