. THE MORNING STAR, .WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920, -
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE;
POLITICAL ISSUE: .
WITH DEMOCRATS
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State Convention And Igisla-:
Important Problem,
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(Special to Tie Star.)
Raleigh, March 18. Tn the action of
Governor T. W. Bickett. who has here
tofore been listed w'th the antl-suf-ragiits,
in lining up vith the suffrage
aide and declaring his intention of
-recommending to the special session of
the legislature, which meets in Raleig-h
in July, the adoption of the Susan B.
Anthony amendment, suffrage leaders
In North Carolina sae the. possibility
that this state, in the event either
Washington or Deleware fail to ratify
the amendment, becoming the storm
center of the ratification battle.
- Before Democratic Convention. '
An effort will also be made to have
the matter brought before the coming
state democratic convention with a
view to having the convention endorse
suffrage and insert a plank to that ef
' feet in the . platform, but .the demo
cratic party in North Carolina has
heretofore been 'only lukewarm for
suffrage, and the opposition of Sena
tor Simmons and others jto-tne move
ment has been sufficient to check any
espousement of the cause. -
The declaration of ttie governor was
in reply to a request' from W. N. Ever
ett, of Rockingham, asking him. to be
come spokesman for the suffragists be
fore the April meeting of the state
convention. This the governorwill rut
agree to do, but he promises to recom
mend the . necessary legislation to the
special session of the general assem
bly and will be glad to see the demo-;
cratic party endorse suffrage.
Disturbed About tke Women. "
Announcing his intention the gover
nor saya in part: , ' ' v ' -
"I have never been impressed with
the wisdom or necessity for-, woman
suffrage in North Carolina. There has
never been laid before me evidence
tending to show that a majority of the
women in this state desire to go to
the polls. I greatly fear that the wo
men who. do desire to go are all cun-
consciously offering to barter "a very
precious birthright for a very sorry s
mess of pottage. I has never occurred"
to me that women; would hart polities,
but I have been profoundly disturbed
about what politics might do to wo
men. Again, i I have been fearful
that the entrance of women into poli
tics might disturb the peaceful rela
tions that now exist between the races
In this state, and fop a continuance of
which all good mert and. women pray..
.. But my fears do not blind
my eyes, and I clearly see that today
a condition and not a theory confronts
the democratic party in North' Caroli
na. "Woman suffrage Is coming. It Is
as Irresistable as the tides, 'and I am
convinced that it is, the par. of wisdom
for the democratic party in North Car
olina to accept it gracerully.
Woman suffrage is inevitable. He is
deaf who does not! hear the, swish of
her skirts. He is blind who does not
see her legions advancing in flouncing,
flowery waves. ,! ;
"Some time ago I definitely decided
. to advise the general assembly at the
special session In jJuly to ratify ..the
federal amendment.) It is the Sensible
and graceful thing to do. It. follows
that I am fft favor; of tne democratic
convention endorsing the amendment
when it meets in April. I do not de
sire to go before . the convention and
make a speech on the subject. .'
.. . ' ' . Women In Polities. -'
Already 17.000,000 women Wave the
right to vote. The-moral force of this
power is so great that it is inconclev
able how the remaining requisite two
states can be withheld from them.
Forty-two states have acted on the
federal suffrage amendment, thirty
four of . which have ratified ' it. , Soon
, Washington and Delaware will act,
and the currrent Is running so strong
ly toward woman suffrage that it is
the common belief that , both these
states wll fall into j line.
There' appears that the - desperate
struggle in West Virginia, after one
senator's seat had been declared' va
cant and another hurried -across the
continent to cast the deciding vote,
whi-h yfr.iB'e won by a hair's-breadth
was the final real effort, of resistance
on the part of the anti-suffragists, and
that the opponents of woman suffrage
hereafter will be perceptably weaker
in what they must know Is a losing
fight.- - : , - -
If either, of the states Washington
or Delaware should fail to ratify the
amendment, there will" remain' Con
necticut and Vermdnt," wnlch may be
appealed to at once. The chances,
therefore, are all against the enemies
of woman suffrage. In fact it is now
admitted by many antl-suffraglsts that
the women have won their fight, and
that there will hereafter be new fac
tors to reckon with! In political mat
ters. With the prospective woman
vote and the predominant power of
the soldier vote a new order of things
Is anticipated. j . ',
Many States Have Ratified.
