Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-21

sEs T Ye Ss% .hsy me qs,S pot
OF government. 1t takes Skilled wosky.
mon TO manipnlaio It; Women have
very apt to be crushed in tho It tu rre
ing. of tho wheel. New York is TIM
best ssstoss governed city IN the Uniteds
other: Il is not our laws thai; ,hat any any
Thlrd. In Canada. epsr since m. .
m haSs s's ssl given their time ans
while the sufragists have been st,, TrSe'
s ,I.: for woman suffrage. TWiee
mas publicly protested aeaiosi k, bbeaSae
pa.riotic attitude Of prHminenta me . 1n-
fraslsts. Il then published t the SUI fai
mittee o: the Toronto Patriotic Lea sem-
Par d;s IN loyal service tor.
selves on record and deprecSte W
Tact FAC .laI organized societies Of women
ire IN spe esaps I'm 0"sy yc ting ara energy
vide women at time such nv a..
present present. when the united efforts OF the
in valiant service for the 1 em pMt i@fth
noticed your correspondent said "onaa
9 erao. or c syery fourteen wen, in SUI
' Tso ee' S Who evey Vent ia ySl
' seers Went s Il sawh TS.I the youn
Quebec there are Facial and re, 2io. IN
problems which keep many from sspvs
canaaa so d naye s ns' h SSted 1,3 yet in
claim they had anything TO do With ea a.
tba, o' s,,rr, IT ,, s losleal eenciuson
,hcy flourish mostly in suffrage sta hea
You sec their wives and daughters
, nave The vote and are or course in
iindorses them. she REPRESENTS H suf,
;rns In 'he political world. In Mon.
. ,n INC Socialists and the I. w. w.
iority vote for woman suffrage in 1914.
u ,. Is. therefore. not surprising that
their side. THAT woman SURFACE On a
essential to socialism is admitted BIZ
every Socialist leader"
Next to the pickctins OF the whit:
s,,; which Is stu going on. de-
TO raise doubt regarding the wisdom
OK further enfranehising women In the
Gr the state 81 world demoe
member or Congress. Miss Rankin. Of
Montana. who has added to previous
p pfnmRins of Of W shs !hnkins her cham
Hatfield Chase tsirs stuart Gha.eS. =
prominent suffragist. Socialist. paciiii.s
a letter TO the Borton Herald in .rdent
a aesense et 81 the PespIss Geuno and in
Peoples Council declare they are ths
direct result OF the Ford peace shin.
IS , ,h:s Is not %rs dsGyaI.y .o re Tht
president Of tho suffrage association,
was the principal speaker ut tho Wom-
T Ems reae e P Ias held at the Garden
She soid Democracy is dead in Amer.
in o and 9. ,,oemorrow It's ghost will walk
Mt ~
tuition OF the United states. we will
wear black until that law is repeated"
genuine anxiety over the fact that
state Is in the hands OF woman teach.
posed even to efIcient defense Of our
county i In school In New. York =
sr ed af 10 take Psr sens Of the hrys re-
cause OF tho paclnsts' Influence.
vo Miss Kankin voted against war.
IN aay forre iSa, den Is as9
Woman Suffrage Association woB the
s irrv %o'nnn,s organization to ofrsr ita
tional An,isurragc Association made
It's offer TO tho government, several
,yon1 s ssfoIe; 1t Was IN this form.
10 inform you that the executive com.
mittee OF the National Association op-
posed posed TO Woman Suffrage. acting Tor
following resolution: that we a orrer o na
services TO the President and will
be Of use any Eo5 May IN Thsh we can
made r similar offer. three weeks
later. On February 6. 1917. the Masss-
chusetts Association Opposed to SUI
rage offered It's services 10 Governor
Mccall. Two months later, Arm 4
islI. the suffrage association took sim.
iiar action. Here In Richmond, the
anttsunrase association took the lead
IN oNering Its services. Richmond also
d ala w,onSdssrfuiiy. In It's purchase Of Lib
The Woman's Peace Party. suffraEe
organization. went on record last win.
Ter as definitely opposed to prepared
president OF the organization. Your
correspondent says she has now re-
signed. because OF It's lack Of Amari-
canism." She implies that she could
now control her own. II has spiit
asundrr. and a house divided against
itself cannot stand. Those who gay
that woman suffrage is bound tn come
would never touch us. 1t failed in
Greece. II failed in Rome. it failed at
the time OF the French Revolution. and
u failed In New Jersey. It wa. tried
ing Aa' iau aed IN sy yse W. !. sss
The Colorado Legislature. by two
to-one vote. refuued, on March Il, 10
go on record In favor of Federal
amendment bin. After twenty four
care 20 500 It forced on other States.
IT weakens government corrupts So
ciety and threatens the very existence
OF our ssNssf eHgesi%sRt in DEN esfaey.
Richmond, October 13, 1917.
Long the Jeems River.
To the Editor of The Times. Dispatca:
sir-My good, old friend from the