Arizona republican., 1915-10-03

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 gress. It seems to me. therefore h,,t
 proper that we should not repudiate
 Tn advance any suggestion that may 1 be made, but that we should be free
 10 give open minded and impartial | cohsldera1on to the merits of any 1 proposal that may be advanced bv
 those who have the cause of equal
 suffrage near to their hearts
 The Susan B. Anthony amendment. | of course, appeals to all who are i'm
 patient of delay, who would reform J the world in a day, but we know that | the sentiment for equal suffrage has | been or a slow growth in the United | states So far, all the gains have 1 been made state by state, and while | the movement has acquired momen-
 tum during the last few years. vet in | my Judgment, there is nothing to in
 dicate that the end is in sight. Of
 course, we would all like to take the
 short cut to freedom" but after all,
 It may be true that the longest way around is the nearest way home.
 take issue with the methods pur- sued by the Congressional Union in It's efforts to obtain national equal
 suffrage Immediately. As I under
 stand 1t, the policy of that organiza- ton is to induce the women voters of
 the West to demand that the next
 congress- as soon as it is assembled
 shall immediately submit a constitu
 uonal amendment to the states pro-
 V1d1nS for the -enfranchisement of
 women. This demand is to be pre-
 sented in the House of Representa-
 tlvee by the 40 congressman from the equal suffrage states, and in the Sen ate by the 22 senators from these states. There are 4S5 members in the House and 96 senators, so that the states where women vote do not com mand majority in either body We of the West are to make this demand. but what if the majority shall refuse to consider it? One would suppose that it might be somewhat diffirult for the tail to wag the dog. but to the strategic organizers of the Con gressiOnaI Union this feat is easily | accomplished. All that the senators | and representatives from the equal 1 suffrage states are required to do is | to conduct a filibuster so that no | other public business can be trans | acted in either house until this be- nighted majority surrenders and by a | two-thirds vote passes the Susan B. | AnothOny amendment.
 The Congressional Union is well | aware that the senators and repre- sentatives from the equal suffrage state would not take this drastic action until compelled to do so by their constituents to organize the vot- ing women of the West. A cOnVen- tion was recently held in San Fran cisco which has been proclaimed as the most significant in the femininist history of the world, and as the first indication of solidarity, of mass ac- tion, on the part of the women of the Nation. The resolutions passed by the convention declared that the en- franchisement of the women of the Nation is the paramount political issue, and the women voters are pledged to work for the Susan B. An thony amendment irrespective of the interest of any political party. The plan of the Congressional Union is clearly set forth in circular issued by that organization from which l read as follows:
 Nearly 4,000000 women can vote in national elections. This power can all the women of the Ma ton. DEMAND at the opening of the first session of the 64th congress that the party controlling congress support a United States constitutional amendment referring to the state leg slatures the question of the national of women"
 To further demonstrate the policy of the Congressional Union, let me read an authorized statement which , recently appeared in the Arizona Re publican:
 "When the envoys elected by this of women knock next De- cember at the doors of congress to , present to that body. supposed to rep f resent all the people, the resolutions f passed at the San Francisco gather , ng, it will be the first time in the , history of this country that the wO- nen of the West with the ballot in , heir own hands. have gone to a na- ! ional body. and demanded of that i body that the women of the Nation 7 ,e enfranchised. The women of the f ,astern states for seventy nine years c lave pleaded with congress to en- r ranchise the women of America. T
 The Congressional Union conven- I ion has marked the definite end of ' pleading. Four million voters strong, Q hey realize that the women of the !, Vest need no longer plead and cajole. V They are now demanding the enfran- o