The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-20

NuUDUSS I!
80 dons al II their power toi
fiSSt euffrags, the women leaders
ssilcye the activity Of these men
Ersa I tue test Of their progrsssivel
~ reeetionary character and that
~ onss who opposed suffrage
vsrs With rare exceptions. similar
n lined up against Other legisla-
- Of . social or humanitarian
eharscter. They will therefore use
: nan's suffrage record ~ an in
ar Of bis value to the community
"a nght him regardless Of party.
VIM Give No Crelh
There is already . good deal Of
tan about the giving Of credit for
ia winning of Tennessee. It 10 .
Esupsrflcial factor and the women
ieeAsrs do not attach much import
ancs to that kind Of thing. They
don't believe the women will vote
- I matter Of gratitude but a. .
matter Of principle. Although Ten
uessee Is a Democratic state and
the Democrats are naturally jubi-
liant that southern state did the
trick. the women leaders know full
we'll that they never could have
gotten suffrage As far ~ Tennes-
sees crucial vote without the con-
slant support Of progressive Repub-
licans both in the congress and In
state legislatures. They will tell
Won that Governor Cox showed him.
self more sympathetic than Sena-
tor Harding. They will even show
YOU how Democratic members . in
the Tennessee legislature were in
nuenced by Governor Cox or his
personal representatives and GER
tain woman leaders still show re-
sentiment over Senator Harding q
kindly reference to the anti1suf-
frage workers In his speech Of &C.
ceptance.
Harding Played for Both.
But shrewd POLITICAL managers
aren't so sure Senator Harding
didn't play his cards exceptionally
we'll in view Of the fact that women
who opposed suffrage will probably
use the ballot to uphold their doc
trines and principles just as much
~ those who favored suffrage. II
other words, Senator Harding hal
\ gone after the votes Of both fac
Ntions in the suffrage ranks ant
hopes for support from both, vhil'
Governor Cox has lined himself VI
very definitely against the anti
suffrage vote. It must be remem
barred, too, that in many states tn,
anti-suffrage votes are not alto
gether feminine and that in tn
state Of Ohio for instance, the NAL,
vote has been almost evenly divid
ed on the question of permitting
women to vote on state questions
Affect on League Uncertain.
It Is too early to determine jus
how much effect on the League O
Nations controversy the eniran
chisement Of women will have. Tn
league Is popular In the west wher
women have had the right to vot
for years while In large sections Q
the east its purposes have been rep
resented as more likely to entan
gle the nation in war than to pre-
serve peace.
Prohibition ID q much more Wits
issue with the women In easter
/ Estates than most people believ'
J Hitherto both Republicans an
/ Democrats in populous section
have leaned toward the wet side {
the argument but the entrance {
the woman vote will tend to net
tralize the stand Of candidates an
to range them more and more
the side Of law enforcement will
out committing themselves to defil
tie proposals for modification I
the Volstead act.
Is the "Monkey Wreck"
Suffrage is a proverbial monke
wrench in the machinery of part
politics and the one thing the mai
ayers Of both parties have to
thankful for is that 1t came in Al
gust instead Of September or Oct
Der, so that they have some time
least in which to reorganize the
lines. &