Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-21
New Bill May Relieve Big
Appropriation Measure
of Some 100000 of Its
Heavy Burden of Wealth

Suffering of ennui and having not
thing on earth to do but go over, de
novo. the 100000 appropriation bill
and some $50 other bills now reposlng
in various committees, and having al
most three weeks to do it in, the house
relieved itself of the dragging hours
Yesterday by Willing away the fore
noon with the woman suffrage question.
The diversion was created by a house
concurrent memorial by Mrs Marsh
of Santa Cruz to the president and
congress of this tenor:
To the President the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the
United States.
Your memorialistS the Third Leg
islature of the state of Arizona in reg
ular session assembled, respectfully
represent, that,
Whereas. despite the utmost efforts
put forth by the retrOgressive few,
property qualifications religious tests,
and all other barriers to the freedom
ideal, have been thrown down and uni
versal manhood suffrage is an estab-
lished fact;
Whereas, section one of article four
teen of the constitution of the United
States SAYS, "Ar persons born or ma
turalized in the United States and sub
ject to the jurisdiction thereof "~H
citizens of the United States and of the
state wherein they reside
Whereas, all persons who are taxed
and governed without representation
are subjects. and not citizens, and tax
alton without representation is
tyranny;
Whereas. it is undemocratic to deny
the governed Il voice in the govern
ment, and
Whereas. the state of Arizona has
granted to her women the high and
sovereign right of citizenship at the
ballot box; and
Whereas, Arizona stands today
among the leaders of the progressive
American states, in her humanitarian.
her educational, and her law abiding
principles. Her government function
ing for the interests Of her whole peo-
pie. unfettered by a distinction of race.
creed or sex, and this largely because
the trainers of her fundamental law
recognized the truth and justice of the
principle that woman suffrage always
and everywhere tends to uplift, rather
than to degrade, and to promote the
common good Of all rather than to give
special privileges to few.
Therefore, your memOrialists. the
people of Arizona, speaking through
the house of representatives. and the
senate of the third state legislature
humbly pray that your honorable
bodies will enact the necessary legis-
lation to bestow upon the women OF
America the priceless gift of the cleo
tive franchise.
The memorial would probably have
taken the usual course but for Mrs
O'NeiH who recognized in it an appea
for the adoption of the Susan B. An
fr1, oh l7saT
become hateful to all true sutfra gist:
through the activities of the Congress
sional union, and the million dollar
special which toured Arizona and the
west last fall for the defeat of Presi-
dent Wilson. Mrs. O'NeiIl said tha
her own record on the woman suffrage
question was clear and unquestioneG
but she wanted suffrage to become ma
tional as President Wilson did, stat
by state. She would impose upon n,
state legislation which it did not want
She had not forgotten the Tyranny o
President Taft in compelling the PEG
pie of Arizona to mutilate their con
stitution.
Considers Memorial AS Threat
Mr. Baxter opposed the memoria
on the ground that, what with the in
ternational situation. the president hat
enough to worry him without memor
ials on the subject of equal suffrage
In the face of the peril to which Grea
Britain had been subjected the mill
tant suffTagists had temporarily aban
doned their campaign and the suf
fragists of this country should be "a
considerable of the president and hi
problems Mr.. Baxter characterize
the terms Of the memorial as a threat
To this language Mr. Cook raised
point of order and was sustained b,
the speaker. when Mr. Baxter offere
an apology.
Mrs. Marsh replying. denied that an
threat was conveyed. The memoria
she said was an answer to an appea
OF the women of the cast to those o
he west. She would not embarras