Evening journal., 1920-07-15
HARDING SPIKES
DEMOCRATGUNS
Wilful Falsehoods Used to
Catch Women's Votes
Are Exposed
RANDALL QUITS
ONE MAN PARTY

MARION. Ohio. July Ex-senator
Harding stepped forward yesterday
and assumed a new rOle-that OF Wig
orous authoritative leader Of his
pariy-i0 protest against recent per
sisiont Misrepresentation" Of IT'S sur
frage attitude. After summarizing
the facts In the suffrage campaign
showing that Republicans in Congress
and Republican Legislatures have
made the suffrage victory certain, he
daclared that III Is simply amazing
that Democratic managers should now
have the audacity 10 be assuming
that they are the friend on whom The
cause must depend N il is TO succeed.
His own attitude the Senator made
lust as plain as possible by declaring
ne earnestly desired that ratification
may be- accomplished in time 20 give
the whole body Of American women
the ballot next November adding
that he didn't care a fig whether
the thirty-sixth State might happen
TO be a Democratic or a hepunllcan
state: he would use his influence 10
procure ratification from a Democratic
State as quickly as from a Republi-
can.
He declared his disgust with the
efforts TO make mere partisan adj
vantage out Of this question. The
suffrage statement was handed to the
newspaper men at the nominees after
noon conference with them win the
special request that you will send
Here is the statement
My patience is sorely tested
sometimes over the persistent
Misrepresentation OF the Repuh-
can party, its State Governors
and Legislatures In this matter Of
woman's suffrage. Whether II
emanates from mere mischief
makers or from partisan desires,
] cannot help resentlng 10. We
must insist on having fair treat
mont OF the party without whose
persistent support this great re-
form would never have had
change OF success.
A Republican Senate and a Re-
publican House submitted the con-
stitutional amendment for equal
suffrage. A Democratic Senate
had previously refused 30 submit
10. Twenty-nine Republican and
six Democratic States have=rati-
fed II.
Five Democratic States have re-
iected the ratification resolution
and another, louisiana, has Just
refused TO give 10 consideration
One Republican Stale-iust one
-Delaware-has rejected 10. The
first nine States TO ratify were
Republican States When. in 1919
the Republican Senate finally mus
tered the necessary majority TO
submit the amendment, there were
thirty-siN Republican and only
twenty Democratic Senator's vot-
ing for 1t, but there were seven
teen Democratic and only eight
Republican Senators voting against
Il.
Whether in senate or House. In
Congress or State Legislature, the
record shows that the Repuhn-
cans have been the persistent and
effective supporters Of this meas
ure- In such circumstances cir
cumStances that are thoroughly
familiar TO everybody-it Is sup
posedly amazing that Democratic
managers should now have the
audacity to be assuming that
they are the friends on whom the
cause must depend II IL is to sue
coed.
For myself and for the Repubn-
can party, ! earnestly desire that
ratification may be accomplished
in time to give the whole body OF
American women the ballot in
next November. ] am wearied
advantage out OF this situation.
! hope there win be ratification,
and ] don't care a flg whether 70
Is secured through a Republican
OF a Democratic State.
I will rejoice N North Carolina
win do It, or II Tennessee will do
10, Just as 7 would rcioh,n IL a
~'Renuhlican State did a.
There Will be glory enough for
the Republican party, no matter
whether the thirty-sixth State Is
Republican or not. II any word
OF mine could possibly be influ-
ential with any Republicans in
the North Carolina legislature.
pr In The Tennessee Legislature,
NAT word would would be vote
Tor ratification without worry
about who gets the credit OF nut
tlng 1t over. Even II Demo-
cratic State now shall finish the
business. the record will siin
show thai twenty-nine Republi-
can. and seven Democratic States
made up the roll OF honor. That
IS good enough for us
senator Harding has been f1ndini
ame this week, despite his work oi
ne letter Of acceptance and variou
p0lltlcal conferences, to begin "put