The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-14
dunno DELAYS
SIGNING BILL
TO GIVE VOTE


nor Dunnes signtlf. to the wom-
ans suffrage bill viii not be affixed
for at least one week When the bill
was sent TO the Governor it was
turned over to Attorney General
Lucy for an opinion upon It's cen
stitutiona ity, Opponents OF the
bill are hard at work in an effort
to secure the Attorney Generals in
dorsement OF statement that the
bill is faulty.
In an interview the Attorney Gen-
cral said
II is plain fhat while our state
constitution does not speciilca ly pro-
vide for women voting, it does nor
bar them from voting and ! do moi
consider that the language of the
constitution can be construed as be-
ing in conflict with the new law
Would Let Supreme Court Decide.
"The mater can best be settled.
suppose by putting ii up to the Su-
prcme Court, | am not prepared to
say what the report Of this to Gov
ernor Dunno vii be. but | expect we
shall take at least a week to 80 over
the whole matter carefully.
II the bin is not approved or
vetoed by tho Governor within ten
days after it is sent to him it will
become law.
THE theory on which rests the
claim that women will have right
TO take part in municipal and GER
tain other elections in the event o.
this laws enactment Is that the
Legislature has the right to pre-
scribe the manner of filling an Of
fee created by 1t. University Trus-
tee is an office created by statute
and the Legislature has declared
that women may vote on this Their
right to do so never has been ques-
( toned, perhaps because no one ever
cared to 90 to this trouble. The
Legislature has also provided that
minors-w women Of eighteen years
and upward--who own property,
may vote for the election OF sani-
tary District Trustees in certain
parts of the state"
Dunno Wants to Sign.
Governor DUNES attitude toward
tho bin was made plain today,
when the Governor declared his in
| tention NJ signing the measure a'
soon as assured by the legal depart
ment that it would hold water.
| The Governor said:
1T is the custom to forward all
bills up for signing to the Attorney
lGoneral for a final opinion as to
their legality The usual course will
Hbc fol owed in this instance, but the
bill viii be signed at the earliest
possible moment
Enemies Of woman suffrage, fol
lowing the womens victory by Q
vote Of SSS to 5S, spent hours ~
trying to secure enough pledges
from friends OF suffrage to make
possible a reconsideration of tho
vote, To do this it was necessary
to obtain nineteen votes in order to
give them majority, the number
necessary to carry motion OF that
kind.
The ''wet" lobby in the Legisa-
ture was primarily responsible for
the heroic attempts made to force 9
reconsideration.
Suffrage leaders are fully informed
as to the plans of the opposition and
are prepared to take such steps al
may become necessary to eircumven
its designs.
Some Of the Legislators who on
posed the suffrage bill already are
considered to have written the
lpolitical obituaries
Az Governors Notified
Governors of forty-seyen state.
were notified by telegraph Of the
great victory won by Illinois women
and were invited, if distance per-
mitted, to attend banquet to o'
given to morrow evening at the Lee
land Hotel by the Illinois Equa
sucrage association Governor
Dunno was extended a personal IN
vitation by Mrs. Grace Wilbur
Trout, Mrs. sherman NJ. Booth and
Mrs. Antoinette Funk. Ghief exetu-
tiyes of several contieuous states
are expected to accept the INVITA-
tons.