New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-31
Senator Calder's
Promise Fails to
Appease Women
They Want Him to Vote on
u. S. Amendment, Not
in State Referendum
His Mind Is Open
piekets Are to Resume White
House Vigil Next
Monday
His Mind Is Open

senator William ". Calder is going
.. vote for woman suffrage at the
.,f.-sndum in New York next Novem-
-. But that promise afforded little
.s,fsetion 70 the Woman's Party
,,ombers who met him at the Hotel
vcAlvin yesterday afternoon to ask
t;m 10 vote for the Federal amend
ment
The Woman's Party has no use for
s,s,s referendums as a means Of gain
IN, the vote for women, preferring to
centre all its efforts on the Federal
work. The gathering Of two hundred
women broke up into indignant groups
flor the Senator's address, while Mrs.
,cbarles Beard stood up on chair 10
make a speech answering his argu-
uents and telling the women TO per-
,ist until they had converted him to
the necessity of passing woman SUI
frsge bill in Congress.
Addressing the Senator, at the be-
ginning Of the meeting, the women had
noip,ed out that the Republican party
los. in the West last fall because 1t
did not support woman outrage hard
enough.
"Glad To lie Here"
81 am glad to be here Senator
Calder said, in reply, "b.. ] dent quite
agree with the argumcr IS advanced TO-
5ay in regard TO the last election. In
stead of being strengthened by our
advocacy Of woman suffrage. it was In
the suffrage states that we LOST
sYou lost-not because you were for
suffrage, but because you we're not Tor
II hard enough" interrupted Mrs.
Beard.
"Of course. wasn't there, and so l
don't know much
ave know. We were there" chorused
the women.
well" said the Senator, giving up
with laugh, "wc feel that we lost in
the West because the women voted the
keen out of war ticket. How ever, that
is not the main issue to-day. | have
always advocated submitting the ques-
tior TO the people, and ! will say to-
day what have never said before in
public-that this fall at the election |
shall vote in favor of woman suffrage
in New York State.
"As for a Federal amendment, that
presents grave problems for New York
representatives. You will ultimately
get the vote-there is no doubt about
that. Meanwhile New York men feel
stronger the danger Of Federal amend
bents for this reason. 1t takes nine
teen Western states TO equal the pop
ulation of New York. but those nine
teen states have more influence than
New York when a measure is voted
on u the Senate.
His Mind Open
"As for myself. | promise you / am
going to Washington with an absolutely
open mind on this question. ] do not
say will vote against il. and | do not
say will vote for it. in view of the ad-
verse vote which my fellow citizens
nay give in the referendum. | do not
believe the question will come to "A vot"
before next winter, | hope it won't, so
} win have lots Of time to think IL
over"
Then the Senator bowed his way out
and up to the roof, where he had his
picture taken with some of the suf-
ragis;s. but Mrs. John Rogers. jr.. was
80 ineensed by his speech that she re-
fused TO be In the photograph.
Miss Lucy Burns announced that
peketing around the White House
again on Monday at the opening of
Congress. and that the women would
use every means to force Congress to
vote on the suffrage question before
winter.