Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-19
MARYLAND lLASSED
As anti SUFFRAGE
PIseed With Eight States Which
Are Least Likely 10 Pass
Ratification
WHOLE WEST FAVORABLE

According 10 thorough inyestiga
Ion made by the Phiiadsiphia Record
.hs editors il Ieadiag newspapers iEi3
the different states Ieing asked the
sentiment there, Maryland ii one o.
the eight states least likely 10 raiify
The proposed amendment 10 the fed
eral constitution extending Lie right.
"a suffrage IL women The others are
gonnectlcut. Virginia. South Caro-
linn. Georgia. mississippi Alabama
and Georgia
Iii response to sesegratae 70 every
state capital iii the Union, and RI
| 4Osiie II the large city news .EIpera. The
replies MITIGATE thai ihirty.one STATE
iegIslainres arc believed certain, OF Al
most certain, I'd Yatify, eight are al
most sure not 10. while nine must be
elassed as doubtful Such guides. u
course. says the I.tterary Digest arc
not InfaiIible hut readers will doubt
lets remember that our poll of the
legislatures Oh prohibition forecast
ed tn the ratification of the prohilii.
tory amendment. which followed In
due courge Since It takes thirty-six
States to ratEfy. Ii Ii evident that the
sulfragIsts must carry iise of the
doubtful States to win Of that the
.antis must swing over five of the
uncertain ones ID insure the defeat of
lille amendment
According 10 the editor ef the Mont.
golaety JOHrnal, he race question Is
the biggest obstacle TO woman suffrage
IN Alabama and the SoBrll Other
editors In the South do not feel that
Ithe women 0f that section have de-
1llanded the vote IN such unpiistakable
terms as To compel their legislators
lto vote for the federal amendment
The editor N the Richmond News
Leader. for instance. does not aflfici
pate favorable action before 1922 at
the earliest. primarily because the
Legislators have not been convinced
that the demand for the ballot is gcp
lsetai among Virginia women
In New England
II We lrn from the Till nifIicuity
of the South To the Iouhting Castle III
Nrw England in the North. We find
prospects favorable for ratification Inc
Maine. Vermont and Rhode Island, BIZ
xtreAlely dark in Connecticut. In
Massachusetts, the chief Of the New
England States. We find one editor
foicing belief that the legislature
viii ratify while the boston American
akes refuge III pointing out that no
est vote has been taken fiji tic Mass.
rhusctts Legislature. and then quot
ne confident predictions of victory
rom both suffragists and sanAis and
citing them balance each ether. Sim
iariy uncertain lis the reply from.
lew Hampshire. Ono editor. indeed
INSIDERS the legislature certain III
atty hllt the Concord Monitor FIJI
orms us hat iii tho last legislature
Il equal suffrage resolution passed the
toiise. hut failed in the senate Az
he Monitor explains It: There IL
strong anti.suffrage sentiment in
his State. but adoption 81 The.
uffrage amendment by Congress
night have enough influence to over.
ONO Opporition in the Legislature.
With these doubtful States til New
ngiand may be chased New Jersey
nil nelawart. whose editorial ohsery,
rs at tho State capitals declare tl,onn.
Ives quite iinahie to forecast the ac
on Of the legislators lii the capital
II West Virginia, the Charleston
iail thinks that the legislature will.
certainly ratify, while The Gazette
,nints 10 an aati.snffrage rcfcrendanl
majority Of $4,000 Two years ago as
Indicating. that the amendment viii
Meet strong opposition We have no
epart from kentucky
The South
The Tallahassee Democrat predicts
atificaiion In Florida. but iii view Of
he confessed inability OF another
,aper III that State to give us any IN.
formation and Iii view of the corr
aluaity !. | fseiing between Florida and
atlsr Southern States which are mt
expected To ratifg. ii seems only fair
S. rut Florida In lie doubtful list In
Narth Carolina the Raleigh News and
st5DFI&xNt BItNl2tsea = A1ttttsdI@NH uy q
SIN III majority due u Al expected fus.
taTe growth III suffrage sentiment in
the state. The Raleigh Times ex-
neets ratification Iii the 1890 session
unless the t1id Guard candidate for
Governor captures III gahcrnatarial
aominatioi IN the primary held Ii the
same month; in that evgnt suffrage
viii be most likely submitted 10 ref
arendum $ These productions are So
nualisied that We hardly feel justified
ii placing North Carolina among the
States practically certain to rafify
lii Texas women vote IA the pri-
|naries. and Texas Is The only State
having Partial suffrage In which rat
sllcation IL moi confidently predicted.
oar Texas advisers tell as that the
Legislature will be guided by the ref
srcndnm on Statewide suffrage held
NO weeks ago, hut the vote was SO ex
tremeiy close that the result can hard
IN Nc considered an JfrlFniEt kahle