New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
PROGRESSIVE PRIMARY
GIVES MOOSEHES VOTE
Suffraglsts viii Have Chance
to Gain Experience at
the Polls.
ACTION WILL BE LEGAL
Hotchkiss Explains That the
Party Peculiar Position Gives
Women Unusual Opportu-
nifty for Just This Once.


/ tho species In the Progressive party
camp-had better make the most % their
opportunity 20 take part in the pri-
maries Of the Progressive IN this
state and vote for delegates 20 the con-
vention 10 ne held az Syracusc on Sep
I tcr,ber and g. Even n the neU party
/ lives and fiourishes women cannot legally
take part in its future priudries-untl.
indeed they secure the full franchise.
/ The reason women can legally vote az
this years primaries % the new partf IS
/ that the party Is not really a party vet
Several local suffrage leaders questioned
yesterday whether 10 was legal for women
90 vote az the coming primaries. and 80
+ the Tribune reporter asked William =.
+ fotchkiss. chairman Of thc provisional
+ state committee. O. throw light on the
matter
/ ~ is entirely legal" he said. because
We are not a full-hedged party. We arc
Ia voluntary group of citizens organized
% elect II possible certain candidates
and carry into effect certain principles
/ We snail he party when We have cast
/ ten thousand votes for gloernatoriai
! candidate
/ But ,n tho mean time women can nave
/ the experience ol voting ~ our primaries.
taking part ir OUT conventions and n--
/ coming familiar with politics and IN 1918
/ they are almost certain to win the fran
chisc They cant get it before that IN
/ New York state. uut there is small doubt
/ that they viii have the vote taeu. They
are certain 10 g,t u 10 New York nas q
constitutional convention that year
Favor Suffrage Nov.
/ N- HotchNss said he had uo end Of
| trouble N the beginning with some or
( MS committeeman who feared the woman
suTrage ISSUE. but thcy are converted
! now. he declares.
"A man came IN here to-dSv vro said
( 90 M when th. party was being formed.
/ Woman suffrage wjr lose you vote7 To-
dav he told me I'm glad 7 couldn't pre-
vent YOU from putting that suffrage plank
/ in th, platform.
Mr Hotchkiss said De believed hc had
+ heard that some -unrsgists thought II
/ mistake fog any OF thci~ cohorts 20 fall
+ in with the Roosevelt procession. but the
! new party. be- declared didr.t ask The
+ Endorsement OF suffr&Se organizations a.
such
I'VE were very careful he said 30
| name as delegates 20 chicago women who
were identified with other triuss besides
suffrage We named Miss Mar Dre.sr
and Miss Frances keU4r. who believe IN
+ woman suffrage. Dut are known a. work
f ers TOR lalor reforms ard Mrs William
Grant Brown. who believe d. woman
suffrage bur is known a. 'eadirg
I clubwoman AID that was done with in-
/ tent'on."
/ The enrolled members % the National
/ Progressive party are 10 De organized. ana
/ /. woman vii 10 lt-Mlss Eleanor rarpen-
/ ter II Brook!ine. Masa.. c.uowomaa and
welfare worker Miss CarpeHter is com
/ fnr TO New York and viii be- az 'he party
| headquarters ,u ta- Metropolitan Tower
/ dal.F
r. wa on Miss Kelar's recommends
1 'lou that NJ H0trhkss appointed 0e~
/ tive committee Two or three NV York
/ women VIII be coWorkers with hey there.
and NJ Hotchklss is dxing up one or tho
/ rooms in style for them o. use.
Found Progressive Pace Het.
MlEE lara = MOI llrNtt lll' 'lAAAll
I alternate from New York COUNTY % the
. Chicago convention. who took tho place
( OF Miss Pauline GoIdmark delegate,
/ vino did not g. candidlv confesses that
the pace o. the Prngressive- when thev
get together is almcst too hot for her
she vas back yesterday a. the Madison
avenue headquarters of tho New York
state Woman Suffrage Association. of
which she rs a member, ana she said she
felt quite exhausted.
we women couldn't keep up with the
procession. the way y was handed out
10 Is" she said Why. the men jra'
gave Us one surprise after another Tho
I nrst one was making Mrs Brown stats
I chairman a. the convention AZ Buftai q.
II was so al through. 7 never was az
such an After you ladies" affair va ny
/ nfe before
The men put Miss Jane Adams, all
dressed IN white with a yellow Votes t)r
! Women banner In her hand az the head
Of the Illinois delegation when Il marchs1
into the convention hall and at every
turn they urged the women 20 20 frrt
\ Miss Morrison just cannot see why any
| suffragfst snould think Il bad policy fer
women in the cause 20 work for The0-
dore Roosevelt.
Saws Vote is at Hand.