New-York tribune., 1909-02-25
WOMEN INVADE ALBANY
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great natural distipctions between men am, anu
- ,o,st he observed if we are to have reai
roorass Nature was really the first ahA-s
froS;et uhen she made woman different Iiol4
man There is no question OF lhequaii''
tween the sexes, no suppositlon Una. .,--,;o-,
inferior Furthermore, this has leo 10 I A.
of labor that antedates cIvilizatloh i' .,,,a
President Butler of Columbia mas s'.a n,esn
equality of the sexes cannot pe
identity of function. 1r.+b,s
,x asssenobI,-ynan Klein had the terneriIS "
20 To sleep and there arose tWltIer oi -
sation which began 70 get louder anu -
throughout the chamber suuoehi' - -
Davis rspped for order, and asked the WIZ 80
give their attention to the speaker ,,.t, .
restored. and Assemblyman Klein woke win
start. % +be
n,-s yV;,Iiam Forse Scott, of Yonkers OF ene
o,+;,,a committee of the New York State Do
oiet,, Onposed to Womans Suffrage aoui
the committee in opposition 20 the measure '"iu
in part:
IN the development Of sa tie raog foT oeenpatons and
modes of thought hich are non -poiIfb fabor Of the
those which are isjd upon her it is in some
sxeegtona cases among fsherWonen s anu Gr55peTsonai
~ should she be trained 10 sbStrac!' e.bar Nv
Modes o 81 thouht The family is held t2getnef ne tbs
the love ard sym2ateyt be trss ss are Characteristic Of
the sax as are the traits of rapid
Imagination insure ei Womans fitness for her VEGA
ion most Postiyy par aad dei and high questions of
W NATHAN that the corrective and eoerevs CIV
mower of public opinion exceeds that oi 'ne d tSe
and that in the creating OF hgh haaance of woman
nelnta1g a.I and I'd bic We ask for education
the best and broadest that can IN or order that
polItieal and politically non-paiItsa hiSf1 national
/ be instrumental in maintaining ms
ideals
;-ro,,.c -,p,>-DDATrGHTER TALKS.
Mice Margaret Doane Gardiner, granddaugh-
ter of Bishop Doane OF Albany
proposition She said in part:
There are f9Tylx n Sx one Of these fourCoorad9
IS there juvenile court IN wen wen ora juvenile
t cbmsetts established the first IN 1880
Chicago In 1899 Denver not M M gour Governors of
Colorado. Utah Idaho and Wy9ming l9F have here
to the working of woman suffrage: nay is That
their Their @ OPipi9n n on Marriage and
divorce on politics, home life or on ahy'hi"e
eise g6eg OF AIIston Ellis of Ohio University writes
TO our secretary that ne lived many years III 70
RADIO. that he voted to amen@6 @ 1e then entertained
through ugh woman suffrage has not been realized IN
In potie,a;l GGss sti69s {ae %qe and assert no
influence either for good evil You see 'Ha' 10 Lii II
is man who has TO dislike women N ~ poti "
tics though he thought quite otherwise peioIe H'
As to education in many states including GO our !,
ccai and mathematical method, is not woma9s oman,
ma tural way Of affecting pubic opinion anu oO''u
tions,
o,bar sneakers for the .antis' Mrs.
Bernard Barlow chairman Of the Erie County
Committee of the State Charities Aid Assocla-
tian. Mrs William Phelps NoTthrup, OF BuHelo'
Mrs. Robert McVieker, of Mount Vernon presi-
dent of the state Consumers League ana Mrs'
Rossiter Johnson, president of the Hu'ooh E'uO
of New York.
Mrs Henry Willard. OF the State Womans
Suffrage Association introduced the su1ragiSO
sneakers who. among other things, made
pathetic appeal 10 the Judiciary committees 10
release this prisoner Of ours meaning the
RESOLUTION which they have been begging TO nave
reported favorabIy for the last twelve years
Mrs Willard said, in part:
AS people we are easily moved by oratorGa!
declarations regarding human bi, % NM
ness 4 great wave Of sentiment has Just SWEEP
over the country in connection with the l'h p.l n
dsv Of Abraham Lincoln Its sincerity can only bs
tested by the upft i may give 10 sse poo tn I'm
coins tender heart. Why are not women lhcIudeH
in that noble PnTsss TfP o he Is 5eop 5 by he peo
pie for the people shall not PeFi$n IRON f N ty
York Of the great American Union and and In g. other s
1I,itsd IN its APPLICATION TO one SEX many states
10 less than one-half Of the adult populauo2Ra- H.,
half free and in present state q the worlds
political progress man Is considered Teally ire
without a ballot defend his freedom. we we
women. of this state who pay taxes who }S oX SFep e
earn our iveiihoods in shop in factory and in Of
fee simply raising the well TelhenioeLea pan @
resentation" We ask your committee only that
you report favoraby to the Legislature this bill.
MRS. sHAw's REMARKS
We are not trying TO convert you to woman
suffrage" said the Rev Anna H. Shaw. IAN
we ask is that you give it to the people to
decide Are you afraid TO report this bill be-
cause Won have no confidence in the intelligence
Of your colleagues in the Legislature, or is IL
because you have no confidence in the people
who elected you? II they elected you they
surely must have intelligence to vote on this
proposition"
Mrs Shaw said that il had been argued that
women should not vote because she cannot fight
she can fight, and many Of them well" she
declared, miiitantly, but l never heard that II
was necessary for a TO fight in order to
vote No man is called upon to fight after he
is forty-ive years old. and then he is just get
ting TO be intelligent citizen To vote does
not rest with a mans intelligence in New York
Man has the right to vote merely because he is
a male human being not because he can fight.
nor because he is moral or virtuous."
Several of the other speakers took particular
pleasure in saying that women should vote
because they pay taxes, are better educated and
often more intelligent than men.
Mrs. Frances Graham, of Loekport, president
OF the local Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, declared that while We not angels
we don't want to be yet-when you fail to give
us the right to you disfTanchising the
better half of the government"
Mrs. Frederick Nathan. president of the Con-
! sumers' League, brought forth a box in which