Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-01
ELOQUENT PLEA
AGAINST SUFFRAGE
Miss Lucy Jean Price Opposes
Granting of Votes to
Women.
HAVE DESTINY OF THEIR OWN
Says Doubling of Electorate
Does Not Mean Purihca-
ton of Politics.

Arguing that. though their Interests
are identical. the physical work and
social effort OF the two sexes arc diff
fcreut, ncccssitatinE a division of
labor. and that q doubling Of the cleo
tora,c would not necessarily mean a
publication Of politics Miss Lucy Jean
Price. field secretary Of the Ohio .Asso-
citation Opposed TO Woman Suffrage.
made eloquent plea before a large au-
diencc in the jefferson Hotel audi
torium last night that suffrage be not
given TO women that they be lcf, 10
work out tho destiny for which nature
has marked them, and that IL bc left
I" them TO exercise outside of tho
ballot box the influence which. in the
manner of things, has always been
theirs
She insisted that cumulative vote
would not necessarily improve political
or civic conditions. saving that tho
history OF Legislation has Shown that
woman suffrage has not generally
tended towards bc,termcut. and she
pointed out that the Sex difference must
necessarily mean division in labor
She is not Of the school which ba SOS
its argument against woman suffrage
solely upon tho need to keep the not
boiling and the cradle rocking. Rather
she rs OF the school which believes that
nature has appointed women for the
performance of certain things which
man cannot no, and that she should
not be called upon TO DO what II is
specifically needed OF man to perform
The sex relation demands a division of
roSpon slb!lity and commands an idcn-
iity OF interests, which the vote can
INN
AUDITORIUM Is FILLED
WITH APPLAUDING THRONG
The auditorium was filled with an
immense crowd. Many could not OBJ
tain seats. and policemen were detailed
10 keep The aisics clear. so that those
who. failing sitting room, should not
olock the way. II was an enthusiastic
ana sympathetic audience, and several
"h" questioned the speaker after her
address were Iuictcd by bit of kindly
rai!lcrE or rcjolnder which took the
wind out OF their sails, metaphorically
speaking. and effectively sllenced them.
Though II has nothing to do with
the force of her expression and the
logic of her argument. it should be
mentioned, en pnssant, that Miss Price
is petite and pretty. and that she was
unconscious OF her personal charm. 1t
may be that her brunette beauty had
its effect on some. but it is equally
true that her own sex only her
words prevailed.
AT the close of her address Delegate
:. II. Love. of i.unenburg County.
moved that she hc given rising vote
Of thanks. and the house rose en-
masse. Afterwards she held Ievee
from the platform, shaking hands with
admiring sympath.zers. like Bryan at
a ChautauQua Some one lung her a
bouquet, and then she was lifted down
10 the pit, where she disappeared be-
hind a cloud OF waving arms and amid
half-subdued roar OF applauding
voices. II there were any who was
against her. he was lost. To the victor
belongs the spoils. and Miss Price car
ried away with her the plaudits OF
crowd and the silent homage OF those
who came expecting TO disagree
WOMEN HAVE DONE NOTHING
TO IMPROVE POLITICS
Women" said Miss Price. after she
had gotten into full sway. have done
nothing TO improve politics, not that
are not as honest, or even more honest,
than men, but because they have not
greater wisdom. DIR. Anna Howard
Shaw, while president OF the National
Association for Woman Suffrage, said
that. whether all women voted or if
no woman cast vote. she would be-
Neve in woman suffrage If her idea
in favor of woman suffrage is so great
as not TO consider possible consequences
ii is very dangerous 10 ask the vote
for woman on the grounds that YOU
don't care what becomes of the home
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