New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
PENN. WOMEN At ODDS
ON RIGHT TO BALLOT
Thousands Flock to State Cap
itoI to Advocate or Oppose
Equal Suffrage.
EACH SIDE GETS HEARING
Speakers All Agree in Wanting
Good Government, but ANTS
Insist Votes for Women
Aren't Needed

Harrisburg. March ls-Women had their
day on CAPITOL Hill this afternoon. Thou
sands came from the four borders OF the
state by special train. by automobile ana
by trolley car. and crowded into the
chamber Of the Pennsylvania senate ana
heard other women argue for or against
their right 10 vote 1t was the greatest
crowd of women that has ever invaded
the Capitol.
Every inch of floor space. the presi-
dents rostrum the galleries and the ante
rooms leading to the chamber were
damned with women. who displayed
either the yellow daffodl of the suhra-
gists or the red rose of the "antis. the
hearing was before the Judiciary General
Committee the House already having
passed the Joint resolution proposing 10
amend the constitution 80 as to give
women the ballot Senator Francis ;. Nc
lhenny. # Philadelphia. chairman. an
nounced that the committee would consld-
er the resolution next week.
Among those on the side of the suffra-
GIsts Were Mrs. Rudolph Blankenourg'
wife of the Mayor OF Philadelphia, ana
Or Anna Howard Shaw. OF Moylan.
Penn. president Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. on the OPP
posite side. among others. were Mrs. Hor-
ace Brock. of Lebanon. president Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Association Opposed 10
Woman Suffrage. Mrs Edward Beecher
Fink. Of Philadelphia. president Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Woman's Press Association.
. fv,o no
National Association opposed to Woman
Suffrage
The sunragists presented four speak
ers-Dr Shaw. Mrs. Biankenburg. Mrs.
Mary T. Blackwell OF Pittsburgh. and
Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale. Of New
York. Mrs Brock Mrs Fink and Mrs.
George were speakers for the opponents
of votes FOR women
All for Good Government.
All the speakers declared for tho well
fare of tho child and the working sirl
and women. and each side declared itself
intensely interested tn good government
and as WORKERS ~ the cause Of social
service. They differed only in the meth
od of procedure
Mr~ George. Of Ncw York. closed the
argument tor the ants declaring that
woman is OF different temperament
and her place o. in the home some oi
the r0urists laughed 40 h'r remarks.
and. turning quickiy she SAID
Senators. nearly evcry time use the
word home and woman in meetings OF
this kind the sunragsts laugh.
She was once sunragist Mrs. George
said. but was converted 20 an anti
when she saw how the sufirsgists feel
toward women VINO speak of the home "
Declares People Want Suffrage.
Dr shaw was tine last speaker Snc
said the .unragIsts would not have come
10 harrisburg 20 urge the passas" OF the
constitutional amendment Il they had not
thought the people of the state wanted Il
pr shaw paid her respects 10 Mrs.
George bt declaring the latter's speech
was fun Of attacks on sunraeists. and re-
Winding tho senators that none of the SUI
fraglsts who had spoken had abused the
speakers of the opposition she hated 20
reply TO an the truck that had been
told the committee this afternoon. she
said. bot would rather make straightout
sunragist argument
The sunragist leader mentioned the
outrage on suffragists In Washington
and declared that mot one man who
struck a woman m that parade. not one
man who spoke indecently 10 the women
would vote for woman suffrage
We want tho ballot" declared Dr
shaw. because II is useful instrument
in government