The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-26
MORE STATES TO
SUBMIT SUFFRAGE
Triumph Comes After Years Of
Strenuous Work.
WOMEN WIN 4 BIG VICTORY

Cheers and Applause In Massachusetts
Until Speaker Ordered Galleries
| cIosed-In New Jersey s~uffrasists
Reached Governor Fielder Through
His Wife-in PIanks Of Both Parties.
New Jersey and Massachusetts have
been added to the states in which the
voters are to decide next fall whether
the franchise shall lie given to wo-
men. New York and her neighbors
thus will have u livelier election than
Is usual IN the year before a presi.
Dental campaign. In all three states
the suffragists. elated at their success
in the stronghold Of conservatism
are planning vigorous campaigns.
In New Jersey the state senate pass.
ed the woman's outrage resolution,
comma and all. by a vote Of II to 4.
The assembly had already ratified It.
and the question will be put before
the voters In September. Fears frr
the comma. which was said to be
missing when the resolution left the
assembly. proved groundless. 1t was
In the official copy introduced before
the senate.
The views Of the senators were split
four ways. regardless Of their votes.
Senator Hennessy. Democratic minor
ity leader. voted for it because he thinks
women should vote. and others voted
tor 1t because. regardless Of their per.
sonal views. they thought the question
should 60 before the voters. Besides
those who voted mo" In accordance
with their views on the propriety Of
giving women the vote there was Sen.
ator Ramsey.
If this question were to be submit.
ted to the women Of the state" said
Ramsey. Il might favor the resolution,
because l do not believe the majority
OF the women want the ballot. But
this question will now he submitted to
the men, and we know that the men
Will be easily Influenced by the woman
s~ufragists. fear that the proposed
amendment will be adopted"
wo.thirds Vote Necessary.
In Massachusetts, the suffrage
amendment to the state constitution
was passed by the house by a vote of
1876 to 80. 1t had already passed the
senate and will be acted on at the No.
vember election. 1t provides for strik.
ing out the word male from the con-
stitutional qualification for voting. A
two-thirds t at the popular election
will be necessary to pass it.
When the result was announced
women in the gallery showered the
legislators with jonquils. Cheers and
applause resounded until the speaker
ordered the galleries closed. Then the
women went outside and had a jubi-
lee.
Women spectators in Trenton made
no demonstration. Their attitude was
in keeping with the dignified campaign
they have carried on for more than a
generation in New Jersey.
Julia Ward Howe was one of the
originators Of the movement in New
Jersey. Another pioneer was DIR.
Madeline De Hart. who died about a
year ago. The movement has perme-
ated New Jersey rather than captured
1t by storm. Seventeen years ago it
had crystallized into something def.
mite and powerful. Since that day it
has wedged its way into every corner
Of the state through women's clubs.
Two years ago the resolution came
within an ace of going before the vot-
tiers. 1t had been duly adopted by the
legislature. At the last moment it was
found that the state had not complied
with the law in regard to advertising
the question. 1t was that slip which
made the s%uffragists fearful for the
safety Of their comma.
The s~uffragists reached Governor
Fielder through his wife. They sue
ceeded in getting a suffrage plank into
the platforms Of both the Republicans
and Democrats and felt reasonably
sure that their resolution would be
adopted.