New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-29
BROWN, UNLIKE ASQUITH,
PICKS SUFFRAGE, NOTWAR
New York Senator Cannot Change His Spots
Says Ida Hustled Harper-Clad "Antis
Are in the Open.

without any declaration on his part. vote
at any election.
! His mother. on the contrary. must re-
main here five years and then prove q
good moral character, This is fine OK
ample of equality. Suppose a foreign
| born wife comes to New York to reside
from state which permits her to vote
! by reason of her husband naturalization.
! which is the case in all Of the nine where
/ women have the suffrage. must she be
| disfranchised until she can meet the
! above requirements?
Whether this provision is wise or not
il has been made and there can be no
change in the bill when 1t goes before the
! Legislature of 1915, so il is the one on
which the sulfragistS must make their
campaign. For the next two years the
object will be TO create public senti-
ment which will compel favorable legis-
/ lative action, and after that to crystal
! lie this sentiment into votes for the
amendment when ii goes to the electors
/ for the final decision II will be quite as
! necessary to influence women as men.
for the latter are much more apt to vote
on question of this Kind as tho women
OF their own household desire than as
other women ask them to.
| Never has there been time in this
state when suifrasists needed so much
wisdom. Judgment. self-restraint and com
mon sense as now. Tho sudden entrance
into the field Of thousands of enthusiastic
and impctuous women, ignorant OF the
history OF the ethics OF this important
movement. L. source of great danger.
, for the press and the public make LITTLE
! discrimination, and whatever any of them
say or do is attributed to the leaders
| of the cause" The on. feature which
stood out most prominently in the discus
| sion and vote at Albany was their entire
| non-pa rtisanshD. Both friends and enc
mics were disclosed I'm both parties. and
members Of both said frankly that the
| only voted IN favor because il was in tn"
platform. More than ever will 1t be
necessary for the women to he nom
partisan in their campaign among the
voters. since the Endorsement Of the
amendment is in tho platform Of every
party in the state. For the sunraeists
during tse next few years 10 ally them
selves with any party would DC absolutely
fatal, as il would inevitably ALLEVIATE ne
voters Of all the others.
Those legislators who voted for the
measure but declared their opposition
were canny; they saved themselves any
unpleasant attention from the women
hereafter. and left the way open to square
themselves with their constituents on both
sides Of the question. and with any othct
influences that may be back of them.
The ridiculous assertion Of Representa-
tive Hinman as to tho danger Of women
losing their present legal advantages %
must have more attention than present
space will allow. AS usual, the gayety OF
the occasion is due to the 1nti-suifraSist'.
Could ANYTHING be more dcliciouslv FUNNY
than the statement Of their president,
/ Miss Chittenden. that they had opposed
| this amendment eighteen wears because
they felt that the voters were not ready
TO nave il submitted? They were cish-
teen hundred times aS ready to vote
against il eighteen years ago az they
are now Put The best news the suifra-
! gists have had in many day IL her an
nounccmcnt that now the "ants have
come cut into the open. That in itself al
most assures victory for suffrage