Evening journal., 1915-01-21
Mrs. Florence Bayard HilleS
and Others Urge Votes for
Women Before Committee
ROOM IS CROWDED
and Interest Shown

special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
STATE HOUSE, DOVER, Del, Jan.
21.-Sunragists of Delaware we're
given a hearing by the House commit
tee on revised statutes this morning
in advocacy of the bill introduced by
Representative Frank NJ. Salisbury
of Lewes, proposing an amendment to
the State Constitution to give women
the right to vote.
Speaker Grantland and Chairman
Hill of the committee on revised stat
utes, staged the hearing in the House
chamber. where all the members Of
that body and other persons who
might be interested could hear the
understanding being that the hear
d ing would terminate by noon, the
time set for convening the House.
Many Senators we're within the House
Chamber to hear the speeches of the
suffrage pleaders.
Senator Harris, who introduced a
suffrage amendment in the higher
branch, wore a yellow rose pinned
on his lapel by a suffragist Miss
Mabel Vernon and several others also
wore that emblem of suffrage. The
State suffrage organizer, arranged to-
days hearing, and Representative Hill
presided.
The delegation of suffragists from
Wilmington included Mrs. Martha 5.
Cranston. Mrs. James p. Winchester,
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Mrs.
Francis |. dupont, Mrs. Alfred ID.
Warner. Mrs. Victor DUPONT, Mrs Vic
tor DUPONT. Jr., Miss Caroline
Cooper. Dr. Josephine NJ. r. DelacOur,
Miss Mary r. de You, Ms. Henry
Hearn. Miss Annie Arniel, Mrs. James
Cranston. Miss Helen Cranston, Miss
! Marguerite Wallace and others
Some of those present from Dover
, were Mrs. C. NJ Wharton Miss Elsie
/. Bishop. Mrs. James H. Hughes, Mrs
Henry Ridgely. Miss Mabel Tebo, Mrs
[ IL. p. Aron, Mrs. Stephen Slaughter
. Mrs. r. K Jones, Miss Mabel Jones
Mrs. A. w. Lghtbourne. Mrs. e. J
= Faucet. Mrs w. J Benson and Mrs
III NJ o. Pentz.
I When the hearing began shortly he
s fore II o'clock. the House chambe
Q was filled. Chairman Hill asked Mis-
s Vernon TO introduce the variou
S speakers.
r One of the principal speeches wa
c made by Mrs. Hilles. She said tn
e claim that government is being ad
It ministered with the consent of tn
a governed is not true nowadays. -
n mighty army of women, armed wit
u education. is asking that it be allowe
c to take part in the government sh
\ added.
L. what we come here to ask and dc
mand is Justice The discriminate
{ is purely one of sex. not of intellect
Let me cite my own example. which /
q, the example of many women of thi
State | own and live on farm be
% low New Castle. ] farm it. / hav
studied and learned all~l can abOu
agriculture / personally have OpeI
ated all the modern machinery.
have gone out on the road with m
cart. pick and shovel, and worked
don't consider that l have been un
I sexed by so doing. Then an assesso
comes along who does not come nea
i me; perhaps may not even know hO'
:, to spell my name, and assesses m
II property. | pay my taxes Yet. be
~ cause am a woman | cannot go I
~ New Castle and have any say at th
Il polls as to who shall assess my prOI
IA erty. On the other hand a colOre
man, who lives at my gate. who ca
~ neither read nor write. can go to Ne
"a Castle and. simply because he is
f. man, can vote to say who shall az
Is sess my property. while himself doc
{ not own one cents worth of propert
10 Gentlemen. this is not just; It is n,
10 right"
" Number of Women.
ie Mrs. Hilles took up the argumel
against giving the franchise to co
te ored women. She said the last censl
IL showed that in Delaware there al
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