The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
SUFFRAGE MARCH ON ALBANY
Mrs. SOPHIl LOEBINGER HILL
LEAD 4 MN ATTACH.


The Twenty third street sunragettes
have decided to give Albany a demonetra
ton % what militancy really means. Rep
resentRtives from their union will take
the Franchise Limited which starts from
the Grand Central Station at half pas,
eight next "Wednesday morning and will
attend the suffrage hearing before the
inIn' Judiciary Committee % the LegiA-
lature IN the AFTERNOONS They have also
decided 90 take part IN the debate.
We have carefully refrained hitherto
from doing anything which might be con
-trtIed into AN attempt tn push ourselves
forward said MIR sophia Loebinger
The New York state association has
mana gcd the hearing for many years
and has arranged the list % speakers.
II has MT invited ~ To ~ on tho
programme While W. felt both last
year and the year lDefore that we had
something 10 say To- the gentlemen 81
the committee which might perhaps make
them 500 -ome phases of this question
IN new light. motives Of deliOacy re-
strained us from putting in a plea % be
heard Until very recently We intended to
adopt the same course this year.
Within the last few DAYS. however.
circumstances have arisen which put =
different face upon the whole sItlIation
Representatives from organizations not
officially allied with the state associa ton
are scheduled to speak NJ the hearing
The most prominent % these IL a much
younger society than ours We no longer
feel that IL would ~ butting IN for us n
take part in th. coming struggle with
the ants. and We are therefore going To-
write immediately to senator Davis 10
ask for an allotment 1T time. ] think
We can say a II We wish To in twenty min
ute~. Miss Murphy and | will prob
ably g. doO't know how many others
Are you going 10 send up some one 10
do advance WORK. she was askei
A lobbyist inquired the ed tor Of
the SUSrdpsns I should say not
We women don't want 20 copy the
political methods of men Chimed ia Miss
Murphy We want TO do something
original
YES indeed Said Mrs Loebinger
That's what this union was founded
for suppose IN" ants will say that this
row NJ in Albany over Mr. Hunter IN
an argument against woman suffrage
but think II - one 1t the very hest We
have ever had IN ,ts favor The stIRra
gist~ have been appealing 10 legislatures
in this country for SIXTY years They have
suffered much rld'cu'e end adverse criti-
cism during that period. but unit within
the asst few week~ not even their most
bitter enemies have ve1tuTed to cast an
aEperSIon upon the honesty of Their
methods. do not pretend ~ know any
thing concerning the meTi.s NJ the case
IN question. Mrs Belmont's Albany agent
may he above suspicion IN every way re-
gardIng his dealing with the Legislature
Bu' could We ask Tor better illustration
of the real opinion ~ people IN general
concerning the relative ethical standards
81 men and women than the fact that the
entrance ot q man into the prs~tical cam
paign Of gonan's movement = immedI-
ately followed 10y aCCuss' tons which
were they proved would reflect gravely
upon the leaders. II Mrs Belmont wants
- employ q lobbyist why didn she choose
4 woman
Mrs Belmont said when asked why
she Ia. On sen. O. woman that no really
nice woman could 60 about IN saloons
ard mon = clubs and that that sort Of
thing was an essential part Of the day
work m y political camp, ign ~ any
Sind