Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-09
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RISE OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Two Million Now Enlisted to Vote in
tho United States.

Z TITO SUtho6 StasSos
A year ago Frank Nnickerbockel
looked out Of his window and rubbed
his eyes in amazement at the monster
parade of the woman suffragists. He
or most Of him, needed that startling
evidence to convince him that woman
suffrage had suddenly become q grea'
national issue. It led him to look VI
the record and find out what had hap
pened to put this question in the fore
front Of public problems, and when ne
looked 1t up he found that suffrage
was already arriving"
Today, after taking glance at yes
terday's parade, II he cares to look W
the record again he will find that In
the year that has passed woman suf-
frage has passed the arriving stage
It has arrived"
Between these two parades lies the
story Of the banner year in the votes
for-women fight. While the Pank-
hurstians have been turning England
topsy-turvy without getting any re-
suits, the pleasanter methods OF the
American suffragists have led them on
in the twelvemonth from victory to
victory. While John Bulls temper
has been exacerbated by the violence
|of the striking sisterhood, Uncle Sam
has watched with growing admiration
the gay good temper and the unrufti-
ed, smiling determination with which
his daughters have pressed their
claims upon him, and in every case but
three where the question has been
squarely put up to him he has said.
''Why, certainly. ladies'" in the same
good temper. The three exceptions
were In Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.
Women suffrage IL long past the ex-
perimental stage. The year that has
passed since the first New York pa
rade has put It there. 1t can no long
'er be debated as a theory; it has be-
come fact It has ARRIVED"
1.-Two million women now vote in the
United States on the same terms with
men. They vote not merely for school
which the conserva-
.tives used to concede reluctantly as
an office which women might possibly
be trusted to express an opinion upon.
They vote for presidents. governors,
Legislators, congressman, and mayors.
In nine states of the Union they
have the fu,, franchise. 1t Is no longer
an argument against suffrage to say,
"But they might decide the issue Of a
presidential election; you wouldn't
want to let women do that, would
your" They can already decide a
presidential election; they have votes
enough and to spare. The nine states
where women vote have 55 electoral
votes. as
Three Of these nine states-Oregon,
Kansas and Arizona-came into camp
within etyae.rryg .eusiseta tao taco
within 1.-The year. OF the four states
where the question was put to vote
only Michigan decided in the mega
tive.
Besides these states, the legisla-
lures Of five states-Wisconsin, Mon
tana, Nevada, North Dakota and South
Dakota-have passed woman suffrage
amendments. Each Of them had done
1t by majority large enough to indi-
cate a prospect Of success when the
amendments come before the people.
Four more states-New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Iowa-have
put suffrage amendments through
their legislatures, but must re-enact
them in the next legislature before
the amendments can be submitted to
the people. In other states the
amendment has passed one house and
is pending. An amendment to the
United States constitution is about to
be reported out Of committee to the
senate. The territory of Alaska has
given women the vote.-New York
Times.