Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-13
WOMEN ASK THAT
COVE RNOR CALL A
SPECIAL SESSION
Resolution is Adopted Follow
ing Address by Miss Mary
WinSor, National Figure in
Equal Suffrage Circles.
THINKS IEGISLATURE DOES 9
) NOT FAVOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE

o That he would not call a spe- o
o cial session of the legislature for @
o the purpose of ratification of the o
o federal equal suffrage amend o
@ ment, was the statement made o
o yesterday by Governor Larrazolo, o
@ here to attend the university's g
9 commencement. @
@ He added that he considered 9
o the present personnel of the leg @
@ islature unfriendly toward equal 9
@ suffrage, recalling that the law 9
9 makers failed at their last ses- g
o sion to submit the question to the @
9 voters even after he had sent @
@ message to them, demanding that 9
9 they take that action. @
o He did not believe 1t likely that o
@ the legislature would ratify the @
. federal amendment and added o
9 that for that reason he was not @
9 willing to spend from $4,000 to o
o $4,000 of the states money @
9 merely for a test vote. 9
. If special session was made @
o necessary for any other purpose, @
@ however, the ratification of the @
9 amendment would be made pos o
o sible then. @
0 9 . . o 9 8 o q 9 Q 8 o 8 o 9 .
At meeting of a. pesentative AL
buquerdue women last night held in
the Chamber of Commerce and ad-
dressed by Miss Mary Winsor, national
lecturer and suffrage worker. a reso-
luton was adopted calling upon Gov
ernor Larrazolo to convene an extra
session of the legislature for the pur-
pose of ratifying the Susan b. An
thony amendment.
Miss Mary Winsor, who has been
touring Louisiana and Texas in the
interests of suffrage, spoke to the
women, convincing them of the neces-
sity for efforts and concerted action
with one end in view-the ratification
of the amendment before the end of
1919. She pointed to the action the
members of the Kansas legislature,
who have met in extra session without
pay as tribute to the women of their
state and the women of the whole
nation, and suggested that the legisla-
tors of New Mexico. if they were wise,
would follow their example.
1--WE burned the presidents words
because they We're empty words and
we wanted action, not words" she
said referring to the burning of the
presidents utterances by the woman's
party. Women are deadly literal
minded and when the president had
promised them thing they expected
him to keep his word. There was
never a war measure that Woodrow
Wilson asked for that congress did not
give him--he cracked the whip and
it was done, with the one exception of
suffrage for women.
Women must get busy; the repub-
lican party must be made to under
stand that If they do not see to the
of the amendment they
will surely lose an opportunity to fol-
low up the good work they have be-
gun and women will not feel kindly
toward any party that keeps them
waiting four or six years longer for
their enfranchisement. The demo-
cratic party must understand that 1t
is UP to them to counteract the in
fluence of their failure to pass the
bill last winter unless they want the
woman vote to go elsewhere"
There will be luncheon at the AL
varado hotel at noon today for Miss
at which time she will speak
further on the necessity for concerted
action by women for women.