Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-16
GOV. LARRAZOLO
PLEDGED To ND
STUFF AWE NDMENT
Chef Executive Says He win
Leave Nothing UndOne tO|
Give the Women Of New.
Mexico the Right to Vote.
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Especial CORRESPONDENCE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, June l5.-Governor o, a.
Larrozolo pledged himself unreserved-
ly last night in an address at the Flag
day suffrage celebration in the New
Museum, to use all Of his persuasive,
political and executive powers, what
ever they may be, to bring about rat
ification of the Sunsan b. Anthony
federal suffrage amendment to the
constitution. Personally, he declares,
he wished that wome-.> had not asked
for the suffrage, but since they have
asked and it has been granted as far
as congress is concerned, and since
his party is pledged to the principle,
he for one will leave nothing undone
to secure a speedy ratification. He
told of how he pleaded, argued and
begged the last legislative session to
give the New Mexico women suffrage
without waiting for the federal amend
ment, but a few votes were lacking
to the necessary three-fourths vote in
the house. For ratification, however,
only a majority is necessary, and this
is certain in the present legislative as
sembly.
Miss Mary Winsor of Philadelphia
made an address that impressed the
audience most favoraOfy There had
been an impression that she was a
rip-roaring militant, a snoring hyena,
but instead she proved a cooling dove
who spoke tactfully, gracefully,
charmingly, without bitterness, with
flashes of wit and humor and occa-
sional irony and sarcasm. The argu-
ment that a special session of the leg
islature would cost SIS, 900 made no
impression on her. she pointed to
Kansas, where the legislators agreed
TO come to a special session without
pay. The cost of an ice cream soda
for each inhabitant of the state would
pay the cost of a special session and
surely, New MeXicO's men think
enough of their women to set them up
to the price of a soda. There will be
100000 other women voting at the
next presidential election and New
MeXicO's women are as good and as
worthy as these. Then she launched
into a brilliant tribute to the work OF
women in New Mexico for centuries
past as history has recorded it, and
emphasized especially the sacrifices
made by the Spanish American wom-
en-. She told how in Pennsylvania,
priests and ministers, Knights of Co
lumbus and other civic forces took a
stand for womans suffrage because
of the moral aspect, ana how polltl-
clans there swung into line because of
the political aspect. She pointed out
how women from time immemorial
have built and conserved culture in
New Mexico and that the ballot is
merely a modern tool which woman
should have in her work as well as
the old fashioned tools with which
she had wrought and achieved so mag
nificently in the southwest Her trib-
ute to New Mexico and its people was
glowing and based on an intimate
knowledge, it seemed, of the states
history and traditions Governor Lar
razolos address of introduction was a
polished gem of gracious eloquence,
and he was interrupted by applause
again and again as was also Miss
Winsor.
Supreme Court Justice G. j. Rob-
erts, District Judge Reed Holloman
and other political leaders expressed
themselves as ready to do everything
possible for a speedy ratification. 1t is
pointed out that a special session of
the legislature is likely anyway as
the reconstruction legislation that
should follow action by congress must
get under way with speed so that the
commonwealth and the returned SOL
diers may reap benefit therefrom.
An expenditure of $4,000 now, If
that much is needed to pay for a spe-
cial session, would bring returns of
millions of dollars in increased prop
rerty values. Ratifying at the same
time the Anthony amendment, would
be merely doing justice for the women
of New Mexico. Fortunately, the tax
levies this year are yielding greater
revenue than had been anticipated
and practically every fund will be
overflowing, so that abundant means
are all ready to pay the price of an
ice cream soda for every resident of
the state, that is the sum that is
needed to pay for a special session
even though the legislators insist upon
full pay for themselves and employees.
1t is figured that the best time for
such a session would be early in Sep
TENDER, say about September IL. The
attorney general and legislative lead
ers could draft the necessary bills and
resolutions beforehand as was done
for the special war session which
disposed of the most momentous Leg
islative business in the history of the
state and did it well in a very short
time.