The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-10
SUFFUAGlSTS INVADE ALBANY
LEGISLATIVE HEARING 0N TEE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BTLL.
Ths ARtis ont IN Force rOO--The OpDOs-
inG Fer~e. go ,n special TTains IN.
stead SG PrtStr CarS Neither Mrs.
tgelmani NSV wrS. Narka1 Pyp~eNt.

Sas not oFhciallv present a. the hearing
~ the Assembly Chamber on the ConCur-
rent resolution - the state Constitution
Nv striking Tho word male from the Suf-
frage CLAUSE senators DAVIS and
B Schuls locked ~ foT a few minutes,
however and seemed Interested IN the
proceedings
\ full quorum II the Assembly com
nitte@ attended. and the chairman, Jesse
| Philhp-. presided. Several ~ the mem
/ hsr- ~ the lower house admitted that
votes for women has become almost .
7 political ,ssu~
They had -ai for four hours patiently
/ listening To- she annual contest between
/ the s'IifrAElrts and ants for tho favor
1T the legislators They had observed
that every -eat on the floor and IN the
galleries was occupied long before ?
cclo..k th- how Sst FOR the hearing. and
that many PERSONS stood rheerfully from
'hs uura thst Nr Phillips siGnalied for
order until ~ announced that the com
rurte., realty coul'in Z listen any longer.
They had not failed 10 notice that n
took the united ehorts " the pr~sidi n z
cricsr and Mrs Henry Willard. chairman
~ Iha legislative committee ~ the State
Sufrage ASSOCIATION. 20 keep the en-
thusiasr, ~ the rghters for franchise
from expressing 's-lf IN cheers and
clapptng while the speakers were en-
des, ,nne n make their arguments heard
IN the most remote corners ~ the room
Some ~ them seemed 10 think that there
was sp~cisl significance IN the fact that
IienrR" Foster Pes body and Samuel
ntermysr ADDED their oratoTy 90 that
~ the women advocates Of the causs
The corresponding strength and earn
ss'n~ss ~ the amt delegation. which
included Frank FoXcroft the we'll known
BOSTON opponent ~ tho extension ~ the
franchise ~ wcrnsr served but 20 in
cr~asA the general impression that the
raorla - Nav Work state have begun
- sarIousiv consider the demands which
/. comparatively -'rsll organization ~
women havA bean urging for more Years
than they lika 20 gSrnaufSsV
Tho hearing m ~ essential features
d,dpt differ essentially from other hesr-
,nzs which have hNrn held annually for
n~arl, . quarter ~ century Both the
advocate, aud the opponents vt the
resolution displavei thew increased fort,'
~ numbers Nv making the 'r'r from New
Work q, Albany 80 sTr~,al Trains instead
~ "-utsutrng themselves. A. ~ former
vesr= with NOR" private ears. and some
new faces wore uot'o~d among the dele
Eats~ Thos. who had looked forward.
however 10 hrar,ng Ms CLARENCE Ma~kay
aud Nv. oliver " v Belmont explain
vhv 'h"v wanted the ballot were disap-
pointed Tor ns'ths- the president ~ the
Equal Frarchi-s Society nor the I~a6er
~ che Political Equality Association put
W AT appearance Nor d'd Mrs Gilnar,
.IDno- yhr has rs~ru1- an equally con-
splcuoi, hgurs on tho anti side deliver
hsr famous arguments m the national
iorcc but rortantad her-elf with merely
introducing Mr. FoNcroN AMI Mis- Minnie
Eronsor ~ the DepaT' u1snt oG Labor.
Nsuds Malone didn' come and she and
her yellow four state sandwich hsnnSr
~sre xrievNuslv missed bv lowers 81 local
color hu' ~ Mary Walker sdHsd a PIC
'urasaua ~rd pg'h"'c element In the
-Cau.
When every representative m hoth
amps had had her ssv the veteran
WORKER To- -rrnrns rights begged the
che iruan fcr iust few minutes IN which
~ submit what she described a. her
lYrefuts bic proofs 'ha' the Constitution
II 1hs United States granted women the
right 20 vote end that rhe proposed resolu-
tion vss therefore supeFhio,is and ridic'I-
lous VT Phillips was p@rf@c'ly willing
pounded stir his raveI un'iI that symbol
~ oP'ctsl popei was N imminent danger
Of losing ~ head he could not keep the
crowd guiet ~ N their seats
! ar afraid 7 can ID nothing to- vou
this f'err~1r- he sald -Oo'hinRly
Evsry one - V~rv tired ana y u after =
O'Clock Won Won submit q n-,ct 10 the
corrrlt-tes
shook her 'orsnnRar N fhs chairman
face and insisted ur0n her right 70 ~
heard
THAT b,l - prepos,srou. and thar
hypocrite kncws y she shrsked. a. Mr.. ,
Phillips turned ~ -I~sk ~ Mics crystal
Eastman
The chairman turned bsck sRs'n
Who 10 Won mean asked = bvstander !
I mean The Rev Anna shaw replied |
Dr Walker
Ni-- rry-tsl Eastman who - IN. only
woman appointed by Gov Hughes or
rho commission ~ 'nves'iGa'" the ON
plovs-- lpN'litv a. and several other
prominent pubhr questions struck what
-sysIs' ~ hsr ooll"' gu"~ Jailed = naW
note 90 tie d,scu~-iOn
She told the mefuL@r- oT the committee
thai rTnor had '@-p "ir'ula'e,' ~ the
81 "rt that -hs had h~.r G-ked 20 come
." ~" hearing h@yats' -" htd new
net hui that ~" knew they would re-
4uzn thHf - ~ waS - ~ - hhel A. m" head
covering 81" Nor" had hong been familiar
~ many e y an
I have served on COMMITTEES With
eight A--ernblvrpen and five senators
for quite while he sad. and 7 must
confess that 7 Ike ~ although I am not
sure hat tf"v lfk" having woman on !
their ComfnIfte"
several g 80" ConrnI't~e almost ar
plau10d trt= INTRODUCTION but remefn- |
h~rsd tnsiT rHicial digmt, Iust W time
Nss Eastman K-ut "U 10 tell them that |
sha kre~ 'h"v W"rS -'iaic,e'tly fair I
utu1si nv g. 0hIs"' 10 other women vot- |
ing bocs4ra Their NIve~ nd not want to |
and 'hsi they wsrsn' silly enough 10 I
think tnaf Voting would aiVsrr mother I
from her BUSINESS ~ taking care ~ The .
children She va. sure they telieN 81 :
~ tha II.'iC' II the ,a'ifs
fn.fl -l-. Told them with - -Ulil@ tha1
tEsy - ere more pracrI c4l than far minded
and rha' -Nn realized they had had four
prar'lCTl -bis"fiOi. 90 'hc rns0lutipn
1ha firs' Z 'hesa vas that v0rlsn suffrage
would I-rrrasa ne ignorant vote Sha
then rr,,, .-s,i~i - rnaT-hai an array # !.
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