The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
I SUFFRAGE LEADERS SEE VICTORY MARCH 23

1 Washington, March 15-(Special) )-Suf- | fragette headquarters in Washington pre- i dict that the Susan B. Anthony amend.
 msnt will be ratified March 23. 1 Two other states must ratify before the ] work of ratification is completed. Two states-W Washington and Deaware-con- vene extraordinary sessions of their leg 1 isaltures March 22. The suffragettes pre- | dict that both states will have ratified l by the second day of their sessions l It is regarded as very probable tha' | both Washington and Delaware will rat ! fly. though 1t is said that it is not g | foregone conclusion that one of them may not act in contrary manner. In that event, ratification of the amendment by i! the three-fourths majority could not bt | completed prior to next year. | This is due to the fact that the repub- | lican governors of Connecticut and Yer. mont will not call extraordinary sessions | of the legislature; that the constitutions l of Tennessee and Florida require the sub mission of a proposed amendment to ths people; and that Louisiana, and Nortf l Carolina would not ratify even if their I legislatures were in session. l Tn this connection, it is probable that were the suffragettes to fail in theii l efforts to secure ratification this year ] they might not be able to ptu the amend ment across next year. l Forty states have acted on the amend ment. Thirty-four have ratified, six | have defeated the amendment. The states which have ratified and the dates | of ratifcation-and the dates are i'm portant because the suffragettes claim | less time will have beep consumed in theil work than in the work of any others en.
 gagged in inserting an amendment-fol- | low:
 | 1-Wisconsin, June 10. 2-Michigan-June 10. S-Kansas, June 16. 4-Ohio-June Is. 5-New York, June IS. 6-Illinois, June 1T. 7-Pennsylvania, June A. S-Massachusetts, June 25 9-Texas, June g. 10-1owa, July 2. n-Missouri, July g. I-Arkansas, July 20. 13-Montana, July 20. A-Nebraska, August 2. 15-Minnesota, September s. 1e-New Hampshire, September 10 17-Utah, September 90. 1S-California, November l. 19-Maine, November 5. 20-North kakota, December l. 2l-South Dakota, December 4 | 22-Colorado, December 12. 23-Rhode Island, January s. 24-Kentucky, January 6. 25-Oregon, January 12. 26-Indiana, January IS. 27-Wyoming, January ?. 28-Nevada, February [ 29-New Jersey, February To- 30-Idaho. February II. 3l-Arizona, February F. 32-New Mexico. February 19. 33-Oklahoma, February 2. S4-West Virginia, March 10. The states which defeated ratification: 1-Alabasna, September 2. 2-Georgia, July 24 3-Mississippi. January 21 4-South Carolina. January 24.
 5-Virginia. February F. 6-Maryland, February 27 Washing ton suffragettes instituted a
 celebration throughout suffrage circles in
 all states of the Union when West yir-
 ginia ratified. after sensational sessions
 of the legislature. the Anthony amend
 ment. That result obtained when the
 legislature was prevented from adjourn
 ment pending the arrival of Senator
 Boone. who. after pleasure jaunt, found
 himself in the psychological moment 3oo0
 miles away from. the scene of action He
 rolled in on a special train with the de-
 ciding vote. The suffragettes achieved
 their victory by unseating Senator Mont
 gomery, an anti suffragist This result
 was obtained by the casting of a purely
 partisan vote. It was charged that Sem
 ator Montgomery had changed his resi-
 dence from West Virginia to Illinois
 Because of those features, the anti
 suffragists of Washington, spokesmen of
 all the -Suffragettes of the Union, will
 contest ratification when it is achieved.