New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
SENATE KILLS SUFFRAGE;
ASSEMBLY FAVORS t
Upper House Defeats StilWeIl
Resolution; Lower Body Rejects
Adverse Committee Report.
WOMEN ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
Denounce Betrayal by Sen
ators and Say Movement Is
Gaining-Sharp Clashes
in Debate.
rRv telegraph 70 The Triburo J

Albany, March 19.-Woman suffrage
made distinct and unexpected gain In
the Assembly to-day, when that body, by
adverse report on the equal suffrage res
olution made by the judiciary Commit
tee and advanced the measure to the
order Of second reading. To be sure, this
is entirely a technical advantage. as the
resolution was taken into the Committee
on Rules tonight with all other unfin-
ished business, and that body Is against
the proposition. Nevertheless, this rep
resents progress. which is sufficient TO
fiji the suffrage advocates here with en-
thusiasm, and they have not lost hope OF
passing their measure in the lower house.
The Senate. which considered Senator
Stilwcll's resolution I'm the Committee OF
the Whole. killed IT after long debate
by a vote Of "a TO II. II was "A rising
vote. which left the members unrecorded
individually. Senator Stilwell, To get
their names on the record, moved that
the Senate disagree with the report Of
resolution. His motion failed Of passage,
10 to 21 but he had the Senators all
lined up for future ministrations of the
suffrage workers.
Suffrage Leader Reioices.
Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch expressed
great rejoicing tonight over the result
of the days work in the Assembly, at
the same time declaring that suffrage
had been betrayed in the Senate. If 1t
had not beer for towards and deserters,
she said, the Stilwell resolution would
have hecn advanced there to the order of
final passage. After that she was GER
tain II would have been passed Mrs.
BlatCh continued:
Senator Ferris said on the Ao,r that he
was paired with Senator NewcOmb, a suf-
frage Senator, WHO had to be away Yet,
on the word of Senator Wagner, Ferris
voted against US when Wagner refused
to recognize the pairing OF the votes Fer
ris could have absentcd himself for a time.
as two Senator'S on whom we had relied
did.
Senator Pollock. who represents the dis
tlict in which | live, was so i'll to-day that
he had to 90 out TO Washington Park and
hold his head. He'll hear. from this. as
suredly. | saw Senator Long here to-day,
but he did not have his name recorded on
the rOllcall. If we had mad fair dealing we
would have had votes enough To advance
our resolution. We were beaten by only
two votes. We will ask Senator Stllwell to
try for a reconsideration OF that vote under
a call of tho Senate, which will force every
member to be present and go on record.
The suffrage movement has been gaining
in v!gor every year since the quiescont
period following the passage of the meas
ure by both houses In 1885. Now we are
far I'm advance of last year. and next year
We shall go forward even further
No new feature was presented hy the
debate in either house The opponents
Of equal suffrage urged that woman be-
ionged in the home. and aside from the
tact that she was physically and men
tally unfit 10 enter the field of public
affairs. such activity as she craved now
would unfit her for the sacred duties %
wifehood and motherhood. Somewhat
ulogically they continued that she could
! exert more influence on public affairs
through using her womanly influence In
purely feminine way" They did no;
make answer 10 the arguments Of the
advocates OF equal suffrage that woman
was forced by present day economic
conditions 10 meet man on his own