Show States to o Vote V ote on Equal Suffrage The rhe map of the equal suffrage advance is interesting as once more lnore showing how much freer the West Vest is than the East The nine states which have already voted equal political ri rights to women are all west of the Mississippi l Of the seven states which are voting today on this big issue six are Western and another Western state Iowa has indorsed the movement in one legislature and seems certain to ratify a suffrage amendment within three ye years rs i As A's is well known Illinois has already made a partial surrender surrender der dei of mans man's monopoly over the ballot so that it seems not amiss to predict that the entire range of country westward of the Father of Waters Vaters the true seat of American empire is already committed in fact or promise to fundamental democracy Neither Minnesota nor 1101 Wisconsin can long stand pat An advance thus backed need no longer longel dread the future for forit forit forit it has gained a momentum which is irresistible As with that other instrument of democracy direct legislation the question ceases eases to be Shall we have it and becomes instead How shall we ve use it |