The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-10

figures to prove that u WOULDN'T ann thu,
neither would IL simply double the present
vote
she admitted that the votes Of women
would undoubtedly break up party lineu
and that that would In her opinion be .
good thing.
4 know woman suffrage IL not yet
a political ISSUE she concluded. hut
we are making II ons jIIst A. fast 40 We
can We r have W" Sr 9rS9S''d CIV ~o "SG
although 70 may bs a Joke now u von't
always Ia one. You aTs men above the
average. Won ought To be ahead at your
constituents in matters ~ refprn DO
Won want to wait until they force YOU
to submit this question To the people
OF are you going iO pOSs "a now
The nov note On the anti side was
struck by Mn. Henry " Stimson. wife
OF the pastor ~ the Manhattan Con
gregational Church. She had ths au-
thority % the English -IIffra gettss, she
said, FOR asserting that when women
got the vote every cradle IN England
would he empty.
The sulfrAGists shouted with laughter,
but Mira. Stinlson rptorted that she had
heard IL herself This she explained.
was nothing but the atrophied mother
instinct. which would Inc the result 81
women entering upon the excitement
Of political life
George Poster Peabody spoke AZ some
length on the abstract right 81 women
To be represented in government and
ssld that as Democrat he did No! Ike
the idea Of belonging In a class that was
aristocratic because II governed the
other half ~ human society.
Dr Lucy A RAnnister and Miss Minnie
Bronson gave ststistlcr TO prove that
suffrage would not benefit the working
woman. and Mr. FoXcrott told of the
failure of the suffragistS to poll a good
straw vote IN Massachusetts, when they
had q chance 20 express their opinion
On the question of voting
Samuel Untermeyer gave several Illus
trations IN support NJ the theory that
women are not treated as well as they
might be by the laws ~ New Nork state:
and then Mrs William Crannell explained
the menace Of the ignorant vote
Rose Schneiderrnan sald that che Sss
one IT those ignorant imm grants thai
the ants had SEEMED In fear and alan one
Of the working CIR whom the ladies
loved To patTonize She said they had
reason 70 fear her vote because n would
he an intelli gent one, and thar the working
girls greatly needed the ballot a. a pro-
tection
The Rev. Anna shaw and Mrs Carrle
Chapman Gait made eloquent appeals
TO the Justice and fair play 81 the legls-
lators and replied 20 the argument al.
VAnced Nv the Antis. especially IN regard
tn the Massachusetts episode
the AA&eTnhlymNn 81 their districts. and
one girl had hard tame with james V
Oliver of the Third district. She was
Henrietta Mercy and she rspr"s-nied the
Equal Rights League Of IN" EaSi Sid@
MT Oliver told her. she said that she
ought not 60 waste ha' tim" talking ~ AN
old foGey like him. but go and hug aud
kiss some ~ the Handsome young legisla-
tors That WAS the wav Ia get thingr.
he added. and she nss'du' : talk To him any
NOR. l~catIs. the NOR she aid. the more
oppns - h. would -. to tn hill.
~ - estimated that about 20 >'If-
frHgistr went up FROM N"E York this
morning and nearly ~ ANTS. among
the former we're Mr.. James lees Laid
law Miss Mary Garrett Hay Miss Ida
craft. Mrs rri-.rlls HsrkStan. Mr.
Frederick Nathan aud Mr. Nathan. Mi~s
Helen Murphy NT- samuel lTtsrny"r
Mr. William Tod Helmuth. Mr.. Mary
Ioine. and Ms Van Shug~rland Judge
aud Mrs. Daly went frnn Nonksr- nth
Mrs. Arthur LivermorN and NTs and NT
Henry Robinson
4 large mass rn~sat ing was held ~ the
Assembly ChAml~r IN the even ma ~ which
Lr,is AnsCacher. the Rev Anna shaw
and Miss Beatrice Mills were the 'hief
sTreaksrs.