Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-23
.DWELLS ON HUMAN SIDE
!. OF. MUNICIPAL SURVEY
DR.. ID. II. Anderson Tells Equal Suf-
fragc League of Civic AS
sOciation's Aims.
MRS. VALENTINE MAKES REPLY
Responds to Statements Made by
Ants, mt Same Time Paying Re-
spects to Pacilist Utteranccs Of
Leon Whippie.

Speaking before the Equal Suffrage
League of Richmond at It's weekly
meeting yesterday afternoon, DR.. -. r.
Anderson, secretary Of the Civic AS
ISOLATION, dwclt upon the human side
Of the recent survey Of the city. For
those who can find no direct point OF
contact in charts or IN detailed re-
PORTS said DR. Anderson. there is in
tho survey much about human life.
and surely we are all interested in
that phase of our city government
which deals directly with conditions
upon which human life is dependent.
The water which VIC drink and which
docs not put out our fires is one phase;
the housing conditions of the negroes,
which is menace TO their own race
as we'll as ours. is another phase, tho
unclcanly conditions OF our markets.
still another phase. all OF which are
concerned with human life"
DR. Anderson brought with him
charts of the recent survey, which he
explained in clear and concise terms TO
his hearers.
Mrs. Henry Aylett Sampson. chair
man of the afternoon, introduced tho
speaker. and, at the conclusion Of his
address, announcement WAS made that
Mrs. b. Il. Valentino. president OF the
Equal Suffrage League Of Virginia. AS
we'll Of tho city branch. would re-
ply to tho recent statements II the
Virginia Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage.
Mrs. Valentine spoke, in part, as
follows:
The rirgini, Association Opposed
TO Woman Suffrage states that II Is
nothing short Of criminal at the pres
cnt time to waste time. money and
energy in working for "a mere political
issue when tho world is involved In
The greatest war known to history
QUOTES THE PRESIDENT
IN SUPPORT OF CAUSE
Woodrow Wilson and other world
leaders differ rom them alb. olutcIy
PRECEDENT wilson states that woman
suffrage is INC or the fundamental
questions. and just because we are
Nuickcncd by he question OF war. we
ought to give woman suffrage imme-
diatc consideration.
The world is at war for a political
issuc--for III. principle OF democracy.
We arc working 10y peaceful. constitu-
,ional methods FOR tho same political
issuc---for democracy. We arc content
20 hc in such great COMPANY. We shall
WIN, because we arc part and parcel OF
the current OF the times which is
sweeping ava! autocracy autocracy
whether /, bc OF sex or OF class. is
stand equal Ia all til ngs before the
law. and the race Will gain immcas-
urably thereby
Now. as TO that remarkable state
mcnt OF the ants concerning tho Fed
eral amendment: namely, that IL would
overthrow t." whole theory OF gov
ernmcnt on which tho Union has been
"u''t up--that 1t would deprive States
OF the right 20 direct their own ar.
fairs-Ti would remind them that ON
ne contrar:'. tn amendment is abso-
'utciy IN u 1o with that theory which
Is this. tina. when three fourths or
the states ratified an article or an
amcndmcni TO tho Constitution. il should
"cc"'hc part OF the Constitution. and
oPfraiivc T. crefo:e. in all OF the states
This Federal amendment docs not
deprive tho States OF tho righ, to d.
'oci their own affairs. exccp, TO say
inst this fundamental human right OF
woman to self government should NOT
hc ccnicd simply because she is a wo
man II docs leave tho state the right
10 say that, whether man or woman. no
pcrSon who Is not duly qualified for
seif-Eovernmcnt shall have the right
10 vote.
virginia. like many other States. has
wisely placed certain restrictions upon
the electorate. Tho litcracy aud resi-
mcn's arc necessary. aud will remain
untouched by tho passage of the Fed
cral amendment. just as they would if
"a state Amendments were passed Both
amendments simply remove the son re-
str'ction. Both leave In tho Cors,itu-
ton OF every State all other oualifca-
tons for voters which have been or
may he hereafter written into those
state Constitutions.
CHALLENGES ANY ONE no
IMPEhCH THEIR LOYALTY
But, cry the ants, in "A still further
effort at camouflaEc. the South is in
danger OF negro domination il women
he given tho vote. 4 boEcy-a mere
bogcy--this. There is no such danger:
The state Constitutions provide amply
for restricting the shiftlcss. ilIitcrate
vote To assume that only the women
of the negro race would be sufficiently
interested in citizenship to register and
vote is to gratuitously insult the white
women OF the South. To assume that
white women would be less interested
than white men In maintaining white
supremacy is equally wide of the mark
AS TO the charge that anti-American
forces are backing the Federal amend
mcnt, challenge any one to impea ch
the loyalty of the suffragists of Vir-
Sinia or of any other State The rem
our state convention. and which will
send to Washington on December II II
delegation of thirty-ninc delegates to
ask for the. passage OF this amendment,
arc second TO none in the services rem
1crcd the government in this crisis and
second to none in their firm conyic-
>tion that this war is a righteous and
absolutely necessary war. and their UNI
falterinE determination to stand back
of the government in waging this war
till the world is made safe for democ-
racy.
PAYS HER RESPECTS TO
PROFESSOR LEON wHIPPLE
II personally believe that such per-
sons as Leon Whipplc, who. in his adj
dress before the students at Sweet
Briar yesterday. loudly proclaimed that
he sent money to EIillquit instead of
buying Liberty bonds-I believe that
such persons should be conscriptcd, not
only to pay the extra postage on let
ters to his mother. of which he COM
plains. but should be drafted and put
to work on constructive work for the
government in some Of it's far-reaching
plans for winning the war.
That such a person should be per-
mitted to remain on the faculty OF
our university and be at liberty to
mako such poisonous aDpeals TO dis