Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-21
CONNECTICUT WOMEN
 OPPOSE SUFFRAGE.
Members of Congress Receiving Let-
 ters From Them.
Especial to The Bulletin.)


 Washington, July 20-Mrs. Edward Porritt, of Hartford. is here in the interest of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association. She is calling on the Connecticut delegation asking their assistance in securing before the committee on rules a hearing on the proposition to appoint house com mittee on Woman Suffrage.
 Great preparations are being made at the headquarters here for the sec- and descent upon congress on July 31. Mrs Moller, of Hartford, has been se- IeCted to represent the Connecticut organization.
 The Connecticut Association Oppos- ed to Woman Suffrage are also peti- tioning the Connecticut members in opposition to the plan of the other as- sociation. Olive L. Reamy, chairman of the New Canaan branch of the an- ti-association has written to Congress- man Donovan and advises him to have nothing to do with the movement She says not per cent. of the wo- men of Connecticut have asked for the ballot, and that the ballot has brought nothing to woman tht she did not have under manhood suffrage.
 Here are some disadvantages" of woman suffrage, she writes, which should weigh heavily in the absence of counterbalancing advantages
 list It has proved that the inter ests of the family take precedence over those of individuals. The en- forced absence of a mother from the polls would mean the loss of half of the family influence on legislation, which is unjust. Men may neglect fully fail to vote. but the state should conflict with the very highest duty to family and state. the duty of moth erhood
 "2nd. Doubling the votes of men would alter nothing. Only by voting differently from men can women ac- complish with the ballot what they cannot accomplish without. Difference of opinion on political issues may not cause serious family discord, but no difference of opinion tends towards harmony.
 '3rd When the road is open to poli- tical corruption some women have taken advantage of it. and so the per centage of politically corrupt popula- tion is increased which is not a bene- fit to the family.
 "4th. The business interests of the country, which means the interests of each family, are thrown half under the voting influence of the sex which has not had, and should not be forced to have, the business experience nee esary to wise decisions
 ''5th. The percentage of nontax- paying voters would be increased,
 
 property owners.
 9th. A large amount of public work would be created by the enfranchise- ment of women and no other work would be lessened which means an enormous and gainless expenditure of energy.
 "7th. The election expenses of the state would be greatly increased with benefit to none-an inexcusable waste.
 18th. It would me an undeserved tax on the chivalry of men to require them to enforce laws to which they are opposed-and, if they are not op- posed, it is. not necessary for wo- man to vote in order to obtain desired legislation.
 Tn brief says Mrs. Reamy, if spring are of more importance than the individual members of the pass ing generation and the family, not the individual, should be the special charge of the government The members of the delegation re- ceived in their mornings mail yes- terday more than dozen letters in opposition to woman's suffrage from women in Connecticut.