New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17

posed it. The Office boy .aid he would
vote for il. but he would not be TWEEN
ty-one years old until Christmas.
"Yes," / am going to vote for the
amendment" said one lawyer, but /
may regret it, A woman's mind does
not size up 20 that OF man on ques-
lions which come up for the vote. For
instance, take the question OF pre-
paredness Can she understand the es-
sentials of such ponderous ques-
tom"
Employees OF an English company,
though not citizens OF the United
States, were keeEly Interested. 1T Is a
deucedly bad thing" one Of them SAID,
that the woman hgsu'l the ballot. II
were "A citizen. and ] am sorry to say
tina. ! am not, especially since | would
have an opportunity 20 vote on the
question, ! would give them that right
One girl stenoRrapner asked anxious
Is, "How is the straw vote going ~
Figures showing about five TO four for
the amendment were shown TO her, and
she replied: "Well, am glad it Is so
close. cannot for the life of me see
why women want to vote anyway"
"Vote for woman suffrage ?" said a
lawyer, who apparently had been a
voter for more than thirty years, 81
should say not. ! don't want women TO
vote and neither does my wife"
Says Women Are Not Interested.
A lawyer on the twenty eighth floor,
who is going TO vote Eyes" on November
2. said that in addition to his wife
there were four other women in his
home "None of them is at all in
terested in the vote" he said. "but
will certainly vote for the measure"
In a law Office, containing eleven
men, all were unanimous for the right
Of the woman to the ballot.
The employees of the Union Bag and
Paper Company on the nineteenth
floor returned vote Of eleven in favor
of woman suffrage, eight opposed to it
and four undecided.
At the Burns detective agency four
teen of the employees were in. The poll
showed that ten of them were agree
able that women should vote, and sig
nified their intention OF aiding them by
casting their ballot on Election Day in
their favor
William j. Burns declared that he
was heartily in favor of woman suf-
frage, and that he would vote that way.
His son had similar intentions, the lat
ter said.
In one Of the Offices of the Public
Service Commission Of the LIST District
four out of five voters declared they
were favorably disposed toward woman
suffrage. One of the offices of the
freight department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad also returned "A decided ma
jority in the women's favor.
The only voter on the thirty-ninth
floor favored suffrage.
Believes in Restrictions.
An official of one Of the banking in
stitutions in the building said:
81 am in favor of woman suffrage. but
| think it should be qualified. Ger
tainly there are great number OF
women who are entitled TO a voice at
the polls and there are others that
should be restricted.
Take for instance the women Of the
vicious districts Of the city. They will
go to the polls, and perhaps my wife
and daughter, or yours, will stay away.
For that reason many of the intelligent
women who are deserving Of voting
may fail 10 exercise their right of the
ballot"
A lawyer on one Of the lower floors
voiced the sentiment of great many
other men who were approached on the
subject.
Man has always regarded woman as
better than himself" he declared
slowly. pausing IN his dictation TO his
stenographer Now she wants 10 vote.
and says she would make herself mans
equal.
Il believe that what q woman wants
she should have. In this instance she
wants the ballot. There are many rea-
sons which occur 10 me why il might
be best that she should not vote. just
as there are any number of perfectly
logical reasons why she should have a
voice in making the laws of the city.
state and country.
But. as | said. what a woman wants
she should have, and | shall do my
humble part TO bestow upon her the
right to vote, even IL am not as firmly
convinced as might be that II will be
the best thing for her"
The manager Of the soda and candy
store in the Woolworth lobby is OPP
posed 20 woman suffrage. The milk
shake manipulation al the fountain said
he was "for EN-" At the cigar stand
women the ballot. Ticket sellers in
railroad Offices fronting on Broadway
favored suffrage by a total OF six 10
four. AL three statesmen in Young's