The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
80, cIHrAIsN rs Hor AND PETT-
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,.,,s-A Me.uss ~ Ms. R.-..n s.r.'..
~. Dr,.ent womsn's suffrage campaign has
-. features which make II different from
-, o,hsrs which have boon wsRed in this
- az the country. Not the least OF these
...,ures IL the interest shows In certain social
$50. which have passed through previous
"a suffrage storms and shown scarcely .
.,.nI. The extent and Importance OF this in
..,..t may DO guessed at By reading the
80. Of what Is called the voluntary COM
nittee."
| ,A. regular New York Woman's Suffrage
I..sue. although Il works in similar llnes
"a for precisely the same object namely. the
,..s.s, By the coming Constitutional Conven-
lion OF sn equal suffrage amendment The or
s,nization OF the committee was. a. one Of its
m.mbers says, . spontaneous outRrowth Of
he conversation OF few friends Of similar
oplnion. These friends had other friends who
we're found to favor the movement, and the re-
sult was the formation OF the voluntary COM
mittee. with Mrs. Henry II. Sanders Of 433
Finh avenue as Chairman. As for the names
not few people will be surprised to read those
signed to the following circular issued By the
somnittes.
sa- PvsS
N. nsti New York state Con ,titution.l cony.n,,ou
vii meet in Albany on the 9Th OF NAY to consider
snssdmsnts To the Constitution. which can b.
sA.as.d By Constitutional Convsntioa only once in
tv.aty y.sra A petition to strike out the word
-als" Qualification for voters thereby givnF to
.sa and women civic equality. - being circulated in
he Hty counties of the ststs As nearly onsthrd of
the inhabitants Of the State live in this city. here
tAst greatest WORK must be done getting for the
,,,On % many signatures will convince the Con-
v,utisu that the Of this State desirs enfrsu-
shissmenI and that men viii help them to obtain IL
All and women, residents OF the city Of New York
sad 81 years OF age are respectfully invit.dto
cal sign this petition At shsry's on any day in
March and April between o A n and P. n Pam
ph. presenting Arguments in favor Of equal suffrage
nsT Be obtained at the same time and place.
Frederic R coudsrt me 4 Mrs. Boudinot Keith.
Jsdrs H. Hsviand. Mrs. Candaes wheeler.
walter Damrosch, Durham wheeler
John Rock sfsisr. DIT. Mary Putnam jacob
Ma John Rocksfsnsr. hrs Mary Maps Dodrs.
william Dean Howsila DR.. Mrs ". & Rainsford.
william j. schisnshn- Mrs. Henry C Valentine
Mn. Mary J. schisnsiin. DR.. 4 hra H. N. Sanders
Eleanor sehisnsiin. Rev. 4 Ms. Arthur Brooks
Russell sage. Or. 4 Mrs Robert Abba
Ma Russell says. Anna @. Brsckett
ID. Nra VIM. H. Draper DIT Emily L. blackwell
Ma Robert Nicon- Margaret Cnanisr.
Charles II. Eaton. D. D. Eliza T. Chisholm.
Ma Robert hinturn. Or. 4 hra George Il FOE.
AN xinturn. Joseph hossnthal
Rabbi Gotthstl william Wood.
J. Frederic Ksrnoohan. Nra Ben Ali Haggtn.
Dr. NrA R & Macarthur. and oth.ra
The petition at sherry's 10 displayed on .
table In little nook screened on and supplied
with chairs and divana Some one II always
there to talk with . would-be signer. and IL 10
seldom that half dozen people will not ba
found sitting around and discussing what has
been done and what the prospects are. The
petition has several hundred signatures. and.
- most OF those who have signed have taken
other petitions homo with them in order to get
their friends to sign also. the prospect 10 en-
eouraging to the women In charge. Mr.. Sherry
himself II decidedly In favor Of equal suffrage
and his name Is among the first The form OF
the petition 10 as follows:
Petition for equal suffrage the Constitutional Con
,sution Of sAs State Of New York. In Albany
MAJ. 1894
GEsrlr-rs, me undersigned. citizens OF the United
States twenty ysars OF age residents OF state
OF New YORK. county OF y respectfully AK your
honorable body to strike the word male" from artL
Gle section Of the Constitution and thus secure to
the women OF the state the right to vote on sausi
terms with men
These petitions have been scattered broad
eat throughout the State. DIR. Mary Putnam
jacob alone has placed 1928 OF them In the
leading hotels and apartment houses Of this
eiy Those in the hotels are intended for
people residing in New York State will be
used. DR., Jaeo bi will go over every one OF
non residents Of the state. Every petition
which has been In circulation will be looked |
list Of The SIGNATURES from each county sent a
to the delegates from that county. Hundreds |
Of these petitions are displayed on the parlor |
house has surrendered It's sntirs quota Of
names. The petitions must all be returned on |
,or af All ts as t iS sin s
ested are trying to do.
TAI estate owned by the women OF New York
s s.i;. dh.f has already been done in other
women worked for three weeks In the Asses
90, sors ONCE and made thorough canvass Of
tina, year so as not 20 interfere with the
sork Of the once. which neesssitatss con-
They worked in couples. two womsn taking a
osy At time II WAS found that ~ per cent.
Owa se ia sia ss zeal estate 81 BsooSlyn Tss
about sl03OOOOOO. and has probably in
creased since then. This, same work Of in
ne state with the discovery that outside of
N. eltT Of New York, about $500. 900. 900 worth
that the Ssw York records will more than
double those hgureA
Another feature OF tho campaign is the par
,or meetings These are being hsld in different
parts 81 the city hut most Of them are ar
Ienged ~ sub-committse Of the voluntary
ff99immttes. Mrs. Robert Able OF IL West
autleth street is Chairman OF this sub-com-
II,tes an she IS kept busy all the time. for
we're are one to two meetings every day. |
tnese meetings are entirely private. people
bS-inx present only By invitation. The num-
oet OF guests ranges from 50 to 800. according
wine sze OF the hostsss's rooms.
A. ~ Mary Putnam jacob held the nrst two of
Eese parlor meetings. which. by the way may
es taken as an index Of the war in which
,si3msn will retain their femininity even in poll
~ tes Ihs mass meeting notion doesn't seem
~ Appsal 70 them very much Only thirty
SSoten we're invited ~ Dr. jacob. who con-
SSueted the meeting In . novel way. In the
~ nlst place she called on every woman present
10y express her sentiments on the subject OF
sohsh suffrage. whether favorable or unfa-
,VIane. Ihsn the time was given TO . sys-
CsuiAuc Debate, one woman being called on TO |
her -A"'''o' 'H' ~
- ~ nd every woman spoke" says Dr. jacob
nomsn who bad never before talked to
t MoIs man hall dozen people at q time spoke
ne, az when they were called on. Tue
Tslihg s are not always conducted that way;