Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-03
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lian Federation Great Britain. Can
ada. Finland. Norway. Iceland. Den
mark. Russia. Sweden and Holland.
The following states have full suf-
frage: Wyoming. Colorado. Idaho.
Utah, Washington. California. Ari-
IONA. Kansas. Oregon. Alaska. Mon
tana. Nevada, New York. Michigan.
South Dakota and Oklahoma.
Women are recognized as possessed
Of full suffrage by the new govern
ments now forming out Of the old
man suffrage chaos in Germany and
In Austria Hungary. Women are
promised full suffrage in Belgium.
Italy ard Franco. Women have Pres
idential suffrage and municipal SUI
fraee in Illinois. North Dakota and
Nebraska. They have Presidential
suffrage in Rhode Island: municipal
suffrage in South Africa and YER
mont. Women have primary suffrage
in Texas and in Arkansas. and school
or tax suffrage II Kentucky. Mime
sofa, New Hampshire. Massachu-
sets. Mississippi, Louisiana. New
Jersey. Connecticut. Ohio. Delaware.
Wisconsin. New Mexico ard Iowa. In
fact. one cannot name civilized
country on the earth where women
GO not have some sort OF suffrage.
President Wilson says: Il believe
that the full and sincere democratic
reconstruction of the world for which
we are striving. and which we ar.a de-
tcrmined 10 bring about at any cost
will no. have been completely or sde-
ouately attained until women ara ad-
United to the suffrage. and that only
by that action can the nations OF the
world realize for the benefit Of future
generations the full ideal force OF
opinion or the full humane forces Of
action. The services Of women dur
ing this supreme crisis Of the world
history have been of the most signrl
usefulness and distinction. The war
could not have been fought without
them. or it's sacrifices endured. 1t is
high time that some part of our debt
Of gratitude to them should be
acknowledged and paid, and the only
acknowledgements they ask is their
admission to the suffrage Can We
justly refuse it? AS for America it
is ms earnest hope that the Senate
Of the United states will give an un-
nisrakable answer to this question
ty passing the suffrage amendment
to our federal constitution before the
end of this session.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, in a posthu-
nous article. Eyes I, the Front"
which appears in the Feb 1919. issue
OF the Metropolitan Magazine states:
There should be no further delay in
giving the omen the right to vote by
Federal Amendment 1t is an alb
surdity TO further higgle about the
matter
Hon. Ben T.. Lindsey, judge Of the
Denver Juvenile court, writes, We
have in Colorado the most advanced
laws of any State in the Union for
the care and protection Of the lone
and the children, the very founda ton
o the Republic. These laws. in my
opinion, would not exist at this time
II il were not for the powerful in
huence Of woman suffrage which at
aii times has been back Of them and
those who have conscientiously and
faithfully administered them"
JAM Adams says: Public spirited
women who wish to use the ballet, as
! know them. do not wisl, TO do the
work Of men or to take over mems af-
fairs. They simply want an oppor.
tuni,y TO do their own work and to
take care Of those affairs which nat
urally and historically belong to
women. but which are constantly be-
ing overlooked and sighted by our
political institutions
We learn from statistics that
throughout the United States thera
are one-third more girls than bows
who graduate from high school, The
Inference is plain.
Maine led the states in prohibition.
fact we arc all proud or Let Maine
lead the New England States in
granting full suffrage to her women,
OF forever give UP the motto, "Di-
rigo."
Watervilie. Jan. 81.