ted that there is no argument against woman
suffrage except sentiment. We can reply with equal force that there is
no argument for woman suffrage except sentiment, and that often
misguided and uninformed. Some suffragists insist that if woman
suffrage became universal "it would set in motion the machinery of an
earthly paradise." It was a woman of high standing in the literary and
journalistic field who answered, "It is my opinion it would let loose
the wheels of purgatory." ... Suffragists frequently ask the question,
"If we want to vote why should other people object?" If it is wrong
they should not ask it any more than they should ask the privilege of
committing a crime. If it is a wrong against the State every other
man and woman has a right to object and it is their duty to object....

There are spheres in which feeling should be paramount. There are
kingdoms in which the heart should reign supreme. That kingdom belongs
to woman--the realm of sentiment, the realm of love, the realm of
gentler and holier and kindlier attributes that make the name of wife,
mother and sister next to the name of God himself, but it is not in
harmony with suffrage and has no place in government.

We submit these considerations in all candor to the men of this State.
Ultimately the decision of this question at the polls is a man's
question. We ask your cooperation....

Omaha, July 6, 1914.

JOSEPH H. MILLARD, ex-U. S. Senator and president Omaha National Bank.
(Largest creditor of Willow Springs Distillery.)
JOHN A. MCSHANE, ex-Congressman and retired capitalist.
JOHN LEE WEBSTER, lawyer, representing Omaha Street Railway.
LUTHER DRAKE, president Merchants' National Bank.
JOHN C. COWIN, prominent lawyer.
WILLIAM F. GURLEY, prominent lawyer.
WILLIAM D. MCHUGH, lawyer representing Standard Oil Company.
FRANK T. HAMILTON, president Omaha Gas Co. and officer Street
Railway Co.
WILLIAM WALLACE, former cashier Omaha National Bank.
JOHN A. MUNROE, vice-president Union Pacific Railway Company.
FRANK BOYD, employee Omaha National Bank.
GERRIT FORT, Union Pacific Railway official.
_Joseph Barker_, insurance official.
EDWARD A. PECK, general manager Omaha Grain Elevator Company.
HENRY W. YATES, president Nebraska National Bank.
MILTON C. PETERS, president Alfalfa Milling Co.
WILLIAM H. KOENIG, of firm of Kilpatrick & Co., dry goods merchants.
W. H. BOCHOLZ, vice-president Omaha National Bank.
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