Arizona republican., 1912-07-08
If There is No Election of State, County and Pre- cinct Officers There Will Be That equally Lively Suffrage Amendment
POLITICIANS ARE
 SET TO THINKING
The Ease With Which the Petitions Were Filed Sug- gests That There is More Strength Behind Move ment Than Supposed

l If the women of this state are wise, | that is the women who are taking an l active part in the suffrage campaign, l they will not neglect to import a cer- ! tain talented publicist from Oyster 1 Bay to assist in the task of bringing | the cleo lOTate of Arizona to a favorable view of female suffrage between this 1 time and the November election. It is probably good sign. and one which will greatly encourage the women, that within a short time Colonel Roosevelt has come out unqualifiedly for equal suffrage It is only a few months since he declared the women will get the ballot as soon as they show they really want it. and that was as far as he would go at that time. He would not say if he was for it or against it. But all that is now history. The colo nel is e suffragist, or q suffragette, whicheVer is the popular term in Ari- zona And as this is sure to be speaking campaign it may be men toned that the MT. Roosevelt might be induced to kill two birds with one stone and speak a few words for the cause Of the women while touring Ari~ zona in his own behalf.
 And this leads inevitably to con- sideration of the fact that there are sure to ne some lively times in this state during the coming campaign. There ha:; been d good deal of uneaSl- ness am )ng the more ardent ones. It was feared if there was no general election things political would become rather dull. But that fear has van ished. With the suffrage to the fore it is safe to say that Arizona will have quite as lively a campaign as any it has ever witnessed.
 In this campaign the women Will take quite d prominent part even II they don't help do the voting. And that they ought to help with the voting on a question of this kind a good many men firmly believe. In fact many ot tenn have said so. But it happens the constitution places a ban on that hope so the battle will have to be fought out according to the original plans and specifications.
 However, if the women can't do the voting they can do the talking, or q large part of it. and there is reason to believe they will avail themselves of the opportunity. They plainly demon strated their ability to do political work while the campaign for names to the initiative petition was in progress. It is true a number of men worked at that business but the whole affair was managed by women and if any one thinks they didn't work effectively all
 he has tC do to convince himself of his error is take a glance at the record With the whole job done in a few weeks the record shows that 700 names above the required number were se-
 cured That wasn't doing so badly,
 when you come to think of it.
 And that fact is causing some of the
 male population, particularly the poll
 ticians, to do some deep thinking.
 Politicians do think sometimes, and
 this is one of the times. And, indeed, the have cause for thought. For, if in this preliminary campaign. the women
 were enabled to enlist in their behalf
 g per cent more than the required
 number of votes to get their petition on
 the ballet, what may they not do at
 the election which is four months
 away.
 There are no two ways about it,
 the are going to carry Maricopa county
 and it viii not be at all surprising if
 they cary the state" one of the best
 informed men in Phoenix has said.
 And maybe he is right.
 But, f he is right, look out. There
 are some gentlemen who will have to
 do some beautiful trimming.
 Remer1lber the far seeing statesmen
 who fought the proposition in the leg
 islature because they said the women
 didn't want the balIot-and that the
 men didn't want them to have it?
 One oS these gentlemen is from Va
 vapai county. So far as he knew, he
 said, only two men in his bailiwick
 were in favor of equal suffrage. But
 when the petitions from Yavapai coun-
 tv came ill they told quite a different story They showed that hundreds and
 hundreds of the voters of that baili
 wick desired that the question be sub
 mitted. And it is safe to say that pret
 tv nearly all those who signed the pe-
 titions will vote on the side of the wO-
 men.
 And there's Billy Graham, of COchise
 county. Billy fought the suffrage
 amendment tooth and toenail. He de-
 partisan question and he warned his
 fellow democrats that if they helped
 the movement along they were likely
 to wreck the democratic party But
 now it's dollars and doughnuts, if tbere