New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-25
SUFFRAGE; SNOWBA[[S
TO ROLL ON SENATE
Niagara to the Sea- Pilgrim
age in This State Starts
independence Day.
RUNNER" WITH PETITION
10000 Signatures Expected in
New York and 100, 600 in
Whole Country-To Paint
Binghamton Yellow.

From Niagara to the Sea" is the
slogan for the next Votes for Women
pilgrimage. Starting on the Fourth OF
July, the suffragists Of Niagara and Buff
falo will begin a monster campaign, which
is to move eastward across the entire
state. and then down the Hudson, rolling
up enthusiasm like a mighty SNOWFALL.
The object OF the campaign will be to
collect signatures for the petition which
is TO be presented TO the United States
Senate July 30, urging the passage of the
woman suffrage amendment bill Ten
thousand signatures are expected.
There will be a runner" who will carry
the petition the whole distance, but she
need not run" unless she chooses. She
will travel by canalboat. automobile. farm
wagon. electric launch or trolley car, as
suits the convenience and pleasure of the
local suffragists whose business 1t will
be To entertain her and convoy her 10 the
next town. In every town there Will be
a series Of open air meetings. lasting the
whole week before the arrival OF the
runner" during which as many sig
natures as possible will be gathered.
The town that has the longest list 10
present to the cause" win have the post
Of honor in next falls parade. The terms
Of the contest are that each town may
draw upon the county In which II is
located. and In special cases upon two or
three adjacent counties which cannot be
touched by the runner" The route as
laid out in the tentative plans drawn up
yesterday by Miss Harriet May Mills.
president of the New York State Woman
Suffrage Association. is as follows:
Buffalo. Batavia, Rochester, Lyons. Au-
burn, Syracuse. Utica, Little Falls, Glow
ersville, Fonda, Schenectady, Albany
Hudson. Poughkeepsie. Newburgh and
YonkeTs
All over the country suffrage snowballs
are being rolled on Washington. Miss
Alice Paul. OF the National Congressional
Committee. expects at least 100000 sign
crs. The Niagara-to-the-Sea campaign is
simply New York's contribution, and Miss
Pauls plan was. Of course. that the New
York women should march on 20 Wash
ington gathering petitions as they came.
Miss Mills could not see II that way,
though.
why should we work in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania" she said. There are
plenty Of people I'm our own state who
need a little more missionary work. We
will kin two birds with one SNOWFALL We
will get petitions for the Senate. and we
will do little campaigning for 1915. too.
We will start from Buffalo, and when We
reach New York some one can hop on
Che train and carry the petitions 10 Wash
iugton."
The autumn parade. in which the prize
suffrage town will have the post OF honor
will take place I'm Binghamton on october
-. This will be- the opening day Of the
annual state convention Delegates from
All over the state will march. II IS 10 be
suffrage week In Binghamton. beginning
with sunday. when DR. Anna Howard
Shaw will preach IN one Of tho large city
churches Every night there viii be street
meetings and moving pictures and all
other time honorcd devices for painting
the town yellow"