Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-06
'ANTrS ORGANIZE
LOWER DELAWARE
Arrange Many Meetings and Re
ceive Strong Offers of New
Support.

While the workers for suffrage are
carrying their fight for support In Della
ware into the districts of those members
of the Legislature who have voted against
ratification of the socalled amendment,
those opposed to suffrage for women are
not BY any means idle 1t was learned
today that the opponents of suffrage,
although saying little about what they
are doing, making just as energetic
efforts throughout the State to maintain
the majority of votes they have from the
first been accredited with by their friends,
and are organizing groups OF people IN
many towns down State into effective anti
suffrage organizations.
Because, however of the fact that the
opponents to suffrage are averse TO making
public what they are doing, and how they
are directing their fight against the An
thony amendment, it is difficult 20 learn
Just how strong their efforts are.
The anti-suffragc organization at Dover,
organized BY Miss White who has been
in charge of the headquarters for the OPP
pononts to suffrage ever since the legisla-
tive fight began here, has gotten very
strong group Of people together. Re
ports today Indicated that there were
more than one hundred members attached
to the organization she has made. These
are bona-idc members and the number It
is said is not overstated.
At the request Of Representatives j.
B. Lloyd and j T.. Lord. both of Sussex
county the opponents to suffrage are
providing speakers for meetings that
will be held in this county Messrs
LLOYD and Lord are making the arrange
ments for meetings to be held this week
. he ,f of h,a ~ ne
will be Miss Charlotte Rowe field secre-
tary of the National Association Opposed
TO Suffrage.
Milford, Smyrna, Georgetown, Seaford,
Blades and Dover will be covered thor
oughly. it is said by the opponents to
suffrage and while they will not speak Of
the dates for the meetings, the leaders
were very we'll pleased with the progress
being made to effect permanent anti
suffrage organizations and meetings to
continue the enthusiasm of those units
already formed.
1T is really surprising, said Mrs.
Henry B. Thompson, leader Of the OPP
ponents to suffrage forces in Delaware,
how many offers Of support we have
received and are being given each day.
| did not realize how opposed 10 suffrage
the people of lower Delaware are. until
| made q trip through certain sections.
that our opponents are claiming have
reversed their ideas on the question. |
have gotten reports and talked with many
people from Sussex county, where the
suffragistS held meetings on Saturday and
have made other attempts To change the
viewpoint OF the residents but despite all
this propaganda ] find conditions practical
IL unchanged ! really did expect to
find some result Of the campaigning our
opponents have done, but il doesn't appear
on the surface.
Mrs. Thompson admitted that many
meetings are being planned by her or
ganization and that the work of organizing
down State sections is going ahead sue
ccSsiullv.
General Coleman du Pont was ut Dover
Yesterday and his presence among the
opponents of suffrage was the occasion for
much merrlment The workers opposed
10 suffrage pinned red rose on the coat
Of the General and he declared. according
TO the statements Of the workers against
suffrage, that he would never be SO ungal-
liant as to remove the decoration. Not
in their presence at least Tho opponents
to votes for women did more. They
do corated his automobile with red trim
mings and the General didn't remove
theses, either. not 50 long as he was in the
State capital, at least He exchanged
Jokes and quips with the opponents 10
suffrage and his vlst among them was
thoroughly enjoyed He was invited 10
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