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Show 'MOTHER OF FIVE LEADS FIGHT 1 OF SUFFRAGE FOR 36TH STATE A -A. I t i - .Mrs. TliouuiH N. Hepburn, slate rhairniau of Hit National Woman's 1'ariy of Coiuice.tit'iiii. and (lie yoiuigeM of her five children. N, E. A. Staff Correspondent. HARTFORD. Conn.. June 12. Tho stubborness of Gov. Marcus II. Holcomb Is exasperating, To every appeal made to him to call a special session of I he legislature to ratify the woman suffrage amendment, he replies: re-plies: "I still do not believe that a special emergency exists." This answer In the face of the fact that nearly 17.000.000 women will be disfranchised unless one more legisla-iluro legisla-iluro ratifies the Anthony amendment j Perhaps Governor Ilolcontb would l agree with anti-suffrage, politicians who say "nobody wants equal suffrage except a few uhildless women." If he was not being pursued by a woman who has five bright little ones, and who knows the need of the ballot in tho hands of all the women to protect all thee hlldren of the nation. On Trail uf Exeemlxe-This Exeemlxe-This woman lc Mrs. Thomas N. llep-ilMirn. llep-ilMirn. Connectiouit state chairman of the National Woman's Party, who has Ibeen hot on the trail -of the chief executive exe-cutive for several months. Mrs. Hepburn has proved to "this obstinate governor that suffragists do I have children, and that the more they I have, the 'harrier they 'fight for bettor jf,overnment and more freedom. She I has kfpt the governor busy explaining jhis frail reason for not ailing a spe-I icial session. Following are some of 'the things she has found time, after taking good care of her children, to .engineer: Had ManV-Activities Made a canvass of the state last fall land got a majority of the legislators to petition the governor for a special 'session. i Caused the Republican Central committee com-mittee to strongly urge the governor' ; to convene the legislature. Caused the Republican state convention con-vention to adopt a resolution urging the governor to call the legislature together. to-gether. Organized n Men's Republican Ratification Rati-fication Committee, to holding a hearing hear-ing before the governor which recommended recom-mended to him it was for the part' rgood thai he eH a special session, i Brought about numerous mass 'meettings of both men and women who urged Governor Holcomb to wak'-up. wak'-up. To each request Governor Holcomb tus replied. "There's no , special i emergency." ; "We still believe that the national ! Republican ksadevs can ntaku Gover-"nor Gover-"nor Holcomb see this einerjcencv If jthey will just be firm with hlm. ' de-'cl.ireri de-'cl.ireri Mrs. Hepburn. Mrs. Hepburn's husband is a well-know n physician I hero. |