New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-24
SENATE FOR SUFFRAGE
FOR SAKE OF PEACE
0nly Two Votes Against ConstI-
tutionaI Amendment to Give
Women the Ballot.
STAND BY PARTY PLEDGES
Several Senators Declare They
. Support the Measure only
Because 1t Was Endorsed
in Platforms.
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in Platforms.
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Albany. Ian. 23-With only two votes
in opposition-those of Senator Frawiey'
of New York. and Senator Culeh' VI
prook,vn-the Senate adopted to-day the
Wagner woman suffrage constitutional
amendment All except two VINO spoke
ON IL declared they voted for it because
pledged TO do so by their party platforms
Senator Zion r. Brown, Republican lead
or. smoke emphaticslly against extension
of the right to vote TO a large class OF
the population without the greatest OF
safeguards
Every extension of the Suffrage 10
q class carries with it great dangers.
said Senator Brown. we gave the freed
men the right TO vote, and the result j.
the grave evils which now are encouh-
tered i'm the South. Instead of giving the
right to women to vote wholesale We
should rather restrict the right OF lsho
rant men TO vote Ia have nobody
man or woman-a voter VINO couIo ho'
road and write the English language.
Nevertheless, Senator Brown SAID ne
would rather let the women vote thah
live out the rest of his life in antagonsm
10 them.
I'D rather have suffrage than war, he
declared, whereat the woman suffrage
advocates. including Mrs. Harriet stan
ron Blatch. Miss Harriet May NILS ana
General" Resale Jones, of the suffrage
mixers" gigged triumphantly.
The resolution passed by the Senate
eliminates the word male from the
constitutions provision regarding the
right TO vote 1t restricts woman citizen-
shin by providing that citizen D! mar
rage shall have been an lnhaoiiaht Vi
the United States for five years. linus
~ is different from the resolution adopted
nv the Assembly. and it was rushed over
IN that house for concurrence. Inc At
s.mbly had adjourned, however much 10
~. atoannointment of ardent suffragists,
who wanted their legislative job TINS year
ended to-day 1t will be adopted III inc
Assembly on Monday night
Because Of Party Platforms
Ravond the loud and fiat NO with
which senator Cullen signified his disap-
proyal of votes for women there was ho'
word said about the suffrage resolution
on the rolIcall. He explained ms VOTE
saving he intended to vote ior 'he reso
luton because his party platform sup
rorted it, and on the distinct UNDERSTAND
ing that il it did not commit MN 10 an!
lining more than a desire TO submit u
tho people the question whether women
sn,,,Id vote Senator McClenand took
many more words to say the same 'hlhs
senator Palmer. Progressive and fe-
publi,an took another tack IaNoi
This resolution. and | favor woman SUI
frare" said he because | believe wom-
ems voting will help in general TO I'M
proye morals and politics. when
woman is good, she is better than
good man Just as when she is bad she
is worse than Il bad man. But the pro-
portion of good women TO good men
is greater than the proportion Oh pau
women TO lad men. so / am Willie
the women should have chance to vote
and help the men improve conditions.
senator sage Republican, said ne
would vote for the resolution. as MS
party's platform bound him to 90
though he was opposed to woman sur
frage and always would be-
The legislature mas been Jockeylhs
with this subject many years, sald MI
sage There are three classes of wom-
en who want the vote. one class thinks
laws protecting and helping the poor
and deserving will be made better They
are earnest and deserve the support o.
all if the people think they are right.
Another class rs made up of notoriety
seekers. such as those women who
marched up here through the mud. the
third--and | believe that class is more
dangerous to us than any law that could
be passed--is made up of those VINO
have missed the great things OF LIE
themselves, and are trying to teach the
new generation an antagonism TO man
which will do vast harm, as 1t is doing
now in England"
Senator Salant, Progressive, said sur
frage had been success in the West
and would do as much good in this state
as il had there.
Apologize for Voting Aye.
senator Wagner. whose name graced
the resolution and his colleagues. Sena-
tors whitney. Carswell and Healy. apol-
ogizcd for voting for the resolution.
The vote stood for 1t ~ TO 2.
Most of the legislators believe the
sentiment on votes for women In their
districts is such that when the proposed
constitutional amendment is referred to
the voters for approval it will be decisive
ly beaten.
TO become operative the resolution
must pass another Legislature, so that
IL cannot be submitted TO the voters for
approval earlier than 1915
Now our real work will begin de-
clared Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch
we must prepare for the battle of
1915"