New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Anti i-Sufragists
Decide to Vote
To Defeat Vote
Leaders Believe Oppor.
tunity VIII Come When
They Form Machine

Anti-spffragists of New York City
announced yesterday at meeting ct
the Park Avenue Hotel that instead
of crying over split milk any longer.
they would pick up the milk cans
themselves and help carry their share
of the political burden.
Mrs. George H. Dobbin was ap-
pointed chairman of organization for
the anti-suffragc association. At the
same time it was announced that she
IS Republican captain Of the 1st
Election District of the 11th Assembly
District. Under her leadership Re
publicans of the district expect to win
the anti-suffrage women voters, and
the anti-suffragists hope they viii get
such good machine of women who
don't want to vote that in some happy
future time these women can force
another state constitutional amendment
taking the vote away from women.
Inc anti-suffragists also are going
TO the special enrolment booths for
women voters on May 25 This is the
day set apart by the Legislature for
women voters to enroll with the
political parties There is only one
flaw IN the enrolment system. as dis
cussed at yesterdays meeting. 1t was
this
What can Democrat do for Sem
ator Wadsworth? If we are good
Democrats and enroll in the Demo-
cratic party, then how can we vote for
Wadsworth in the Republican pri-
maries ?"
This problem. put by timid little
woman IN the back row, proved hard
nut until Miss Mary Kilbreath decreed
that 1T just couldn't be done, and that
The anti -suffragists would have to
choose between their gratitude to SEN
ator Wadsworth and their party con-
victions.
The following call for anti-suf-
fragists to enroll on May 25 has been
sent to every registered anti-suf-
fragist in the state:
we. the anti-sufrage women of
New York State, enfranchised bv men
against our will, believe She ballot.
however unwisely bestowed. to be a
binding obligation. We have, there
fore, determined to take up the politi-
cal duties forced upon us. and to this
end have organized ourselves into the
Women Voters Anti-Sutfrage party,
thus taking the customary and neces-
sary means of getting out our vote
particularly necessary for US because
the vast mass OF anti-suffrarists
throughout the state-the Industrious.
housekeeping women, busy with the
normal duties and responsibilities OF
Women-dO not wish to enter the DO
htical arena and will be reluctant
voters. whereas the radical Socialist
feminist forces are fighting to get to
the polls.
The conservative suffrage vote
must be relied upon as the chief de
fence of our institutions in the coming
struggle with these forces, all of whom
prior to election preached woman suf-
trage as part of their revolutionary
propaganda and were in open alliance
with woman suffrage organizations.
Had sutfragists been willing, as we
were, after election to merge into the
general electorate there would be no
need of women's parties. But thew
stlll hold their organizations together
for aggression, and suffrage lobbies
operating IN Congress and state leris-
latules have made a farce of repre-
sentative government
with the suffrage part of the
female electorate organized into q
formidable machine, anti-suffragists
are forced to organize in political self
defence"
Miss Mary Kilbreath and Miss Clara
Vein, of New Jersey, went to Wash
ington last night to carry the last
word of encouragement to Senator
Wadsworth concerning the New York
women's action before the Federal suf-
frage amendment comes up for debate
on Friday