Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-15
HARDING DECLARES C. Q. ?. MADE WOMAN
 SUFFRAGE POSSIBLE
Resents Misrepresentation Party's Attitude on
 Subject
WOULD LIKE TO SEE
 ANY STATE RATE
Nominee, However, Points Out Ths Only One Republican State Has Rejected Amendment Against
 Six Democratic

Marion, Ohio, July 14.-SenateE Harding, in statement tonight, IL scented what he characterized as "peiH sistent misrepresentations" of the rt f publican party's attitude towar woman suffrage and said to that pai. ty belonged the credit for the reforI ever having a chance of success. S
 He deplored, however, effects t,s make political capital out of the sit uation, and said he hoped ratified November no matter whether a denti ocratc or republican state was tn thirty sixth to approve the suffrag amendment.
 "Evcn if democratic state shall finish the business, the record will still show that twenty-nine republis can and seven democratic states made up the roll of honor," Senator Hard ing said "That is good enough fol us. E
 My patience is sorely tested some. times over the persistent misrepresen tations of the republican party, itf state governors and legislatures, ir this matter of woman suffrage. Whes ther it emanates from mere mischief makers or from partisan desires, ] cannot help resenting it. We must insist on having fair treatment of the party without whose persistent sup1 port the great reform would never have had chance of success.
 "A republican senate and a repubd lican house submitted the constitu- tional amendment for equal suffrage. A democratic senate had previously refused to submit it. Twenty-nine req publicans and six democratic states have ratified it.
 "Six democratic states have rejects ed the ratification resolution, and another, Louisiana, has just refused to give its consideration. One repub- lican state, just one, Delaware, has rejected it. The first eight states Ito ratify were republican states.
 "When, in 1919, the republican sens ate finally mustered the necessary majority to submit the amendment, therei were 36 republicans and only 20 democratic senators voting for it. but there were IT democratic and oJl- ly eight republican senators voting against it.
 Wearied of Quibbles.
 "Whether in the senate or house, in congress or state legislature, tho | nrJ elk I Ao~y been the persistent, effective sup- porters of this measure. In such ciy- cumstances, it is simply amazaing that democratic managers should have the audacity to be assuming that they are the friends of whom the cause must depend if it is to suc- ceed.
 "For myself, and for the republi- can party, l earnestly desire that rat- ification may be accomplished in time to give the whole body of American women the ballot next November. am wearied with efforts to make par- tisan advantage out of this situation, hope there will be ratification, and do not care fig whether'it is se- cured through republican or dem- ocratic state.
 "There will be glory enough for the republican party, no matter whe- ther the thirty sixth state is republic can or not. If any word of mins could possibly be influential with any republicans in the North Carolina legislature, or in the Tennessee leg. islature that word would be vote for ratification, and don't worry about who gets the credit of putting it over.' <"