New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-17
WOMEN CARRY OFF HONORS
Many Of Them Better Speakers than Are Men
Miss Addams at Carnegie Hall-Can-
didates Records on Suffrage

+, on the record a number Of times ou'
everybody doesn't know this, ana the
| women should prod them gently but hFh.y
for q csrnpaign declaration that VIII ho.d
I'll the Legislature meets. The Progress
siye candidate for Lieutenant Wv
Nr. Davenport, is all right, but the rec
ord or Mr. Wadsworth, the fepup'I0a''
candidate, is as bad on TINS quesuoh 90
anything could be, and the women "ouiH
| Ike 10 hear from Mr. Sulzer's running
mate. The Lieutenant Governor presides
over the Senate, and that official mas
killed q woman suffrage bill more than
orcs Even Timothy l. Woodruff FRO
| gressiye leader, has said this week 'ha'
he Is not quite sure where he STANDS on
| this measure, but IL he has any serious
Doubt, his s,ster-in-law can tell him.
Keep Out Of Parties.
! Nothing could be more inconsistent than
70 say that a woman holding Official posi-
| ton in an organization az clearly poiu-
cal az that for woman suffrage can go
into marty politics as an individual ara
not as an officer IN this latter capacity
she represents her society and cannot act
I
,rareIy as an individual. Tho OBJECT OF
the suffragists is TO get the FRANCHISE
| through the political parties, ana ther
| official representatives cannot any theii-
solves with any one OF thess Without
COMPROMISING their organization IN the
ewes Of the others Suppose, for instance
that DR.. Anna Shaw. president OF the
N.tfonal Association, had sat as delegate
/ in tho Baltimore convention ana feCohueo
tho nomination of Woodrow wilson; MIS-
bennett tho corresponding secretary mao
,e-,orrnad like service in the Sociaiis'
! convention, and Mrs. Stanley McCorinicA'
er., auditor. had done the same In the
! Prohibition convention-what would ha'S
J become Of the association ana us inhu-
I ence7 The contention OF ohcias Oh So
c,et,s, great and small that they naVe
right to do this Is on a parallel with those
| Progressive candidates for Frehdentiai
electors who insist on standing In the
/ Republican column on the ballot.
! Al the large meeting OF the HUDSON
River Equal Franchise League held re-
Gently in the beautiful home Of the Hon.
Frank A. Vanderlp. prominent In Re
publican official life, tho speakers were
four Tammany judges, who made the
tourney on purpose. and without the
sIizftast political bias made strong ap-
peals for woman suffrage. Such instances
ar. constantly occurring. and ought 20
| convince women beyond all question OF
the vital necessity OF remaining non
partisan until they secure the ballot
Suffrage Notes.
When Mayor Gaynor made that declara-
ton a few days ago as TO tho rights OF
voters. ne gave An entirely CONCLUSIVE an
aver TO one OF the most persistent oo)ec-
ttons 10 women'e voting-that they would
be r,,dely treated AZ tie polls. Tho law
males every man 4 sovereign on Election
Dsv." SAYS the Mayor. Tie cannot be
Iinterfered With on the way to tho polls,
OF at the polls until after he votes, unlsss
he do some act in breach OF tho pea1e
Tho sufirssists have always insisted that
there is no place where q woman could
be quite SO safe as at tho polls. Is there
any other yhere the law forbids a man
10 come nearer than fifty feet? Where a
passaEeway lie roped OF FOR her TO walk
through, and where She can go 20 MICA
quiet spot entirely free from interruption
and transact her busness7 The prospect
seems heavenly 10 a woman who lives In
New York. uses the subway. streecars
and ferries: goes 70 the department stores,
walks along IN. streets or tries 10 get
tickets 10 some place OF amusement
Roughly io$tled at tho polls7 Oh. no;
they're the only place where she can es-
cape III
Tho story goes that q few weeks since
an orfclai OF the Woman Suffrage party
assembled the captains" OF the various
districts and announced that they could
mako any party Affiliations they chos.
as individuals, but must not do this az
officers IN the party. Therefore. strictly
in their individual capacity, number OF
them furnished list OF their members tc
. the Progressive women's national head
quarters.
The Daughter Of Heaven" was partly
. written by a woman, translated into Eng
, fish BY n woman and adapted for the
stage by q woman. All Of which Illus
tratos what 10 being done nowadays by
the daughters Of earth.
. The League for Civic Education. under
, the presidency OF Mrs. Gilbert r. Jones
, has announced that IL will no longer %
an anti-suffrage Organization. II wa.
, never snti-suTrase enough 70 hurt Itself
, or anybody else, and Il Is now going e
, climb up tho steps OF civic work" intc
, the suffrage band wagon.