New-York tribune., 1918-05-27

George A. Glynn, chairman of the Re-
publican State Committee, said last
night that the figures he had received
were more than pleasing.
But / do not want 30 make any
further comment until the figures for
the entire state are before me and
have time to analyze them"
One politician of statewide promi.
nence said that from his knowledge Of
the plans for getting the women to en-.
roll there were three classes of women
who went to the polls on Saturday.
The first" ne said, "and by far the
largest, were the women who came out
IN response to the efforts of organize.
ton workers. The party men onlv went
after the women they were sure Of
The second bloc came from the ranks
of the drys, for the woman's Christian
temperance Union, the Anti-Saloon
League and other temperance bodies
made strenuous effort to get out the
dry vote. And then there was the third
set OF women, the women who came out
because the suffrage leaders, ire
spectlve of party, urged them to en-
roll"
In Brooklyn the Republicans and
Democrats were claiming that the en-
rolment meant bigger vote in their
respective parties. But both agreed
with the women leaders, irrespective
of party, that the enrolment was very
creditable to the women.
"The women have made magni-
ficent showing" said John H. McCooey.
the Democratic leader of Brooklyn
you can best appreciate it when ypu
remember that last year only 235.0ea
men enrolled, and in the previous year,
Presidential year, only 2ss,oOo. /
would have considered that the women
did we'll had only 100000 enrolled in
Brooklyn. We are safe in counting on
65 per cent of the women who enrolled
on Saturday."
Jacob A. Livingston, the Republican
county chairman of Kings, laughed
when told of Chairman McCoocy's
claims, which he characterized as rain
bow chasing.
"The Republicans of Brooklyn said
Chairman Livingston, mailed more
than a hundred thousand letters to
Brooklyn families urging them to en-
roll the women members and giving
them fifteen reasons why they should
enroll as Republicans. This, in my
opinion, largely was responsible for the
heavy enrolment in Brooklyn. And
am sure that when the figures are tabu-
lated according to party enrolment, /.
will be found that the vast majority
of the women enrolled with the party
of Lincoln"
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman Of
the New York State Woman Suffrage
/ Party, said that the enrolment was
gratifying.
'In my opinion the new voters did
very WELL" said Miss Hay. I'VE can
hardly expect a large number of people
to take up a proposition for the first
time in any better fashion. Thousands
of women arc absorbed in patriotic
work at this time, and while they re-
gard voting as the duty of a patriot,
they do not so regard affiliation with a
political party.
"Desire for independence of thought,
the belief that more time should be
given to settling on their political pref
erences, timidity, even the fear that
they might not be welcome-these are
some of the things that operated
against heavier enrolment.
IF the date of enrolment had been
close to general election I am con-
vinced the figures would have been
doubled. There is no feeling of dis
appointment in the suffrage ranks. We
are well satisfied with the way the
women of New York have taken their
first steps along the political pathway.
II they take as much interest in the
minor matters of enrolling in the
parties what will they do when i
comes to voting at general electionT'
The following table shows the enreI-
ment in the city by Assembly distriet: