New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-05
Victory For
Women Sure,
Say Leaders
New York State Result No
Longer in Doubt, Declares
Mrs. Whitehouse

Woman suffrage will win in New
York State on Tuesday"
This is the prediction of the suffrage
leaders in the city who last night made
final survey of the suffrage situation
in this state.
This is no blanket statement" said
Mrs. Norman dc r. Whitehouse, chair
man Of the New York State Woman
Suffrage party, "but is a prediction
based on very definite evidence that we
see all over the state. In the first
place. our million women will count
very heavily this time. for behind in
dividual women stand individual men,
and when one million women Of the
Empire State ask for something their
men are not going TO refuse them.
"The church associations of the state
are with US, labor is with US, 50 per
cent Of the press is favorable. forty
eight out Of tifty-seven mayors are on
our side, the rural vote Is ours because
Of the recent action for suffrage taken
by the grange organizations Of the
state. We are counting on the soldier
vote. A report from Camp Mills,
where the soldiers have already voted,
shows that they have voted for suffrage
almost unanimously.
"The President, eight Cabinet mem
bers, the Governor and every candidate
for Mayor all are suffragists. Il will
be impossible for any man who votes
against US TO vote for an anti-sufrage
Mayor.
Big Gains Made
Taking he state as a whole went
on Mrs. Whitehouse, 1--WE find suffrage
sentiment vastly improved everywhere
over 1915. Albany, once the stronghold
Of the ANTS mas had good campaign
and has been influenced by its Mayor
Major Stevens-who last December was
not a believer in the cause, and has
since been converted by the war.
"In Rochester the opposition is
strong in fashionable circles. but Roch-
ester labor is with US end will carry
the city Buffalo has had tremen-
dous campaign.
ave have not found that the anti
suffragists have made any impression
anywhere. Liquor and vice interests
are always against the suffrage move
ment, but the evidences of their work
are never apparent until long after an
election.
1--WE have every reason 70 trust the
electorate Of New York State 20 follow
the advice OF President Wilson in max
ing this part OF the world a real de-
mocracy"
See Victory in City
Were bound to win. New York
City will 20 FOR suffrage" are the
prediction words that came from
the lips of Miss Mary Garrett Hay.
afectionately called 1.-The Big Boss" OF
the New York City Woman Suffrage
party. Pm sure of il. because in this
campaign we have gone into the by
WAYS of the city TO DO our work. In
1915 we kept to the highways-the big
papers, the big spectacular stunts, the
big pieces Of work.
This time we got after the little
papers The local man reads, the for
eign papers the foreigner reads; we
went into the election districts, send
ing our thousands OF captains into the
homes of the people, getting them TO
feel acquainted with sufragists IN a
friendly way. We established forty
campaign headquarters. little homelise
SURFACES GASES. throughout the Assem-.
bly, districts, which people have learned
TO look upon as local institutions. like
the library around the corner or the
sub-station Of the postoffice.
"By going into the byways we have
ferreted out friends We never thought
we had and brought them out 70 wor K
for US. New York City knows the suf-
fragist. in a more friendly, intimate
way than ever before. We have given
out millions Of leaflets, interviewed
thousands of voters, enrolled more than
100000 women and made woman suf-
frage' household words. The returns
from our canvassing are so favorable
we are amazed. New York City is
alive 10 the suffrage issue, New York
CITY is out for democracy, New York
City is going to enfranchise its
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