The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-22

MACON. Ga.-The Georgia Asso-
citation Opposed to Woman Suffrage
held a very interesting meeting on
Thursday afternoon in the parlors of
the Hotel Dempsey. The meeting was
well attended and the ladies, as US
ual, showed much interest Encour-
aging letters from different parts of
the state were received
Miss Patterson, who is director of
the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, said that each
month the directors meet in New
York and send her a copy of the min
utes
1t was stated that $4,000 worth
of letters and kilograms were sent by
suffragists to the Connecticut legisla-
ture and 100000 was spent by them
in the interest of suffrage. The SUI
frage bill was defeated, as it has been
forty times. Rhode Island defeated
it 81 to 35.
The program was planned and con-
Quoted by Mrs. Bruce Jones, who is
quite talented in that line. The two
heads of the program were "The Flu
tility of the Woman's Peace Party"
and How Has 1t Worked Where
They Vote?"
The following is from the first part
of the program:
"Suffragists have said if women
had had an equal place in the gov
eminent with men there would have
been no war. Is this true? Is there
any biological or historical reason for
believing it to be true? Much less
is there is any means Of knowing
that it would have been true?
Historically there is ample evil
dence that it is not true. Women
have not now a part in government
for the first time. There have been
queens and expresses. Frederick the
Great made the statement and 1t has
been generally conceded that he was
forced into the seven years war by
the two most prominent women IN
Europe at that time-Maria Theresa
and Pompadour. They would be call
ed women politicians today.
Women have always had a part
in the government of the world;
sometimes greater, sometimes less;
but much of the time absolute and
tyranical. History reveals that
great many of the wars were brought
about by women who were not
queens.
Hubbard asserted: If the vote
of the women in the nations involved
could have been taken before the
nations went to war there would
have been no waC' The cOrollary Is
exactly as true: If the vote Of the
men could have been taken the ma
lions would not have gone to war
LAS a matter of fact, neither OF
them is true. Both are guesswork,
because no vote was taken; no such
vote ever has been taken. Natlons
do not go to war by vote.
"Peace is bound to come, rot When
the world is womanized, but when II
becomes spiritualized.
the following is an extract from
the second part:
1Tudge Smell. of Tacoma, says:
Woman suffrage has proved such
failure III LuC SIclJO VI " ~
that thousands of those who helpeu
TO adopt It four years ago would To-
dav gladly vote to a return to male
suffrage if given the opportunity. we
found that the same motives tnat
control men in the exercise OF the
franchise also control women. Wo-
men are hired to do political Work
at so much per day, just as men are
hired, except that women work cheap
err. Women are actuated in their use
of the ballot by the same selhsh mo,
tives as men, and they look forward
to securing political plums TOT
themselves or relatives in return Ior
their roliticaI influence, just as men
do. and they get their reward 100.
In Seattle the women tied up WIN
the ministers and secured the recaIl
of Mayor Gill and then when ne pc
came a candidate for the same once
at the next election they gave their
hearty support and elected MINI.
I'm Tacoma the women tied up
with the saloon element and secured
the recall of Mayor Faweett, and