Arizona republican., 1920-07-18
Threats and Bribes

violation, but ignorance of facts insanity and idiOcy be pleaded extenuaton that it robs the act intent. which an crime. is wrong doing by people who better is criminal We mind the representatives of the National Womens Party who called on Governor Cox of Ohio day before yesterday holding out threat in hand and a brbe in the other. We also have in mind those foolish party who picketed national ventions and who thereby must have stiffened the hostile attitude of the legislatures those of which ratification Nineteenth amendment make it effective So, be suffrage states should be barred from participation in the presidential election they their isolation in part to the nladvsed activity of the leaders of the National Women's Party. Governor Cox ad- ministered rebuke his visitors, which gentle though that may passed them by, when he told them should receive the votes of women because he had helped the of suffrage" that is, he did the votes of reward and promised reward for things yetto be done is often bribe. But hardly think his visitors quite got that"
 One them a little brazen the others perhaps, only a little foolish plain spoken actually threatened governor. with not sense enough to understand what she meant said We women going to vote for the candidate who gives thirty-sixth state"
 Now how can either Governor Cox or Senator Harding give thirtysix They have no trol over the five states from which the thirty sixth They could ask, but much doubt whether the of the threats and bribes that have been offered them. they could do with propriety of the refractory ratify the amendment. candidate who should do would be understood to have done the promised escape threat. Governor Cox has promised make this request Senator Harding though who has a clear friend of equal suffrage has declined, cir cumstances, to put himself into position of to have Of punishment
 doubtful propriety that President Wilson recently importuned. though in vain, the democratic states of Tennessee. Florida to ratify the treaty. If he had addressed him self the republican states which have yet ratified the amendment, would, at least been appearance partisan ship. The charmen of the republican and the democratic national might pro- priety urge respectively upon republican cratic legislatures the ratification of the amend ment for the good of the party the other. But the candidates themselves cannot do so
 The who offered the thrty-sixth state. be consid- a reward party friendiness suffrage is as devoid gratitude she good To not contend the anything 10 either party suffrage. Suffrage been favored by democrats and by republicans it has been opposed by many of each party But if there to be a partisan
 
 made it should go to the republican party.
 Here is the record to this date July IS 192o
 Republican senate and Republican
 submitted the constitutional amend
 nent equal suffrage A Democratic
 ate had previously refused to submit it.
 Twenty nine Republican and six Democratic
 have ratified if.
 Six Democratic states have rejected the
 ratification resolution and another. Louis
 has just refused to give it consdera
 tion- One Republican state-just one
 Deaware-has rejected. One republican
 state-connectcut-has declined to act.
 We do not know to what extent women who engaged in the picketng of and since been pestering the cadidates represent the National Women's Party. know to what extent the National women's Party represents the women of the coun- try consistent advocate of woman suf- frage on the ground justice. The Republican has so firm a belief n intelligence of women, that it cannot think that they will approve the foolish campaign that being made in their name.
 We do not believe that the voters and voters to be, be off in class as these busy leaders them to be- We received we think a pretty fair impression of the general attitude of women four years ago following 2 crusade of the west where most of the suffrage states are by delegation of members of the Ma tional yvonnens the interest of MT Hughes demanding of women defeat of Mir Wilson be cause of his until then unfriendness to national suffrage.
 We know that in they aroused resent r7ent instead of support of Mir Hughes Ana we also observed wherever these women were most active in republican Ohio. Kansas and California Inc election left of republican hopes lheH very presence and manner speaking and the assump- ,,on ,,o+ tbe, had lent themselves tools of the u..,o-ot re,,,blican committed stirred of