Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
Congress and made law by the sigma
ture OF President Wilson, December %
Amendments to Constitution

one of the most interesting political
events OF the year was the coming into
force of the sixteenth amendment
through its ratification by the requisite
number Of states. Thirty-five states had
already accepted it. and President-elect
Wilson. still Governor of New Jersey.
was anxious to have that commonwealth
make the decisive thirty-sixth. When
It became known that New Jersey was
about to adopt this income tax amend
ment several other states entered the
race. The legislature Of Delaware
adopted the amendment the morning
OF February 3. but later II was found
that Wyoming. under suspended rules,
had acted an hour earlier This new
article OF the Constitution, the first ad-
dtion to that venerable document IN
forty-three years. reads as follows: rhe
Congress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes on incomes. from whatever
source derived. without apportionmcnt
among the several states and without
regard to any census or enumeration
April 9 the Connecticut legislature APP
proved the amendment providing for the
popular election of United States scna-
tors, and the measure became u part OF
the Constitution
The action of the California assembly
iting alien ownership of land against
which Japan had protested with
marked emphasis. caused a distinct
furry II political circles. President
Wilson. through Secretary of State
Bryan. made strong appeal to the
California lawmaking body not to dis
criminate against the Japanese, and
sent MIR. Bryan to confer with Gov.
Johnson and the legislature on the
matter. After several conferences be-
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lawmakers the latter passed a revised
alien land bill which was still objec-
tionable to Japan and To the Washing
ton administration. May the Arizona
legislature passed a bill prohibiting
alien ownership of land Although
President Wilson urged Gov Johnson
to withhold his approval of the meas
ure. the latter signed it May II. three
days after Gov. Hunt of Arizona had
signed d similar bill
The woman suffrage moyement-nllll
tant abroad and without violence at
home-has made marked progress. At
the collapse OF a franchise bill from
which they had expected to derive CON
siderable benefit the British suffragists
concluded they had been tricked, and
they promptly declared war to the
knife" Meetings of protest We're held,
incendiary speeches made and militant
expeditions went forth to destroy.
Plate glass windows in government Of
telegraph wires were cut and Parlia-
ment House and other public buildings
were threatened. A veritable state of
siege existed. The disappointed suf
fragists threatened all methods of
Narfare short of murder.
In this country the votes-for-women
propaganda proceeded far more sane
~ and made distinct progress Since
adding three states TO the suffrage
ranks in the fall elections of last year.
m L 10 - "a in nj " q r (,T
legislatures have acted favorab1y on
the woman suffrage amendment. In
January the Texas legislature put the
question of woman suffrage before the
people, the Nevada legislature submit
ted the question 10 popular vote and
the New York assembly adopted a
resolution already passed by the Sen
ate, but the measure must be approved
by another Legislature and ratified by
the people. In February the Pennsyl-
vania house passed a resolution pro-
viding for the suffrage for women. In
the same month the oregon senate
passed a woman suffrage resolution
and the New Jersey assembly and the
Arkansas senate adopted suffrage
amendments.
At the April election in Michigan the
proposed woman suffrage amendment to
the Constitution was defeated. A BIT
ter contest between the liquor interests
and the Anti-Saloon League was being
fragists ascribe their defeat to that
cause. In March the first measure
passed the Alaska legislature comforting
the suffrage upon woman and the Mas
sachusetts house failed to pass q woman
suffrage amendment. In June the Illi-
nois house passed the Senate measure
comforting upon women the right to
vote for presidential eectors and city
and town officials, and the bill was
signed by Gov. Dunno on the 10th. Thus
Illinois became the first state cast Of the
Mississippi river to confer any consider
able voting power upon women. August
the mayor o. Chicago made a record
by appointing ten women as members of
the police force of that city.
Thus, with no especial show OF bell
ligerency, American suffragists are keep
ing their cause effectively before the
public. One of the new eHpedients which
they have adopted is the so-calied hike, "
q crcss-country jaunt accompanied by an
automobile comniissariat and a plentiful
supply OF war literature. A small company
OF enthusiastic suffragists marched all
the way from New York city TO Albany
to present u petition to Gov. Sulzer on
the day OF his inauguration. Another COM
pany made a pilgrimage to Washington
to participate in the suffragist parade and
pageant OF March =, in which 5000 women
marched.
In June the women OF the world met
in several important congresses. At the
sixth convention of the International
Woman Suffrage Association. held at
Budapest, June loo, twenty-siN countries
were represented, including all the Euro
pean nations except Turkey. The presid-
ing officer o. the convention was q New
York woman, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait.
The Norwegian storthing gave the fun
franchise 10 women by unanimous
vote June Ii. the same day on which
Illinois gave limited suffrage 70 women
by large majority.
November II the French chamber Of
deputies rejected woman suffrage
amendment by vote of 3 to !. Dur
ing the month Mrs. Ernmelinc Pankhurst,
the militant suffragist leader whose vio-
lent efforts in behalf of the cause have
more than once subjected her to the
discipline of British prison life. made a
profitable lecture tour of America. De-
cember 1 the fifty-fifth convention OF
the National Womans Suffrage Associa-
ton opened at Washington.
Rare Political Sensation.