The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-13
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ADVANCING

The New York Evening Post in one OF
IL rss'ent Issns- deyotsl one ss~rtion Ia
the cause of Woman's Suffrage, rex,onnt
INK the progp-s il has made in the coun
Try and exploiting the prospscts Of sue
ss- II has IN New York. At pre--nt nine
'tatss out Of forty eight grant full sufi sss..
q" Women citizens. The legislature Of the
Territory of Alaska gave full suffrage q,
~"'nen in 1913. without opposition.
twenty states nov grant -rhool, land. or
tax-I'aying suffrage. Illinois 10y lsyi.la-
tive enactment in 1913 grant-si partial
suffrage The right extended in thi,
state. however. dos- not include yot.
on officers and qne-tions provided for in
tile state constitution. although women
are privileged "a vote for Presidential
elertor-
The prospective states for women suf-
irage this year are Montana. North and
south Dakota and Nevada. The suifraer
amendment in thess. stats wn- affirm<ui
10y their legi-latnre- in 1919, and q poular
vote will le taken on the measure in Nov
emirr "f 1914. Missouri. Nebraska and
Ohio have initiative Ieti:ion law which
provide that q constitutional amendmept
may he submittrd without artion by the
legislature. In these statx-s there is /.
hopeful view Of tBe situation for the at
tainment "f the right at the eI-.tion-
next fall New York. Pennsylvania and
Iowa are popularly called half-campaign
-tats-, b~rau-e a suffrage amendment har
passed the legislature of each stat. but
must be approved 10y the Legislature which,
convene- ia January 1915. iefore il can
ie submitted ~ the voters Last week
New Jer-cy Was @ldei u this class b,
the artion Of IL Legislature, now in ss-
SION. From the rszrord il will L.. -s~n
that woman suffrage has am acknowls<l,e-
'nent in enough stats "a ratify any n
mendinent o. the c"n-titution os the a.
:. giving equal suffrage u w"nen, con.
diti"n that Congress would 10 we'll L
rs-cognize.
IL n pleasant reflection that all the~.
Hdvancements oi the cau-e, though sarne-
what tarby. have le-n accomplished d,
il'e most feminine Of women, withoui
iorce threats or tlieextrsvagantly violen
meas'sre- pursued 10y English sisters, who
seem tO have gOttrn nowhere. The a
chievement is not only comp imentary q
the womanlinr-- 81 American women, bui
- the chivalrous instincts Of America
'nanhOsd and respect and reverence f.,
the political aud civic rights 81 the moth
er. daughter and sister.
The special numler Of the Post con-
taIns a message 81 Dr. Anna Howard
shaw, President of the National Ameri
can Woman Sunrasp Association. in
~hirh she refers rather significantly n a
rerent Washington incident connected
With the Domocratic administration. Her
observations on this subject are wortl,
while reprOdncing
The fact that the senate Comtnitt.. On
Woman Sudrage reTOrts-l fsvOrahly. and
tsHt there have tern frequent discussions
IN the senate, and that every possible
means had b. l'e employed by our oppo-
nent- 70 prevent the appointing of q spe-
cial comnittee ON suffrage in the lower
hou-e' reflects the constant growth Of the
movement tbro Igiiout the nation. Botl,
President Wilson and the Democratic
caucu- IN the Iion-e siie~tepped the main
'-sie, the President ba-ing his refusal n
act uTon the fact that woman snffraes
va not incorporated in the party plat
Form ur-on which he va elected, and tle
Democratic csucIs running o. cover le-
hind the convenient cry II state Right.
shows conciusiveIy that even politicians
no longer regard the question merely one
Tor academic Discussion, but one Of prac-
teal politics. which can no longer H. ig-
nored