The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
SUFFRAGE IN FREEPORT.
A Meeting which Gave Great Dis
satisfaction 20 One Hearer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sfr: An
extremely lively and ludicrous meeting
was held nj Freeport on June 20, under
the auspices OF the local anti-suffrage
association. Miss Charlotte Rowe. the
principal speaker. asserted that the men
who favored giving the vote to women
were only dogs. and their wives, mothers
sisters and sweethearts neas on the hair
of the dog, and that they should ne
called Gwendolyn. She was also very
emphatic in asserting hat the men who
believed In the Constitution OF the
United states were mentally UNIT.
When a man in the audience wrote
a question as to why the women OF TINS
country were not as ut TO vote as the
ignorant foreigner, his question was
only answered by the remark that we
were all foreigners or the descendants
| OF foreigners, It was also rather a new
thing to learn. after the allen vote had
| been satisfactorily disposed OF, that
our soldiers and sailors. most OF them
American schoolboys. were mot intelil-
rent enough 20 vote and consequently
disenfranchised
We were also told that women VINO
| wanted to vote were parasites: mat no
decent woman wanted to vote that
woman's place was home, and that no
| woman could bring UP a family who
left her home to vote or TO campaign
to &c, votes for women" II would be
rather interesting to know who takes
care OF the homes and children OF our
anti friends while they are sturnping
the country trying to do something 10
hurt their sister m i WONDER u
| they are all grandmothers, whose iami-
lies have left the home. and poo
maiden ladies'. who never had a chance
to prove how they would appreciate the
home and husband.
Never having attended an anti meet
Ing and always wanting to hear the rea-
sons why there were women who did
not consider themselves sufficiently capa-
BILE, morally, physically n mentally.
or, to quote Miss Rowe, naturally.
scientifically and historically" to have
a voice in the making Of the laws under
which they live and have TO obey, !
attended this meeting. and want to say
that after listening TO the speakers as
sertions. none of which could be sus-
tanned, and seeing our anti friends
make the public exhibition they did of
themselves. | quite agree that "A woman
of their type is scarcely ft to have a
N'NN' III W. -
glad TO see tina they themselves recog-
| nlze II. I hope sincerely that when the
vote liz given to the women of New York
State Miss Rowe wi. refrain from taxi
Ing advantage OF the privilege granted
| her, because a woman who would stand
before a public audience n attack her
fellow men and women In the aggres-
sive. be1ligerent manner she did, insult
Ing both even to the extent Of becoming
personal In her remarks, is hardly NJ
to be trusted without a keeper In any
community.
want TO say that the majority of oui
Freeport men. whom Miss Rowe CLASH
1es as weak minded feminists" t"cattle'
think she called the Western men).
dogs and several other choice names.
and who, she said. Il would he danger
GUS for women to be associated with
II we had The woe. stu feel that IL
our President. Governors, Mayors, college
professors. clergy and men of intelli-
gence and brains all over the State
are in this motley company who aspire
to put woman on their plane. they
also are willing TO remain. rather than
in the exalted society of the white
SLAYER. the corrupt political heller. the
saloon keeper and the anti, the only
known people who actually oppose
votes for women"
In conclusion, | would like to remark
that the presence of the sufragists at
the ants meeting was by direct invi-
tation. The request that they attend
was most courteously given and most
courteously accepted. but. much to the
surprise Of the audience, we found the
entire police force of Freeport present.
AN UNBIASED OBSERVER.
FREEPoRr, June 80.