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.
- Fred H. Davis, president First National Bank.
- Benjamin S. Baker, lawyer.
- L. F. Crofoot, lawyer for Omaha Smelting Co. and Chicago & Milwaukee R. R.
- E. E. Bruce, wholesale druggist
- George W. Holdrege, manager Burlington & Missouri River R. R. Co.
- Fred A. Nash, President Omaha Electric Light Co.
- Nelson H. Loomis, General Attorney Union Pacific R. R.
- Edson Rich, assistant attorney Union Pacific R. R.
- Frank B. Johnson, president Omaha Printing Co.
- Thomas C, Byrne, president Wholesale Dry Goods Co.
- Rev. Thomas J. Mackay, Minister All Saints' Church (Episcopal).
- Rev. John W. Williams, Minister St. Barnabas' Church (Episcopal).
This Manifesto with the signatures is given almost in full because in language and in the business interests of the signers it is thoroughly typical of the open opposition to woman suffrage. The other classes who were opposed — the “machine” politicians, the liquor interests and those directly or indirectly connected with them — for the most part worked more secretly.
