Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1919 — LET INDIANA LEAD, NOT FOLLOW. [ARTICLE]

LET INDIANA LEAD, NOT FOLLOW.

It is very discouraging to the suffragists of Indiana, as well as the men of the state who are interested in poetics, to feel that Indiana may be a, laggard in ratification of the federal amendment, when by virtue of every token it should be a leader. It is true, of that many other states have not -as yet ratified the amendment, hut if each one sits (back, ready to ratify as soon as thirty-five other states 'have done so -—the result is obvious, and women will hot be enfranchised before the next election. One thing the women of Indiana have Ito be thankful for is the ardent support given them by their representatives in congress and the senate, and no (better frigid have the women ever had than the Hon. Everett Sanders, of the fifth district. On learning of the postponement of a special session by Governor Goodrich, Mr. Sanders wrote him as follows:

“Some titne ago there was an announcement that a special session of the Indiana legislature would be called for the purpose of ratifying the national suffrage amendment. Ij have understood • recently that there' has been some likelihood of a change in this plan. . “You will recall the splendid rec-J ord which the republicans of Indiana have in the house of representatives on the suffrage question. Every member cast a vote in favor of the constitutional amendment, both in ' the 65th congress and again in the 66th congress. “The chairman of the suffrage committee in the house, Hon. James; R. Mann, succeeded at the very be-j ginning of the session in bringing the suffrage amendment before the house and it was passed, receiving an overwhelming majority of the votes of the republican members of the house. The people of Indiana are in favor of this amendment and they ought to be given the opportunity at the earliest possible date of expressing their views through their representatives to the general assembly. I sincerely hope that no change will be made in the plan to call a special session and that we shall soon have the pleasure of announcing to our colleagues here that Indiana is added to the column of those states which have ratified this amendment, giving enfranchisement to the millions of women citizens of our country. . . With assurance of my highest regards, I am.” . * And Representative Fairfield, of the thirteenth district, not only shares the personal appearance of

our much 'beloved Lincoln, but also shares the views of Lincoln when he said: “I shall go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women,” and has written the Indiana 'Franchise league expressing his deep interest in the suffrage cause and his hopes of the earliest possible ratification in Indiana by a special session of the legislature.