The Washington herald., 1915-12-20
SEES CHURCH AS
aid TO SUFFRAGE
Dudley F. Malone Tells Mass
Meeting Catholic Body Does
Not Oppose Vote.
CRITICS HARAmVC U. S.
Speaker Pleads for Quit During Pres
ent International Cnsis-Dr. Shaw
Presides at Gathering.
CRITICS HARAlRG U. S.

Denying that the Catholic Church Is
asking sufiraSists why the church should
allow its women to vote for their spirit
ual advisers II It opposes such a move,
Dudley Field Malone. collector Of the
port Of New York, addressed loo wom-
en- at q mass meeting In Polls Theater
yesterday afternoon. and received tre-
mendous applause when he denied the
opposition Of the church. Mr.. Malone
said he purposely brought up the topic
OF catholicism and suffrage, because 1t
was popularity supposed that the two are
opposed In principle. He said that such
an idea was absolutely contrary to fact
women are not inferior to men, Just
different" said Mr.. Malone. Suffrage ia
no new thing. to be looked upon as an
women OF Norway, who have voted for
years. have never exercised any new pre-
rogative.
How many OF you have often heard the
saying that the place for women Is in
the home? Yet how many are there out
OF the eight million women who daily de-
vote themselves to tasks. who are not
compelled to go out and earn the where
wfthal to support that home. Women are
therefore necessarily interested in the
problems that concern the home Gov
ernment that sets the right of franchise
also sets the price of gas, heat and light.
OF pure food and pure water. Are not
these questions concerning the home as
vital as any national issue? You can
not keep women in the home by keeping
them In the confines of the home In
the olden days, when women did all the
home industries. wove the cloth for max
ing garments. and spun the thread, it was
possible. but not now"
Ask Them to withhold Criticism.
Mr.. Malone said he hoped the nations
Of Europe would have the same feeling
toward the United States at the end of
the war as the two champion BASEBALL
teams did towards the umpire. He COM
plimented President Wilson and said he
believed the women of America believd
in peace. but not in the kind of peace
which is blindIy benevolent Mr. Ma
lone said he did not believe in prepar-
ing for war with any particular country
but he did believe in an adequate army
and navy. At the close Of his talk. he
appealed to the men and women Of the
country to withhold their criticism and
partisanship until the present Information
al crisis is over.
Dr. Anna H. Shaw, honored past presi-
dent OF the National Suffrage Associa-
ton, presided at the meeting and re-
iterated her statement that the associa-
ton stands neither for war nor peace,
for Republicans nor Democrats. for par
tisan nor nonpartisan policy"
Women will be found in war, as In
peace. taking no part in the destruction
and killing" she said, but staying at
home. saving lives"
DR.. Shaw was warmly applauded. and
she introduced Mrs Catherine Gait new
ly elected president of the organization,
as the great leader
Mrs. Gait said the women of the world
were waging a war against the Oldest.
most persevering and powerful enemy in
the world-tradition. She said the oppNr
sition to women suffrage was the spirit
OF the tenth century. Switzerland. Hol-
land and the United States are the only
countries in the world where a parlia-
ment may not grant the vote to an un-
franchised group or party without fur
ther red tape. she argued.
Our countR is guilty of a great
crime" she said. in allowing the immi-
grants from other countries to enter and
secure the ballot in five years, regard
less of their educations.