New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
State Assembly
Urges u. S. Senate
To Adopt Suffrage
Memorial Also Requests
Wadsworth and Calder to
Vote for Amendment
| Stof Correspondence


ALBANY, Jan. 2S.-The Assembly to-
night, after a spirited debate, adopted
the Ncoll Meyer resolution memorial
zing the United States Senate to vote
.or the Federal woman suffrage amend
ment and urging Senator'S " Wadsworth
and Calder to work for its passage.
There were seventy-two votes cast in
favor Of the resolution and only seven
teen against it,
The fight against the measure was
led by Assemblyman Clarence f. Welsh,
Republican, of Albany County, who
1ourshed a handful CT kilograms from
some OF the anti-sufFragists who met
i'll New York City to-day to inaugurate
d nation wide campaign against the en-
franchiscmcnt of women
81 have eighty kilograms urging me
10 oppose this resolution" said Mr..
Welsh, "and they bear the names Of
some Of the prominent people Of the
state Some Of the names signed to
the kilograms included Mrs. J. Pierpont
Morgan, Mrs. Peter B. Olney, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert L. Sa.terlee. Miss Jane
Perry c. Tiffany. Charles S. Fairchild
and Everett 2. Wheeler.
Partisanship Dropped
Democrats and Socialists, who also
had introduced resolutions urging the
Senate to vote for the suffrage amend
mcnt. joined with ,Ee Republicans in
putting through the suffrage resolu-
ton. The leaders of the three parties
ell spoke in favor Of it.
Martin G.. McCuc. Democrat. of Man
haitian, joined hands with Mr.. Welsh
in the fight against the resolution. Mr..
McCue said that his district voted
against woman suffrage, and therefore
he was against it.
I'VE have given the women the right
to vote IN this state, and that is as
far as we should CO." he said I've
ought not to try to tell the Senate
what to do
While William Feigenbaum, Social
ist, OF Brooklyn, was telling the AS
scmbly that suffrage obtained in the
Western States and that what was good
enough for the people there should be
good enough for the people of the
rest OF the country. McCue jumped up
and asked: "Are you aware that in
some OF those Western states some
people who preach your doctrines have
been strung up from lamp posts?'
SIMON l.. Adler majority floor leader.
SAID that he was originally opposed to
woman suffrage. but had submitted to
the decision OF the people OF the state.
l am against the adoption of resolu-
tons memorializing Congress, but this
IS one where ! believe We all should
break that rule and urge the Senate Of
lnS United States to pass the woman
suffrage amendment now before it,
IN the Senate bill aiming at the
elimination OF seditious textbooks from
the schools was introduced by George
a. Slater, OF Westchester. The bill
provides that no textbooks containing
seditlous or disloyal references to the
allies Of the United States or the
United States itself shall be permitted
to be used i'll the public schools Of
this state.
There is further provision for the
ing of John H. Finley, State Commits
sloner of Education. and two other
members of the Board Of Regents to
eS'apilsh censorship over the text
books used in the schools of the state
Would Drop Antitrust Law
A joint resolution memorializing the
l. iiesioeht and congress to repeal the
sherman antitrust law was introduced
by Senator Albert Ottinger and AS
semblyman Abraham Ellenbogen. In
the resolution, which was referred to
the War committees of the two houses.
the law was criticised as lettering and
hindering the proper conduct of COM
mercial enterprise and as a contribu-
tory cause to the compulsory taking
over OF the railroads by the govern,
ment.
Senator George B. Wellington of
Troy. moved a resolution TONIGHT for
the adjournment of the Legislative on
February %. Wellington said the 7 eg'
islature was costing the state So 900 .
day. and 50 far it did little but ;d,e
away its time. The resolution was de-.
teated. One man voted for it.