Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-30

SPEAKER |!
sUFFRjeE llEEIlae
Held Friday Afternoon ct the
Residence IL Mrs. John F. Hin
Large Attendance Of Ladies

Large Attendance q Lauies
Mrs. Edwin Ford Of Boston, fepre
senting the Woman's Anti-SunTage a..
ISOLATION Of Massachusetts,, was -
sneaker at a meeting in the interest q
the Maine Association opposed 70 W.
man Suffrage held Friday aftefnooi
at the residence OF Mrs. John 4. fani'
| There was a fine attendance OF iaoies
and all enjoyed listening to MIS-. Foro'
who spoke upon 1.-THE Reasonableness
of the Anti.Suffrage Point OF View
Which Recognizes no Antagonist Be
tween Men and Women. 90
women" she said. "ar5 nofF ass
but a sex included in thS rouI our
democracy recognizes, as ffcn no
poor, employer and employed, ignor-
ant and intelligent, native born ana
! foreigner, who may have clashing IN
1terests and it gives, to each group the
ballot to safeguard its own. But the
| interest Of men and women do not
clash and their relations are so close,
| that the men Of each group may truly
be said to represent the women of that
group.
LAS Anti-Suffragists, we rest our
case just here. We believe in repre-
sentative government, men and wo-
men as companions and inspirers. each
with a definite aim arising out of nor
NAL conditions.
I'VE stand confronting an immense
need and task in unifying the wills Of
a divided womanhood. We ought to do
some straight thinking on this matter
and demand, in our schools and COLI
leges. that both sides of this question
should be studied in q spirit Of fair
ness, which should tend to bring to-
gether all women. who truly desire to
approach the question as onerof gov
eminent and not individualfsm. 3.
AS AntirSuffragists, we believe en-
franchising women would be an exper-
iment in politics and not the granting
Of right. The. verdict could be care
fully studied on. the.13 states, who with
population glover one.third that of
the United States, have defeated ..Wo-
man Suffragensbyga popular vote dur
ing the last four years" ,%
Experiences of Mrs. Ford
Inc views Of Mrs. Ford are interest,"
Iingiy set forth in the following arti-
Gle, which Is one in a series which she
recently PREPARED at the request of q
Massachusetts newspaper:
# suffrage means anything effectua,
= means entering the field Of politics
Inc cost OF the average family for the
expenses Of the government is one
quarter Of its; income. The secretary
OF the commonwealth estimated that
COUPLING the electorate would add at
|isa pera9eae TO the cost of cleo
kfa1ns ~ Massachusetts. -
Itp tho bresGht time In ii states
Il vfn4 AZ s. ai hDp.ilat ton 6faa little
fna1 q, 900, 2,6g7;D54 women
NY. gall3s the, franchis aFhile there
RI a totaT pspulqtian al S7gQ. 900 in ii
SUFFRAGE sta,t ssiSicb have with
IN the last, four Easxe1ected at the
polls further extension 10 TIE SUI fra re
Hsnce, the Present bnrning dues
ZION, When CongfhsS is asked to vote
Tor e federal suffrage amendment. 4
wnaef body Of People should it. repre-
sent, the 5000. 600 or the 81. 00o. 900, i /.
.Ihe results at double suffrage have
been. by varying Testimony in places
unsatisfactory. disappointing Ana even
disastrous. TheSfesults of seo,,al s,,f4
Ifage would be a sorry experience "a
women shorn Of their legal and civic
advantages.
convinced of these facts, two years
Eago, determined to become an active
s nu- Sunragist, get out among the
|people IN atl conditions, and learn for
nysef whether 1t was the voice Of the
pcinicaI agitator Or the cry'of the peo-
spls abroad In the land "Votes for
B sESxueps Votes for Women" s.t5
"a eYekperience sof one woman, how
~ elneeTe, may not be conclusive
4let 81 Gannot entirely fail in visualiz-
N ditlonss where an open mind
aesa AIaendIy purpose accompany the
.tsErqm cities and many manufacture
ING towns through Massachusetts in
70 New. York state and out to Iowa 7
found women. universally, among those
ly1occupied at home or in shon or
faGt4rH normal in their consciousness
st ~ swoman's job is motherine and
etuing the race-and if she was not
.Inus actively engaged or in training
Tor it, worse: luck for her!ss
yne daiiy round Of meals in cafeterias
and e theslunch counters, always reveal.
eo women forced out by daily work, long
ing Tor just time enough at home to cook
up some little dish of their own--or. az
one girl said to me. "Oh. Just to have the
49nSof washing out my own shirtwaist, ).
s. fbtd feeling among such people
IL Il aneffectiveness was due to Iac,,
power or in sharing in the
k4&4 aeS OF men. While the sufrra sixts
scovered the poor and exploited
s 49, Re Garner. they have really ~
he one nor the other. The s..
orking people whose day. ~
= sxacting are not clamcrinx fci
...sa nor are they living on the
h = a. sESsise, they ars living
NUdNe 4ho & 6H66cAyf. resulta - ~, =.