Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-16

fact that stands out above all others IL
that no man In either house made
| speech or plea for woman suffrage per So
| WhyY Isn't there a legislator in Penn
| sylvanta who considers the cause Of
suffrage defensible TO his colleagues?
! The prevalence Of the pink rose, the
| emblem of the antis, was also noticeable
| being five times more numerous than the
| yellow flowers of the suffra gists accord
| ing to counts made by men who were
| 'ueutrals'
What We would like to know. IL why
| the suffraeists Uttered when a Senator
announced his opposition as duo To his
conscience; aud also. why an almost
( unanimous hiss ran through the whole
, suffrage side Of the House when the SAME
I Senator reverently alluded TO mother
md the home? As fhnrc are II Ooo Ooo
homes In America. against about 200 o1n
members Of the various suffrage socie-
ties the hisscs would be hard to cxplaIn
on tho grounds that the home has gone
out of fashion.
1T has not, by any means. and when
body OF suffragists publicly hiss the
mention of the word In solemn debate
IN tho Senate OF great Commonwealth. in
the same wce't In which the Feminist Al
lance announces its foundation OF an
apartment In New York where babies viii
be Kept on the roof. II there are anv. the
whole thing seems more an evidence OF de-
chdenGe than ANYTHING we have Yet Wit
messed IN tho suffrage agitation"
MRS. BROCE'S STATEMENT.
Mrs Horace Brock, president OF the
Pennsylvania Association Opposed to Wo- |
men Suffrage said that after next No. /
Nember women will be able to resume |
their normal life"
THE anti-suffragists of Pennsylvania
are entirely satisfied with the decision OF
4 "a
TO the voters" she said "'rhev have been
steadily and consistently opposed to sub
OF the proposed amendment be-
cause or the time, money and energy nee
assarv for political campaign, which
they felt could be better utilized In a year
"hen money Is so urgently needed for the
relief of suffering at home and abroad
md also because II puts before the people
another disturbing Issue Just nj the jeriod
when we should al seek unity rather than
Uscord for the nation, and avoid all un-
necessary differences
Therefore, AZ the beginning nf the
ireadful European war, we called upon
he suifragIsts to make "A truce of God
md offered to give UP our work for two
ears II they would do the same. This
hey would not do. SO to us, as we'll as
o our legislators II seems, after care
ul deltberation, that this question had
"tter be Settled conclusivelv and tho
dlt ItilFNtt ol IiilS HEltltlOn In order TO |
o on with more important work
We heartily thank the members Of both
ouses who frankly declared their oppo- n
ition to woman suffrage, oven while vot- Il
lg for submission of the question and 4
he fact that the main and almost ex- a
usive arguments advanced in both House n
nd Senate We're for the submission, in "
lead Of the adoption of the proposed CO
mendment, must Indicate to the public n
uw the majority of our statesmen feel on Il
lis question. N
Having made a careful survey of the fc
late during the last two years and hav- al
IL studied the national tendency toward ii
'onomy, efficiency and conservation, H. Ju
struted by the rejection of woman suf- OF
age by eleven states since November Of
1914, five of which overwhelmingly de-
ated 1t at the polls, we have no fear m
II the result in November. after which ro
omen will be able to resume their normal
e and charitable and civic activities "
hich have been most seriously nterfered a.
th by this agitation for votes for te
omen" ch