Evening journal., 1914-03-31
SAYS Delaware
IS IGNORANT State
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles
Also Suggests Recall of
State Judges
ALL NEED STIRRING UP
SPEAKER TELLS WOMEN

Delaware is an ignorant, preiudiced
little State and needs TO be stirred up"
asserted Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles,
in the course OF an address advocating
votes for women at the monthly meet
ing OF the Wilmington Equal Suffrage
Association at the New Century Club
yesterday afternoon Delaware boasts
of her conservatism but IL is nothing
more or less than ignorance and non
progressiveness. she continued 1--WE
need TO be stirred up"
Mrs. Hilles, whose husband is lead
ing lawyer, also declared herself in fa-
'vor Of the recall of judges in discussing
recent case in the State courts OF
man who had been given what she as
serted was a light sentence for abusing
a young girl.
The meeting was largely attended and
those present were enthusiastic. Two
men We're IN the audience. Mrs. w. S.
Quigley, president of the association,
presided and spoke briefly in the inter
est of the couse. Previous to Mrs.
Hilles' address there was a brief busi'
ness session and several announcements
Ibi ibNAlhk Mfttihtr Wtlt MAUI
Close attention, throughout, was paid
TO Mrs. Hilles. whose address was a
lstirring one ia the interest of equal suf-
frage. "We live under democracy
she said which is a government of the
people, for the people, by the people; but
10 is not a democracy when women are
given no voice in the government.
Formerly" she said, ut was al
ways the welfare of the boy that was
thought Of and everything was sacri-
feed for his education. But, In the
course Of time. women came 70 the
fore, and, since. have given to the
world the splendid fruit of their la
bors."
In the question of illiteracy among
women, which Is one of the obiec-
tions raised against woman suffrage,
Mrs. Hilles declared that there was
more illiteracy among men than
among women.
OF suffrage. she stated that, all as
sertions to the contrary, II had been
proved success wherever tried.
In mentioning the work done by
women, Mrs. Hilles spoke Of the Con-
sumers' League, which has been a
factor for good IN the city. Men
would have no knowledge of santa
tion and hygiene, she said, II Il were
not for the women.
"One advantage OF suffrage would
/ be that women would see that laws
relative to these things are enforced
p "We must believe In suffrage ant
!. understand IT," she said, IF we arr
: TO be a force
= There are 100000 women en-
{ gagged in industrial work, and the con
D dtions under which they work ar
!, those In which they must asser
A themselves"
{ In the question of sex RELATIONSHIP
] which was dealt with at length b!
the speaker, Mrs. Hilles cited an IN
stance Of felonious assault upon Z
child by an aged man and criticized
the judges in county court for hay
, ing imposed what she thought was :
light sentence because of his age.
Had the man been a young man,
She said, "it might have been differ
O ent, but In this case theer was ne
3 excuse and he should not have beer
r. leniently dealt with. A thing that
case of this kind brings 10 mind is th'
: question of the recall OF judges Tn,
wonder in my mind Is that ther,
should be any question OF recall
Is very different when the question
comes home. No one Of you here.
ia think, would think that justice ha,
y been administered IT Il had been you
l. child II Is only another case of tn
: silenced voice of the women. Don
4 you think" she AIDED, that II is tim
10 women took a part In the lawg'
p Mention was made by Mrs. Hille
~ of the suffrage parade which will b
held on May .. About 200 womel
have promised to march In the pa
rade which will form at French stree
!. station and march up Market stree
- TO the Court House where a mas
meeting will be held. Caps an
D gowns will be worn by the colleg
women. Concluding her talk on sui
frage Mrs. Hilles mentioned the re
Gently established suffrage teas an
y voiced her appreciation OF the interes
!, which was being shown in then
u We have been told by our two Sen
ators,' she said, that they would b
willing for us TO have a limited yot,
and that we must eliminate the negr
and illiterate. IL is very foolish :
= feel that way about IT,"
In closing she begged all the VIC
men to fall In line and create an in
terest for equal suffrage. ut is com
ing 20 the women of Delaware" sh
said, "and when they get II l fee
70 they will make good use of it,"
0 Mrs. Hilles will make an address
9 on the same subject at the Hagle
Community House this evening. Th
meeting will be under the auspice
- of the State Suffrage Association an
will be presided over by Mrs. job
/. A. Cranston. Musical selections wi
be sung by Miss Emma Lore.
Members of the Arden Suffraa
= Club, on the evening of April "a. wi
present the English sketch, How n
Vote Was Won" Il will probably I
presented at the New Century Clu
There was special interest In the al
nouncement that Miss Janet Ricl
"a ards will give an address at the Ne
a. Century Club on the evening of Abr
nd Is, on the subject of Equal Su
frage."
,sr nq An original poem "The Little Ye
sd. low Rose" which flower has bee
IN adopted as the State suffrage iowe
..h was read by Miss Mary II. Aske
,cr Mather.
Announcement was made by Mi
~ Mather that a prize Of S. will be ri
q en- for the best musical setting 4
inc her poem, the same 10 be receiv
by her not later than Nav g.