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VOL. XLVI. NO, 1.
WOMAN JUDGEON
WOMEN'S CASES
Miss Whitehead of Seattle Will
Try Women Chargedon Crin-
inal Counts
Miss Reah M. Whitehead, who
was elected justice of the peace in
Seattle at the election, will be as-
signed to criminal 'cases, accord-
ing to Mr. Lundin, the prosecut-
ing attorney-elect.
All the criminal cases aigainst
women will come before -Miss
\Vhitehead, says Mr. Lundin.
She was il the prosecuting at-
turney's office with me during one
Year, and I have had a' good op-
porttinity to view her.work. She
is a woman of excellent judgment
aid ability and valuable experi-
clice, and, in my opinion, she is
equipped to deal justly, with an)y
criiiiinal case.
ASKS HOUSE TO
LET HAWAII ACT
Delegate from Island Introduces'
Bill in Congress to Permit Suf-
frage Vote
A bill to authorize the Legisla-
ture of Hawaii to ext.end the rig
of suffrage to ,women wa* .,niltr-
d t ite Iousc Tesdayby
ure wotild permit the L.egslatutrc
to submit the question to a,populat
referendum..
The action Of Congress on this
bill will be watched with much in-
tcrest. after its refusal to per-
iiit the most limited form of won]-
an siffrage in the Philippines.
CONGRESS BLOCKS
WOMEN VOTERS
State Department Obstructs-Bill
to Remove Injustice .Against
Women Citizens
Congress proved 'last week -the
fallacy of the very States' rights
argument against- nation-wide suf-
frage, which the .administration
uses. It showed the women of the
suffrage States that they can never
be entirely free' until all: the wom-
ell of the countryare enfranchised.
A bill had' beWnihtroduced by
Congressman Kent of California,
to prevent the disfranchisement of
women voters who marry aliens.
It was explained that, although
the women of. California have been
given equal suffrage by' the State,
they are deprived of it by a Fed.
eral statute the' moment that they
harry a citizen of any foreign
country. Representative Harrison
of Mississippi, who was in charge
of the bill, declared that the pur-
Pose of it was to give to theState
the right to control suffrage with-
out interference by, the' Federal
government.,,f
No sooner was the bill read,
however, than Representaitve
Steenerson' 0fl Minemsota'asked
wlether or not it was a fa t Ihat
the State DeparItment' wasop Ased
to the passage of the bill..+ .
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the Foreign Affairs ' iConitittee,
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VOTE IN HOUSE
TO COME SOON
Nation-Wide Amendment Post-
poned Till After Post Office
Appropriation Bill
Now that Congress has met
again after the Christmas recess,
it is expected that the nation-wide
suffrage amendment will come up
in a few days. Possibly it will not
.come to a vote until after the pas-
sage of the postoffice appropria-
tion bill.
Meanwhile, a number of proni-
nent suffragists have gone to
Washington to be on hand for the
debate in the House.
Telegrams and letters have
poured into the capital during the
last few days, urging the Repre-
sentatives to support the amel-
ment.
LAWRENCE ABBOTT
WON TO CAUSE
Son of. Prominent Anti-Suffragist
TeUu-Story of His Conversion
to Suffrage
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SHALL STATE RIGHTS BLOCK
WOMEN'S AFTER THIS?
N analysis of the priohibition vote in Congress last week shows matter of vital interest.
The prohibition amendment was reported by both' the Judiciary and Rules commit-
tees at the same time as the suffrage amendment, -and the two have been closely'con-
nected by the administration leaders.
A study of the vote.shows, first, that the' delegations from.equal suffrage States voted...
27 to io for prohibition. Illinois, where women can vote on local option but not for Congressmen,
went i to 14 against prohibition,although the delegation- of its neighbor State, Indiana, voted
solidly against prohibition. More than that, however, the Southern delegations went on record as
follows: North Carolina, solidly in favor; South Carolina, solidly in favor; Oklahoma, solidly in
favor; Tennessee, solidly in favor; Mississippi, 7 to'i in favor; Arkansas, solidly in favor; Flor-
ida, solidly in favor; Virginia, 8.to2 in. favor; West Virginia, solidly in favor,; Kentucky, 7 to 4
in favor; Georgia, 8 to 3 in favor. These figures apply to those members present and voting. The
only Southern delegations to give a majority against prohibition were those of Louisiana, Alabama,
Texas and Maryland.
The Southern States are the ones where the doctrine of State 'Rights is most strongly held.
Woman suffrage is no more a matter of State Rights' than prohibition. Will not these Southern
Congressmen take as firm a stand on the question of enfranchising their wives, sisters, daughters
and mothers? They will be closely watched when the vote on suffiage comes in the House.
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Lawrence Abbott, President of
the Outlook Company, has emerged
from an anti-suffrage environmet,
and isnow a pronounced suffra-
gist. Hi, Jfatlier,. -..yman Abbott,
ive' well-knowti anti-suffragist, aiii
,Is mother was for six years presi-
dent of the New York Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
At the Fifth Avenue Suffrage
Shop, Mr. Abbott told the story
that changed his convictions: I
had two friends living in a South-
ern town. They were real South-
ern people, a husband and a wife,
with the Southern belief in a
woman's right to chivalry from
men. The wife did a great deal of
work for humanity, in a quiet way,~
and for years nothing happened-to
shake her conviction that just as a
woman she could get everything
she wanted.. Then one day some-
thing came up that required a visit
to the Legislature. She went with
a ddlegation of women. They were
turned down flat, and without any
of that chivalry she had always be-
lieved was woman's due.
Her husband was furious at
the treatment she received. He
had always been opposed, as she
was, to -the movement to enfran-
chise women, but from that day he
was a convinced suffragist, and she
ais been an ardent, though quiet,
worker for the cause. For onthe
day she came home from the
lature they said to each ot h
that proved that women
comphish little till they
vote. f + a ;+
Mr. Abbott saidhewas (4
impressed, : too, by the fact, that
there. wasn't a working woman 'or a
w&an of affairs .in his acquaint-
ance who didn't wantto vote. He
mentioned Miss, Jane Addams and
Miss Pauline Goldmark as among
those whose opinion had influenced
him.
The Norwegian Parliament has
recently vot ted ja maternity benefit
for W omen.
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