New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
GLAD OVER ALBANY
Both Sufragists and Antis
Hold Causes Profted.

Both the suffragists and the ants yester-
day were I'm high feather over what each
party said WAS signal victory for their
cause az the Albany hearing on Wednesday.
Not only did each take credit for The ap-
parent increase of interest among ths 1eG-
islators, but both sides felt confident t:.ac
many new phases of the situation havs
been brought out.
why. not ore Of the legislators vent "a
sleep this time exclaimed one ardent suf-
fragist as a ciincher 70 the argument.
And no end of men we're wearing Votes
FOR Women buttons. put in AIRS. Tederick
Nathan in discussing the evert.
The best hearing ever attended," was
the way the Rev Anna Howard S1sw char
acterized the affair We presented much
better arguments that ever befo-., and
must say the antis presented their casa
more fatslligently. though as Samuel In
teermyer. one of our speakers. sad. their
arguments had more holes but were better
concealed than in any anti presentation hs
had ever before heard.
Il couldn't help feeling. thouSl. when
one woman objected to women's voting be-
cause women couldn't think. thar the.r own
papers were the strongest proof Of the faI-
lacy OF their statement. or else whoever
=. did write their papers must have been able
, 10 think
While full Of fallacies and misstat.-
ne1ts. they were logical and carefully pre-
pared Mrs. Thomas Scott presided with
great dignity, and made favorable i'm
preston.
| "On our side Mrs. Henry Willard presided
| with her usual grace. and Samuel Inter
ryer answered the legal fallacies OF the
antis, and particularly the statement Of
/ yrh d. va
not the function of the Legislature TO secure
| amendments TO the constitution Of the state.
/ He also showed that even in New York
{ State, where the laws are better for vom-
en-. there are stiu many laws that are
unjust.
/ Personally 7 was very much Impressed
| by the attitude of the artis II did not
seem such a huge joke as formerly
! Mrs. Gilbert Jones, leader OF the anti
delegation. said yesterday. just previous to-
a meeting of the National League for the
/ Civic Education of Women, that the tTs-
mendous gathering of those opposed 10
woman suffrage. both az the mass meeting
on Tuesday evening and in the Senate
| Chamber. indicated the increase I'm ad-
herents on their side.
/ 1T shows. said she. that when crisis
I arrives. when the pressure comes, tbs
in the fight will fall into the breach.
Miss Minna Bronson. of the Federal Bu-
reau OF Labor at Washington. made q.
| great point Of the fact that the laws gov
erning the condition Of women and children
were no better in the non-surrage states
than in those where suffrage is supreme
I One notable thing is that the sufrragtsts put
/ forward no new point on their side
Mrs. Julian Heath admitted that ths
/ antis had put forward no new arguments
/ either, but she thought that their Pre.enta-
! ton OF the old ones was stronger.
Personally we feel we have grown" shs
{ said but that the sufragists have not
even stood still They have gone back
ward
I Mrs. Frederick Nathan was most enthust-
astic over the feeling existing among the
men in Albany. and feels that great gains
have been made and that the adherents OF
+ the suffrage cause have every reason 70
/ congratulate themselves