New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-21


last night to the victorious sufragists
of New York to make patriotism the
first aim Of their lives. From the top
Of the Metropolitan Opera House, where
the sufragists were celebrating their
victory, down through the galleries,
from the orchestra seats and from the
stage, where the leaders Of the suf-
fraee forces sat on either side of Gov
ornor Whitman, the answer came I'M
mistakably. with waving Of handker-
chiefs and programmes, with cheers and
clapping.
"The woman who does not raise her
boy 20 be a soldier for the right and
the man who has not been raised to be
soldier for the right are neither OF
them fit for citizenship in a free re-
public" he said. while the house rang
The charge of the anti-suffragists
that it was the pro-German and So
cialist vote which had given suffrage
70 the women OF New York was re-
ferred to by every speaker of the even
ing and denied by them all. Governor
Whitman, welcoming the newly enfran-
chised women to the voting population
Of the state, greeted them as 1.-The very
wholesome and very intelligent and the
very patriotic addition to the elector-
ate Of the state" lie declared that the
unpaid patriotic labors of the women
of the state for the census and other
forms of preparedness work last sum-
mer had been better work than he could
have got from paid workers.
Proof in Soldiers Votes
"When the votes of the 10000 men
who have gone from our state to the
training camps and the trenches are
counted" he said, chose ballots will
prove that IL was not the pro-Germans
who voted for suffrage
Mrs. Norman der. Whitehouse,
chairman Of the state suffrage forces,
began the meeting in the same vein.
"The anti-suffrsgists say the pro-
Germans gave US suffrage" she said.
"They forget our Governor and our
President, and the Republican party
and the Democratic party and all the
women present and all of the workers
upstate who have helped, and we know
we are not pro-Germans."
The Metropolitan Oprea House was
filed with women and men in equal
numbers standing three and four deep.
A great electric sign. "Victory-New
York. 1917" shone against a dull blue
curtain. and under it sat the women
and three of the men who have helped
10 bring about the suffrage victory
Mrs. Norman de X. Whitehouse, chair
man of the New York State Suffrage
Party. sat in the centre, in black and
gold gown, looking very radiant, but
very tiny, in slender upholstered
chair placed between two massive
chairs reserved for Governor Whit
man and Colonel Roosevelt.
On Colonel Roosevelts right was the
venerable DR.. Anna Howard Shaw. who
received the greatest ovation OF the
whole evening as she rose to her ad-
drcss-sn ovation which brought
culver to her voice as she told how she
had worked for forty years for woman
suffrage. but the victory was worth
every minute of those years, she said
Support Social Duties
Colonel Roosevelt said, in part:
Neither the enjoyment Of right nor
the performance Of duty means iden-
titv Of a function. As matter OF fact,
among the reasons because Of which |
welcome the extension Of suffrage TO
women 10 my belief that certain duties
in the way Of securing social and in
dustrial justice, about which many men
are lukewarm, will enlist the support
Of almost all women.
81 now look forward TO seeing wise
action taken at an early date toward
solving some Of our pressing problems,
both as regards women and children on
farms and as regards women and emil
dren in the congested city districts,
precisely because think women can be
more quickly aroused than men to the
need of such action. =,
"Take. for example, the milk problem
in thig city ! am credibly Informed
that the price of milk has gone so high
0s 20 result in the stinting OF the
amount given 70 the children OF the
very poor, with results that have been
lsmentably shown in their health. This
Is a matter that hope will appeal pc
culiarly TO women and about which they
will inform themselves at once.
Right and Wrong Way
"To try improperly TO reduce the
price paid farmers for milk inevitably
means a reduction in the supply. But
would refuse TO permit grown-up peo-
pie to have milk or butter until pro-
vision has been made for supplying
every child the milk necessary for its
health and welfare. ! would take what
ever steps are required. whether by leg
islaton, b. tho establishment Of gov
eminent markets or even by still
further and more drastic action, if nee
essary, 10 accomplish the desired result
/ wish that you women here in this city
would. in a spirit of cool-hesded res
olution, at once begin the investigation
Of this problem, 10 that you may speed