The Connecticut labor press., 1920-08-21
WOMAN'S VOTE GIVES POLITICAL
 AID TO LABOR
Interests Identical so Far as Some Candidates and Measures
 Are Concerned.
BIC VICTORY WELCOMED
Connecticut Federation of Labor Has Endorsed Suffrage at
 Several Conventions.

The final victory of the Suffrage Amendment, gained by the ratification of Tennessee, is pleasing to organized labor In Connecticut the State Fed eration of Labor has endorsed woman suffrage at several c6nventions and 1t has come to be recognized that 1egisla- ton for the benefit or humanity stands a much better show with women voting than without them.
 It Is believed that the. influence of the WQnen's vote will be a great help in the passage of remedial child labor legis1a- ton and measures affecting working conditions for women and children generally.
 The sudden advent of the woman as a voter Is tremendous shock to some of the politicians, just as the non-par- tisan movement of organized labor has been and between the two new factors in the political game at the coming election there's many a public official who IS wondering where he IS at, SC to speak. Labor's determination to elect its friends and defeat its enemies IS going to receive lot of support from the advent of the woman voter for, in many instances the interests are identical Some of labor's most bitter antagonists have also been strongly opposed to suf- frage and with the combined opposition of the suffragists and labor to combat their pathway will hardly be rose strewn 1n the coming struggle.
 In Connecticut United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee of New London, who has been pronounced as decided reactionary so far as labor legislation Is concerned, has also been consistent opponent to suffrage and tehre is a feeling that between the two interests he will have a hard row to hoe when 1t comes to winning his way back to Congressional halls.
 Senator Brandegee in an interview published i'll the New York World, yes terday, expresses his view of the women's victory as follows:
 Women will vote i'll the coming cleo tions exactly as they please" declared United States Senator Frank B. Bran degee in discussing the passing of the Woman Suffrage Amendment by the Legislature of Tennessee.
 Both political parties have been playing game in the attempt to catch the woman vote," he said. 'sIn my opinion, they will both be fooled The women will vote exactly as they please on the great issues before the country as they ought to. They will align them selves between the parties according to their convictions, and the artful oplitic- ians who have been angling for their votes. will be disappointed.
 When the matter was in the Sen ate I was opposed to submitting the amendment because I took the posi- ton taken by both national parties in their platforms, and also by the Presi- dent, that the question was one for state action, and States ought to have the right to prescribe the qualifications of their own electors. But inasmuch as Congress submitted the amendment to the Legislatures and inasmuch as more than three-quarters of the States ap prove the amendment, 1t seems to inc the sooner 1t is ratified the better, be- cause it is perfectly evident that 1t is going to be ratified, and if the women are to have the right to vote, as they are, 1t had better come i'll time so that they can use 1t i'll the coming election"
 It is also a foregone conclusion that the advent of the woman voter in Con- necticut politics sounds the political death kne11 of Governor Marcus M. Holconb, another strong reactionary so far as organized labor is concerned. His continued refusal to call special
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