The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-20
THESEFOR wOMANSUFFRAGE
NAVY WE'LL KNOWN PEOPLE VINO
HAVE SIGNED INF PETITIONS

Col Iagersoii, RusssiI SAG, y ,h. u no.Ss-
| teller, nnd Miss Hsisa Css!a A-o.r
| Nhe"-L'wyers, Preachers, and Othsr-.
When the woman suffrage petitions now In
circulation are returned. about May !. all the
names OF prominent people Will be motel. and
hsts Of these names will be sent tn tho dele
gates to the Constitutional Convention. In
this way the quality ~ we'll ~ the quantity Of
the signatures will he emphasized.
When this list Ia made public II will probably
surprise many people and surely interest all.
FOR the sake OF those who are anxious for the
success OF woman suffrage II Is q pity that an
up-to-date liSt oi such In mes cannot be com.
piled. People are very much like sheep; only
let the great and COOL" show their hesls or
In this case their names. In a certain direction
Wheh' presto! down viii - tho fences Of pref
udlcc and the Hook will scamppr after them
it's. however, quito out OF tho question to
| secure such n llst ut present These mama.
are - be found generally on the prlvat.
petitfJhs, and not on those which are aeces.
sibls to the public. Til re are hundre,I. Of
these private petitions. a. they are ,allsd
though they are simply the regular petition in
private circulation. One OF the most intsrest-
Ing OF them II Helen Gardnor'S Her petition
10 in the form OF n book. each sh,et having
spaces for ten names At ihs head ~ each
mage is some wel-known II mature. followed
nr0,rSRIOn
or general interests.
At the tor OF the lrst p,Y, 4 tho boil aut,-
graph OF Col. Robert q. Ingsrsoil. an | / Glow 10
nre the names ofths mem bers " nj, firm. Then
come the names OF tho superlnten icntS 81 the
Bloomngdale Inc me Asylum AMI I 20 Wards
Island asylum. The second page ia h,a led By
Mrs. Gardners husband, anil Ia !ile Il By
members OF his firm and thos. In ths same OF.
fees. The thIrl page Ia occupic I y James \.
Horne. his WIFE and the members oi his com
pany. Next comes HHmlin Gdran,l the nov
elist editor. and politician. DIR. McIlynn has
the next page. George De Forest Brush heads
another page. Mr.. Brush. 1t will Lo rern-m-
bered. IL tho painter OF tho picture Mother
and Child" which has attra, to so TN ich at
tention and which has been purchased for
S.uoo ny ,MohtgomePEy scars 't Boston. His
The SCULPTOR. are filled ry nrtists
Alice Rich Northrur President OF the Normal
S ss1.l. oh.r %n hsa via thu fas snr n
stat OF his paper mi another Tn""Iors Su,r".
page Mrs Gardner intended L" AJAX William
y. Hcwells to head one ni the Iages, but he
had snn-d before rhe asked him.
Miss Helen Gould has signed tho petition.
Probably, ns the mistress OF millions. % 'lol-
watchword Of her ancestors: Taxation with
out rerresentatien 10 tyranny" Or It may re.
Of wham sbs knovS rstbar mo 70, nnpt,r Iira
lie gives her credit for.
Edgar Eawc.tt. Tho novelist has sizned. In
fact II IL noticeable that literary en- and
women. among whom there In u 9 .od deal 81
tho freemesonry OF intellect which does rot
have, slgned tho petition duitc. generally. Jane
Mrale, WEIGH. who probably krows riors
that con slider themselves pretty we'll informsd
on the g, So telset has senei the petition which
League. 10 East Fourteenth street. On the
same paper are tho names Of Samuel Com pers
e the labor societies Sa and msrIiss Newell
made chief Of tho Fix Nations.
Mrs; Candars Wheeler. President ofthe Assoc
building at the Worlds Fair. is an"ther signsr.
and 70 Is her daughter. Dora Wheeler Keith.
New YORK. Mrs. Mary MSpos ' Dedse. iamoua
wherever s I Their, are English. reading children
has Margaret Bisland. also wrll-known edi-
tor. Anna C Bracket Is another literary wom-
Reed has ssnst he at ss
has Estello CLAYTON; the actress.
Not only ny, h S, All sort. Ard Of
insy avGT.a .heP"'yss q iay3r q Che 10
has been ardent il support Mr: Coud.rt say:
Working wonsS ' Wait-r uf' 90 ' .ocsy
pet conductor, has signed. PAUL Du ChsiIlu,
ingno to SPEAK in favor Of the mnvem "
Russell Sage and John d. RocEsfeIer have
Dosn nfeHent at parior meetings anu signed
Mrs. Margaret Moore. the Irish speaker.
says that the first name on her book Ia that OF
q policeman. He was formerly Secretary off
branch nf the Labor Federation. Secretary
Evans OF the Federation has also signed. Cler-
gymen without number have sign-,l. Tho
list inclunrs the Rev. Drs. Sanders, Mao
Arthur. Percy Grant. Eaton. Rainsford, Treat
sabine. Faunc-. Tyler. Williams and werner.
Hunter Of the Normal ollega has
signed. So has William Wood. formerly Pres
ldent OF the Board OF Education The lawyers
and doctors who nave signed cannot begin to
be counted.
MIss calender and Miss De Forest. whose
In tho Tiffany apartment
house in IAst S"venfy-second street nave
gained for them the reputation OF having The
nearest approach 10 salon in America, were
among the first To- rian
ANY one dropping in ~ Shsrrv'A to look over
he petition there might thi1k that the pros
pcct was not encouraging. hui the TACT 10 that
Sherry'S Is more point OF distribution than
anything else Petitions and leaflets 20 out
rom there in great numbers. At the same
line. 1t is desired 10y the ladies In charge that
people who have not yet signed the petition
will call there unless there Is some place more
convenient Some one is In attendance every
lay.
woman suffrage meeting for citizens OF
he Twenty-third Assembly distTict will bo
leid Mt the house OF Mrs. Shaw, los West
'iRhty-Ihird street, tomorrow evening At 4
o'clock. Addresses will he delivered hy Mrs.
lille DsvsreAux Blake. Mrs. Eliza ArchArd