The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-16
GR|LLED BY THE WOMEN
CHARGE BY MISS ANNIE
ROCK IS RESENTED
Her Reference to Suffrage Spic.
lily Commented On BY the
Mankato Ladies
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mankato suffrage leaders resent
the statements made by Miss Annie
Rock, former equal suffrage leader,
in a letter to K. K. Anderson repre-
sentative In the lower house in Ten
nessee, and in which urged him to
vote against granting the women the
right to vote, declaring that suffrage
"cheapens women" Miss Rock stat
in behalf of women's suffrage, and
that she will "do penance forever for
the part that she played in bringing
suffrage in California"
Mrs. Carl ]. Holman. when inter
viewed by a representative OF The
Free Press said: Yes, I read the
article to which you refer,-but
have given it barely a passing
acknowledgements in the first place
woman suffrage is not new to the
world. There are states which have
had suffrage for women for many
many years, and the educated peo.
pie living in these states would
never think of going back 10 the old
order Of things"
Declaring that when the woman
Is given the right TO vote that they
} will accomplish great things. Mrs. e
! J. Laurisch said: II don't agree with
Miss Rocks statements in any way
good work in politics. When women
are given the vote they will accomp-
Hsh great things"
81 most certainly have something
to say In regard to that article, said
Mrs. John S. Hotaling, when asked
! by The Free Press her opinion con
corning the story. She continued
"AuHthing that can benefit the world
can certainly cheaper no one. Wo-
man suffrage will benefit every man
believe that the woman who wrote
that was looking for a little motor
iety. I know that suffrage will help
us all. Women should help their
husbands and their friends in the
affairs Of the day. l think the only
treason Minnesota has not suffrage
Is because there are so many for
eign born men who believe in wo-
men being a beast of burden: In
to many men in Mankato regarding
the suffrage question, and have
found but one man who was oppos
ed to suffrage. / later discovered
that this mans private life would not
bear Investigation, and that the
class of women that he associates
with are the kind OF women that
should not be allowed to vote. II is
time for the men and women to work
together"
Mrs. A. Bashaw, most emphatical-
ly empasized the fact that woman
Is the equal Of man, and consequent
" be allowed the right TO vote. Mrs.
Bashaw said: 81 think that woman
Is the equal of man, and should have
the same place In the world. While
am not in favor OF the woman hold
ing office, l most certainly think that
she should lie allowed to vote. It
will be better for the world when the
woman has place beside man as an
equal"
II think that's all nonsense" said
Mrs. ]. r. Brandrup, when asked
what she thought of the article.
THAT woman is evidentally disap-
pointed in some way. l don't think
that there Is anything to her state
ments. Giving woman the right to
vote will not change her nature in
the least, She will always be wo-
man, interested in the home and in
her family cares. Woman suffrage
will merely give her a wider inter-
est In the affairs of the world"
81 think that Miss Annie Rock
should be sent to an institution for
the feeble minded Her remarks are
an insult to womanhood, humanity,
and to men as we'll as women. A
detective should be put on her case
to see why she has become so de-
moraliZed. She speaks as If she
knows what she is talking about, and
perhaps she is talking from personal
experience. 1t is a disgrace when
women make remarks Of such a ma
kture, and especially when they are
Eabsolutely false" declared Mrs. D. G..
Willard, when requested to make
known opinion of Miss Rocks state
ments as published in Thursdays
Free Press.
Mrs. J. W. Andrews declared with
some vehemenoe: 81 think that Miss
Rock is probably a crank Of some
kind. don't see how her state
ments can be proven. Every state
that has had women suffrage is bet
ter of because of It, Judge Ben
Lindsey said that If 1t had not been
for the help of the women, through
suffrage, he never could have &C
complished what he did. believe
that II the women who are oposing
suffrage knew more about 1t, they
would not be against it. If they had
attended the meetings at which
suffrage was explained, they would
unite with the workers to put this
great thing across"
POLICE CHIEF SUED