The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-06
Anti-Suffrage Leader Plans to
Show That Woman's Vote Is
Over-Estimated.
STATISTICIANS CALLED IN
Mrs. Arthur Dodge, In Interview
at Hotel, Says That
Suffrage ls Beaten.
BY FLORENCE e. YoDER.

BY FLORENCE E. YoDER.
The women voters did not re,
elect Wilson, and we are going to
prove that they didn't. An actual
count of all OF the votes Will show.
We are working on II now.
suffrage 10 beaten. They will
never get another state. They will
work through the Susan y. Anthony
amc ncment or not at all"
The speaker was q short. rather
motheriy looking. elderly woman. In
ciined to stoutness. Her hair IL puro
white, and worn pompadour. She In
not very tall. has a small determined
mouth and kindly blue eyes.
She Ia Mrs. Arthur Dodge, presi-
dent OF the Anti-suffrass association
TO be In convention here on Thursday.
Personality Of Leader.
Mrs. Dodge In the president Of the
Anti.suffrage Association, and will
be the next president, according to a
| statement of one Of her cohorts at
the hotel
And she 10 the heart. soul. and
brains OF the Apti-sunrage party. She
10 a most remarkable woman, arm In
her conNiciohs' III" s"t =" "N' w.
soning.
I confess that the actual Mrs.
Dodge was far different from any
anti suffrage head ever imagined.
She is the most understandable wom-
an Imaginable, and 10 indeed a sin.
cere, upright, stanch believer In all
that she stands for.
A busy Woman.
IL was necessary for her TO sign
some papers prior TO the Interview,
and Il was possible 20 observe her
closely. Straight upright she sat, her
back incorporating. her lips set.
In a firm line. and she looked calmly
down at her paper through a pair Of
incongruously.rapps dark brown
horn rim glasses
Having dispatched her business.
she was called TO tho phone. but man.
aged to say In passing that she had
seen me before. Being assured OF the
impossibiiity OF such an event, che
took up o telephone conversation
with q gentleman who was very i'm
portant, she assured me.
At last the pressing business had
been done away with. and she al
lowed . ave minute conversation.
Those who have m idea that the an
u-suffragists VII. not talk. nor do
minds. Mrs. Dodge positively refused
TO let me escape las offeredb until
the interview was given. no matter
how busy she was.
Responsibility 81 oaies.
This 10 In n measure. distAsteful
to me-" she said. "but know that Il
IL for the good OF the cause which I
represent. You see u is very hard for
me to talk about the question OF an
.ti-suffrase at all. because everything
say has weight: ] am responsible
but TO the twenty-five presidents OF
the twenty-five Anti-suffrago organ
iIations in the different States.
"whoneysr ! speak I must Lsmsm:
lions for which 1 stand. And so you
see ! must be very careful what
one thing which Mrs. Dodge said
repeated. II was about the liquor
question. and the alleged utilization
OF the Anti-suffrage association with
the liquor interests.
Refutsties of Charges.
Mrs. Dodge said;
ANY person who thinks that We
are In any way allied with the H.
quor interests Ia terribly misinform-
ed. The idea OF such thing is pre-
Presidents, or officers, or workers in
anti-suffrage ranks would diseredit
such a thing. These women are the
pride and flower OF womanhood. the
Mrs. Dodge expressed pride In the
fact that the suffrage workers no
longer try 20 answer their arguments.
The text OF q speech. which she
wished quoted. Is reproduced. In part.
..The National Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage IL a body OF won.
en- organised 10 oppose the efforts OF
another body OF women, who, al.
though they represent the minority or
their sex. demand the ballot and the
ticipation In politics and government
This association was formed IN
1911. At present IL represents organi.
nations In twen,,y'!hr.e States
ave arfirm that the ballot Is a
responsibility given TO those who can
best perform its obligations; the pay.
ment OF taxes Is not Qualification
.we affirm that woman's vote does
S nos sns %Rst Ss Vote Of man fails
ave affirm that seIf.respect or the
good opinion OF others Is contingent
upon character; that quality Is found
in difference, not In similarity OF serv-
.rhe best laws for women and chill
dren are found In the male suffrage
States. In some states or the Union
women have voted for forty,seven
duced a more elevated or capable
womanhood than exists elsewhere.