New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Resolution Favering Cause
Will Be Sent To-day to
Calder and Wadsworth
Women Vote March 3
Bill Giving Them the Right
Here Will Be a Law
Within a Week
IStnf Correspondence


:hc resolution memorializing the Unit
ed States Senate to pass the woman
suffrage amendment to the Fedora!
Constitution and urging Senator,
Wadsworth and Calder to work in Us
behalf was adopted BY the Senate The
resolution had passed the Assembly.
Tomorrow official copies will be trans
mitted to the United States Senate ar !,
to Senator's Calder and Wadsworth.
Next the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee reported out q bill creating the
machinery to permi. women to vote al
tho special local option elections
throughout the state this spring and
st the special Congressional elections
n New York City on March s. This
bill Will be rushed through the Legis-
laturo and will be signed by the Gov
e-nor within one week.
In New York City the bill provides
tue lines Of the present election dis
tfietc shall remain until May /. 1919,
Shch there shall be rcdstricting, S,
that each election district shall be
composed Of about four hundred voters.
Outside Of New York City the reap
portlonment Of election districts is to
begin at once. The reason why New
York City has been temporarily cx-
empted from this provision is because
it would be physically impossible to
complete it in time for the days set
for the registration q the women VII {,
will participate in the special Con-
gressional elections IN New York City.
Womer. may enroll with any party on
May II ard Is, between s a. b. and 10
?. IT. Tie qualifications are that the
woman shall be at least twenty-one
yeads Of age on or before September
II. 1918, which is primary day; that
she be d citizen Of this United States.
and in case Of women who are citizens
by virtue Of marriage that they shall
have lived In the United States for at
least five years prior to that day.
Women IN New York City living in
the 9Th, Sth, DIST and 22d Congress
Districts, in which special elections
have been ordered for March 5. may
register en- the second Thursday, the
second Friday and the second Saturday
preceding the elections. Ordinarily the
hours of registration are from 9 10 9
p. m, but. TO enable the election off
oials 10 take care Of the increase in
The vote in New York City. the houds
shall bc from / TO p. m.
he debate on the oman sutTrgae res
clution IN the Senate followed closely
On the lines of the debate in the AS
semby last night. Senator Elon Il.
Brown. leader of the Upper House, led
the Ngn. on the resolution.
Nov. am going to oppose this
resolution. and am not afraid to
lace the vomcn." said Senator Brown.
Any woman who is worth liking at
all likes q man who stands up for
What he believes TO pc right, and some
time those who hold the women in so
ht'lo regard as to think differently
VIII find this.
II can understand Why some men
array themselves behind measures like
this, though knowing them to be i'm
proper and supcrhuous. They believe
them popular and hope. by some hocus
pocus. to increase their own vote the
next time they run for Office
senator Brown declared that he
Nnew that nothing in the resolution
would make Senator Wadsworth. an
other anti. change his mind. and that
fhere was no reason for adopting the
resolution. Nevertheless, he could
muster but six other Republican votes
against j, and one Democrat. Eighteen
voted for it,
Courtlandt Nicoll, of New York. who
1athercd the resolution in the Senate,
said that in view of the overwhelming
vote cast for woman suffrage in this
state last fall the only seemly thing
Tor the Legislature to do was to adopt
me resolution Senator Robert r.
Wagner, minority leader. spoke in like
vein
The vote or the resolution was:
Noe L. H. Brown. George Cromwell. Ber-
TDainser Theodore D. Robinson. George f.
thompson. james r.. Touncr.
:, ,Ayeo,-A. 7. Brown AlVah a. Burlinsamc.
iI;a@ard Iasard bowling. Jonn j. Dunnigan.. 4.
~. Gibbs. John knight. Charles C. Lockwood.
'ohn u. MuIlau. Courtlandt Nicol George
~, ,a Slate. Robert =. Wagner. j. Henry Wal
10 Charles W. Walton, George 3. Yelling
''a' George II. Whitney. James W. Yelverton.
At the close Of days session SEN
a'or Wagner announced that he went
20 Washington to confer with Food
E,ding for the harvesting, storage and
o'strlbution OF ice by the state.
VI. Mr.. Hoover told me-" said Senator
wagner, that the bill was u necessity.
mere Is a shortage of ammonia for
making artificial ice, due to its use in
. .ae manufacture OF explosives, and,
WIN the vast amount OF fresh foods
which VIII have TO be kept on ice this
summer, Mr- Hoover believes the states,
'a's one especially, should take all nee
esSary precautions to insure sufficient
ssmount Of ice for this summer aud
=, Senator Wagner and Assemblyman
Saarles d. Donohue day introduced
.i .ohi intended to provide that the Lieu
.shant Governor shall be president Of
lhe state Council Of Farms and Mar
NUS and would transfer to him the
power now held by tha. council to ap
point the Commissioners Of Ayriculture
S,a "Sna The Commissioner of Farms and
Meyer-Nicou Resolution
Called Ensv Wrv O,,t Co.