New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-10
APPEAL TO ALL PARTIES
Argument for Non-P craftsmanship in Suffrage Movement
Super1uous, Says Ida Hustled Harper.

cratic state conventions for forty years
trying to secure simply the Endorsement
which has just been given. and never were
resolutions COMMUNICATION were not re-
ceived at all-and no attention ever was
paid to their able arguments. They had
the same experience with a succession OF
BOSSES" and those Of the present do not
differ from those Of the past in their
feeling toward this question, but their
power Is no longer absolute, and they are
compelled to yield to public sentiment.
The planks adopted by the two conven-
| lions are the same-"We favor submitting
to the voters" etc. William Suffer- who
was nominated for Governor. had his own
written plank-eight lines In length and
word for word the one adopted four years
ago by the Independence League. Did he
write It for the league, or did he merely
appropriate II from the league? 1t was
much stronger than the one adopted, but
not so strong as that of the Progressives.
which pledged the party and It's candi-
dates to support Loyalty and work for
the amendment.
| The women have now won the first
/! skirmish, and their next move Is to watch
the candidates before election and those
| who are successful afterward and see
that they are as good as their platform.
Since the sufrragists and the anti-suffra-
gists have asked for the same plank II
must logically be assumed that all women
want It, and as the opponents in the
Legislature have always insisted that
they were only waiting to know what
the majority wanted. It seems as II they
are now pretty closely cornered.
Suffrage Notes.
1t Is rather unfortunate that Miss Maud
Malone had to be thrown out of Pro-
gressive meeting In Carnegie Hall just
because she asked the candidate for Vice
President what he thought about votes
for women. So many people would like
to know, and It is TO be regretted that
she didn't wait TIL he finished his address,
as he requested. for he evidently forgot
all about 1t. He might have found q
place for II In the address ITSELF as II
is a part OF his platform. but II no has
mentioned woman suffrage once since ne
began his campaign the newspapers have
not reported II. Those suffragists who
went into this party because of It's nation
al pledge should not leave 1t to Miss Ma
lone to hold Governor Johnson to that
pledge.
4 There must be some mistake In the re-
port that Mrs. Douglas Robinson. sister
OF Mr.. Roosevelt. assumed personal
charge OF Mr.. Strauss campaign In her
county; that she said, II do enjoy
this sort Of thing" and that she called
out for him to talk TO them about
votes for women" Mr.. Roosevelt said
only a few months ago, In Carnegie Hall
IT am the only member OF my family who
believes In woman suffrage" and In his
outlook" article, THE women l know
best are against woman suffrage" There
is discrepancy somewhere.
| It's odd that when the political parties
want a representative woman they always
turn to the suffragists. They have fur
nIshed all the candidates that have been
nominated throughout the country, and
! now the Socialists OF New York have
! placed on their ticket for associate Judge
OF appeals Miss Jessie Ashley. treasurer
OF the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation. She has the degrees OF LII b,
and IL. II. from New York University
and has been for some years lectur'
err TO its women's law class. She Is the
sister OF the dean OF Its Law School,
and is much better fitted in every way
for this offico than many OF the young
men who are elected to similar ones FOL
political reasons.
Judges are very fond Of delivering opin-
ions like those expressed by Magistrate
Murphy q few days ago, when, sentenc-
Ing a woman TO jail: You women want
10 vote and have mems privileges. but
not their punlshments; when you appear
in court you expect to be released without
penalty" Women have always had TO
obeysthe laws the same as men-with this
difference, that they cannot elect the law
makers or executors and have no voice In
making or administering the laws, and
that they cannot be tried by jury OF
their peers. Men would consider that
such conditions justified them in resorting
| to anarchy.