Evening journal., 1915-02-23
Peoples Column
MANY ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS
AMONG COLORED women

To the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL:
Sir: Permit me. through the col
umns of your paper, to make few
comments on the remarkable fore
sight and prophetic vision of the edi-
tor of Every. Evening in his editorial
of February is on "Partisanship and
Equal Suffrage"
Judging from the tenor of this edi-
torial one might think it to have been
written in the days when the spirit Of
Abraham Lincoln dominated the Re-
publican party. and the negroes.
through gratitude. were loyal almost
TO The man. However. as the years
pass by. the hearts of men and the
policies of parties change.
The negroes of this county mir
able dictu have gradually awakened
TO tho fact of the change of heart in
the Republican party They have
mourned the loss of the vanishing
spirit of Lincoln and Grant After
years of watchful waiting. trusting
and hoping for they wanted to re-
main loyal to the party-they have
/ finally broken ranks. and all over the
4 country they are to be found voting
! for men and not parties.
During the last presidential cam
/ paign there were hundreds of negroes
i'm the field working for the Demo-
Gratis. AT this moment l recall four
who canyassed this tSate Thousands
of negroes gave Woodrow Wilson
/ their vote because they believed in the
man. believed that this Christian gem
| tleman. as he styled himself, would
I be The president of all the people, and
would fulfil his wOrd-tO treat the
negro with fairness-tO the letter. But
we can no longer doubt his insincer-
/ ity. for he has stopped TO the level
of The ordinary politician, and now
! that the election is over. has bitten
/ the hand that fed him. and ! can safe
lv predict that there will be no negro
votes cast for Wilson should he come
up for reelection.
Now. to return to that editorial
above mentioned, we are peculiarly
struck by this prediction: "No matter
what the issues or what the character
of some candidates on the Republican
ticket may be. the solid negro vote
may be depended on at every election
And also this: but the negro women
with rare exceptions, would solidly
support the Republican party and It's
candidates"
Now I would like to ask the editor
OF this paper, where under the sun h'
thinks negro women have been, ant
what they have been doing during
d NJ
be does not know. I would like to in
form him that we have neither beer
sitting down dreaming or STANDING
still. but have been advancing lik'
. other women i'm thought, i'm culture
and I'm character. Ever since dear ole
Soiourner Truth made her first TELLING
speech for equal suffrage. IN 1888, col
Ored women have been joining hand
l with the noble white women OF thi
: country In every reform movement
1 The colored women of Delaware stani
ready today. whether by means of th
vote or otherwise. to shoulder thei
: share OF the burden in Kidding thi
State of some of the stencil holes tina
h men have permitted TO disgrace Oh
o city and State.
There is no man who can say wha
"A woman VIII 40. a Wonldn ~ Il WON
5 an still. whether she be black, Whit
: green or yellow. They are all daugi
3 tors Of Eve-of the same Eve, and jus
VI as uncertain. II suffrage Is eve
o. granted TO the women of this dear III
tie state. the vote of the colored won
u en- cannot be counted on as an asst
- TO any one party.
= The opinions of colored women an
" Just as diversified as those Of IL
white women, and their vote is NJ
= half so great menace to the COUNT
as that of the poor. illiterate imm
grant women who have not been rea
ed under our flag and constitutio
and with our language and custom
their birthright. Not all colored wor
en- are sunragists. There are MAJ
antis. and many others who belle
only in the educational qualification
when justly administered
I'm conclusion. I would like TO a
wise the editor of Every Evening
make study of negro women as
whole. not simply one class. and a
the lowest. before making any me
prophecies. That man is still sla
who is not yet freed from his pre-
diccs. Very respectfully yours.
- Blanche w. Stubbs
S27 Tatnall
Wilmington. Feb. 90.