The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-08-20
FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE.
WON
NEARLY 27,O0O,OOO WOMEN WILL HAVE
RIGHT TO VOTE THIS FALL-REGlS
TRATIOA IN CARROLL COUNTY WILL
Be SEPTEMBER 20 AND OCTOBER 5.
ABOUT $4,000 WOMEN IN MARY
LAND GAN VOTE.

We congratulate the fair "suffs" on
their victory in having the Tennessee
Legislature to ratify the. Suffrage
amendment. Since the ratification var
ious charges of bribery have circu-
lated against anti-suffragist and the
regulars, which is usually the case af-
ter victory.
The Supervisors of Elections in
every county of the State will meet
and make every mechanical process
of registration and voting to the end
so that the women voters will not
be subjected to any annoyance and
delay.
About 405,200 women in Maryland
over q years of age will be able to
vote this fall, it is estimated From
reports a number of women in this
city have announced their intentions
not to register All white women
should register as the colored will
take this opportunity. The days of
registration in Carroll county are
September % and October 5.
The biggest obstacle confronting
the Supervisors of Election is the
county poll books. 1t seems that the
county will be put to the expense of
furnishing new books as the old poll
books are filled to running over on
certain letters. If time is too short
to secure new books why then they
will have to arrange pages after each
letter until new books can be secur-
ed and the names transcribed
Nearly 100000 additional women
will be enfranchised, at least half of
them in States now regarded by pro-
fessional politicians as doubtful. More
than 100000 women already hold
the right to vote for President under
State laws, but only 100000 were en-
titled to vote for members of the Fed
eral Senate and House of Representa-
tives.
Moreover, the suffrage amendment
confers upon women the right to hold
Office. Under that measure, they en-
joy the same privileges as men, and
it need not be surprising if women
in increasing numbers aspire to seats
in both branches of Congress or even
aspire, in time, to the Presidency and
Presidency OF the United States.
In the South, something like 4,000,
coo negro women are enfranchised
and until or unless the Southern
States find means of barring them,
many more thousands of them will be
found voting, than is the case now
with negro men. In most Saufnern
States men of the negro race have
been disenfranchised in great numbers
~ grandfather" clauses in the State
Constitutions, by educational and
other tests.
But it is not III the South that ma
tiona1 interest will center with wo-
mans suffrage going into effect by
constitutional mandate. Not more
than one or two Of those States, if
any will be rendered doubtful as be-
tween the national parties, it is as
sumed But it is by no means certain
that the States of the East and Middle
West will not be profoundly affected
politically by extending suffrage to
women, thereby increasing approx
mately 100 per cent. their voting pop
ulation.
Leaders of both parties are quite
aware of this and for weeks the two
Presidential nominees and the two
groups of managers have busted them
selves in behalf of suffrage, each
seeking to make capital out Of the sit
uation Governor Cox has been the
more ardent advocate perhaps of rat
ification and > certainly Democratic
leaders generally have been more en-
thusiastic about it, feeling that if the
Democratic State Of Tennessee should
provide the thirty-six vote the DEM
ocratic party at large would profit
more in the coming election.
The States in which women will
vote for the first time in November if
the amendment is finally proclaimed,
where their balloting will be greatest
interest are Maryland, Connecticut,
Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio
and West Virginia. As previously
shown, the vote of the women in the
South this year probably will have
little effect upon the national politics
on that section. "a ssi3
1t was estimated that in the nine
doubtful States just listed the num-
Der of women above q years of age
are as follows: Maryland, 405,2 200;
Connecticut, 36S.644; Delaware, 81 ,2S6:
Massachusetts, 1881 1888; New Hamp-
sure, $685. New Jersey, S10,324;
New Mexico, S0,467; Ohio, 1,538,175
and West Virginia, 313,465.
In addition to these nine States wo-
men will vote for the first time for
members of the Federal House and
Senate in 10 other doubtfal States,
Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee, Rhode
Island, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota,
Missouri, Wisconsin and Kentucky.
Including Tennessee, the States
which have ratified to date are: Wis
consin, Michigan, Kansas, Ohio, New
York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts, Texas, Iowa. Missouri, Ar
kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Minneso-
ia, New hampshire, Utah, California,
Maine, North and South Dakota, Col
orado, Rhode Island Kentucky, Ore
gon, Indiana, Wyoming, Nevada, New
Jersey Idaho. Arizona. New Mayico