Show I Beginning of the End I Springfield Republican T Th Indiana law la granting to women the presidential franchise tl S seems so important im Im- as an on Incident In the long battie battle bat bat- tie tle for tor woman suffrage e In tn this country I that It can be fairly characterized as the bt beginning of or tho the en end With the three great at middle Western estern states of or Illinois Indiana and Ohio allowing wolDen women wo wo- men to vote for president in a addition to tho tim twelve equal suffrage states be beyond ho- ho yond tho the Mississippi river It is politically politically cally Impossible for tor tho Eastern states to hold out very veo much longer longcr It would not be surprising if IC before the presidential presidential election of or 1920 s several of ot the Atlantic coa coast t state states followed tho thin example ex- ex ample of ot Illinois Ohio and II Indiana dlana for tor with fifteen states state now permitting women to vote oto for tor president lent the political cat cal pressure for tor uniformity throughout the Ule country in this important matter maller Is Js sure sur to become come a factor in tho the situa situa- tion The Tho woman suffrage e states now cast CaRt electoral votes and tho the number number number num num- ber must grow rather than diminish In the absence of or a federal amendment to tho the constitution substantially all the states except those of ot tho the south aro are sure euro to tall fall Into nto line lino simply because be- be cause th the push from the tho West has IBS become too powerful to resist Wherever ever over the tho presidential suffrage Is lg grunted grunt ed eel extension to women of or the voting I privilege to CoV cover r all public officers I is sure sore to follow tollow In due season cason j |