The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-04
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE, REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA
M doubts that it will help their

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cause:
The republicans will then claim the
women's vote on the ground that they /
owe their franchise to republican m
reference on their behalf. But women
have long been accustomed t. look be-
hind mems representations Ter mems
motives and. perhaps, their training
will not desert them in this case.
| The Indianapolis News (Ind9 .ex-
| presses a. siiimar opinion, for with
| suffrage as an issue far removed
| from the field they viii have the OPP
| portunity and will be expected to vote
! for candidates and platforms on their
| merit On the other hand, the Boston
Post Ind.-Den.}, thinks. that while
undoubtedly the women win use dis
| erection and good judgment because
1 of Sentiment their ballot will "be
swung largely in favor of the party
which has led to their enfranchise-
ment.' To the St. Joseph lMo),
News Press (Ind.) it is plainly a cost
of political expediency" for both gov
ernors "head the party CALI but If
| the democrats can finish what the re-
publicans started they will materially
bolster their claims to a share in the
petticoat vote this fall" To hold this
| theory, the Detroit Free Press 1nd)
declares, is hardly creditable to the in
telligence Of the women:
J ''For the present, it says, they are
perfectly willing to let the campaign
! managers think their favor depends
upon which legislature acts first, but
nobody can pledge the female half OF
the voters of the United States to any
such unintelligent course.
The New York Tribune lRep.) be-
lieves that "from the republican point
of view the final score" showing a
majority of republican legislatures
which have favored suffrage already,
and the almost solid opposition OF the
democratic south to suffrage ought
to be good enough" This sentiment
is reflected in the Buffalo News
(Rep) and the Manchester Union
lind -Rep.), and other newspapers of
similar leanings. Thus many Of them
feel that even if the democrats had
the last dance" suffrage would pro-
badly ronp home with her original
partner.
To many writers the motives behind
the race for the ladies favor" make
it a regretabIe affair. The Baltimore
Sun (Ind.-Dem) says: !
fragists can scarcely feel flattered
by the unblushingly mercenary char
acter of the political competition for
their favor which is featuring the
concluding scene of their struggle for
equality" 1t is indeed spectacle
almost as humiIiating to them as to
those old fashioned spirits who still
weakly cherish regard for constitu-
tional principles and political integri-
| ty.
To the Kansas City Star. Gnd.) the
spectacle of Vermont, brought up on
| the principle that politics amt no
place for a woman is worthy only OF
satire:
vermont has been 'vamped, it
says; "the woman hater has surren-
dered. The Legislature will be called
to ratify the amendment. Ladies, dear
| ladies, you're some politicians"
/ !. On the other hand the Hartford
| Times (Dem.l, losses message of
congratulation across New England
| to her sister:
"Well, here's to Vermont" it toasts;
may she gather hay while the sun
shines, and the women of Connecticut
will thank the old Green Mountain
state for giving the franchise which
their own men withheld"
From the far corner of the country
further commentator comes from
the Spokane Spokesman Review lind
Rep), which declares that the deci-
sion to ratify the amendment was "a
case of good sense, plus political pres
sure, triumphing over prejudice and
obstinacy."
Another eloquent voice that comes
from Tennessee speaking. from the
suffragists' standpoint, chivalrously,
is the Chattanooga News (Dem)
Tennessee is confronted with great
opportunity" it believes, and ito neg
lect or miss taking advantage of it
would be the sheerest folly" and it
urges that "the contamination of this
great progressive movement" be
speedily accomplished.-;Minneapo
Journal.