New-York tribune., 1915-11-03
DR.. SHAW READY
FOR NEW FIGHT
Will Start Fresh Campaign
in Philadelphia To-day
if Defeated.

Proud Of the good showing they had
made, the suffraglsts at midnight re-
, fused 20 be downhearted. Most deter
mined in her loyalty was DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw, president of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association.
"If We have not won in New York,
we shall at least have won the greatest
victory that has ever been won in the
est number of votes ever cast for Us
in the states
Even If the suffrage amendment has
( been defeated in this state, we have
won a victory and the antis have lost.
For we have won this large number
! Of votes and lost nothing, whereas our
opponents have won nothing and lost
| all the votes that we have received.
"Tf we do lose, 1t will be because
there was more than one constitutional
amendment to be voted on. There Is
not the least particle OF doubt that
if there had been only one constItu-
tional amendment we would have car
ried the three Legislative amendments
and the constitution. AS II was, the
men were confused, many not know
ing the difference between legislative
amendment and the constitution.
Therefore, many voted against US WITH
out intending to do so, because they
thought that they were voting against
the constitution.
"As far as this State is concerned. |
know that woman suffrage will be in
cluded when new constitution is
proposed"
When asked whether she had hopes
that Mr.. Murphy was inclined to favor
woman suffrage, DR.. Shaw replied:
81 am a Methodist and have hope for
every living soul-even Mr.. Murphy"
Family Trees and Suffrage.
When DR.. Shaw was informed of the
depressing returns from Massachu..
setts, she said that she had expected
the defeat of any progressive move
ment in a state where SNUG respect
ability and family trees hourished.
Ancestral trees are hard to move
she said. "They must be cut down to
lumber before the population can
move ahead. preached at Cape Cod
for eight years and found that any
human being with intelligence AMI
progressive ideas made haste to leave
that state and move to the West. Only
old fogies and persons without enter
prise remain in Massachusetts. II
was hardly expected that their vote
would carry woman suffrage.
But if woman suffrage IS defeated
we will start campai gning tomorrow
night in Philadelphia. We have al
ready hired hall in which to renew
our fight for the ballot, if we lose, and
in which to hold 'jollifcation' meet
ing if we win.
New York will not even await until
morning, il suffrage is defeated here.
Don't think that We women will give up
"A fight because we have lost battle.
To lose one battle does not mean that
the whole war is lost"
Not until 1890 did Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait admit defeat Then the
meeting at suffrage headquarters was
turned into the start of now cam
paign. Mrs. Raymond Brown. presi
dent of the New York State Woman
Suffrage Association, called for $780,
900 to continue the fight. Miss Mary
Garrett Hay said:
"Now, before everybody goes home,
remember we are going 20 pack Cooper
Union next Thur sday night, and we're
not going to begin new campaign.
We are going 10 continue this one. To-
days verdict is merely postponement,
no. defeat"
Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse said
q. midnight:
'If il is a defeat-and we don't ad-
nit il yet--we are still proud Of the
really. good showing we made. Woman
gutir rage from now on IA a political
issue. II will never be a joke again.
II takes one campaign TO wake up the
people Of state 10 the fact that
Suffrage is part Of progress. not the
iac of few women. New YORK has
waked up for good. From now on our
progress will be clean sweep to
victory"
Mrs. Ogden Reid said:
I've are disappointed to learn that
il is harder 10 win a campaign for an
abstract principle than for political
candidate. We thought that New YorH
men, the greatest financial experts in
the world, did not appreciate the waste
Of money and effort expended by the
women In this campaign, and that
they would reward us by victory. as
they would a political candidate with
a strong personality who might not
have made half the fight we have"
Mrs. Raymond Brown, president OF
the New York State Woman Suffrage
Association. said shortly before mid
night:
"Wheneser women go TO the polls,
the men like 1t. They even seem 10
like US as watchers. | believe New
York City would give bigger vote for
suffrage from the experience Of having
women at the polls. The men fear II
because il Is new. But they are get
ting on to the idea, and II Is only =
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