Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-09
THE SUFFRAGE WAVE.

It is not many weeks since the suffragists of ue Congressional Union met failure in getting er suffrage bin passed by congress. Although the bin provided simply for the submission of constitutional amenl- men to the various states was defeated because it seemed to many violation of the rights of ndiyidu2l states to make their own suffrage laws. Adoption of the amendment by threetourths of the states would have meant that the other fourth compelled pos' bly, against their will to give their women tae ballet
 Now that the big matter of setting suffrage before the country by federal action has been settled in the negative for a time at least and the suffrage cause is no longer hampered and burdened with the eN taneous issue of state rights great of suffagsm seems 10 be sweeping the land
 The Texas legislature has received committee re- ports in favor of a woman suffrage amendment to the state constitution The Arkansas and Tennessee legs. atures have passed resolutions for state votes ou he suffrage question.
 This evidences the fact that the South is longer the solid bulwark against new ideas that norhernera have sometimes erroneousll supposed. These states may vote against the introduction of when the time comes. but at least they are going give the women their fair chance getting the vote The rest is up to the women themselves. If they stir up
 
 time for decision arrives they can win. I not they won't The writer has steadily maintained that it would be great calamity for women to have the before they can themselves care enough for to do good hard work to get it.
 Theoretically the vote the right of every ratona! human being because his humanity and for no other reason But as practical proposition, people wh" aren't enough interested getting it to hustle lhdo for it aren't enough interested in civic mpro ement to do their communities any good with it after they se' it. The women who do work for suffrage find out very swiftly what their communities need. and how they can help them And the moral of this, ladies. isn't what you migh tcan artsticay concealed!
 The South is not alone is breaking with tradition New York state and New Jersey both have voted o sub init the sufraEe proposition the voters at the mex election. In New Jersey there was only one ballo against the resolution, and when the vote was an nounced that withdrawn to make it unanimous
 This means that these two important states the bh one and the little to be storm centers of cam paigning for the next nine months The well organized Empire State campaign committee has a big ches at its disposal with etiu bigger one in prospect if tn courts decide that the huge left by Mrs. Franl Leslie for the suffrage cause may be turned to Mrs Carrie Catt as provided in the will The other organ cations are also doing heavy and able work.
 If both these states should win this fall-or ethe one of them-it would be noteworthy break in rh heretofore solid East" And back of them looms ultra conservative Rhode Island whose governor has decare flauy for woman suffrage and whose legislature is nov wrestling with the problem.
 It is evident that the suffrage is gaining for and priying power Whether it wipes out the old in justices is distinctly up to the women themselves.