New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
SUFFRAGE WON AND LOST
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ness world and was holding her own
with him, thus demonstrating her physi'
cal and mental ability to bear with hin:
the burden of the lallot.
Senator Stilwell began proceedings In
the Senate. He told of the six states
which have equal suffrage there and tn
improvement in conditions since the
women got the vote. He said their
votes might decide the Presidential cleo
tion this, year, and predicted confidently
that 1t would be only short time. de
spite everything. when the resolution
would be passed in this state and sub
mitted for the approval Of the people.
Senator McClelland, who admitted
having voted for equal suffrage in the
Assembly thirty years ago, when Theo-
dore Roosevelt, now for it, was against
it, said It was yet in an experimental
tained, for it to show conclusively
whether it was public gain.
II don't dispute the conscience or the
ability of woman" he said, but physi-
cal conditions unfit her TO exercise the
function of suffrage. The handicap Of
the sex is motherhood. Yet the func-
tion Of the sex Is motherhood"
BE careful lest you destroy the in
centive TO motherhood" he shouted.
| shaking his fist at the suffragists in the
gallery.
! Big Tim" Sullivan said he voted
twenty six years ago for equal suffrage,
and had been at it ever since.
| He was in Los Angeles, he said, on last
Election Day, and the women knew how
to vote and voted right. There was no
disorder no riot nothing to interfere
with their voting in a physical way,
! either.
Senator Burd considered the iniquity
of the present situation manifest to tho
most careless observer. The only rea-
son for denying the vote to women, he
contended, would be physical and men
tai unfitness to use K. Plain, cold un-
disputabe facts proved such was not
the case. He said the Superintendent of
| Schools of Chicago was woman, doing
splendid work. Most of the school
! teachers in this state and good num-
/ ber Of principals were women. Fully
one-third OF the clerical work Of tho
state was done by women. In some OF
the Western states women were holding
public office and doing their duty cred
! itably.
Senators Sage, of Albany; Thomas, OF
Madison: Ferris of Oneida Walters, Of
| Onondaga. and Hinman, OF Broome, made
hot speeches against the resolution Sem
ator Bayne and others spoke for ii.
| Bayne forced an issue with Wagner over
| the question Of voting. He refused to
| let the votes Of absentees against it be
recorded unless those OF absentees for ii
| could be recorded, whereupon Wagner
! insisted that Ferris. who was present,
| but paired with Newcomb vote anyhow,
and Ferris did so.
How tho Legislators Voted.
The vote In the Senate follows:
For: Bayne, Burd, Bussey. Cobb, Cronln,
Duhamel. Emerson. Griffith, Hsrte. Hea-
cock, Loomis, Ramsperger, Roosevelt, San,
! ae<NS' SN'''N''' - - S''N
| Travis.
Against: Allen Black. Coats, Cullen,
| Ferris, Frawley, Foley Gittins, Hamilton
Hewitt. Hinman, McClelland. Murtagh
| o Brien. Ormrod Rose, Sage, Thomas
| Wainwright. Wagner and Wilters.
The Assembly vote follows:
For: Ahern, Allen, Banzhaf, Bsumes
Bell Bennett, Boylan, Brooks, Campbell
Chsnler Cheney, Chiffon. Coleman, Colne
Constantine, Crane Crawford, Ebbets
Evans Fleick. Gillette. Goldberg, Goodman
Graubard, Greenberg, Hart. Heiberger'
| Heyman, Horton, Karutz, Kennedy. Lang
horst. Lent. A. ]. Levy. Lincoln, Mac
Gregor, Machold, Madden, McCue, Nc
Grath. McKeon, Merrill. Murray, Nelson,
| Page. Pembleton, Pierce. Rail, Ruddick,
| rutland, Schector, SChfferdecker, Schmitt,
| Shlivek Singleton. Slater, Slocum, Stod-
dard Thompson. Thorn, Walker, Wheeler,
| Willmott. Wood, Young and Yule.
| Against: Adler, Barnes, Blauvelt, Brennan,
Breereton, Brong, Brown. Bryant Bullion.
| Bush Caughlan. Coffey, Cook, Crandell.
Cross, Cuviller. Duntz. Edwards, Entwistle.
| Frisbie, Gibeau, Grace, Gurnett, Hackett,
Hinman, Hof, Hopkins. Jackson, Jones
Keys, Kopp, J. Levy. Macdonald, Malone,
Mathewson, McDanels, McElligott. MIL
| ford Pappert, Parker, Patrie, Phillips.
| Richardson. Robinson, Schwartz, Seaker.
shepardson. A. E. Smith, NJ: Smith, T. K.
Smith, stivers. Sullivan. Tallett, Tslmage,
Vert, Waring, We'll. Waters, Whitney, Win
ters, Yale, Yeomans and Zorn.