New-York tribune., 1915-10-28
entitled 20 vote nine were not in favor
Of woman suffrage, four said they did
believe in il, and one was undecided.
Women Not Interested.

entitled 20 vote nine were not in favor
Of woman suffrage, four said they did
believe in it, and one was undecided.
Women Not Interested.
Foremen Of the various departments
in the factory, with single exception,
said they would vote down the amend
ment. The day watchman az the main
entrance said he felt the same way
about il. The girl at the telephone
switchboard said she though. there
were some reasons why women ought
10 vote, but that she was not par
ticularly Interested in the question.
She did not believe many of her friends
were either. She had attended suffrage
meetings, she said, but none Of the
women Of local social prominence had
been speakers. They brought the ora
torical talent from New York.
The most ardent woman devotee OF
equal suffrage found in the factory
was one who said 10 Jack" after he
voted mo" in The Tribune ballot:
Just wait till | get you outside at
lunchtime"
Workers in other collar manufactur-
ing plants who thronged the streets OF
the factory district q. noon we're OPP
posed 20 woman suffrage. Few could
give definite reasons. but their convic-
tions seemed firm.
An almost unanimous vote agains,
woman suffrage was polled by the en-
ployes OF the Burden Iron Works, a:
South Troy.
"The men are too busy at work to
even take enough time TO voice their
sentiments or vote IN straw poll on
the question" said one of the officials
when permission was sought TO take a
straw vote there. 81 don't know how
any Of them feel about the matter, but
you can put me down as being opposed
to the women having the right Of the
ballot"
Residences Pollec.
As the men, eighty-three. left the
iron plant. which is hard pushed filing
a big war order for horseshoes, their
sentiment on the woman suffrage
amendment was obtained.
When asked if they were interested
in casting a vote in The New York Trib-
une straw poll they answered vigor-
ously that they certainly were.
In the majority of cases the men re-
fused the offer of ballot on which 20
vote, replying: That is not neces.
sary; just count me as opposing IT,
Woman should not be allowed to vote
Her place is in the home"
Several said they had spoken TO their
wives about voting, and they agreed
with their husbands.
There has been some discussion
among the men, but their discussion, rs
learned from the few in favor. is solely
grounded on the belief that the women
should be home. and that was all.
At intervals during the last severol
roSths ooorday suffrage meetings have
been held just outside the foundry gate
Women, principally from out OF town
spoke. The men admitted that they
heard many of the arguments advanced
but could not be changed in their STAN
on the question.
A house-to-house canvass in two ,!
Troy's residential sections-one in tht
Washington Park district, where art
the homes Of the professional and bust
ness men, and the other in South Troy
was taken. Twenty-one were for tn,
amendment, l6 opposed and l3 unde
cided. No count was taken in Souti
Troy. In the homes visited there was
an evident lack Of interest by tn:
women. The population here consis.:
of the working class. The worker.
were more interested 10 know if i
would be defeated than otherwise.
A straw vote of sixty-fve men II
lumber yards in River Street shove,
l6 for, SO opposed and 26 doubtful.