Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-30
| AUD DELAWARE
FOR STRONG FIGHT
AGAINST SUFFRAGE
Anti's of Nation Hear Rumors OF
Attempt to Corrupt
Legislature.
HONOR MRS. H. P. SCOTT

Del aware and the fight it has made
against suffrage occupied the center
of the stage among the interesting features
of the annual meeting of the National
Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
held in the roof garden of the Hotel Me-
Alpin. New York City yesterday. Every
one OF the speakers from all OF the states
represented at the meeting referred to
Delaware either directly or indirectly IN
their reports or addresses and lauded
IL and its women who have fought suffrage.
When it came time for the election of
officers, Mrs. Henry p. Scott was selected
as one of the vice-presideuts. Mrs; Scott
was honored for the active part he has
taken in the campaign of the antis,
having shared with Mrs Henry b. ThcInp-
son. president of the Delaware Assocla-
tion Opposed TO Woman Suffrage, the
ard,ous work OF planning for the night
AGAINST ratification in this State.
Mrs. Thomson startled the meeting
hv the announcement that she had been
informed that legislator had been offered
$4,000 to vote for suffrage IN the Della
ware legislature. This statement was one
Of MANY made by other opponents TO
suffrage from the 26 States represented at
the meeting in rccounting the tactics OF
their opponents.
At the business meeting which was
held in the morning, the states pledged
fund of $4,000 to fight suffrage and this
later on was supplemented with sur
prise fund OF $4,000 with which TO aid
the general contingency fund.
and women, all leading opponents to the
so-called suffrage amendment. Repre-
sentative John +. NcNabb who led the
forces opposed to suffrage made at Dover,
the chief address for Delaware. He par
ticularly complimented the Republican
members of the Legislature who had
stood firm for the wishes of their constlt-
ents against suffrage. He referred TO
the extreme pressure brought to bear
upon the Republicans, and the fact that
thev considered, first of ALL the wishes OF
their people in opposition to the order of
party chiefs made them more deserving
of praise.
MIR. McNabb commented on the mag
nificent work done by Mrs. Thompson
and her loyal band of antis. He gave some
instances of how insistently the ants
had labored to present their cause and OF
the respect in which they were held by the
members of the Delaware Legislature.
He paid his compliments TO those Re-
publicans whom he styled as weak-kneed
wishes and will of their people at home,
but told the conference that 1T was un-
likely that the House would change its
mind when it reconvened' next week.
Regarding the general situation on
suffrage throughout the country, II was
announced that movements had already
been instituted in those States that had
ratified, to reverse this decision and Ohio
was pointed out as one ot those States
where the opponents were likely to win
A speaker from, Ohio, said that most
waves usually began in the West and
started eastward and that the suffrage
wave had begun to recede. She paid high
tribute to Delaware as being the State
that had stopped the suffrage procession
and was entitled to the credit for it.
The list of new officers elected follows:
President, Miss Mary G. kilbreth:
vice-presidents, Mrs. James NJ. Goldman,
Massachusetts; Mrs. Henry p. Scott,
Delaware; Mrs. Walter Douglas Lamar,
Georgia: Mrs. William l.. Marbury,
Maryland: Secretary, Miss Margaret
r. Grundy, Pennsylvania; treasurer,
Mrs. Hamilton Fish Kean, New York.