New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-31
TRUST YOUR WIFE,
DIR. DAVIS PLEADS
In Last Suffrage Rally, She
Promises Women Will
Better City.

As blue and yellow votes for women
balloons tugged at their strings and
music struggled to sound true through
wind which stiirened the lips of en-
thusastic speakers, shifting footed
crowd Of $500 persons attended last
night on the east side of Madison
Square Park the final night mass meet
ing Of the suffragists before election.
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, chairman,
introduced DR.. Katharine B. Davis
as the first speaker of the evening.
"On Tuesday you will decide il you
are going TO trust your mothers. wives,
daughters and sweethear,s 60 the men
n he tweive Western states have
trusted their women. Vote for your
women in the East" said Dr.. Davis.
"As for that time-worr statement,
'Woman's place is in the home it's all
right so far as it goes; but there should
be added, Mans place is in the home,
too-or it ought to be-
give US the chance to work with
you and to make New Yorh City bet
ter c {, 10 live in she concluded.
Ralph Folks spoke in place of Bor-
ough President Marcus NJ. Marks. who
could not attend the meeting because
of his work with the budget committee.
I'VE mark no difference race )r
color in this country" said Mr.. Folks.
1--WE should mark no difference between
the sexes
More Good Voters. the Better.
Responsibility is necessary to awak-
en- interest and make good citizens. The
more good citizens we have the better
the state. Why not make use of that
great latent, unselfsh power in our
community. why not let the women
vote?"
The bomb Of the evening came in the
speech of j. Stitt Wilson. the ex-Mayor
of Berkeley, Cal, when he dissected the
speech Colonel Irish made at the anti
meeting in Carnegie Hall.
Colonel Irish said the association Of
men and women in voting IN California
was demoralizing and vulgarizing.
There are no such men as Colonel
Irish represents in California. and the
relation has been ennobling and REIN
ing.
The statement that Mormonism in
Utah is due 20 woman suffrage there is
false and preposterous, it Is unworthy
even of our opponents.
I'm speaking OF affairs in Colorado,
Colonel Irish turned to George W.
Wickersham, who happened to be sit
ting with him on the platform, and
said; Isn't it a fact that the yoYern-
ment never had 10 step in before aud
take the law into it's hands before lie
women voted in Colorado? | ask you.
just analyze for yourselves the confi-
tions in Colorado and see If that
tumut of affairs was not brought about
Il - H.. I'D
"And again, Colonel IRISH says that
since the women have been voting in
Colorado they have been neglecting
their children. There is only one word
that would characterize that statement
and / leave that TO your imaginations.
Home Runs a State.
81 have been Mayor for a number of
years, and | am going TO let you into
a secret. Outside of a few slight orna-
mental duties, nne-tenths of the
duties of city official 90 right down
to the doorstep of the home.
what is the big squabble going on
in New York City tonight? Night
schools Is that woman's business p"
Other speakers were J. L Annette,
whose wife is a voter in Washington
State. and he says he is proud of it;
James Lees Laldlaw, president of the
Mems League for Equal Suffrage, and
Raymond Robins, of Chicago.
The Beethoven Symphony Orchestra
Of one hundred pieces furnished the
music TO lead the audience in chanting
suffrage marching songs.
Robert Maitland. member of the
London Opera Company and of the
London Mems Suffrage League; Charles
b. bowes and Miss Caroline Ortman
were the soloists. Miss Ortman FIRST
sang an aria from "Tannhauser, then
reappeared later as Columbia and led
the audience in singing THE Star
Spangled Banner"
Tomorrow night there will be held
in the same place spiritual suffrage
meeting. at which Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise, the Rev. Alan McCurdy and the
Rev. Waldo Ames will be the chief
speakers. Mr.. Barnhart will lead the
HYMN singing