New-York tribune., 1910-03-10

shared their early struggles, under threat
o. being forced TO take the plttaaee doed
oqr III, 10 them by the lew, snonsd cease ss
The law does not give TO the wiIe as q
right any part of The husband : estate iu
case or his death unless he happens to own
land' he can leave her pehiliess IL he
Signs Point to Victory"
Mrs. Henry Willard said in part:
Never have the signs OF the times point
ed SO signally 10 victory as row. Friends
impetus that has been given 10 this great
struggle for human liberty during the
denced in a multitude OF vays. The
cause is progressing as an affirmative
positive, constructive Undertaking; Those
trying TO block the path of progress
which. 4 matter OF course, ties their
nands @ and depriyes them OF that enthu-
true refoTmer the most moving in all the
world
We beg TO notify you that, this gross in
Justice can no longer be tolerated by the
women suffragiets Of this state and their
friends The controlling party in power
can no longer afford to disregard the Wishes
time. when All eyes are fastened upon IL
Let il hasten 20 proclaim that women are
rights as men under the law in order Ia
enable them together 10 work out the r-ol,-
lens of democracy-. which affect the welfare
Of al human beings aliEe.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait said among
other things:
Unless the women of New York are en-
fTanchised soon, this state will be left be-
bind in The progress Of democracy. Already
iull woman suffrage prevails over one-
fifteenth of The earth's area. and the last
ten years have brought more substantial
gains than the five previous decades ShaE
tie United States OF America, with it's
sacred heIitaS Se of honorable traditions go
20 Continental Europe for lessons in free
government? Or shall the Empire State. to
which the sister states have been accus-
toned TO look for progressive legislation,
lag behind The others IN this reform? Why
ing ID the rear of the procession?
Tha Rev, Anna Il Shaw said in part:
The question to be decided now is how
best 10 conserve the time, energy and
ability Of woman and how best may she
ne enabled 10 protect herself and her in
terestS. To q believer in democracy there
can be but one answer 10 these questions,
and that IS: BY perfect equality OF op-
portunities, privileges and responsibilities
win men The ErSJ symbol and seal OF
equality Is acknowledgment. Il is the
one right underlying and making possible
al others, without which no person or
class of persons is, or can be. adequately
protected. As the educators OF the force
as the great industriaI force as the con-
servers of the home morality and reIi eaou
a. mothers OF the race, women ere the
mightiest factor in the government and
We agree with President Taft-thst there
lstle, VINO can care for the interests of
another class as we'll that class can
care fer itself
Miss Margaret Doane Gardiner. grand
daughter of Bishop Doane Of Albany. spoke
Of tie relations OF women TO the laws Of
the country in opposition to woman suf-
frage. She said:
We frequently hear that large per-
centage In our prisons are men. and a large
Is used as an argument for giving women
q vote. because women are better than
Ter. Has il occurred to you that one rea-
son why man so frequently breaks the law
and woman so infrequently. is that the la~
chle1y collceins the affairs Of men, and that
this Is an exoeilent reason why men should
have the making Of laws. Law Is external
ana communal IN its nature. So is man
woman IS concerned more with the indi-
yiduai and racial, with which law has far
less TO do
Mrs. Henry A stimson, of New York
said;
We're We women 80 presumptuous as 10
mink We could take up your especial work
in the state. we should have to do it in
addition to our own work. for that we could
never turn over 70 YOU. An act of the Leg
amount OF legislation could ever make YOU
men mothers, and either as actual or po-
tenIal mothers al women must be ocnsd-
cred. =
No problem can compare in Importance
with that of the future OF the race. A
democracy cannot endure unless il be com
posed of able citizens and we. whose unique
position If responsibility in the scheme OF
life i 10 furnish the state with citizens,
have The right 70 demand from the state
protection from the periis of the strain Of
overactiyft- of brain ard nerve which the
suffrage would cause.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Mcvickar also spoke for
the ''antis'
Mrs O. II. P Belmont was expected to
appear for the suffragists, but her asso-
ciates said that illness kept her home. Mrs
Clarence Mackay. president Of the Equal
Suffrage League. was anotha conspicuous
absentee.
The suffrage mass meeting in the Assem-
bly, chamber Tonight under the auspices Of
the state association was addressed by
Miss Harriet May Mills and Louis An
spacher. President Ella Hawley Crossett
was IN the chair. Mrs. Henry Willard an
swered The questions Of the curious.