The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-15
SE~rR ACK TO WOMANS SUI
TRAGE.


The leaders Of the woman's sunrase
forces IN the United States appear 10
be wemen Of character and JuoSfaeh'.
They are e~ndeavorins to arouse Inter
est and enlist the assistance ana en-
dorsement of men and women VINO
think in their cause. Their work IS III
striking contrast 10 that Of the women
s~lfragists Of England. but their cause
is more or less affecte by the laWiesS
conduct Of their English sisters.
The women who advocate for votes
for women" are conducting their cam
paien in this country in such a manner
as has been approved in campaigns IN
the past. They have shown judgment
and discretion and they have sought to
, win converts by appealing to reason.
The hystericaA, lawless methods OF the
English women have convinced so
! many people that the leaders OF the
| English movement are or
governing themselv es. much less gov
eTning a country.
Whether one endorses women suf-
frage or not, we are all glad tina our
women are conducting themselves with
sense n discretion.
The New York World recognizes the
fact that the conduct Of the sunragists
of England has. to some extent preJu-
diced the people of this country
against woman's suffrage. The women
Of nine states in the United States have
been enf~ranchised. The fact that 50
many states nave granted the right OF
franchise to the women, is sufficient to
arrest the attention Of thoughtful men
The contest is on in this country. 1t
cannot be laughed down OF ridiculeo
out Of countenance. There are tos
many strong wOmen-ArOng in intel
lect, patriotism and womanlines-fol
the movement to yield TO that sort OF
treatment.
The New York World says:
The reverses experienced by wo-
man suffrage S1multaneOus ly in
four states must be supposed to
have a significance. In Michigan.
where last fall the constitutional
amendment permitting women to
vote was rejected by the narrow
hI0 IN ~ FoNCS, ~ AoS -
bee decisvely defeated. IN Mas
sachusetts the Senate has blocked
5 g. resolution of amendment grant
ing women the franchise, In the
Pennsylvania Senate q similar res
olutiOn has been saved from de-
S feat for a second time only by the
deciding vote Of the lieutenant
:. governor, and the New Hampshire
House has killed a bill extending
! municipal suffrage TO women
How much ave the antics of
!, Mrs. Pankhurt and her Wild Wo-
men had to do with the frustra-
ton OF suffragist hopes here? It
was inevitable that the cause in
this country should suffer from
the outrases perpetrated in it's
name by British suffragettes. Eng
land is not America. but feminist
o furies cannot go about committing
2 arson, wreaking wholesale de-
~structlon to property and defying
= all law and order in the n coun-
q try without adversely influencing
y the movement in the other.
The crash Of the broken shop
windows in London has been
II heard across the Atlantic, with
e disa strous results. Feminist meth
o DDS here, it is true, bear no resem-
blanc to militant violence in Eng
land. But is the tacit diaavowal
and Reputation Of the Pankhurst
e. propaganda enough in the light of
n the American messages of SYM
paihy and remonstrance in the
% matter Of hunger strikes? The
IS sudden growth of q sentiment hos
tile to equal suffrage in localities
where it has hitherto received a
certain degree Of popular support
"a has a significance which leaders Of
7e the cause must recognize.
Ambassador Walter n. Page is ere,
tied by the late O. Henry as hayir
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