Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-09-04 | Page 1 | Utah Woman is in Foreground

Miss Mary Allen Active in Leading Lead-ing Fight for Suffrage in the East. NEW YORK TO BE MADE. CENTER OF THE STRUGGLE With Empire State Won, Equal Rights Cause Would Surely Boom. By Leased Wire to The Tribune. NEW YORK, Sept 3. Suffragists, far and near, throughout tho United States, aro centering their efforts in New York. In a political sense, Now York Is now considered tho pivotal state among suffragists. By winning In this state, suffragists beliovo that the influence would bo so powerful that they would have no difficulty In winning In the other states throughout the union whero women wom-en arc now wilhout tho ballot. Suffragists aro not only centering their interest upon tho ballot at this tlmo, but aro paying strict heed to everything that relates to suffrage. In addition to working work-ing for tho enfranchisement, thoy aro seeking to prevent the establishment of a separate night court for women. Thoy want men and women prisoners treated without distinction. Utah Woman Active. Evidence of tho universal attention which Is being paid to the light In this stalo la given" by tho personnel of tho actlvo suffragists who are leading tho fight hero. Among thorn aro Miss Mary Allon, lawyer, of Utah; Mrs. Donald G, Hooker of Baltlmoro and others from distant dis-tant utatcs. There was a new departure In tho struggle tonight when Mrs. O. H. P. Bolmont's wing of tho suffragists hold a slroet-corner meeting in tho strocts of tho Bronx. Mrs. Plorco Bailey and Miss Allen woro tho speakers. Speaking for publication. Mlsa Allen tacitly admitted that tho efforts of tho suffragists would bo centered In Now York state for somo tlmo to como. Need for Suffrage. "Peoplo look to New York for progress, and tho acts of the progressive people In other states are copied ovcrvwhoro In tho union," said sho. "Even If that were tho case, tho women hero need suffrage. Political conditions are such hero that women should bo given a chanco to assist as-sist In tho purification of politics, in such of tho western states that have partial par-tial suffrage, political conditions are much better than In Now York. "Wo western women aro much gratified grati-fied with the plans of suffrage In tho cast Wo are also gratified with the altltudo of tho men. Tho New York man Is as chivalrous as tho Colorado man, and In Colorado tho women aro allowed to voto. "Suffrage has made great strides In both tho cast and tho west. Formerly tho idea was ridiculed In the east, but not now. With New York In tho suffrage column, we should havo much less difficulty diffi-culty elsewhere."