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Show in y. CILKDIT TOIt SITI'ltAUK Itesentmcnt In a ct-itnln measure Is not only paidonablo but actually coimneudable in Senator Haidlng, nt the gross and persistent" misrepresentation misrepresenta-tion to which the itepubllcan party is subjected In relation to eqdal suffrage. He ought to resent It, and so ought every fair minded citizen, of no matter what rpjty. Above all, perriaps, It ought to be resented and condeinned'by the sincere fflends of woman suffrage, suf-frage, because It not only brings reproach upon their cause, but also positively Injures It. It ii done, of course, not by true suffragists, but by designing partisans par-tisans who do not scruple- thus to mlaupe the suffrage cause in tho hope of Injuring the Itepubllcan and aiding aid-ing the Democratic party. . The real leaders of the Biiffraglsls are too Intelligent and loo sincere to engage en-gage In such worft. Despite his natural Indignation, however, Senator Sena-tor Harding treats th.ynatter with patience, with cout tesy, and with cpnlnclng force. He again makes It peifectly clear that tho great pt ogress thus far made by ehual suffrage Is to bo credited to the Itepubllcan Ite-publlcan party, and that no mattir what sta'to may eventually be the thirty-sixth, In completing tne work of latlflcatlon, the adoption ot tho amendment, will be preeminently tne work of that party. It was put thtough both houses of Congress by Republican votes, and tho votes for ratification have nearly all come from Republican states. Let us once mote recall re-call the exact figures of record: In Congress: Por Suffrage .... Republicans, 236 Democrats, 122 Against ' .. Republicans, 27 Democrat, 87 Slates: For Ratification .. Republican. 29 Democrats, 6 Against " .. Republican, 1 Demociats, 6 Not et acted Republicans 2 DemocratB 5 Thus of thlttytwo Republican states, twent-nluee twent-nluee bui latiried tho Amendment, and only one has l ejected It; while or sixteen Democratic slates, onl; six have ratlfltd It, and an eual number, six. have outright lejeeted It. Mote' than 15.000,000 women In 27 states will be able to vote for President this ear, b stato enactment, and of these 27 slates only four or fle an Democratic while 22 or 23 are Republican. Re-publican. In 21 Mattes, moie than fl.000.000 women still wait enfranchisement, nnd of those states, twelve aie Democratic and only seven ttepubllcau while two are doubtful. With such r.icts of recoul before them, lor political poli-tical tricksters akin to the San Francisco foiger to pielend thnt women all owe the triumph of equal sufftago to the Democratic party, nnd that failure or dflny of ratification Is the fault of Republicans, H elfiontery so sublime that, no mntter haw strongly he might lesent nnd denounce It, Senator Harding might well, like ClUo, stand astonished at his own moderation. moder-ation. llaivey's WeeklJ. , |