The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-07
BRSK FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE
% ,LITT LEAGUE PLANS A VIG-
OROUS CAMPATGN.
Mr.. Hra,rh to Wake Q Tour OF the state
ari sir Z . the Workers 20 Bring Pres
sure M me Legislature big Demon
.,raiion IN Cooper Union December 8.

ari sir 10 the Workers to Bring Pres
.urc on the Lewtslsture big emon
.,raiion ~ Cooper Union Decembef 8.
II ,le legislature at its next session
doear : -t on foot the necessary machinery
sor trc pbliteration 81 the word male
from trc suffrage clause OF the Constitution
s,cb EMISSION won't be due 10 any lack Of
cTor, ~ the part OF the equality League
81 SELF supporting Women.
Under the leadership OF Ito president,
w-s Harriet Stanton Blatch. that organizs-
mon is planning a most campaign
IN tie interest 81 the acknowledgements OF
women.
-Thr recent remarks Of Judge Gray In
connection with the decision OF the Court Of
Appeals which held that the article Of the
lsbor law disqualifying women from work.
ing in factories before 8 In the morning
or otter q in the evening 10 unconstitutional
have had a wonderful influence said Mrs.
BIatch Yesterday. lin srousing the working
women 10 a realizing sense u their condi-
tiona and dangers.
tile learned Judge states that an adult
female IA not In my sense q ward OF the
state. that she in n citizen in the same sense
that a man ia and that any special laws
regulating the hour or time OF her em-
plovment in factories or elsewhere are n
many in~fringements on her personal lib
erty.
Vow it happens hat this law which
has iust fallen under the bar Of the Court
Of Appeals had the unqualified approval
81 all the In industrial occupations.
They regarded II a. a very wise measure
for their protection rather than ~ q cur
failing Of their personal liberty.
They began to express their opinions on
the subject. and then they understood how
little their opinions were worth.
" are citizens. said a bright girl to
ms rather bitterly the other day. the kind
az citizens that can't he protected and hat
can't protect ourselves because we have
M votes. We are neither fish. flesh. fowl
nor good red herring
IN is these women continued Mira.
Batch. the women to whom the vote
means something more vital than the tri-
umph Of a principle or a new outlet for their
energies. who will eventually win II. What
| mean il perhaps more clearly Expressed
in the message which our Equality League
"a about 10 e to Finland"
Mrs. Batch. who had been dreamily gsz-
ing out Of a window which overlooked
the Hudson az she talked. rose and I'M
iccked the drawer of a mahogany secretary.
from which she took an ~elaborately ilmmi-
nated sheet Of rsrchment.
An hail 10 the Women Of Finland" it
read. in real old English characters which
we're more decorative than decipherable.
1t went on:
We. the Equality League Of Self Supporting
Women. send Won greetings on your glorious
victory We pause and note that in Einland's
struggle for freedom women have stood
shoulder TO shoulder with men In the heot Of
bs tie. Not n martyrdom but you have shared
yes. even death has been your portion.
Your example makes plain 10 us that epfran-
basement must be won by service. and that
N our industrial co~mmonweslth OF Americs
the political victories viii be gained through
hose who serve In the army of.wealth produce
lion: All hail 10 you. women oil Finland. our
inSpirers, our eNemplarsi
In the hour Of Finland's need you were
patriots; in the hour OF her triumph yon are
citizens.
Mrs. RIatch will start for Geneva the
latter part OF this week. where she pro-
poses to spend some time in instructing
the women in the canneries regarding the
intricacies OF the suffrage question and
organizing them. She will then proceed to
Buffalo, where she will carry on a similar
campaign anon the overall workers, and
will also visit Rochester, Ithaca. Syracuse
and Auburn. az vel as several smaller
cities and towns.
She has been busy for some weeks whip
ping into line the various local labor union
in and around New York. with the result
that more than a dozen Of them Rave passed
resolutions deprecating Judge Gray's point
Of view and ~indorsing the enfranchisement
Of women.
we shall do nothing spectacular" said
Mrs. Batch, until the sixteenth Of October.
which will be the second day OF the State
Suffrage Convention at Geneva. The COM
mittee has agreed to give over an entire
day to special industrial session, and
Rose Schneiderman and Miss O'Reilly
are to be among the speakers. We expect
70 have large delegations from Waterloo,
seneca Falls. Yates Corners, Ithaca, Penn
Yam and other nearby places.
For the six weeks following the con-
vention we shall work like beavers among
The unions around New York; and wind
up on December S with a months demon
stration in Cooper Union. Our nj
parencles are to read Trades Unionism
and the Ballot and Organization and
Enfranchisement.'
Early in January our Committee will
submit 70 the Judiciary committee Of both
houses 81 the Legislature OUR proposed
amendment TO the Constitution"