The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-21

the advocates of the amendment-those who embarrassed the resident in time of war by plcketing the White House. and those who conducted their propagahoa with greater modesty-that two govern CTS have it within their power to entran- chise the women of the country.
 Governor Phillips of Wisconsin and Governor Edge of New Jersey, must ap- point successors to the late Senators Hastings and Hughes. If these exeeu- tives permit Mrs. Catt or Miss Alice Paul. to name senators, the suffragettes declare they will put their amendment lover the top
 In other words, while the antis declare the pros need four votes, the pros de clare that they can get along very well with two.
 THE TWO AMENDMENTS Inasmuch as the suffragettes will not permit the vote to be boiled until they are reasonably certain of success, there is no means by which one can forecast the date for the decision of the issue. The situation is so arranged, however. that there is a probability that in some
  to ratify or reject two amendments at the same time, the amendment prevent | ing the manufacture of liquor, and the amendment giving women the right to vote.
 | If these two amendments go down the line, coupled like the swans of June i each striking deadly blows at what dem ocrats of the old school term state rights, the effect could not be other than interesting. Argument in Congress is l that if one amendment is ratified, both should be-that in principle they are , identical. Other argument is to the ef- ] feet that the people of the country. op- posing bitterly either the one or the other proposed amendment will reach conclusion that the popular fad of l changing the constitution has reached such excesses that it should be promptly checked.
 BATTING THE SOUTH
 The suffragettes, in the present mo- ment are directing their fire against the ] south--just as sometime ago, when they were before the bar of the House they { assailed the backward" south. | They are now boasting, in hope of causing other changes in the southern senatorial delegation that they have !! broken the solid south. They declare l that they have corrailed Senator Shep- pard of Texas, author of the proposed amendment making the nation dry; Senator Vardaman of Mississippi. Who argues that the ratification of the suf- frage amendment would solve, not inten- sify, the negro problem Senator Rams dell of Louisiana. Senator Kirby of Ar kansas, Senator McKellar of Tennessee and possibly Senator Smith of Georgia
 It is a notable fact that each of these converts ardently supported the dry amendment This would indicate that 1T N the minds of these gentlemen both pro- posed amendments should be regarded 1.-the one, for the welfare of the nation, is \ as important as the other.
 NO TIME LIMIT
 In view of the time limit incorporated in the dry amendment, there is sont chance that it will fail of ratification While a state which ratifies the amend l ment cannot subsequently retract it's ac of ratification, that act, after sever years, unless made effective through thu tunoualified success of the amendment
 becomes. null and void,
 But should the suffrage amendmen
 be submitted, it's ratification Woulo necessarily follow. The House made nt
 restriction as to lergth of time tht lamendment should pend before becoming a dead letter Therefore, it is reason
 ably certain that the amendment, ever Eff the intervention of 8 long number o years should be necessary, would even ! tually be ratifieds N
 | Alabama in the Senate, as Alabama ex pressed itself in the House, will oppos l the amendment by unanimous vote.