Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT DITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. WOMEN ARE DENIED BALLOT Indiana Supreme Court Holds Suffrage Law Invalid. In an opinion rendered Friday the Indiana supreme court held the suffrage law enacted by the last legislature to be unconstitutional and Invalid, thus preventing thousands of Indiana women from voting at municipal elections next week. The decision was written by Chief Justice John W. Spencer, and was concurred In by Judges Myers Lairy. Judge Lawson Harvey dissented. The decision upheld an opinion rendered some time ago by Judge John J. Rockford in the Marion superior court, who declared the suffrage law to be unconstitutional. The decision also declared that the legislature has no right to enfranchise women, which leaves but one avenue open for them to secure the ballot —that of a constitutional amendment.