Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-01
SUFFRAGE l0.AED
N GREAT BRITAIN
LORD NoRTHcLlFFE SAYS MEN
WILL NEVER CONSENT TO FE.
MALE DOMINATION.
ASSERTS MOST WOMEN
FAIL TO USE FRANCHISE
Passage Of Suffrage Law Would Com
plicate Matter in India and Other
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cities Weary
Of Municipal Ownership, Says Noted
British Publisher.

Chicago, Oct, Lord Northcliffe,
England's greatest newspaper pub
Usher. whose numerous publications
are on the pulse OF the British Isles
said yesterday why. In his opinion. the
women of his country will lose their
fight for equal suffrage.
There are proportionately 1.7oO.-
900 more women Of voting age than
men in England. Scotland. and Ireland"
said his lordship. IF they were given
the same franchise rights as the men
they would dominate the empire. No
self-respecting man Is going to be
dominated by women. The men Of
England will not tolerate rule by
women.
"Ninety-one out Of 100 men in Eng
land, will venture to say, are opposed
to women suffrage for this reason. Both
political parties stand together in op-
position to It.
Says Gaynor Sized It Up Right
"The late Mayor Gaynor OF New
York sized up the situation about as
well as any one when he said. There
are not enough husbands in England to
go around 1t these women had homes
and husbands they would not be
worrying about the vote"
Lord Northcliffe drew attention to
the fact that English men scatter thru
out the colonies. while the women re-
main at home. thus creating the great
disparity in numbers.
personally" he continued. II am not
against giving women the vote on a
property basis, but this the suffragettes
Will not be satisfied with. AS q matter
of fact, women may vote in England
today for almost everything except
members of parliment. and they don't
use these votes. No one has ever been
able to explain why they don't.
Irish Women Indifferent.
sIts also Is a matter OF common
knowledge that the women OF Ireland
apparently care nothing for the vote
They have not participated In the sun
rage campaign. The women OF scot
land contribute about as many to the
suffraeette ranks as the women OF
England.
"There is another matter which the
English government must consider III
solving the suffrage question. uhe
women Of India, for instance, are not
treated as equals of the men. Serious
complications would arise if parliament
should vote the franchise to the women
Of the empire.
''It is also known that the women OF
New Zealand. who have had suffrage
for years. do not exercise their rights.
Militancy among the English suffra-
gettes Is not as bad as cable dispatches
would indicate. Lord Northcliffe said.
"The cable" he asserted, seems to
carry only the sensational suffragette
news to this country. The picturesque
writer's apparently have given wrong
Impressions of the real situation. 1t Is
ridiculous to charge all our fires to the
suffrage movement. We have many
fires, not as many as you have In tho
United States. but great many, ana
only small percentage OF these may
he traced to the suffragettes.
Interviewer Becomes interviewee.
After giving his version OF the suf-
frage troubles In his own country the
English editor turned interviewer and
inquired as to the real attitude OF
American women toward the ballot
The reporter was inclined to be
boastful Of the peaceful manner in
which the delegation OF Illinois women
had induced the legislature to grant
them limited suffrage. This did not
satisfy Lord Northcliffe, altho he ap-
proved of their plan of campaign.
But didn't they have a right to vote
for anything before?" ne demanded.
YES. for trustees OF schools and Of
the University Of Illinois," he was in
formed.
"How many went to the polls?"
LESS than thousand"
II told you so." he smiled.
"But after all the women here have
not had q chance to test the new sys-
tenn. I am informed. however, that in
those states where they have had the
ballot for a long time the greater num-
ber Of the women are Indifferent. Even
II all the women vote In this country
they could not override the men, as
they could in England. That is our
problem"
TEN sTRIckERs ARRESTED.