The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
O'GORMAN OUT FOR
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Senator Announces Also That
He Will Vote Against
Constitution.

Senator O'Gorman let it be known
yesterday that he would vote for woman
suffrage and against the revised con.
stitution The suffragists hailed his an.
nouncement regarding their cause with
delight They tried 70 get him to work
for Federal amendment last winter
but he insisted that suffrage was purely
n state question. He has not changed
his mind but now that New York is
settling the question for itself he is mum
bcred among the pros. OF the CON-
st!tutiou tn- Senator said
Il shall oppose IL chiefly becaus" of the
injustice inflicted upon New York city
in denying it "A fair and equal ronio'en-
tation in the Legislature \ large paf'
of our citizens are practically hseh-
franchised. and this utterly indefenslhie
discrimination should not be tolerated
: by a people who believe in the equality
Of citizenship
The proposed Constitution Is II
partisan instrument. The entire revision
betrays want Of confidence in the
principles of representative government.
/ II is undomocratic. 1t Is autocratic. The
| executive and The legislative branches
! Of the Government are no longer
/ to be independent of each other,
/ The Executive Is now To become SUI
. pr.me the Legislature is To become
| dependent its powers are to be c'nascu-
! lated. its functions in part are To he
! transferred 10 the Executive. IL Is clear
! that the legislative branch OF our state
I Government has incurred the dlstruSt OF
those whose influence In the convention
was potential.
"Smartng under the sense of injustice
/ inflicted 10y the Constitutional Con-
vcntiun in The d!sfranchisrmcnt of citi-
zens in this city. my sympathics go our
to tn. women Of the State VINO are
complaining of the same denial OF justice.
1 Both complaints are based upon the
violation of the principle of equality
of citizenship. upon which our govern
mental structure rests and without which
representative government cannot en-
/ dure
while adhering to my views prevI-
, ously expressed. that woman suffrage
Is "A State and not national prnhlem--
that IL IL "A question that each State must
settle for ITSELF shan vote for the
womans suffrage amendment
The Citizens Committee to Oppose the
Proposed Constitution made public yes
terday a letter setting forth the reasons
given by clifford Pinchot of Pennsyl-
vania why the proposed Constitution
ought to be beaten. He wrote;
THE proposed organization Of the
! Conservation Commission into "A board OF
nine unpaid members, one from each
judicial district, is thoroughly bad Nine
unpaid men will he likely to represent
nine special interests who can AFFORD to
pay them, or else to neglect their work,
For example, my information - that the
present excellent commission would be
replaced by the proposed bad one through
the action OF representative OF the
lumber Interests
lot. ufhl frfN NnA o.
sion that il will keep representatives of
the lumber and water power Interests
| Off the commission viii In fact do Moth
| ing OF the kind. There is nothing in
It 10 prevent lawyer selected by the
/ lumber or water power interests from
being appointed. and such a man on the
commission might well be far more
! dangerous to the public interest than
any man actually engaged In either
business This provision is "A joker and
should lie known az such
In the opinion OF Mr.. pinchot the con-
servation provisions in The new Consii-
tuition leave the Adirondack and catskill
4 forests open to indiscriminatc destruc-
tlon I'm 40 far az they contain no method
of regulating cutting on private lands
lie believes also that they do not suffi-
ciently guarantee the undeNelopcd
water powers of the state from falling
into the hands of eXplolters
The Municipal Government, ASocia-
tIon, of which John X, Sague Is presden,
and Walter y. Arndt secretary, approves
OF the Constitution. In statement
sent out yesterday II says:
! '"rhe only serious flaw this organiza-
ton finds In the home rule provision il
the retenii ion of the power of the l.egis-
lature to nullify charters framed by n
city commission and adopted by the
popular vote OF that city The Consti'