El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-06

pTHUP SFLIGNAN. chairman Of the Democratic state
a executive committee in New Mexico has made shrewd
political move by creating womens division Of the Demo
cratic state committee and by naming woman with title
Of vice chairman Of the committee in charge Of that div
New Mexico women do not vote Therefore M SeHg-
mans action might be regarded merely foolish were II
not for the fact that he is convinced some other
political leaders II the state also, that woman suffrage
as applied to New Mexico has been delayed merely not
A suffrage map shows that among western states
New Mexico Is the only that has not followed the lead
II Wyoming and extended BY legislative act the rnnse
fuv to women measure introduced IN the last legs
ative session in New Mexico was defeated by the unl
ingness Of certain members, mostly keplohoah ~ le
their wives sisters and daughters and the rest OF me
qomznhood Of New Mexico vote Gov o. A Larrazolo oe
ounced the in vigorous terms and more Jhan one Po
ticaI observer estimated that the rejection Of woman
suffrage put handicap the Republican party IN New
MEXICO which would be most difficult to overcome
This IS true for the that the record stands for
itself It IS in sharp contrast to the Democratic oonyen-
TONS endorsement Of suffrage and the fact that the Demo
cratic state committee has established womens branch
Of its organization Women voters Wnen tney 40 Ieay
become voters VIII forget who stood by them and who
sought to keep the ballot out Of their reach Human ma
lures inclination Is to reward Its friends and punish us
enemies. II VIII be found, from now On, that the woman
vice chairman Of the Democratic state committee IN New
Mexico VIII be working steadily not only to get votes for
women but also that those votes become Demo
+ Is possibe that were the New Mexico legislature
voting today suffrage the franchise would be granted
New Mexico political leaders whose function It IS to stop
look and listen believe that is true. Should national
suffrage submitted 70 Lle slal1
congress- the New Mexico legislature would most likely
oin in ratifyng But neither supPositon changes the
fact that legislature predOmnantly Republican rejected
suffrage for New Mexico women and that the DeocIauc
party has not only endorsed 1t but Is working for Il
In national sense, the suffrage fight stands about as
follows
According to the count made by the womens national
party one more must be obtained in the United
States senate submission to the states Of an
amendment TO national constitution. SiXyour votes
VIII be necessary win in the senate Ihrtyeight Re
publican and IS Democratic votes assured making a
total Of Ten Republicans and nine Democrats are IN
opposition.
Of the newly elected members Of the senate nine have
announced their intention to vote for submission None
Of them has come out IN opposition -Four
initial Either their convictions not clear cut OF
they waiting to make Of the trend Of sentiment
among their constituents As to the west every senator
with the exception Of senator Borah has out in favor
Of for and for submission TO the states Of
national constitutional amendment.
the middle vest senators Reed Of Missouri; Hitch
cock Of Nebraska and Pomerene Of Ohio have been lined
I'D with the ants. However the Missouri and Nebraska
legislatures have pe0ned their senators to change their
attitude to Of sympathy with the suffrage movement
znd they nay comply
Three Of the new Democratic senator's not dis
closing their intentions They senators Dial Of South
Carolina; Harms of Georgia, and Harrison, of Mississippi
They from states wherein sentiment against sul-
frage has been somewhat pronounced. It has been
impression, fact that southern congressman have been
peculiarly to allowing TO vote yet the Ten
legislature recently yielded TO proSuage pressure
and enacted legislation whereby in that state VII
have the right vote in presidential and school elections
Because Of the votes coming into the senate there
every believe that the national amendmen,
VIII be submitted to the states during the special session
Of congress to be convened in June.
When It Is submitted to the states 1t VIII be up tC