Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
Votes for Women.


 dr. Editor: These are marvellous days-yes, epoch making daysl Ma tiens as well as individuals are led by visions of a genuine democracy. A government of the people by the people for the people, in which women are recognized as people"
 The patriotic spirit of women during the war has unquestionably brought to a head the sentiment in favor of votes for women, which has been steadily growing during the years past. The old arguments against it have been hanlshed where they belong, to the rubbish heap.
 Woman suffrage has become a prime political issue-a world wide issue as has been proven by the fact that the allies have all either granted it ef have taken action in favor of it. Premier Orlando recently said: -Fhe time is ripe to extend suffrage to women. I hope the present legislature may grant it." France has promised it, England as war measure has enfranehised six million. Russia en- franchfsed all of her women, and Can ada, our elbow neighbor, has set the United States an example that must fill every true lover of democracy with shame. Every Canadian woman can vote in the future-they can look across the line and pity us because the majority of our senate are so lacking in justice and ehixalry as to refuse to pass the Susan B. Anthony amend ment.
 Why do they balk? They passed the Hawaiian suffrage bill. By this act Hawaii is given an authority no state in our union possesses; it can give the vote to its women by statute without a referendum. Did Sena 3- Brandegee make any objection to the women Of Hawaii having the vote We have not heard so. Does he con sider the women of Hawaii superior to his wife and daughters, if he has any Another senator was reported to have said: I'm opposed to giving the vote to women, we men know far better than they do what they want" This has German favor-as Treitschle wrote: "We Germans, who know both Germany and France, know what suits the Alsatians better than they do." The kaiser and the Potsdam gang are as opposed to woman suffrage as are some of our senators. What a pity that our Connecticut men should be obsessed with the same views on the Eubjeet! Wa would have them in better company.
 How queer it is that these senators have never before endorsed the demo cratic platform on state rights. Queer too, is it not, that just when the dem ocratic party has a real vision of what true democracy is and the state cen tral committee of Connecticut has en- dorsed the federal suffrage amend ment, and the Hartford Post says: Suffrage is coming, and coming soon The country is ready for it. By voting in favor of the amendment the demo- cratic state central committee keeps step with the party" the republican senator, Brandegee, advocates "state rights'-the old slogan of the demo- cratic party!
 Brandegee must have fallen into a Rip sleep. If he ever aWakens he may realize the truth of Daniel Web ster's remark: Tn all governments truly republican. men are nothing principle is everything" and he may l rest assured that the suffragists have vision of 8 government of the people in which self determination, the very foundation stone of democracy, will be granted to women. They will nevel l cease the fight for this vision unti they, too. have a voice in the law making and law enforcing power o1