Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1920 — VIRGINIA REJECTS SUFFRAGE [ARTICLE]

VIRGINIA REJECTS SUFFRAGE

Both Houses of State Legislature Vote Decisively Against Amendment— Arizona Ratifies. Richmond, Va.. Feb. 13. —Suffrage was defeated in Virginia when the bouse delegates adopted, 62 to 22, the Leedy resolution rejecting the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the federal constitution. The senate, by a vote of 24 to 10. previously had adopted the resolution. Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 13. —Under suspended rules the house of representatives of the Arizona legislature unanimously adopted a resolution ratifying the woman suffrage amendment to the national Constitution.