New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-22
POLL IN ALBANY
AGAINST SUFFRAGE
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seventeen miles from here, would be
strong for it. Responsibility for this,
he stated. was the union advocacy
there of the measure. 81 live in
Schenectady" he said, "and would be
willing 20 make little bet that tho
vote taken there on Election Day wI,l
show a great majority in favor Of it
EMPLOYEES of the National Commercial
Bank, one of the largest financial in
situations in this city, declared against
woman suffrage by a ballot OF % TO IL.
Three clerks were undecided. Three
vice-presidents of the bank, who were
at their desks when the ballot was
taken. were unanimous in opposing
woman suffrage.
Says Bankers Are Against II.
1--WE are not against it for business
reasons" one banker declared. 1T Is
entirely a question Of each mans iudg-
ment Among the banking fraternity,
however. the general sentiment seems
TO be in opposition TO the amendment.
An official Of another bank on state
Street said that at a recent meeting or
the directors Of the institution the
question Of woman suffrage was dis
cussed informally and that twenty
members Of the directorate found that
almost to man they were not in IA
vor Of votes for women.
At the Empire Theatre, in State
Street, where the performance was one
calculated to attract a large audience
Of men, straw vote In the gallery and
orchestra seats showed that the OPP
ponents Of woman suffrage were IN the
majority In a ratio of three 70 two.
total of 258 ballots were marked, lO2
Of them by voters favoring the amend
ment and 148 by its opponents. The
undecided ones numbered eight.
Proctor's Leland Theatre, in South
Pearl Street, devoted 10 motion pict-
woman suffrage. The totals were las
against the amendment, lO2 in favor OF
t and twenty undecided.
The canvass in the Tweddle Build
/ ing, on State Street, in which are Of
fees Of representative business men,
showed twenty-five against, twenty for
and four undecided.
/ From a tenant in the building IA
miliar with affairs In the state Offices
| o. the railroad organizations it was
learned that the sentiment among them
was in favor of the amendment
, "While no official notice has been sent
out urging the 10000 members of the
/ Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
/ the Brotherhood of Enginemen, the Or
der Of Railroad Conductors and the
+ Brotherhood of Trainmen 10 vote for
/ it, he said, "the intimation has been
given them that they should vote for it.
Not only with the members OF the -four
railroad organizations in New York
State has such action been taken, but
with the voters in Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts,, where the question
comes up this year"
He stated further that the state Of
fcials Of these railroad bodies had in
structed their members how 10 vote on
the different amendments 20 the consti-
tuition. The instructions were sent out
on September q. These instructions
say: Use your own good judgment on
the woman suffrage amendment.
Cites Women Who Have Succeeded.
John T. McDonough, former Secre
tary Of State and ex-judge of the SUI
preme Court Of the Philippines, has al
Office in the building. He is emphatic
I for 'woman's rights" 81 voted for u
in 1894 az the State Convention anc
will certainly vote for Il again IN
\ NcmDer, 1919. Let me zen lAose W IL
are opposed 70 il that there are many
women that know who have succeed
cd in business where their husband:
have failed" The former judge citeC
many cases, of his own knowledge, o.
women succeeding in business In Al
bany where their husbands proved &
failure THAT alone" Judge Melon
ough continued, els convincing aPgu
mont FOR prejudging that woman ear
cast a ballot with as much intelligence
as n man"
Enough trouble with the incompe
tent men voters" said another OF tn.
/ tenants.
Edward Easton. jr.. lawyer and sec.
rotary Of the Municipal Civil Servic,
Commission. expressed himself a.
heartily in favor of it,"
THAT Jersey voted It down is no,