The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-07
S1O5,619 RAISED AT
SUFFRAGE JUBILEE
Pledges Pour Tn at Carnegie
Hall Rally Till Adding Ma
chine Is Taxed.
$4,000 RAISED IN cry

The SUN Of sos, SD was raised at the
campaign rally and suffrage jubilee in
Carnegie Hall last night
This Is the LARGEST amount ever raised
al any suffrage meeting in the world"
said Mrs. CARR" Chapman Gait. chairman
OF the Empire State campaign committee
"If we don't beat the ants with this In
/ 1915 we will a, least give them run
for their money"
The jubilee was formed To celebrate the
, suffrage victories IN Montana and Nevada
and flying squadron Of women voters
from the West occupied the platform.
| Carnegie Hall was crowded. every suf-
frase organization In the State being rep
resented and many from the far West.
Following Ave minute speeches by Mrs
Mary e. c. Bradford of Colorado and
Mrs. l.. s Devoc Of Washington pledges
| We're distributed among the audience and
a stenographer with an aiding machine was
stationed on the platform to tabulate the
contributions. These mounted so fast
that several persons clamored at a time
/ for the privilege OF donating to the cause
| Pledges came In from all parts OF the
State. some from Connecticut A few from
the far West and thousands OF dollars
from New York city and Brooklyn.
The children OF Brooklyn contributed
/ s25. the National Council Of Women
! Voters $i25 aud the women teachers OF
! the Wadelgh High Scfuol 500. the Wage
Farmers League 81 a day for a year and
, larger amounts rolled In so fast that the
: adding machine record trailed on the plat
form
When the final result was announced
the audience cheered loudly.
The live boroughs, where an energetic
. campaign has been waEed ny tho Woman
Suffrage party during the past two weeks.
I contributed S30,50O under the leadership
/ OF Mrs. James Lees Iaidlaw. Mrs. II. T..
| Dreier Mrs. Henrietta Seeley. Mrs. Alfred
! ] Emo ana Mrs. William q. Wilcox. 4
unique feature of the fund were the 1000
pennies raised on the Eas. side, each
penny representing citizen o: the
East Side.
only one dissenting voice rose In protes,
tn ,he adoption Of the suffrage resolution
| read by Julie opp Faversham which will
be- submitted TO the next legislature \
/ mans voice from the rear Of the hall
said NO" hut the resolution. was carried
log the whole audience.
Tho national president. DE- Anna
l Howard shaw. who has just returned
from campaign through tho West. spok,
briefly
~ am all hero but my voice and tha'
I lef. IN Nebraska" she said. 81 read il
this mornings paper that the ants re-
i,lcN al what they call our defeat. NJ!
sympa thy goes out 10 them, for 1t mus
be hard 70 be engaged in a cause whici
can never win. When We started on
tho ants had the whole earth. They
have Lost much of It, New Zealand. Aus
tralia. Norway. Sweden, other EuropeAi
countries aud now ten Of our own Unte'
States soon there will not he bit a
earth for .,n anti to stand on"
At least one anti, Miss Alice Hi Chit
tendeu Of the New York state Assocs
ton Opposed to Woman suffrage. was II
the audience. SHE occupied box. Mrs
- H. T.. Belmont and Miss Christabe
, Panl,hurSt were among the pronneu
suffrag SIS present.
Among the boXholders werc Mrs, Ca.
Van Anda Mrs. John Griesel Mis-. Wood
ward, Mrs. George hoffman Mrs Ruii
Lit. Dr. Mary Iislton, Mrs. Philip =
I Becker Mrs j. Warner Leeds, Mrs, IA
ward Dreler Miss Katharine Dre.cr, MTs
Alfred Emo Mrs Howard Mansfield, NJ
Frederick Nathan. Mrs. Charles l.. TIL
fanny, Miss Hannah Babcock. Mrs. +. ]
Van keur-n. Mrs william @. Wilcox
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Mrs J. i, Nc
Cutyhcoa. Mrs. 4 T. Hutchns and Mrs
/. Charles +. Rowland