Arizona republican., 1919-06-06
The Triumphant End

The adoption by the senate of the federal sui frage amendment brings the women of America into their own, for the ratification of the amendment is assured. There will doubtless be a solid south against it for the sentiment of that section of the country accurately represented in each house of congress during the consideration of the resolution Even as forward looking. progressive southern state as Texas defeated woman suffrage
 But it is assured that practically the entire north and west will endorse the amendment. In nearly all the states of these sections now women have been granted wholly or in part, the privilege of voting
 The cause of equal suffrage had been forging steadily ahead and in time it must have prevailed But the war gave it a mighty impetus The patriot ism and self sacrifice of the women of the United States were eloquent pleas for their admission to political equality than had yet been made They could no longer be denied
 For nearly half century the proposed amend ment had been before congress. It seems strange to us now that it could even have been regarded as a joke as were at one time another all suffrage bills introduced into state legislatures. We remembr that session after session bill was brought into one house or another of the Arizona legislature At all most every session one house or another with q sly wink passed bill with definite understanding that 1t would be defeated in the other On one occasion he two houses decided to expand the joke and pass he bill to the governor. An intimation from him that he was prepared to approve it created panic and the bill not passed.
 Those seem to like barbaric times The po- litical ensavement of seems almost as remote -o us as human slavery. We have come far in short lime, not only in the of equal suffrage but in most other respects toward human advancement
 The political parties well reproach each other for remssness in failing to this egsla. don while in power. Both have been at fault and both at one time and another have urged the same arguments against it. It only happens that the re- publicans were enlightened first. During the last seven years a majority of the republicans in con- gress were for the resolution while majority of the democrats were against it.
 It is significant that the real leaders the sensi- ole leaders of both parties have not taunted each other with their derelictions. The politicians have some times fallen into a temptation to do so nota- bly, Kitchin the late democratic leader himself an opponent of suffrage who reproached the republi- for not having adopted resolution during the fourteen years of their control prevrous to 1911
 But" said he, it was reserved for democratic rules committee and for a democratic house to give the suffragists of this country woman suffrage committee composed of majority of democrats who gladly heard them day after day, week after week and month after month, plead their cause" MT NltchIn Hlgnl nave added year after year. thus rounding out the period of entertainment of the glad suffrage committee by the pleading suffragists
 The remarks of Mr. Kitchn reminds one of the story of the thrifty old farmer who suffering of jumping" toothache visited dentist who adver- tised the extraction of teeth without pain The opera ton was quickly over and the charge was dollar
 The farmer astounded. The charge was outrageous. "Ole Doc Tucker" said be- "only charges a quarter The last time he pulled a tooth for me, he worked hour an drug me all over the office. The sweat just poured out of him. I never seen man work so hard an this here job you charge dollar for didn't take a mint"
 The republicans spent time with the woman suffrage committee. It not necessary for the suffragsts to come in and plead their cause again. The resolution introduced the first day of the session and passed the third. Two weeks later to day it adopted by the senate and the half century contest hopelessy begun was tri- umphantly ended.