Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-17
ST, GEORGES ANTS
BRAVE STORM TO
SHOW POSITION
Speakers Entertained by Mrs. Ed
ward Lester, Jr., at Supper
After Meeting.
THE VOTE WAS ONE-SIDED

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
St. Georges, April 17.--Anti-sufffag
forces rallied at Odd Fellows hall last
night, despite the storm and rain that
ordinarily would have kept folks at home.
The meeting which was arranged at the
wish of Representative Edward Lester
Jr., was most peaceful one because the
sentiment of those who attended was
apparently of one opinion-opposed to
suffrage. There were several addresses
and at the conclusion, Mrs. Henry b..
Thompson, president of the Delaware
Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
called for vote. All present voted against
suffrage with the exception of a. little
7-year-old girl, whose mother it was said
was a suffrage worker.
At the conclusion of the meeting MIR
Lester, wife of the representative from st.
Georges entertained the speaking party
at supper at the Lester home.
Mrs. Thompson in her remarks told the
people of this community how pleased
she was to see them present on such a
stormy night, because it indicated their
interest in the question and also the way
they felt about it. She said that many
years ago she had been approached to
Sign q petition favoring suffrage. She
refused at that time and her observations
of the way things had worked since then,
she had learned of nothing to cause her
TO change her mind.
Mrs. Thompson referred TO the fact that
by giving women the right to vote, there
would be an added expense placed on the
people. Had it not been for the outside
influence from the national headquarters
of the suffrage parties and their braches,
the question of suffrage could have been
settled in three day after the Legislature
met. Mrs. Thompson congratulated the
members of the Legislature for their
Judgment in defeating the amendment
and expressed it as her belief that the
question is dead issue as far as Delaware
is concerned, because the people have
spoken their wishes through their repre-
sentatives.
Miss Charlotte Rowe. whose knowledge
of suffrage and anti-siffrage and how the
question works both ways, has made her
the best public speaker for the opponents
to suffrage, told the audience that they
were to be complimented upon having such
legislators ms were now holding office
and that the stand taken on the suffrage
question would always rebound to the
credit of the State. She took up separate
ly some of the arguments presented by the
suffrage speakers at Il meeting Heiu ieEt
this week and according to the opinion
of those present as expressed by their
applause the answers were satisfactory
and convincing.
Representative John r. McNabb,
who has championed the fight against
suffrage in the House, addressed the meet
ing and told why he had fought the so
called suffrage amendment. He said be
was in favor of putting the question up
for decision before the people, but that
there were some who were apparently
afraid to ask the people what they wished
in the matter.
Mr.. McNabb referred to various States
where the women have been granted the
right to vote and proved by figures how
indifferent they were to that valuable
franchise He apologized TO Representa-
tive Lester for speaking in his district,
but said that he did so at the urgent
request Of the opponents 10 suffrage and
with full courtesy extended to MIN by
Mr.. Lester.
The vote which followed and which
was so sweeping against suffrage had
among its number many colored women.
The representation from the district al
the meeting was considered excellent by
Mr.. Lester and he was impressed by the
sentiment as expressed by those who
of4nyJnH