Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-07-16 | Page 4 | Out Look for Suffrage

Jok for Suffrage DOTH OTH Democratic and Republican politicians n are iro c t tearing tearing tear tear- aring ar- ar ing their hair over the failure of the sixth thirty state to advance and give the countersign for woman suf suf- frage The Thc Louisiana legislature in which the tho Democratic Demo Demo- cratic hope was centered adjourned without coming forWard for- for yard W and the Tenn Tennessee seo legislature seems unlikely to do better Governor Clement of Vermont after wavering a few days ns n's su succeeding his conference wi with th Senator Harding Hiding in ally flatly refused to call a special session to consider ratification caHon and Governor Holcomb of Connecticut is reported re re- re- re J ported equally obdurate However it is announced that flint thata flinta a n new flew and aud vigorous effort is to be launched to induce he Connecticut governor go to change Il his s mind He decided de de- de- de adversely once but much has happened since l lie he e his view The rue Republicans in national nation l assembly assembly assembly as as- have hac spoken The he likelihood of ratification tion b by tan any Y V Democratic state is becoming rem remote tc It will be represented J that the responsibility upon the bach backward ard Republican states i is all the greater Of or course the question of or conferring the elective franchise upon women is larger than any partisan glory J jJr r advantage ad The hc overwhelming Republican character J of the ratification ii heretofore fore had by the states is es es- anyway In view of or recent litigation by the lcd led by Charles S. S Fairchilds which may decision unless additional states are enrolled on the tho ratifying list the outlook for begins to wear a gloomy aspect and the importance of the issue challenges p partisan rt san zeal and activity it 1 more now than ever ver J