New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
WOMAN SUFFRAG|STS
DUPES Of ASSEMBLY
MURRAY Constitutional Amend
nent Passed, Reconsidered
and Laid on Table.
A PAIL IAMENTARY FLAW?
Mrs Batch Bases Claim on Fact
That Vote of 90 Had Annulled
Action of Constitu-
tional Majority.

Albany. March % --Women's suffrage
ror victory and suffered defeat in
TIE Assembly to-day. BY vote Of IS
:. ST the Murray constitutional amend
rert providing for votes for women
rsssed when II first came up for action.
HARDLY had the result been declared,
Louever. when Assemhlyman Cuvillier,
u,o has consistently opposed the legisla-
ton. moved 10 reconsider the vote and
lev the motion on the table. His mo-
tion prevailed by a vote Of 60 10 %
This had the effect Of preventing the olll
from going 10 the Senate.
AFTER this death blow had been dealt
the cause" Mrs. Harriet Stanton
,stcr who had been leading the fight
,r the bill. said: We were greatly
LEASED with the victory, and we think
there was a parliamentary flaw in the
defeat"
The rarliamentarv flaw to which she
referred was that vote Of siXty-nine
had been permitted to annul the action
n constitutional majority of the As
.en,hI,. Assemblyman Murray later
raised this point. hut speaker Merritt
held that Mr. Cuviluer's motion was ito
~c-orei5er and 10 lay on the table, and
that motion to lay on the table pre-
vailed when supported by majority Of
members voting
The Assembly chamber was thronged
Nth suffragists. hut they took their de-
feat quietly.
When the bill was called up for action
Mr. Murray. the introducer, made only
trief plea for its passage, stating That
It's merits had been thoroughly thrashed
ont when The Assembly a short time ago
voted 20 non-concur in the adverse re-
rort If the Judiciary Committee.
Others who argued for suffrage were
AssembIymon Chiffon and Chanler, and
i, was enormously opposed by Assem-
rlymcn 4. j. evy, Cuvinicr, kopp, Hin
man. Rose and Smith, the minority
.eader.
The principal argument against the
bin during the debate was that the
women I'm working for the legislation
had i'm recent campaigns made political
caJdtal Of candidates attitude on suf-
(rase and in some cases had in various
WAYS "Intimidated" politicians.
The vote i'm detail follows:
Aycs-Ahtru. Allen Bauzhaf Barnes,
Daumcs Bell Bennett. Boyldn, Brooks,
Dampbcll Chnulcr Cheney. Chiffon, Coleman,
Come. Constantine. Cook. Crane, Crawford,
Lu1etS. Evans. Farrell, Flick, Gage, Garvey,
GUett Goldberg. Goodman. Greenberg.
as1r To- IlF.Tf L lF- ,
Kennedy. LanChurSt. Lent, Macdonald,
Nia,Gregor. MaCholG, Madden. MCCue,
McG~ath. Mckee. McI[eon. Merrill, Metz,
Murray Nelson, Paer, Iemhcrton; Pierce
elbiferdecker. Schmidt. Seeley. shannon,
ShiyoK. Slater, Slocum Stoddard Suii-
Wheeler, WNwott, Wilson, Wood, Young
sY1 Nule
Noes-hd}e-. Blauvclt. Brennan, Brong,
Brown. Ervarr. Bullion, Bush. Caughlsn'
Edwards Errwhistle, FITZGERALD, Frisbie,
Gtro7" Gill"n. Grace. GraUbard, Gurnctt,
~ keu. Hoarn, Hor'ck. Hiuman, Hon,
Uopk'rs, Jackson. Jones kCys, kopp, A J.
Lew. r. Levy. Malone, MatheWsOn, Nc
Daniels. McEllieott, Milford. Pappert,
Parker. TatYc Philips, Richardson. Rob
'-eoD. Rozan. schwartz Seakcr, Shepard
son. singleton. 4. r. smith. NJ Smith. 7
4 Smith. Stvcrs, Sweet, Tall"tt, Talmage,
Ns~t Wsriuc. Waters, We'll, Whitney,
Winters. Yale, Yeomans and Horn.
Those not recorded:
FHere,oa, Dana, Lincoln, O'Nen and
Speaker Merritt
voted the FIRST time the following were
not recorded.
Barnes. Campbell. Crawford, Farrell,
Gage. Machold and Walker.
Those who voted for the bill the first