Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
AnTrS PLEASED
WITH REPORTS
Say People of Delaware Are Op-
posed to Suffrage for
Women.

Opponents of suffrage. enthused with
the news that came from the Georgetown
meeting yesterday, met this afternoon to
| take action relative to the future program
of their organization and also to arrange
for a meeting to be held IN the ballroom
of the Hotel du Pont on Friday evening
at which time the views of those opposed
to suffrage will be voiced
Reports coming to headquarters of the
antls today from Sussex county indicate
| that the women of that section do not
want suffrage. Miss Charlotte Rowe, who
spoke at the Georgetown meeting. was
gwen an ovation at the close of the meet
ing and said today upon her return TO tins
city, that she had agreed to return down
State on Saturday night and address Il
massmeeting at Harrington. AS she went
to the train at Georgetown several men
opposed TO suffrage followed her and told
her that if she would agree To speak that
they would hire the town hall for the
meeting. This arrangement was made
today.
Mrs. Henry b. Thompson, head of the
Delaware women opposed to suffrage, was
busy this morning planning for the meet
ing this afternoon of her committees and
also for the reception and meeting on
Friday evening.
I'VE hear splendid things from lower
Delaware said Mrs. Thompson, but
we are not going to relax for a minute just
because of these reports" Mrs. Thomp-
son said that Miss Mary G. kilbreth, the
national leader of the opponents to suf-
frage of New York City, would come here
for the meeting and that a speaker of
prominence would be William l.. Marbury,
district attorney for Baltimore during
Cleveiand's administration and promi-
nent opponent of suffrage. There will be
another speaker, il was announced, who
would voice the views of those Republi-
cans who are not bound by party direction.
Miss Rowe in speaking today of the
meeting at Georgetown and the sentiment
rs revealed st the meeting said:
Judging by the ovation gwen the Anti
suffrage cause at the meeting in George
town yesterday am positive that no
doubt exists In the minds of the Delaware
Representatives regarding the wishes of
the people OF Delaware. The sentiment
IN Sussexcounty Is overwhelmingly against
woman suffrage. Not only that, but a
remarkable spirit of independence is
manifest IN the people. / believe that the
Delaware people are more independent
and less subservient to political control
than the people of any other state. They
seem perfectly aware of the dangers of
dlctatIon from men higher up; they seem
alive to the menace of having their Will
thwarted by machine politics; they show
a spirit which will brook no such domina-
ton and which believe if attempted will
prove boomerang to any legislator who
presumcs TO represent ''ncn higher up"
and women higher up" rather than his
constituents,
Although the Republican and Demo
cratic State Committees have endorsed
the Federal suffrage anne ndment, i believe
that this perfunctory action Will dedeIve
nobody. Neither committee is gtIlded
by the wishes OF the people of Delaware.
The interference In State affairs by outside
influences has become a national scandal
and the utter disregard by certain organi1-
ed minorities of the nights OF the people
and the rights of independent sovereign
states is, believe, being taken into ac-
count by the Legislators of Delaware.
1t looks to me as though the Delaware
Legislators are likely 20 remember that the
people whom they represent are independ-
ent voters and are watching them care
fully In this matter, and that they, the
legislators, will be true to their oath of
Office and uphold the constitution Of
Delaware, no matter how many gentle
men with national ambitions come into
the State, nor how many women with
political ambitions invade Delaware
I'VE look to Delaware to JON the I'M
mortal thirteen which will once again
save the nation.