New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-09

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oWby. Of course" said Miss Mary Gar
,.,t Hay. chairman Of the Woman Snt-
,..ss marty. placidly writing cheques. 1T
4. inst what we expected. The men in
,uanv told me the day before New
vn,rs that they would push our bill. ard
,ov they've done it. that's all. The newt
hing Is TO pass it on January Is. ard
,b.y'u do that, too, I believe. After tina;
{, 1, work. work. work for the suffragett"s
until 1915.
MAY Visit Albany on 18th.
Yea I think maybe some OF us viii 90
-, an the 18TH Just for the fun OF seeing
our bfll pass and 10 thank the legislators.
wy. been going up there for twenty
,.srs so we've acquired the habit. Were
mighty glad not TO have a hearing
though. II Is just waste Of our tm1
ard the Legislatures. We're rejoiced u
,pend our time in something useful.
General Rosalie Gardner Jones. lead
sr Of the mixers" who carried the mes
sage TO suzer. was the only Suffrage;
rbo allowed her emotions to interfere
With her ordinary judicial mien-out
then. she is very young, is Resale.
I'm just tickled TO DEATH she CRED
Isn't il wonderful 10 get something FOR
once without shaving for it on our benced
knees? Mercy. no, What We did had TO
influence on the situation II was not the
hike hut the work Of the women VINO
for forty wears have been asking for THIS
very thing. our little hike was lust fuh
Nc Young Kids haven't sense enough io'
iegislatiy, work. All we did was 10 wax
I'm two or three thousand old farmers.
4, the office Of the Womans Political
Union there was less of JOY than any
where else I'm the city. They have Suspi-
ci,u. minds those "Blatch people.
Pear Tammany even when bearing
gifts." is their motto. They not only re-
fused 10 be happy They proceeded to
get very mad al the wording OF the bill.
What do ] think OF it," demanded Mrs.
\. =. Townsend. wei. I can't tell you.
I'm a perfect lady and ! was brought up
not to use such language
"The trouble. however. is that the leg
izlators didn't present our bill the way We
wanted it, They struck out the word
male. and that will lead the ignorant
voter 10 think that men cannot vote any
more. Suffrage means to them woman III
mans plsCe-nnan over the cook stove,
woman in police uniform. They will be
sure women are TO do the voting here
after.
Object to Bills Wording.
That is one thing Another l. the great
objection We have to letting illiterate FOR
clzD women who have been here only
few minutes vote. They struck out the
nroyisionarv clause. Oh. this wording OF
the bin is very serious matter. 1t lost
Us the vote once. 1t will try to do II
again
Ms. Nora Batch de Forest, right
hand man" and chief boss while Mother
Bistch is away. was u Bit calmer in the
evening because OF telegram she mad
jus; received from Mrs. Joseph Gsrit, Of
Albany. reagsuring the sgffragists that
only the last clause. concerning married
foreign women. had been changed
The present law reads every male en-
zen Of the age Of twenty-one' snail be en-
titled 10 vote" she explained. "Our desire
was TO have that changed 10 every ciu-
len. regardless OF sex etc.
The reason We were so angry Wnen We
heard that the bill was read with every
citizen Of the age of twenty-one' was be-
esUse it IL a moot point II women are
citizens We might have gone TO the
"A
Court Of Appeals and been turned down
again on that very po,Ot. No. We wanted
the Law to read every person regardless
OF sex Then there would be 10 trouble.
Mrs. CART said they struck out only
the last clause about foreign women.
That is not 50 important. as it is point
for tine federal naturalization law. 1nere
Is already a strong movement 10 aihehu
that, especially in California. where
American women married 70 foreigners
are not allowed 20 vote. IL we get the
federal law it won't matter about one
little New York State. II will have to
fan in line
Yes. were happy-that il. were HAPPY
Il the bin is right. We aren't crowins'
though, till we've seen 1t In PRINT ana
checked up every comma and semicoioh.
The Political Union was so upset before
Z received Mrs CARTS telegram that IL
hustled Miss Caroline Lexow right over
70 the Grand Central and put her on
Train for Albany TO see wnat those lesis-
a,ors are up to.
The suffraests weren't much ahead Of
'heir friends the antis in the calnness oi
,neir reception of the news. For women
VINO have been working for years 10 pre-
vent woman suffrage they were eNasptI
tory"
The association" said Miss Alice Hiii
,hiiienden. who is president OF the Ne"
iork State Association Opposed 10 W 0hl1
@h Suffrage, is not surprised. we nad
assurances that the bill would be rushed
through early in the season ana Una
mere would be no hearing We nave
MADE the statement ever since the con
'ention that We were ready 10 let the
amendment pass the Legislature and nave
y referred 10 the people. We snail 40
mining TO interfere with the passage OF