The suffrage amendment, which
passed congress June, 4, 1919, has been
ratified by 34 states, as follows: :
1. Wisconsin. June 10.; . ' ' !
Michigan, June 10. ,'. , '.
Kansas, June 16
Ohio, June 16.
New York, Jufie
Illinois, June 17.
Pennsylvania, June 24.
Massachusetts, June 25.
Texas, June 29. " ;
Iowa, ' July 2. i -Missouri,
July i. -.
Arkansas, July 20. :
Montana, July 30.-
Nebraska, August 2.
15. Minnesota, September 8
3 6. New Hampstu Sentemhr 10
utan, September . 20... r.
California, November 1.'
Maine, No-vembeV 5.
North Dakota, December 1,
South Dakota, December s.
Colorado, December, 12.
Rhode 'Island, . January 6.
Kentucky.' January 6. ,
Oregon,. January -12
Indiana, January 16.
Wyoming, January 27.
Nevada, February 7.
New Jersey, February 101
Idaho, February 11; . .
Arleona, February 12. - ' "
New Mexico-February 19.
Oklahoma; February 27.'
. West Virginia. March to. '
The legislature of both Vermont and
Sonnecticut would probably ratify th
imendment if they were called ini,o
sxtra session, but the governors of
;hose states are anti-suffra!st.
regular sessions do n&t convene -until
1921. When thirty-six sta.tA o.n
. Special, to Te Star.) ;
Washington, March 16. Aside from
the fact that .much? opposition within
the American legienr a, Well af with--
out, has developed to. jpaylng k bonus-to4
the .soldlers,"there would .be complica
tions in raising, the money if "the plan
should be parried put. f v i J r?;i
' Refiently a number of prominent
members of the legion have protested
against the policy of paying bonuses to;
those who served, in the world war.
They, have said' ttia't able-bodied men
were not claiming anything, from the
governments but. that , all those whose
health has been' impaired on account of
their service should be taken care of
indeed given , everything possible' ,to
make them comfortable the rest -of
their days.' . ' ', ' ,
However, a . great many people , con
tend that every man who , served 43
that war should be -paid a bonus that
would enable. him to get a start in life,
or at ( least in a measure compensate
him for the loss of time and opportun
ity he sustained while fighting . his
country's, battles ' : 5 - ' ''
There is such pressure being brought
to bear on the .congress by the ad
vocates Of a bonus that it Is probable
that some plan will be devised to meet
the situation. No one wants to neglect
the ex-service man no one wants him
to feel that his great service is not
appreciated, bt with those who Want
to be just-both -to him, and the people
of the country the question- is what
would be expedient, and right at this
time. ' , .; ' S"--
Debt EaormoaS Already,
Thls country 'is already confronted
with an enormous .debt. Secretary
Houston, . of the treasury,' announces
that no further. 16ans!rwill be made to
the allies, and that it would not do to
have another" bond issue in this coun
try. lie said that he was opposed to
raised by taxation. Another bond Is-
Issues, but that such money should be
raised by taxation. Another band is
sue, it 4s contended by. the secretary,
would hot only be hard'o float, but
would tend to depreciate the Values
now outstanding; : a '
Of the -$10,000,600,000 authorized KV
congress, $9,639,834,649 has been loaned
to the allied nations. It is said that
In view of the exchange situation and
the unsettled ; economic conditions of
European nations It . would seem ad
visable to permit the creditor nations
of -the United States to postpone inter
est payments on the debts for at least
three years. . - - .
Amerela's CaJef Debtors
America's chief4 debtors are .Great
Britain, with- $4,277,000,000; France,
with $3,047,974,777, and Italy, with
$1,621,338,986. -Belgfum's debt is $343.-1
445,000, and Russt is .charged -with
$187,729,750. Roumania, Serbia, Greece,
Cuba, Czecho-Slovakia and Liberia are
the pther countries listed on the books
of the treasury. 7
With this country , carrying : these
debts, . with the . additional burden x T
ts Own vast debt, financiers say thkt
he flnaficlat obligations to the soldier
must necessarily 1 be T met- by taxation.
and not by another bond issue, .
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FIFTY CANDIDATES
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OH HEW STATE TEAM
Initial Squad Looks Strong
Enough po Make Win- :
nihg. Aggregation.
