Arizona republican., 1915-06-21
Equal Suffrage and Other Legislation Affecting the Women Figures in Dis cussion of Majority of State Legislatures
SEVEN TO VOTE
 ON SUFFRAGE
Also in Twelve States Women Suffrage Meas ures Meet Defeat-Three Votes Kill Measure in Texas; Also Indiana
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl


 NEW YORK, June 20. - Equal suffrage and other legislation affec- ting women figured prominently this year in the discussions of large majority of the state legislatures. The sessions of most of them have now come to q close and summary of their activities collated by the Associated Press discloses that the question ot woman suffrage came up for deliberation in twenty two states and that divorce laws, mothers pensions, women police, minimum wage, eugenic marriage or other sub jects relating 10 women were con sidered in twenty seven states
 The legislatures of seven states adopted resolutions whereby a con stitutional amendment giving women equal suffrage rights with men will he submittde to the people at the fall elections either this or next year. They are Massachusetts, New Jersey. New York. and Pennsylvania in 1915: Iowa, South Dakota and West Vir- ginia in 1916. Tennessee adopted a similar resolution. but it must also be passed by the next succeeding legislature before it can be summit ted tc the voters. So did Arkansas. but the resolution was ineffective because of a provision of the state constitution which forbids more than three constitutional amendments to be submitted at one election and three already had been filed with the secretary of state.
 California adopted q resolution de- claring that woman suffrage in that state had been an unqualified sue cess. Alabama will consider the question at an adjourned session to begin July '.
 Tn twelve states woman suffrage measures met defeat - Connecticut. Delaware Florida, Indiana. Michigan. New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota. Oklahoma. Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin. Three votes defeated the measure in Indiana It was passed by the senate with only three votes registered against it. but a motion in the house to call the bill out of committee failed to carry, 46 to 4a..
 Three votes also killed the measure in the Texas legislature. where it was introduced in the house. two thirds majority. however was re quired to pass it and the suffraCist supporters claimed a great gain. The resolution did not reach the senate
 Eight votes defeated the bill in the assembly of Wisconsin and there was a bitter contest on the question in North Dakota. where, undaunted by tho defeat of their cause at the gen cral election last year. the suffrage adherents renewed the fight. Tn yA- was defeated decisively ;n both houses; in Florida in the lower house: in New Mexico and North Carolina it died in committee Tn Michigan a proposed amendment to the constitution giving women the tight to vote for presidential electors and all officers of educational nature was never reported out of the sen ate committee The general assem- hly of Connecticut declined to send the measure to the next assSmbly for ratification.
 New Mexico. however. passed a aw providing for the appointment of women on the governing boards Of state institutions in the discretion of he governor North Carolina enac- ed bill making women eligible to become notaries in the state and giv- ing them the right of petition in certain instances. Women may be- ,ome notaries by a law passed also n Tennessee and serve in that state )n school boards.
 Pensions for mothers came up for in eighteen states. In eight - Kansas, Montana. Nevada, New Hampshire, New York. Okla
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