Arizona republican., 1917-01-22
SUFFRAC|STS
PICKET QUITS
At THE HAGUE
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THE HAGUE, Jan. 2l.-The suf-
fragist picket, with its score OF MOTTO
bearing and yellow beriboned women
has vanished from the entrance to the
Dutch parliament. For long weeks they
had stuck to their posts, rain or shine.
Holland is apt to be wet at all times;
mostly so in the fail, bur tne women
kept their vigil standing, drawn up in
line. on deal planks laid on the edge of
the arcaded sidewalk. They came from
different parts of the country to take
their turn on sentry duty, sometimes
travelling long distances for the pur
poses. The guard had become famil
lar sight to The Hague public, and
more particularly to ministers and par
liamentary deputies.
Inside the building their president
DR.. Aletta Jacobs, accompanied by one
of her followers, had kept faithful
watch occupying a box placed at her
disposal by the chairman of the cham
Der, himself Each morning she drove
up to the chamber in her automobile
alighted and turned to inspect the COM
pany of the saluting guard One day
she petitiOned the astonished chairman
of the chamber to be appointed gov
eminent commissary, charged to assist
the prime minister in dealing with the
suffrage article of the constitution dur
ing the deliberations of the chamber
When the Suffragists withdrew they
fired last shot at parliament, in the
shape of an address protesting, "in the
name of thousands and thousands in
the country" against the fact that the
popular chamber should have finally
pas sed this portion of the revised con-
stitution without acknowledging wom-
ems rights.
I'VE feel deeplF indignant de-
clares the Womens Suffrage associa-
ton. that the interests of all women
have been sacrificed TO those of Il
small percentage Of men. The stream
of fine words in which the import
ance of women's suffrage for the state
was demonstrated by the prime min
lister and by many deputies, has turned
out to be but empty sounds. 1t has
been acknowledged that womens sui
fragc lies in the spirit of our times
that it must and will speedily come
also in this country. and it is inccm-
prehcnsible that courage should nave
been lacking TO grant the vote to
women in this constitutional revision.
This inconSequence of the second
chamber compels women to resume the
struggle in the country. a struggle
which will be harder and bitterer than
ever"
However. the women are not entirely
Disappointed, for under the revised
constH,l tor Just passed members OF
their Seq will be eligible for narl'r
ment for the provincial councils and
for the council of state. Moreover, the
constitutional bolt has been removed
from the door that bars the way TO
actual women's suffrage: if the bills
in question finally reach the statute
book. women w llisteahegepol aa' e,
book. women will be able to get the
coveted vote bv an ordinary legislative
measure, that is. a bare parliamentary
majority, which was before impossible,
Opposition was offered by various
members Of the right even to these
concessions. Votes for women were
objected to as in conflict with the
calling Of women as wife and mother
by the orthodox. old fashioned con-
servative Dutchmeu. 81. ~ II
The prime nl4i.. err Mr.. corr sa4
der Linden, who is himself in favor
of womens suffrage in principle, had
the parliamentary wisdom to take
what he could get and he refused at
present to embGdy votes for women
in tho constitution, on the ground that
women's suffrage would have to be
universal if placed there at all, so
that all women, even those who did
not desire It or were opposed thereto.
would be called upon to go to the
polling booth. He apparently thinks
state desires to support an organiZa =
ton that wishes to equip itself COR the
best possible service.
1t is believed that the state of Ari-
IONA should appropriate for the OPP
Grafton Of the state bureau Of mines at
least as much as the United States
government is willing to appropriate
for work within the state which is