New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
Audience at Knckerbocker Stands 2l6 For ZO9
Against and Is Undecided Riverside
Drive Apartments Favor the Women.
THIRD TRIBUNE SUFFRAGE POLL

More polls taken yesterday by lne
Tribune on the attitude Of the puphc
toward woman suffrage show a major
ity in favor Of the measure
The polls given to-day include one
taken at the Paterno, big Riverside
Drive apartment house, and at the
Knickerbocker Theatre, where the Iri-
angle film plays are being produced.
The Tribune is endeavoring to ascer-
tain by means Of straw ballots what
the sentiment Of the community Is.
There is no obligation upon the man
handed a ballot to sign his name. All
he has to do is to mark a cross opposite
eithe- "tor," opposed" or undecided.
So far practically all the men ap-
preached were willing TO indicate their
intentions one way or another.
The total number of ballots cast in
the three days is 3.2l0. OF these, l,7bS
are in favor OF giving woman the vote,
1.18s are opposed, and 9l4 are in doubt
as 10 their course on Election Day, No
vember 2.
In Knickerbockcr Theatre.
N the Knickerbocker Theatre, Broad
wav and Thirty eighth Street, can
vassed during the afternoon and even
ing shows. out of a total of 4i3 votes
there were 2l6 for, 200 opposed and is
undecided The slight difference be
tween for and opposed, allowing for the
undecided, makes this poll extremely
close. ID is also interesting IN that II
is the first poll taken which practically
leaves the question undecided.
At the night performance, thirty
mon sitting in orchestra seats voted.
/ The count was 16 for, 8 against
and undecided. OF the sixteen for
! three live in New Jersey and said
l n would vote for the enfranchislng
/ Of women to-day. One OF the nine
/ against the amendment also lives IN
/ New Jersey and will vote No
/ The ballots distributed at the knick-
erbocker by the "pantalette' usher girls
/ requested the elcctor 20 mention the
/ state from which he came. provided
he was "a voter from out Of town Inc
I count showed twelve in the audience
/ voting from out Of town. Seven were
/ from New Jersey. all for the enfran-
/ cbisement Of the women; two were
= from Connecticut. and two from Penn-
( sylvania. A special election for vote
on the measure in New Jersey Is 10 oe,
. beid to-day. In Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, IL is 10 be decided by
m. voters az their next general elec
,lon. as is the case in this state. IN
/ Connecticut the question has not ye'
become n votable measure. mere "hS
none voting from Massachusetts,.
Ballots Distributed at Door.
Az the men entered the doors OF the
,bostre each received a ballot from one
~ the nine pretty "pantalette' glrIs;;
i ,rbo asked that IL be read and nhrkeu
sccording 20 the instructions. during
Tho intermission collections were maze
a,d for the benefit % those who did
rot care 70 make their intentions known
80 the women who accompanied them
80 there we're many such cases a bal
10, box was provided at the entrances
80 ,be theatre. Here the more secre-
.;ye minded dropped his ballot neatly
folded. a,..ra.
o,,s ~ the theatre was in FAVOR oi
ZINC the ballot 20 the women.
After the afternoon poll one nsea
- with his wife, stood st the aids
rantlnued on page b, column