New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-09
MONEY ROLLS In
ON SUFFRAGE CALL
More than $4,000 Pledged
Toward $4,000 Votes Fund
in First Week.

II the Wornen's Political Union keeps
on raising money AZ the rate II has MAIN
tanned since last Tuesday its 5000 refer
cndum fund will be complete December 70
II was just a week ago to-day, That me
referendum finance committee hrs'
thought OF about two months ago. was
formed and had its FIRST meeting at the
home Of its chairman. Mrs. John Winters
Brannan. No. 81 West 18th street
At that time budget committee was or
ganized and Immediately began sending
out personal appeals. and such was the
response that at a reception the union
gave yesterday at the Hotel St Regis IN
honor OF Mrs. Grace Wilbur Traut, Mrs
Joseph X Bowen. Mrs Sherman Booth
and other members Of the Illinois delega-
ton 10 the Washington convention who
are now in New York. Mrs. Brannan was
able to announce that she had Ni,i1J -
toward the fund. About 5000 was col
l.cted yesterday in pledges and con-
trihutons
Mrs. John Astor put tlJ In the basket.
Mrs. Norman WhitehoUse pledged 500:
also an anonymous $40 was pledged
through her Mrs. Victor Sorchon gave
$40 ard Mrs. Frederick Hazard, Of Spra-
cuse, So Mr.. Hazard has contributed
1900.
The round sum OF $500. an anonymous
gift. received several days ago. was the
start OF the und-thc first response TO the
appeals Another anonymous gift was for
81 600. Mrs. T.. Tiffany Dyer gave $500
Pledges for s.. 800 came 10 Mrs. Brannan
before she ate her breakfast yesterday
morning from friends who were 30 eager
10 contribute that they called her up at
i:90 o'clock. She said last night that she
believed the fund would swell TO 100000
before contributions ceased. A similar
fund is TO be raised each year until the
vote is won for the women OF New York
state
TWO forms of appeal are sent out. one
short and concise, for busy people. and
one longer. but in each IL is said that the
immediate needs Of the suffrage campaign
in this state are permanent headquar-
tiers in Syracuse. for the upstate work:
ten organizers 20 bring direct political
pressure upon the voters by means Of
mass meetings. street meetings, personal
work. etc." an effective press bureau.
and the reinforcement of the central head
quarters OF the Women's Political Union
in New York City.
Some OF the members Of the finance
committee who arc asking money for
these purposes are Mrs. Henry Wise Nil
Ter, Mrs. Lewis J.. Delated, Mrs. Calvin
Tonkins. Miss Lillian ID. Wald, Mrs.
John VI. Flagler. Mrs. II. o. iavemeyer
and Mrs. Charles S. Whitman. The budget
committee. formed last Tuesday. num-
bcrs about fifty, and Is still growing.
"The Illinois victory" Mrs. Brannan
said yesterday. has done more than any
thing TO wake women M. II IS astonish
ing the number of recruits We have had
and the numbe.' of women who have re-
sponded TO our calls for financial help
since that victory came"
Mrs Harriet Stanton Batch urged the
need of strenuous campaign through
the state i'm view of the fact that the suf
frage bill il almost sure to come before
the voters on a referendum in November.
1915. If the question Is not launched at
constitutional convention before then.