Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. STANSBURY TAKES AN APPEAL Attorney General Files Papers in Supreme Court Contending That Legislature Has Power to Grant - Limited Suffrage to Women. Indianapolis, Sept. 21.- —An appeal from the decision holding the woman’s suffrage law invalid was filed by-‘Attor-ney General Stansbury. Mr. Stansbury contends before the supreme court that the legislature does have power to grant suffrage to women except in the cases of constitutional offices, which is expressly forbidden in the state constitution.