The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-03
Local Leaders in Battle for
Votes for Women Keenly
Disappointed by SEN
ate Turn-DOWn.
NOLET UP IN WOhEN'S WORK
Women of the Nation VIII Not Sulk
But VIII Stand Firmly Behind the
Government for Action by the
Wisconsin Legislature.

The defeat of the suffrage amend
ment in the United States Senate on
Tuesday, came as a distinct disap-
pointment to members of the Equal
Suffrage League Of Kenosha county
which has been one of the hardest
working organizations in the whole ma
tion in support of the amendment.
Miss Harriet Balm and Miss Emma
Robinson, who have been leaders in the
local and state suffrage move
ment, made no effort to conceal the
deep disappointment that they felt over
the Senate vote.
fThe vote Of the Senate is keen
disappointment to all of us, said Miss
Balm. 'FWe feel it deeply, but we are
neither discouraged or dishearted. We
know that the great fight must be wag-
ed all over again. That we must raise
thousands of dollars for the new battle,
but we will not give up for a minute.
Tt may not be possible to call up the
amendment again during the sessions
of the present Congress, but it will
undoubtedly be one of the first things
to come before the new Congress. The
women who have been fighting the bat
tie for suffrage feel that they have ex-
plored the grounds. oThe errors which
have been made in this fight will aid
us materially in again presenting our
cause to Congress. Let it be said now
that women of America will not sulk
because they have been denied that
which they believe rightfully belongs
to them There will be no let up in
the work which has been done by
women to support the nation. We feel
deeply the cause of the nation and while
we may be disappointed that members
of the Senate denied us the right to be
full participants in the affairs of the
nation, the women of America will stan
solidly behind every feature Of the ma
tion s work. Some of them may find it
just little harder to do these things
but they will do them just the same. "
With the defeat Of the national
amendment it is certain that the Wis
consin women will at once give added
impetus to the battle to have the ques-
tion of suffrage taken up as a state
issue in Wisconsin. Both the Republi-
can and Democratic state platforms
contain strong suffrage planks and it
is thought that the cause of the women
will be given more consideration in
the coming session of the legislature
than ever before.
"We are very happy that both of
the representatives from Wisconsin
were on the side of suffrage" said
another of the Kenosha leaders in the
fight, ''This shows how Wisconsin
stands. We feel that it forecasts more
consideration for us in the state than
we have ever had before Wisconsin
may not have chance to vote on a
national suffrage amendment, but there
is nothing to prevent Wisconsin leg
islature granting suffrage to the women
of this state. We believe that the
great party leaders in the state have
been honest in their declaration for
suffrage and we believe that this hon
est declaration must be followed with
legislation at the coming session of
the legislature.
Members of the Kenosha County
Equal Suffrage League will lose no
time making their organization most
efficient to work for the success of the
state movement.