The evening world., 1911-02-22

threatening or using force. on the con-
trary. ~ you thrust rs into this raise
position because Of the clamor OF a
minority we feel that you will lessen
and debase our dignity and our power
for good.
'For the woman powerful IL the wom-
an using her wi weapon. meeting the
d~runkard. not with a club. with which
he knows she cannot really hurt him,
bur with the appeal to his half-forgotten
manhood, that makes him ashamed;
meeting and conauerlng the fifth Of the
sums with the camera and public ex-
posture. meeting legal disabilities with
the petition to her legal protectors. thai;
has been so effective ia the past. meet
ing all wrong, not with futile threats
o, violence. 5ut powerful appcH's ."
manhood. deccncy and public opinion. "
Hosts In Battle Array.
There have been other skirt" days a.
Albany wheu the Capitol had the ap-
pearance OF being tire seat o. govern.
meni Of Anazouia. hut never did Ca.
s~uTragettes and ants turn ont 10 such
number and ma guihcent array ns toe
day. Every other interest was forgot
ton. Mere man was completely sub
merged.
Miss Harriet May Mills. President OF
the New York state Woman Suffrage
Association. sounded the Keynote ~
the sufrracist argument in the first ad.
dress for the pcttico1t c1usc. She s1id
that the sole issue IN the woman sur
frage campaign L. shall there be a ref
erondum or shall the 20 mcn who So
IN the Capitol refuse 10" demand Of
hundreds OF thousands OF ;hc.r cons;..-
r%cnts2'
only when an amendment reaches the
polls does il become "A question OF IN
Jividual opinion. Then me question
Will be. 'Shal the women " New York
state vote?' Each man can then regis
ter his opinion. 1t is unfair FOR him
now TO let his opposition to woman
suffrage weigh In the matter OF sub
mission. II he does this. he Is really
voting twice. once here and again at
the ballot box. For TO the polls thIs
question must and will go. soon or late.
we hear a great deal about the
silent majority which does not favor
woman suffrage. Where ~ that ma
lority? Where are the proofs OF its ex-
isienceT Can the opposition marshal
such advocates. such Endorsements as
we7 Where Is the great organization Of
men or women standing for any moral
or civic reform that indorses anti
suffrage II there be any such. It Is too
silent to breathe. Those who are too
feeble to speak are dead. they do not
exist: hence they do not oun
Cites Suffrage Victories.
1T 10 the positive and not the mega
tive forces that make for moral better
ment. Their progress in other States IN
. lesson for the proud Empire State.
Consider California: q few weeks ago
ITS Legislature by q vote OF % to 6 In the
Senate and g. to Y in the Assembly de-
cided to submit . IN suffrage
amendment. The Kansas Legislature.
with an experience OF municipal suffrage
for women during moro than q quarter
OF a century. has voted to submit IN
amendment for full suffrage.
THE Committee on Elections IN Indi-
ana's legislature has just reported unapa
imously in favor OF municipal suffrage
for women and . constitutional amend
ment.
In Oregon the Legislature has agreed
10 tho immediate submission Of the
amendment.
q BEST OF all. the great State which
honors the name OF the country's father,
whose anniversary we celebrate to-day,
has become the NTH State In tie sut-
1fage galaxy. Last November Washing
ZION gave 10 this the largest vote ever
gcast for any amendment. adopting It
II IRANtN tufA 20 an. r. a.
ktion reads: There shall be no denial OF
the elective franchise at any election IN
account OF sex
Is New York TO be less ready TO re-
espond TO this appeal for a r~e!erendum7
lie. this Legislature honor itself by
doing Justly by It's constituents and the
women who make 80 just and fair a
Request"
Aithougn the hearing on the proposed
PIN enfranchising women was not schcd-
sNied until afternoon. hostilities began
searly. when a host OF gorgeously gowned
n wohdrously hated women gathered
In the hotels where the rival organiza-
tons had established headquarters.
Later these war.sg hosts thronged the
corridors Of the Capitol.
fT AHe suurAslstS opened nre at II
o'clock at State and Pearl streets. This
q Was an open air demonstration. gen
eralled by Mrs. Harriet stanton Batch,
Miss Leonora O'Rellly and Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. A great crowd gave at
ientive ear TO the war songs OF the
S~ufragette captains.
Antis In Force, Too.
The majority OF the sufragist leaders
arrived last night and to-day. The ants
poured In on the same trains A special
train from New York brought abou,
one hundred women. representing the
New York state association opposed 10
woman suffrage.
IN Tho National League for the civic
Education OF Women a there, too.
Both OF these organizations are militant
ly arrayed against. the Equal Francis
armies.
While biigades OF the Votes fol
Women" forces poured In one eu,rane,
70 the Capitol. regiments Of antls noweJ
in through other portals and soon I'll,
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