New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-30
Appeal Made in Name of
Evils They Both Must
Combat.
NEW JERSEY UNIONS
ANGER SUFFRAGISTS
Whirlwind Campaign Here to
Swing Layers Into Line
Polls To Be Matched.

to the New York labor unions yester-
day to aid in the battle for equal suf-
fraee and TO vote Eyes" at the refer
endum which is to decide the question
on November 2. 1915. The letter. writ
ten by Miss Leonora O'Reilly, secre-
tary Of the Women's Trade Union
League. says:
Dear Brothers: Do you know that
in 1915 the voters OF New York State
will decide whether women shall have
the right to vote?
"Do you know workingmen in New
York were dsfranchised until 1925?
"As we women have no voice In the
government. you men alone can decide
this question for US. We ask you to
vote Eyes" on November ., 1918.
1.-THE trade union organizations favor
votes for women.
ave work side by side with you in
the factories. We vote with you in
our trade unions. We strike with you
when you strike. We bear with you
the cost and suffering Of the strike.
GAS union men you know that women
know how 10 stick to the bitter or vic
torious end Of the struggle. AS organ
lied working women we want to better
conditions as much as you do.
an every department of life, be it
in the factory or in the home. the bal
lot is Of the utmost Importance to-
dav.
Need Vote for Homes.
"To secure decent factories we need
the ballot.
ITO abolish the sweated trades the
ballot is needed.
ITO abolish child labor the ballot is
essential
Children need pure milk and pure
food, good schools and Fairgrounds,
sanitary homes and safe streets. To /
secure these we must have the vote.
Housekeeping in our homes is tied
up with the housekeeping on the city,
state and nation.
Together we workingmen and /,
women can effectively use the ballot
Eve ask you in the name Of the or
ganzed workingwomen and the less
fortunate unorganized women TO work /
with us TO secure votes for the women |
of New York in 1915.
"As organized workers we are both /
pledged to serve the needs Of labor To- I
day workingwomen need the ballot TO I
protect their interests They are
powerless to enact laws for self 4
defence.
"Workingwomen are convinced that /
if the workingmen will do their duty /
at the polls on November working /
women will get the vote" /
II looks as if San Francisco would be .
seat of war also on September IA, /
Is and IS. The National American .
Woman Suffrage Association is plan
ming to take a hand, and as the Ma
tional is dead against the unions pol I
icy of holding the political party in
power responsible for the failure of
the 63d Congress to pass an amend
ment enfranchising the women of the .
country, and says that Alice Paul near
" cooked the suffrage goose by fight /
ing Democratic nominees, anybody can .
see what will happen if the National ,
does enter the ring.
DIR. Shaw Asks Impartiality.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president OF
the National. says they will be right
there. She can't 60 to the convention
herself being absorbed in the Eastern .
campaign, but she has sent the West
ern women a letter begging them 10 re-
main bipartisan, and says she has re-
ceived letters promising loyalty from
enough Of the suffragists to assure a
powerful showing in the conference.
This is the letter, i'll part:
an the name of the 100000 disfran-
chised women this association repre-
sents we beg the women voters OF the
West to help US keep our cause non
partisan. Do not allow il TO be said .
that the women voters are campaigning .
against the party in power, thereby
antagonizing that party. We ask this
in behalf of the four great states which .
are now in the midst of an historic
campaign for woman sufrage-New
York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,
where the question will be decided in
October and November of this year; in
behalf of Iowa, where the vote will be
taken next spring; in behalf of Ten
nessee, West Virginia and Louisiana,
where the issue will come before the
voters in another twelve months. II is
to voters, Democratic, Republican,
Progressive. Prohibitionist, Socialist,
alike, that the women of these states
are appealing for their rights. They
need, not threats against the party in
power, but the help Of the enfranchised
women to gain for their cause the CO.
operation of all parties"
Dr. Shaw says she expects the con-
ference TO declare in favor of the non
partisan policy Some of the women
voters who have promised her their
support are Mrs. +. X. Brainard, Miss
Mary f. Foy, Mrs. d. c. Mccain. Mrs.
Cora Lewis and Mrs. Shelby Tallhurst,
Of Los Angeles; Miss Alice Lee and
Mrs. Marian Pounds, of San Diego, and
Mrs. Miriam J. EaSton, of Stockton.
Mrs. Harriet G.. r. Wright, of the
State Department of Public Instruction
in Colorado; Mrs. Sarah A. Evans,
president of the Oregon State Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs, and many other
prominent women have aligned them
selves with the national and are plan
ming 10 seize the conference.
Expect Lively Conference.
But Mrs Belmont is TO be chairman,
and Miss Paul will be right there. They
consider the conference their own.
AryhOdv who has ever seen Miss Paul I