The Glenwood post., 1920-09-04
Uncle Tets Bed Tine Stories
Current Events For the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
SUFFRAGE VICTORY WON
BY REPUBLICANS

| BY REPUBLICANS
"Uncle Ted,' said Jack as they left
the dinner table, "mother says she
will be able to vote for Warren G..
Harding for president just like Daddy
and she said that you might tell us a
story about how it happens she can
VOTE"
eyes, jack" replied his uncle, sit
looks as though the women of the
United States would be able to vote
this year unless those opposed to it in
Tennessee, the last state to ratify,
should succeed in winning suit in
court. These people claim that the
Tennessee House of Representatives
was not constitutionally organized
when they voted on the suffrage ques-
tion. But that is a detail. The fact
remains that Tennessee was the last
state to ratify, that is, it was the thir-
ty-sixth one to vote in favor of giving
the women of the country the same
rights as the men. In order to give
the women this right Of suffrage, as
it is called, the constitution of the
United States had to be amended and
in order to amend the constitution the
amendment had to be passed by the
congress of the United States and rat
flied by thirty six of the forty-eight
states.
"In the first pace, let me tell you
that it was Republican congress tina.
took the first essential action. In Y91s,
when both houses of congress were
Democrats, the resolution submit
the equal suffrage amendment was de-
feated. In 1919 when both houses
were Republican, the resolution was
adopted. BY far the greater part Of
the support for the resolution came
from Democrats. The Democrats are
silent.about that part of the proceed
ings, and center all their claims on
the fact that the last state to ratifv
was Democratic.
| tennessee is located in what Is
known in politics as the 'Solid South.
Tennessee nearly always votes Demo
cratic and everyone admits that it is
Democratic state. After thirtyfvc
states had ratified the amendment and
only one more state was needed, the
Democrats made every effort to have
the thirty-sixth state Democratic. AZ
ter the ratification by Tennessee the
ments and claims that because the
final state necessary to ratify the am
endment was Democratic their party
should receive all the credit
"But how about the other states?'
asked Jack.
ri was just coming to that The
first state to ratify was Wisconsin
This was n Republican victory and the
vote was cast on June 10, 1919. Out
of the thirty-six state legislatures
which ratified the amendment twenty
six were Republican, and in only seven
where the Democrats had entire control
Of both houses of the legislatures was
the suffrage amendment ratified. In
three others, one house of the legisla-
ture was controlled by Republicans
and the other by Democrats Repub
licans supplied twentysiix and Demo
Gratis only seven of the ratifying states
, cup to this time nine states have
refused, either in one way or another,
to ratify the amendment. Out of these
nine, eight are Democratic states. In
fact. Tennessee and Arkansas are the
only states located in the "Solid
South to agree to ratification
"You said that eight Democratic
states refused to agree to suffrage
said Jack Chow many Republican
states refused.'
"Only one Republican state legis-
lature that of Delaware, refused to
ratifH,' answered Uncle Ted, "as
compared with the eight Democratic
states These Democratic states are
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, North
Carolina and Iouisina.
Glow many women will be able To