Evening journal., 1914-07-02
ANTS OPEN WAR
ON SUFFRAGISTS
OVER CLUB Issue
Say Carrying of Club Ban
ner on Trip Was MORT
flying Farce
WOULD BAR QUESTION
FROM The Federation

with the formation Of the Womens
Committee OF Delaware Opposed to
Woman Suffrage. an active clash nc
tween the suffragists and the "antis'
has been started, with every indica-
tion that the combat will become
spirited.
Mrs. Henry b. Thompson is presi-
dent of the "antis" They have launch
ed a campaign In opposition to that
of the suffraglsts and their battle for
the ballot.
The "antis" today issued a broad
side in criticism Of the trip of the
suffragists to Washington to call on
President Wilson and particularly the
effort TO have Delaware women''
clubs represented ia the delegation
The statement Is as follows;
10 the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir: Nav We correct the news
item sent officially 10 a city news
paper from suffrage headquarters in
this city last week by Miss Elsie
Hill who has come here this sum.
mer with a flourish Of trumpets tC
loaG Delaware into the woman sui
TRACE folGs
Miss Hills official news paragraph
published on June oath, reads as fol
lows.
Miss Elsie Hill, the new secre-
tary of the Delaware Congress
sional Suffrage Union, who ar
rived yesterday from Weshing-
ton TO take charge of suffrage
i'm this state during the simmer,
Is hard at work al the office, at
sos Delaware avenue. Her first
activity is to get up a deputa-
tion 10 20 TO Washington Tues
day 10 represent Delaware club
women in tho Interview which
club women from every acces-
sible town and city will have
N with President Wilson at the
i White House. They will meet
IN al 70 o'clock at the public A.
brary An Washington. and there
organize 20 march 10 the White
ol House TO be received at noon
ot Mrs Samuel T. Reynolds OF
be- Smyrna. president of the Dela-
K ware State Federation, of Wo-
- mems clubs. when called By
telephone this morning. told Miss
K Hu that she viii go 20 Wash
In ington If possible but she fears
II that her championship Of a COM
10 mittee having charge Of the
= County Fair which the twentieth
.e Century Club of smyrna gives
every year, will prevent her go.
D. ing.
Is Now, the stubborn facts, known
d some clubwomen and others-are tn
4, when Miss Hill called Mrs Reynol
az over the telephone to ask her as pres
IS. dent of the Delaware Federation,
rs go to Washington Mrs Reynolds I
N piled that she would not go, and tn
A she thought II best TO keep the su
nv ject OF suffrage out Of the Delawa
! Federation. This would seem. TO {
re- mere ordinary mind. final; but MI
u | Hill. nevertheless. with cheerful
accuracy. reported that the preside
We of the Federation as going "if pc
IN sible."
~ The president OF the Wilmingt
8 New Century Club was also asked
Z fgo by Miss Hill. but Mrs Colby
= fused to go. and told Miss Hill Il
IA there was no meeting Of the club I
~ ttil fall. and that no one could ella
10 represent" the club until empo
o. cred as a delegate Prominent In
vidual members of the Wilmingi
ns New Century Club were also imp
tuned by Miss Hill to go and RI
100 resent" the club but refused emphs
cally. for the same reasdns. -
n" after all this. Miss Hill continued
cheerfully as ever to arrange for =
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