Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-03-18
Equal Suffrage.

General Assembly which meets
in uly will be asked by Gov.
Beckett to ratify the Susan B.
Anthony amendment giving the
women the right to vote. The
Governor definitely indicated his
purpose to "get right" by last
Monday publishing letters that
had recently passed between W.
N. Everett, of Rockingham, and
himself. Mr.. Everett was the
champion of, and the leader for,
the suffrage cause in the 1919
Legislature. In his letter Mr..
Everett urged the Governor to
champion the rights of women
and be the spokesman of the
suffragists at the approaching
Democratic convention.
The POst-Dispatch for many
months has made editorial ref
erence to the fact that equal suf-
frage should be granted and it is
pleasing now to note that a
Richmond county citizen is
sounding the rallying cry. "a
states have to date ratified, the
amendment, and only two more
are needed to make it law
Two Northern Legislatures that
meet the last of this month will
likely wind it up, but if one of
them fails, then it is to be hoped
that our own North Carolina
Legislature in July will rise to
the occasion and place our men
and women on a parity insofar
as the ballot is concerned.
The two letters that passed
between Mr.. Everett and Gov
Beckett are exceedingly inter
esting. The letter from Mr.. Ev-
erett to the Governor follows:
"a Nj. EVERETT's LETTER
"In reviewing in my mind the out
standing features of your adminstra-
ton, it seems to me that you have
been thinking more about whether a
thing is right than whether it might
be popular. Your great taxation ques-
ton has now been accepted by all our
candidates, and the people are accept.
ing it in fine spirit everywhere. This
must be gratifying to you as it is to
all its friends. Now that discrimina
lions in tax burdens are in process OF
being removed and the tax books are
may | not hope that you will join
hands with those of us who favor the
franchise for women, and help us Sc
cure for them tardy justice?
"At the last session Of the Legisla
ture the municipal bill passed the Sen
ate by large majority, but was dc
feated in the house by only few
votes. In order to defeat the bill chs
. ~ ha yhn xryoc ctol
in a hospital, so that his vote wal
cast against the bill, when, Twas in
formed, he would have voted for tn,
bill had he been able to be there
Those who were opposed to the bill
refused to arrange pairs with some o
the friends of the bill who were als'
sick and absent.
''The revulsion Of feeling brough
about by these conditions was s.
strong that one of the most promir
emit leaders of the House, who was or
posed to the bill, offered the next da
to move for a reconsideration and a;
sured me that we could pass the bill
by large majority. Unfortunately,
was in a position where could no
take advantage of this change in fee
ing, due to the fact that one of tn
most prominent leaders against u
had told me that he had a pressini
business engagement in New York
and would go If we did not intend t
4 open up the question the next day
/ told him to go ahead, so it could no
be reconsidered.
A sportsmanllke Game.
"The women of North Carolina, am
believe, the men who have support
ed their cause have played the gam
like sportsmen. We have no list .