Evening journal., 1916-04-06
ANTI-SUFFRACE notes
Edited by the National Association
Opposed TO Woman Suffrage.

The National Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage was organized
four years ago, and now numbers
twonty-four State associations, nine
having been formed in one year.
Mrs. Dodge recently gave the fol-
lowing as the anti-sunrage platform;
I'VE stand for the conservation OF
the best OF American womanhood OF
all conditions and stations Of life;
for the preservation OF the home. for
the retention OF the best ideals Of pre-
ceding generations adapted to the ad-
vantages and opportunities given 10
women under modern conditions. We
believe that women, according TO
their leisure. opportunity and expert
ence should take part increasingly in
civic and municipal affairs as they
always have done i'm charitable.
philanthrophic and educational ac-
tivities. and we believe that this can
I best be done by the women without
the ballot as a non-partisan body OF
/ disinterested workers"
The anti-suffragists. Mrs Dodge de-
clared. were called the Home
Heaven and Mother" party by the
honorary president of the National
Suffrage Association.
I'VE are not at all ashamed OF the
title,' Mrs. Dodge added. I'VE are
for womanhood motherhood and the
home OF course we do not believe
that home is the only place for
woman. or that a woman's life should
be bounded by the four walls Of a
house. In SOME OF our associations
over 60 per cent. OF the members are
wage-earners. We have a Wage-earn-
ers Anti-Suffrage League In New
York of over 1000 members. The
names Of some OF the most distin-
guished women writer's OF this gener-
alton also will be found on our side.
Ida NJ. Tarbell, Kate Douglas Wig
gin. Anna Katherine Greene, Margaret
Deland Mary r. wilkins Freeman
Molly Elliott Seawell. Alice French
Octave ThaneO. Carolyn Wells
Anna Steese Richardson and Joseph.
inc Daskan Bacon are prominent anti.
sufragists
Among other prominent women who
have joined anti-suffrage associations
are Mrs. Thomas ]. Preston formel
Mrs. Grover Cleveland). Mrs. william
Howard Taft. Mrs. Elihu Root Mrs
Garret V. Hobart. Mrs. Robert Ian
sing, Mrs. George w. Wickersham
Mrs. Henry L. Stimson. Mrs. Nicholal
LOngwOrth. Sr.. Mrs. Lawrence Max
we'll and Mrs. William S. Cowles isis
for ~ Thoodorr nnouavr1fl
The following statistics compiled b,
the National Association OF Womel
Opposed to Woman's Suffrage. ar
interesting.
Woman Suffrage has been defeate'
p in the following States;
Ohio. year, 1912. for suffrage, 249.
42O; against suffrage. 336.s75; major
, ity against. S7.455; 1914. for. 335.39O
! against. SIS. S.295; majority. 1S2.905
! Michigan, 1912. for, 247.375; agains
24S,135; majority. 760: 1913. for. 1853
G 73s: against. 264,SS2; majority. 96
i 144.
\ Wisconsin. 1912. for, 35,546; agains
a 227O24: majority. 91.47S.
e Nebraska. 1914. for. 9O.73S; agains
r 1OO.S42; majority, 10,104.
+ Missouri. 1914, for. 1s2,257; agains
e 322,4 ,46S: majority. 14O,206.
+ North Dakota. 1914. for. 40,20s
against. 49,34S: majority. 9.139
e South Dakota. 1914. for. 39,6O5
. against. 51.519 majority, 1874.
New Jersey. 1915. for, 133.2S2
: against. 1S4 $3.50: majority. 51,10S.
New York. 1915. for, 553 3.34s; agains
. 1882: majority, 194.9S4.
: Pennsylvania. 1915. for. 3S5,S4S
against. 441.O34; majority. 55,6s6.
: Massachusetts, 1915. for. 162615
o against 295.7O2: majority. 133.OS7
n Woman Suffrage is going, not con
n ing.