New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
Women Voters
Insist Officials
Coon Record
Mary Garrett Hay Gives
Reasons for Question
. naire Sent to
\ Candidates

rs nalre Sent to
! Candidates
M NE Of the functions of
the City League of
|, - Women Voters is to
give first aid to the
vuman voter" said Miss Mary Gar
mtt Hay, chairman of the New
York City League of Women Vot-
q, when interviewed at league
headquarters last week regarding
he QUESTIONABLE sent by her as
xcistion to candidatesefor the As
xmbly and Beard Of Aldermen.
Since the most encouraging
Characteristic of the woman voter
Is her msaiable4 desire to learn, the
hgue caters to her in every way
possible. The qnestionnaires that
70 are sending out to Assembly and
iAezmanir nominees VIII bring us
Information that we believe is oar
ic1hr3y valuable In sizing up a
an6date It IS not enough to know
b personal biography, his business
md political records, It Is also
Necessarily to have a digest of his
opiuiGns On questions of moment.
b re howehiz brain functions, what
prncplea he supports and what
Sandards he maintains.
Refuse to !
Vote Blindly
aOur clientele, the women voters
q the city, VIII be satixfed with
nOthng less than this complete way
OF studying the men who are run
nIng for Office These women who
are not content with voting blindly
Tor strangers, who are not satisfied
Wth hearsay testimony, look to us
IS Z reliable source from which to
e. tl1ornaIon, and we thereto ore
rAr as mich frsthand knowl-
%g4 as possible This demand On
1s part Of women is our main
ssasou for sending out the ques-
tunnzres.
ABut'there Is another reason that
nnaerces Us There are many mat
I'M m particular interest to women
taat cz1didztes usually fan to men
run M presentation Of their plat
iorms md their views Of course
taere are some men who have
quekly adapted themselves to the
lev mder Of things and who do
not inyEs the propositions that ap-
pel 70 their women constituents.
Sm thcse men are n the minority.
ana 70 IN our Q0estionn2ires we
ne incorporated some OF the
Ins that Seem important to mem
as n our sex, and that VIII bring
u the attitude of the men. toward
H'osems that vitaIIy affect women
the welfare of their children
] The questionnates are of~great
@So the intelligent woman, voter,
SG they are also valuable to the
aar'dates- They show the latter
W what public questions hold the
''asnion OF their future constit-
~ss Just what matters a large
1so Of the public considers impor-
I This is q tip that should not
= dsspised by a wideawake as
rasus Tor office The question
Aas helps him also to crystalline
= IDEAS The fact that he must
'pfsss his opinion publicly on any
ssR'on forces him to study II
'sinily and to focus vague or
esersi Impressions into a clearcut
ss'scn- This is a spur to him
@sataily that ne ought to appre-
s. Then, too, the fact that he
4oneiy commits himself to a GER
"a Inc Of action, that he Endorses
Tinciple or a measure gives him
snse Of responsibility that it is
100 for him to have.
asst;onnaHe.
! Success
lasre is need, too, of closer
:. 4'ons between public officials
soserz- II aspiranta for office
= That the public is not indif-
as Or careless az regards their