Evening journal., 1920-04-10
'ANTIS' MAP OUT
FUTURE PROGRAM
Miss Rowe Confident Senate
Will Also Reject An
thony Amendment
PRESENT MEDAL TO
MRS. H. B. THOMPSON

Opponents OF suffrage from many
sections OF the State met al the home
OF Mrs. George P. Bssell this morning
and In addition TO planning for future
activities In the way OF organizing the
State. heard addresses by prominent
workers. The meeting was called to
inform Hose who have been doing mis-
sionary work at home OF the true
status OF the Anthony amendment be-
fore the Legislature.
The most encoura ging report aside
from Mrs. Henry B. Thompson's de-
tailed account Of what The opponents
OF Suffrage have been doing at Dover.
was mat made by Miss Charlotte
Rowe. who has been active In boh
sussex and Kent counties this week
Yesterday, she sad. there were three
hundred names add d to the list OF the
antis' club at Dover and the member
ship at the State capital now numbers
more than 600. Similar encouraging re-
ports were made from other towns. In
her general staten nj. Mss Rowe said !:
"Anti-Suffrage sentiment Is spreading
like wildhre over Delaware Everywhere
men and women are voluntarily asking
TO be enrolled as members OF our as
ISOLATION. This Is especially so In dis
tricts where suffrage agltstors are
most In evidence Another thing that Is
helping Antl-Suffrage Is wild press
stories asserting that the people OF
Sussex and Kent counties have changed
their minds about suffrage Not even
the bltterest enemy OF Kent and Sussex
~. lrIf
would accuse them OF nckleness. Their
supreme virtue, II seems 10 me. is fldel-
lty to principle and an unchangeable
honesty OF conviction. To try TO create
the impression that they may be
swayed by party lashes or by manufac-
tured agitation. really steadles rather
than weskens such stalwart citizens.
Delaware Anti-Suffragists. organized
along constructive, practical lines
throughout the State, VIII support for
reelection every legislator who. by his
vote against the Federal Suffrage Force
Bill. defended the sovereignty OF his
State and the right OF the people to
govern themselves. Centralized govern
ment is not a bugaboo. IL Is the living
menace OF our time; and 10 Delaware
falls the glory of giving Il It's death
blow.
L am confident that the Delaware
Senate measures up 10 The House. that
the Senate also viii reject the Anthony
Amendment. 1t is unthinkable that any
act OF the Senate should dim the lustre
OF Delaware's magnificent Legislature "
Miss Louise Tstnall made an address
from the viewpoint Of the business wo-
men.
She said the average business woman
does not have time enough after she
has worked all day. TO devote to poll
tics. and this. she has always left TO
the wisdom Of the male member OF
the family.
Mrs. F. C. Snyder. OF Newport, pre-
sented her ideas on suffrage from the
angle OF a woman who has seen II
work out In % States. She stated that
as a farmers wife. II she attended to
her duties there was no time to devote
TO pollt'cs. and that II she had to vote
she would either have 10 vote without
giving though to the matter or else ne
glect her home.
Mrs Thompson told the opponents OF
suffrage OF what had been accom-
pllshed al the State capital and OF plans
that were under way for the coming
week and until the question is finally
settled.
1t Is proposed to carry on active
work in all sections OF the Slate and
particular attention will be paid TO en-
rollments.
During the. meeting Mrs. Thompson
was presented with a gold medal by
Mrs. p. ]. Franklin. who did war work
In France. The gift was made as a
token OF esteem for the work done by
Mrs. Thompson at Dover. the medal
coming from France, signifying The
victory OF the French women In the /
crises In their country.
Following the meeting Mrs. Thomp-
son entertained the down State visi-
tors at luncheon at the Hotel dupont.