Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-06-12

half the adult population of the United States In the final
ona constitution through both branches Congress last
week. yermons members of the United States Senate d.
vded Senator Dillingham; voting against the while
Senator Page helped to make up the necessary twothrds
necessary to ensure it's passage.
This division of representation in the United States
Senate thoroughly in keeping with the attitude of the
Vermont when rs Pe s to be
Henry Ballard of Burlington Of the pioneer
esp %ss SsSs f h oe
atory which long in marked demand in republican
one these bannual legislative contests
suffrage majority of the members Of the House at Motpe
passed local suffrage When the up
for consideration in the Senate however, Of the
other end Of the State Capitol lobby with the Senate to
feat the bill and thus them from the fruit the
During the latest session of Vermont awrnaking body
Vermont again divided against itself the issue of
of the sentiment of the people of the Green
Mountain State well of the republican national organ
spite of the fact that his daughter ardent cham
pon of suffrage understood from the outset
that Governor Clement would leave nothing undone to block
the the of this We In SAID to have
Rutland and present executive clerk to the executive the
taken ve a Of the s wos 5 %
that the Of Vermont represented both branches of
The fact that Legislature granted the right
to for presidential electors led Senator Hale of the Pine
though against during the preceding session of
Congress Senator Hale very properly ground that
women were qualified to vote in national elections they are
fitted to vote in all elections
significant in this connection that to New Hampshire
fell the honor Of casting the balance favor OF political justice
for Senator Keyes the middle of last month said:
mature and serious consideration of the suf
frage question: both and national have decided to sup
port the Susan Anthony amendment in the coming session
Of Congress- In arriving at this conclusion am not unmnd;
full of the fact that New Hampshire probably the pivotal
State and fully realize the Importance of my decision
Now that the federal amendment has passed both branch
OF Congress to the various State tor
ratification did the prohibition amendment. In view of
the between republicans and democrats in national poll
justice it nconcevabe that the Legislatures will refuse
to ray the act The chief barrier democratic opposition
from the South where there fears the white
population to the results that follow the extension of
the suffrage such large additional members of the coored
thony amendment was first presented.
In 1887 when the proposal first to vote sa the
ceived majority in the Senate but not the requisite two
thirds 1913 beaten ten By v f the
spare but the year lacked votes in the Senate
the ns M the
May 21 the stood 3O4 &c. while the vote the Senate
pushing the reform through Congress neither party SOL
Idly for or against suffrage Republicans made the better
it. while the Democrats We're lO2 in the Affirmative and 70 in
the negative the Democrat opposition largely from the
frage one from Florida nine from Georgia. five from Louis
ana six from Mississippi eight from North Carolina
Here in these nine Southern States fve of the
tai OF eghnne negative votes 1t is an interesting fact
eeVen VOCeS
of the amendment.
The Legislatures of the northern States will unques
tionaby rafy the suffrage amendment with practical unani
nifty In the first place the 81 States which have already
tended the presidential suffrage to control cent
of the electoral college VOTE and other States will naturally
hesitate to vote themselves out of the and dis
crimnate against their interests well their
In the second place the referendum largely
progressive promoted by and even those
States having referendum will undoubtedly raty the suf
frage amendment
The State that have full suffrage at this time
Wyoming which led the procession of States in 1862 and
Of
forna Kansas Arizona Oregon Montana New York. Mchi-
gan Oklahoma and South Dakota
Up the beginning of the present the States having
presidential suffrage for Illinois, Nebraska,
Rhode Island North Dakota During 1919 these States have
extended presidential suffrage to Iowa. Tennessee
Wisconsin, Indiana Name Minnesota Missouri Women will
thus help majority of the next electoral college in 1920
The countries having full suffrage for women are
in order of granting Zealand 1893 Australia Finland
Norway Iceland Denmark Russia Canada Austria Czecho-
Sovaka England Germany Hungary Ireland Poland Scot
land Wales Holland and Sweden all except the first eight
having taken this step in 1913 or 1919
America will thus extend tardy political justice to
en- but any progress better late than 1t is conce
able that sufficient number of States rafy the amend
that all States having the required legislation