The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
N. Y. SENATOR'S
 FAVOR SUFFRAGE WITH WOMEN AWAY

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 Albany, Feb. 6.-The Senate passed hurrfedly yesterday the resolution sub nnitting the woman suffrage proposal to the voters of the state next fal- Only one suffragist, Miss Alberta HdlI of New York, was In the gallery when was adopted unanimously by the As senably Wednesday and the action yesterday marked a victory for the advocates of Votes for Women which crowns efforts begun in 1S4s. Passed by the Legislature of 1913, the action yesterday means that the way is open for the submission of the question to the electorate this fall, re- gardless of what the Constitutional Convention does
 The suffragtsts had obtained from Lieut.. Gov. Schoeneck permission to occupy the, Senate Chamber on next Tuesday night for a. jubilee in ce1ebra- tion of the passage of the resolution, planned originally for that day. Then there went forth story Of the pro- President pro tenn. Brown to have the resolution put on general orders,'s which ordinarily would mean vote next week. Senator Brown asserted that the Senate could not be made a party to amy celebration.
 yesterday he moved a recess of the Senate and when newspaper men and
 spectators had left at once moved to reconvene. The resolution then was taken up and passed when no one was
 looking.
 Miss HiI who did excellent lobby
 work for the resolution, had confer
 ence- yesterday with William Barnes. fearful for the saftey of the measure.
 She returned just in time to observe
 the action of the Senate. She then
 called on the telephone Mrs. Harriot lStanton B1atch,a in New York, and told her what had happened. A little later she sadd
 SThe suffrage jubilee will take place Tuesday just as planned. even though they slipped the resolution through without waiting until we were out in force Mrs. B1atch says the position of Majority Leader Brown is unique, as floor leaders in the past always
 have notified parties interested in bills when they might be taken up for pas sage.
 ssThe Senate thought it might be
 made fun of if lot of sunragists packed the galleries when the resolu4 tien went<fhrough. but in rushing the
 resolution3 through in this way, I think the Senate had made fun of it. self f.''
 The speakers at the jubilee will be Mrs. Blatch, Mrs, Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale, and Mrs Inez MiIhoI- land Boisseva1n. Senator George A. Slater of Westchester will preside. 4Is p0CC6Qs IIl11E the SOnSL1CuC1OnaI Convention, which will meet in April, will submit to the voters an amend ment providing for woman suffrage. Such step would supersede yester-
 days action.
 When Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chair man of the Woman Suffrage party of the state, received the telegram telling her that the suffrage resolution had passed the Senate. local suffragistA
 weer so elated that they decided to have an impTom91tu joy ride in cele- 1 bration. Word was sent to the five
 borough chair1hen, Mrs James Lees Laidlaw of Manhattan, Mrs. Edward Breier of Brooklyn, Mrs. J. B. Seeley of the Bronx, Mrs. William R. wilcox of Richmond, and Mrs. Alfred J. Emo of Queens, asking them to send out l automobile parties from their head quarters who should anticipate the ar rival of the evening papers by telling the glad tidings to every one they met, and by holding hve-Tninute meet ings street corners.
 On account of lack Of time this pro-
 gram was modified later.