NEW YORK 457 Members of the large legislative committee met weekly during the session of 1910 at the State headquarters in New York to assist in promoting the work. All the workers as usual contrib- uted their services. Mrs. Crossett and Miss Mills remained in Albany. A notable meeting was held there at Harmanus- Bleecker Hall, with excellent speakers. The boxes were filled with prominent women, who had invited many of the State officials as guests; seats were sent to all the members of the Legislature, most of whom were present, and the house with a capacity of 2,000 was crowded. Mrs. Clarence Mackay defrayed most of the expenses. On January 22 Governor Charles E. Hughes granted a hearing to George Foster Peabody, Oswald Garrison Yillard, Mrs. Ella H. Boole, Mrs. Villard, Mrs. Crossett, Mrs. Frederick R. Hazard and Miss Anne F. Miller, who urged him to recommend the submission of an amendment. He seemed much impressed by the statements made but they had no effect. The hearing on March 9 broke all records. The Assembly Chamber was filled to the utmost and surging crowds outside tried to get in. Members of both Houses stood for hours listening to the speeches. Jesse R. Phillips, chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, presided. The suffrage speakers were headed by the eminent lawyer, Samuel Untermeyer. The anti- suffragists had a long list, including Mrs. Henry M. Stimson, wife of a New York Baptist minister, and Mrs. William P. Northrup uffalo. Both Judiciary Committees refused to let the resolu- tion come before the two Houses, admitting that it would be carried if they did. The most thorough preparation was made for the session of KM i by all the suffrage societies. The Assembly committee re- '1 to report and on May 10 Representative Spielberg, who had charge, moved to request it to do so. The vote was 38 in favor KC Equal Suffrage League; Mary E. Dreier, president of the Women's Trade League; Anna Mercy, president of the En ;ual Rights League; Ella A. Boole, president State W. C. T. U.; George Foster Peabody, president, and Max East- man, secretary of the Men'* League for Woman Suffrage; Ida Husted Harper, chair- man National Pros* Bureau; Mrs. William C. Story, president State Federation of
- it <if the Washington county and Lucy P. Wat-
juality Clubs; Mrs. William C. Gannett, president M B. Anthony Memorial Associaii-n; Alice Lewisohn, noted for her social work in New York, Dr. Charles F. Aked, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and William M. Ivins. VOL. VI
