The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-13
VIEWS ON SUFFRAGE

During the TWO weens Una, | spent at the capital Friday 1 learned a gl eat
 many things. one of which is this, that
 no matter if a senator or a representative
 is against suffrage or even some of
 the antis, the main point of opposition seems to be not opposition to suffrage, for they all know it's bound to como, but what they want is states rights sui frage and not the present form of ob- taining it.
 1 had some amusing interviews with various well known politicians on the subject of suffrage both for and against it.
 Senator Rogers of Florence declared that while he was elected on an anti suffrage platform, if his vote would
 mean the decisive vote for suffrage he'd cast it that way.
 Said Senator Phillips of Opelika; Il have never taken much interest in the question until some suffragists came
 in to see me one day and put the ques- tion squarely up to me. One of the suf- l-fragists had a great deal of property, some money and yet her 2-year-old son, hardly old enough to earn his own liveli- hood could vote on her property and she couldn't. So l said: Here's this lady who is a heap better financier than her son: shes a fine citizen and big property owner, and she is denied any voice in the management of her own af- airs, and why so? I realized that she ought to have the vote and I'm strong for her getting it."
 Representative w. A. Blount, Wash ngton, is decidedly anti" he is strik- ing figure in the house, typicany rural, very frank in his expressions, and quite unique in appearance. When 1 met the gentleman from Wash l'ington I told him I'd like to have an eX = pression from him on the subject of sui frage, and he said:
 Are you a suffragist?" Merely a newspaper person" I re- piled.
 Then I might as well tell you from the beginning that I'm agn suffrage, "
 he said, shifting his wad of tobacco to the other side of his mouth And why?' I asked.
 When I came to Montgomery" he replied. Laura said to me"
 And may I ask who Laura is?" I in- terpoated
 'Laura's my wife" said the gentle
 man from Washington Laura says to
 me; If you go up there to that legis- lature and vote for woman suffrage you shall never come in ten miles of home again as long as you live" Well that certainly settles the ques- tion as far as you are concerned" | ventured to suggest. Absolutely" said the gentleman 1 from Washington who the last session of the legislature distinguished him. | self by introducing a bill providing fo: | Hen Pecked Husbands Representative J. C. Arnold of Jef- | ferson, is a loyal friend of suffrage and 1 in expressing his views said: | I'm for suffrage because think it's l right; the woman can be depended
 upon as they have proven in all in- | stances, especially during the war when | they did as good work as men and l 1 believe that they should have the vote
 and if l can help them to get it I'm | going to do so."
 Representative A. P. Longshore ia
 miliarly called Judge" declared that he 1 was highly in favor of suffrage: If the women had had the vote | fifty years ago this generation would never have known the open saloon vice would have been eliminated to a i, great degree; they stand for all that is fine and commendable and if given
 the vote I believe would use it wisely and judiciously"