Evening star., 1917-11-08
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ADDS
MILLION VOTERS IN N. Y.
Amendment Which Gives Them Bal.
lot Effective in Elections
After January l.

NEW YORK. November s.-As a re-
suit OF the sweeping victory for woman
suffrage in New York state at Tues
days election it Is estimated that the
state will gain at least 100000 new
voters. 400. 900 Of whom will come from
New York city. The women will be
eligible to vote at any election after
January 1. 1913. when the amendment
becomes effective.
If the relative number of registrants
to precinct is maintained in New
York city, 1t Is calculated that under
woman suffrage there will be an in
crease of about SO per cent in the
election precincts here. which means
more costly elections. In 1915 the
election expenses in New York were
approximately $1,000, 900. With the en-
0oe,o0o more will be added to the costs
of each election. according to many
estimates.
Prominent suffragists today pre-
dicted that the women would join the
old parties in the state and scoffed at
the suggestion that a woman's party
would be formed The elation of the
sufra giStS over the victory of Tuesday
by a surprisingly large majority con-
tinues unabated. Buttons bearing the
legend, Il am voter are now being
worn by women throughout the city.
Unless the legislature at its session
next winter takes some action chang
ing the requirements that qualify
voters, foreign-born women who are
married to citizens may vote after a
residence of one year in the state, four
months in the county and thirty days
in the election district. As the law
now stands it requires foreign-born
women who are not the wives of citf-
zens a ffve-year residence, or q wait or
two years. the period for securing
naturalization. II they shall have been
in the country three years or more
already.
Telegram of Thanks to President.
Victory for woman suffrage in New
York state was celebrated by thou
sands of men and women at jubila-
ton mass meeting in Cooper Union
last night. A roar of applause greeted
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president of
the National Woman Suffrage Assocfa-
tfon. when she addressed the mixed
audience as fellow citizens"
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the Womens Council of National De-
fense. closed the meeting with the pre-
diction that Susan B. Anthony's proph-
ecy of national woman suffrage in
1920. her Tooth birthday, would come
true. In final exhortation she called
and her God.
Mrs. Norman De r. Whitehouse sent a
telegram of thanks to President Will
son. saying:
THE executive board of the New York
state woman suffrage party wish once
more to thank the President of the
United States for his generous and ef-
fective help in our fight for democracy
and to express our belief that it Is
| largely owing to his aid that the great
Empire state has set this great exam
ple."
Preparing to Weld Their Power.
Newly enfranchised women in New York
city already have begun preparations to
| WELD their political power. The women
, who worked for Mayor Mitchell and the
fusion ticket in Tuesdays election were
summoned today by the chairman of their
committee Of one hundred to conference
| in call which says that 'the defeat OF
| fusion and good government and the
victory for suffrage presents to the
women of New York an obligation to be-
gin work today to win the next mayoralty
election
Tammany. the call says. works 3e5
days a year for success. and those who
favor good government should do likewise