The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

would represent the women better if it were cast solidly in favor Of 1t.
 If the amendment is passed by Con- gross next Monday the work of secur- ing ratification will begin at once Judging by the fate of the Prohibi- ton Amendment this work will be neither arduous nor long. The Sui fragists are certain that the amend ment will be ratified at once and without any serious opposition by over twenty states. They are Confi- dent of immediate ratification by a large number more, and in fact there are few states where it is felt that there will be any real opposition or hesitation in ratification. The amend ment has not against it some of the arguments that could be brought against the Prohibition Amendment. It is no innovation to add such an amendment to the United States con- stitution. It is an amendment which merely perfects the Fifteenth Amend ment which secured the franchise to American men of every race and color who are admitted to citizenship.
 The analysis of the vote in the Sen ate, as the intentions of the Senators are now known show that in twenty four states both Senators are pledged to support the amendment; in four teen states one of the two Senators has promised to support it. and in the other ten states neither Senator is so pledged. All the twenty-four states which are soIidly for the amendment are west of Lake Ontario with the ex- ceptfon of Rhode Island and West Virginia. They include all the Pacific states and all states west of the Mis- sissippi with the exception of Idaho, Nebraska, Missouri and Louisiana each of which has one Senator pledg- ed to support the amendment h. diana which has tried so hard to give some suffrage rights to it's women is solidIy for the amendment; and so is Michigan where the women have re- gently been fully enfranchised by a state constitutional amendment. New York, with it's newly enfranchised women voters, has not been able to win over Senator Wadsworth whose wife is at the head of the National Association opposed to Woman Suf- frage.
 The other states with one Senator only pledged to support the amend ment are Mississippi, Tennessee, Ken lucky, Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont New Jersey and Maryland; i; while Massachusetts, Connecticut, | Delaware, Virginia, North and South | Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Flor ida form the black list with no sena- tor pledged in favor of national wo- | man suffrage.
 The senators whom the women are | still trying to win over include Sena- i tor Campbell of Florida, Senator ! Moses of New Hampshire, Senator i Williams of Mississippi, and Senator Borah of Idaho. This does not mean that the suffra gists have given up hope of the other twenty mine Anti Senators. It only means that they are most hopeful of winning the votes of these four men and that they con- slider it worth while to make tre- mendous efforts to convince these men of the extent of the demand for national woman suffrage.
 In Connecticut the women have never given up hope of Senator Me Lean. It must be that contrast with | Senator Brandegee makes Senator l Mclean appear progressive and open | to conviction. There can hardly be l any other reason for the continued | hopefulness and confidence hat Sen-
 ator Mclean will still see the light