I think we ought not to pass a law here which classes with anarchists a woman. a respectable. decent woman. who. through mistaken judgment. takes the position of the suffragettes of Englandwho honestly feel that they are justified in destroying the mail. for instance. for the sake of securing to themselves rights which every honest man must concede are very sacred rights. and the denial of which is a reflection upon their Government. Now. in case women of that kind should be here. or should come here and. after living here for a time. should feel keenly we are not treating them right as women. and. through mistaken Judgment. take that point of view and get doing what they should not. I think it is hardly commendable to our civilization to say that Instead of punishing them for violence they should be ranked with anarchists. who believe in destroying and murdering all governors and Presidents. and so forth. and be deported as such. I think It is such an unbalanced amendment that it ought to be adjusted in some way and so changed as that at any time not the milder offender but the grave offender should be subject to deportation. It is a confession of weakness on the part of our Government that we can not keep and control them. which. for my part. I am ashamed to make. We ought to be able so to administer our laws as to compel obedience thereto. Deportation is a confession that we can not handle the person deported. and when we say we can not handle wellmeaning but misguided women like the suffragettes of England we confess to a failure on the part of our Government.
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