The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
BACKED
BY CANDIDATES
Ten in Race for President
Urge Prompt Ratification
OF Amendment.
FOUR STATES NEEDED
Oklahoma and West Vir-
ginia Expected to Fall in
Line This Week.
FOUR STATES NEEDED

That both political parties realize
the Importance OF the woman's vote
in the next election Is indicated by
statements received by the National
! Woman's Party from Republican
dates, urging ratification of the suf
frage amendment in time for wom-
en- TO vote at the fall elections.
Candidates and men prominently
me ntioned for Presidential honors
include Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood;
Gov. Lowden. of Illinois; Senators
Harding, Johnson, Owen and Poin-
dexter; Attorney General Palmer,
William G. McAdoo, James w. Ger
ard and william ]. Bryan.
Ratification of the suffrage
| anne ndment by thirty-six States
would make approximately 25.O0o,-
900 women eligible to vote for the
next President and Congress.
Women Win i'm T. States.
Four more States are needed to
ratify the suffrage amendme Mt,
thirty-two having already done SO.
The Oklahoma Senate has indorsed
the amendment. and IL is likely
that the lower house will follow
suit this week. West Virginia, con-
SlueTeu tApfNttu
| to act this week.
Statements indorsing the suffrage
| amendment from Republican and
| Democratic Presidential candidates
follow:
| General Wood: I heartily indorse
prompt ratification Of suffrage emend-
ment and hope il will be ratified in
time for you to vote in spring pri-
ma ries.
Governor I,owden: I am in favor OF
granting full suffrage to women.
When the amendment to the Federal
| Constitution was adopted, I recon-
mended its ratification by the Illinois
Legislature and Illinois was the first
state to ratify that amendment.
| Assistance Is Needed.
THE wonderfully effective work
which the women's organizations did
during the war. certainly entities
them to equal suffrage with men. We
need their advice. cooperation and
assistance in the great work of re-
construction that must be done IL this
republic is to endure
Senator Poindexter: ut is of great
Importance. in my judgment. that the
suffrage amendment should be ratified
lin time to enable women to vote ir
IaIl the States in the Presidential elec.
Ition of 1920. Where necessary to ac'
lcomplish this purpose. ] hope thai
extra sessions of Legislatures may be
called for the purpose of acting upor
the amendment"
Harding Pledges support.
Senator Harding: 81 very mucf
hope for the ratification of the
woman suffrage amendment in
Iample season for the women of the
republic 10 have full participation
in the election of the next President
land the next Congress as well.
'"rhe country is thoroughly com
mitted to this grant of the fran
chise to women and we shall all b,
1.-The more deeply interested and tn,
more encouraged IL the completion
of the processes of amending thu
Constitution can be effected earl,
lera in the world and we shall GER
tainly inaugurate a new era in thu
lpolitics of the republic II we have
universal suffrage in all the State:
lin the next election"
Senator Johnson: There hav,
never been graver questions, po
litical and economic, before TIL,
American public than there are thii
year. Women are as deeply con
Ierned in these problems as are mel
and as fully entitled to q voice il
their solution. Justice, as well a!
political eXpediency would dictate
the immediate ratification of tn,
suffrage amendment by thirty-si,
States and the placing of. the bauo
into the hands of the women of oul
country"
Palmer Advocates Franchise.
Attorney General Palmer: III
view of the present movements o.
unrest in thn country with which
as Attorney General, l have come il
close contact, / feel that ii is highly
important that every possible in
fluence be used to stabilize our in
stitutions and prevent unrest.
am convinced that the immediat,
eNtension of suffrage to our womeI
will be a most important force il
this direction"
William G. McAdoo: 81 favor tn,
prompt ratification of the Fedora
suffrage amendment, so that al
women may enjoy equally with mer
civil and political rights through
out the Union. While the Fedora
suffrage amendment can, of course
confer only equal political right!
upon women, nevertheless, its rati
fication would favorably inflrenc,