Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-29
DENVER GARBAGE CAN
SHOCKS ANTS, M'LTSS
FINDS AT THEIR RALLY
Presence of Unemptied Recep-
tacle in Colorado Advanced
as Reason for Refusing
Penna. Women Vote
HAPPY HOMES PICTURED
noCradation of Women, Dragged Into
Mire of Politics, Painted
in Contrast
Rv M,LISS

u.rpusc ono garbage can I'm Denver,
coI.. was not cmptied, Pennsylvania
,,omcn should not have the vote.
nccouse one woman in the state of
wosbInEton wns forced to foreEo the
,oy. Of her spring housecIeRninE 10
.srye on jury, Pennsylvania women
,houId not have the vote.
pecnuse, since the birth of the woman
,uGrnrc movement In America, 65
,..rs nEo. the status of woman has
.,cadIIy improved, Pennsylvania women
,hould not hnve the vote.
Because the enfrRnChisemcnt of the
m per cent. of the women In the United
states who have no property rights
,,ouJd cause n tax Increase for the 10
,sr cent. who do own property, Penn
syIyanin women should not have the
vote.
Because the pure food laws of this
stnte nre well made and reIiGIOuSIy
enforced, Pennsylvania women should
not have the vote.
Recause the health exhibit Of this
state nj the Panama Exposition was
awarded the highest hOnOrs. PennsyI-
vanIa women should not have the vote.
opening their Academy of Music rally
last night with reading of a list of the
vice presidents of the Pennsylvania AS
sociation Opposed to Woman Suffrage
with a dramatic pause after each high
sounding name SO that the full import of
Mr. So and So and Mr.. This and That's
being allied with their forces might sink
IN and duly impress the prolethariat, the
antis let down the bars of their most
trenchant oratory i'm an endeavor to stem
the tide of suffrage sentiment which even
IN the conservative Keystone state shows
signs of breaking the dam of prejudice
and tradition.
With tears In her voice and with quiv-
ering gestures Mrs. O. u. Oliphant, of
Trenton, told how these home-loving antis
had been literally forced from their
domiciles into the public arena by the
irrepressible activities Of the suffragists.
with tears in his voice and with ges-
lures that quivered likewise, John Cad
walader Jr., who presided, painted a
drab picture, indeed, of the manner I'm
which women-'mothers, wives, sisters.
daughters was what he said-woud be
subjected TO the degradation of being
dragged through the mire of politics
should a majority vote yes on the
amendment next Tuesday.
In more robust tones Mrs. A. ]. George,
a Massa chusetts woman of Amazonian
proportions, touched on the physical
weakness of the female sex and the un-
reliability of Woman's nerves, and tudg
ing from the applause that she got. men,
at least those of anti proclivties, regard
q bit of neurasthenis as an added asset
to feminine charm.
More persons could have got in the
Academy than were there last night.
More. should have been there as a mat
ter of fact, for the entertainment was
good. If you don't believe this read the
quota of arguments l have culled as be-
Ing among the choice reasons put forth
during the evening.
confess that I approached the meet
Ing with strong suffrage feelings. Strange
as it may seem, l came away with them.
I am still a suffragist. Nothing that was
said last night was strong enough, not
even an unempted Denver garbage can,
TO shake my convictions.
| do not mean to say that the "anti"
rally was a failure. Addressing their
arguments to antis, they were met with
approval. From beginning to end the
male voters of this State were given pat
upon pat on the back for the faithful
performance of their duty. In respect to
these tactics the opponents to woman
suffrage do not in any way differ from
those in favor. The suffragists, too, be-
leve that good men cast good votes
though the antis seemed to lose sight of
this last night.