Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-28
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(which. enfranchiscd the negro naN. in
tant ~ applied to the other half OF
INC laeS-his wife. mother and sister
land That II one >was wrong. both
& were wrong, and that il one was right,
both were right.
III you vote for the Anthony amend
amendment is wrong" he said, lie
opposed woman suffrage because he
Soesn't think women want the vote.
although the Republican party has
Involves fundamental principle OF
government on which he does not fol-
low his party.
Advocates States Rights.
Delegate Robinson. of Bristol, op-
posed ratification because OF the
awful consequences that might follow
government" He had been told by
! suffrage lobbyists that if he did not
line UP, in the cause of suffrage. he
would be kicked into line. Although
ell other States might ratify. he pre-
ferred 10 stand by Virginia and take
whatever kicking might be coming 10
mm. The States. he said, rapidly arc
becoming mere counties in n larger
Floor Leader Willis declared the de-
c!sion OF the House would mark a
historic era, An illustrious epoch. in
the history OF Virginia. Woman suf-
irage, he said. was a milestone in
the march OF Prosress.
Were Washington and Jefferson
alive today, he said, they would be in
favor of woman suffrage. He spoke
OF hlmseu as a unrecons;ructed rebel.
old days might return, when gentle
men went foX-hunting and negroes
did the work"
The argument OF Delegate Chase. he
who has done all he could to ;car
down the Constitution OF 1901. and
eniranchise the negro man and deny
inns right to white women.
hdSS OF MaudlIn nj a
me Delegate from Roanoke County
maud mand,,r tear from our eyes the rags OF
blinded us TO the real issue
The world has advanced. he said.
ana we no longer spin with a wooden
Wheei or cut wheat with a cradle
through all time, lie said. reaction
aries have pleaded tradition Never
SSuanE his legislative career, he said,
had a woman approached him with a
selfish desire for his vote
Delegate billiard. OF Franklin, de-
aion OF votes for women as the right
OF the Federal government TO intsr
l lSH,re with the rights of the citizens OF
Floor Leader Willis that Washint,o IN
ana jefferson were proEressives. he
n nesaa 9TH that Jefferson would have OPP
ierson he said. was against a s,ronriy
Sen,raii%ed government and. had his
oifc, tIs huns on the walls OF; the halls
nave fallen TO the iioor a; Dclc.yn;a
Willis uttcrancc
W. critical of Women Lobbyists.
own affairs" lie said, and I am' o ga,
TO fforsalte that right" lie '' refe .qaan
w wbic che hi anger and vi,urcration with
woman suffrage lobbyists and ijl|cnnf
,nem 10 sweet bells out OF tune or
"I Dninsd ialie en- from her high estate.
Lelesate sinclair. OF Prince William,
declared that the vote wouI5 ' nn,,n,:
i I3st 10 me women OF Virginia by rat
anoaIa9n by this state of the Anthony
on the Old Dominion hy DC r ,IrSc1
amendment. 'c"eF1!
Delegate Wilcox. OF Richmond, bc-
!!eves in tho fairness of wo,nan , &c
rage and would extend to womnr
riGthhins moro than their natural
Delegate Boschen. Of p,o,
We!comed such glorious onpnrt,,n
Ky on 10 voice his opposition 20 the An
would forever destroy Southern So So
airy. The good women OF Richm n,trr
he acc,,r,dS ma 90 not want the vote,
Parts Digging It's Own Grave.
y Deiegate Hunter. OF Prince tfcor-.
~ e;nI woman suffrage doesn', Tux.
= s,ngle right from man, but mnrniS
oestows on woman sonc,hin SIs
should have had a long 't .iius S ,l,e
~ o't: ~ the Democratic party refuses
me sa!d. 1t might as we'll got ra,.,i,t !,
f;roim petition in bankruptcv il is
Dcic es ,s R Rwn g or W: he asserted
mat before ho came to Rirb No, 'H -, q
ithh" INC the General Assembly ne, ne ne
FOUND tha, ointp' nn; but upon arriving
hLostelry and voted mt the ' c,anisso, 'oG ca
so encountered since he has been her.
certain weii rknCIsS OF weather NJ a
incturer has pickles. Politics bn "'i "
10 Tn1 h.i Hinerman said war was.
sembly had asked Mrs C D'c,ierai M
man Cntt 10 nh a return cnyor,n 1,, y
ame Mouna nave rejected the Amthony
coward, he SAID, is as rcp,iIs,v, o' ,,. s y
physical coward. ana he wouiJ III ~ !.
SHh'oHiirrass the Democratic party than
Delegate Bosnian. or 'r pn ma;
rasnT our solidly for states rights. and
S,nsed Federal intcrfercncc. T'nitnI
amer ana others had written IN IN,
vote Tor ratification. Prcsidcnt MI
tb H.' n T}omsr >: Cummings. chairman OF
anu others had been frirbt"mnh zee;
converted" by the sufrrap,,, c,.u an. ana
nnuni snr tt;,aiitornia," ana the woman's
VAS OUT IN crusade and nor , 90 -,
GG"uSn. 10Y the scalp of United Stntns
use OF ni. Worth, who had the cour-
FFS"!Bsi suffrage. Delegate Bosnan 80 20
, ,,,,, 70 be- inti,nidated. althomrh y
scalp. y" MS political
SunruSist> After ,Ioyc... S
,Dc!cGate Joyce. OF Patrick Ino,,
n n,ons me same lines. Although thrnntc
tncu by me suiIragists he TOO rnTnsnd
10 pc iniim!datcd. ana WOMB ron ni'iSed
'i1Tns!iy vote his convictions. ''e"
O., ne a nr;,. dodgers. of Petersburg. ono
niil 10 reject, declared his udvoc,cwH 81 ~
,, i,uetaSurc which at first had been r -.
cd De ,.ns Gordon. Of Louisa. discount
Gu what he termed the bo.,W ~,
II ,p, OF the Anthony amcndmmmt
mau mai attempted TO drag forth N thc
Su!Sc Of the potential negro yvor",
rSoter- me same provisions ina, d.
hranch!Scd the black man. IN. sr;I
M s;., disiranchsc his wife. moihnr
II.:n Citizenship CInsscs HERE
49, ~ p!aHs Tor citizenship classes
49, oecn formulated by The L,nn,i
suffrage League OF Richniond' ana 49,
course OF instruction In ,hr 49,, 49, nc