(Sprirlal to The Star.)
West Raellgh, March 16. About fifty
candidates for the 1920 State' College
baseball team are at work on Riddick
field. The squau has been nomswliat
handicapped oh account of bad weather,
dui tne eany work has reached the
stage where.it can easily be seen that
Coach Fetzer has another, great team
m-the making. With Captain DeBerry,
Murray, Baker and Weathers, all letter
men, the pitching staff seems to be un
usually strong.' .The first three are
right-handers while Weathers serves
them-- ever r from itherportf. side;:' "Big
Floyd,who was with the Teeha in 1917.
Is again a candidate for mound duty.
Likely Looking Receivers '
State has . a likely lookinsr bunkh' of
receivers in -Curleyi Parsons, i Garner
anq bmith. Curley caught several games
last season, and. this husky lad from
eastern Carolina is Lout for a regular
berth this spring; Parsons is a f resh-
mnr wiiu xias seen service with Several
fast amateur teams in the state and he
looks likea- real; comer. - Garner and
Smith, are lso members of the fresh
man class whose work on the receiving
ena ot xne Dajtery vUI beaCr watching.
First base .at: present Is. .wide open.
but .Cannon," Coles Lawrence -.'.and
wuery are ail nusuingrlor the job. The
team, of 'course, will miss Dick Burrus,
who is now with Connie Mack.. Cannon
is another big rangy left-hander of the
Burrus type, and Coach Fetzer is try
ing hard to, fit him into' the shoes left
ty tne Hatteras sensation
j:x-Captaln Jim Black. ' Wood, and
Bradley Woodall will, fight it out for
second base.- Black and -Wood Dlaved
this position last season, while Woodall
was here in,- 1917V . ustn6w' it Seems
to be a toss-up'between he three, for
ne Keystone sack.,,: A" are good field
ers and experienced In vthe position,
and later developments may give the
job to the man who wields the heaviest
willow. .-; ' ' : I
At Short and Third.
Slpe, Faucetta, and Arthur look good
at snort stop. -. Slpe is a two-season
veteran and on'experlence alonc should
get the call.; Runt Faucette, however,
Js covering a. lot of ground between
second and third and he handles a war
club like an old timer. Admirers of
the local boy are predicting that he
will be-a regular before the seasori Is
very far' advanced. ; --
Peale Johnson looks like .' a fixture
at the hot orner.' He played third base
last year1 very creditably and hit over
300. . It;? will take a good man to get
the job'QverxJohnny; Brwin, a mem
ber ot Tech squad in 1916, and Manning,
xrYl rm m MA''last 'mr a w a v ,
tlamr .IA.4 11.. . , " . .. I " " W.UUl
"'V;u" wie menament u will be lfor the place.
Chapel. .HUiftCatcf. U6.Th'--high
schools' of Wilmington, f Wilson, ; Lex-I
lngand JTBBWry
1110 ciiimuaiiyu ents in wie uasKeiD.ii I
cnampionsnipanq unu .week will fight.
iihjxt amOngthemselves .f1 'iterm tne;
thejtate Championship: arid te-winner
of the -state' cup, C p ; ; r '
"VTllsOn ftnl. iWilmington will, meet
March" 17 tn-' the-r gymnasium pf the
University, of North" Gardlina to. decide
which shall have, the honor of. repre
senting the east. Charlotte and Lex,-
ington clash JMairch flS. alsc at Chapel
Hill, to setile the western supremacy.
The Winners meet here, March .19 Mil
the .champronship''gamef ; ..
Toss np for 'Final Winner. :
These four teams are the winners in
the - elimination, series participated in
by twenty-two teams, twelve from the
east and ten from the west, l which
qualified for t,he championship by Im
pressive ear season records; ; ,TWen
ty-two is by far the largest number of
teams that 'has qualified In .the - six
years- the championship- has been con
ducted by the university, and is indi
cative.. Secretary Rankin, jof the cham
pionship .committee, said today, - of
greater interest in pasitetoe.il 'among
the high schools thkn fn; any, previous
year. . , ? ..
-cThe final winner. Iff regarded here
as V; toss-up. All, the : four contenders
have slashed through f heir opHpnents
all season In" fairly rasy fashion,: and
small amount of luck may decide the
title. Wilson Js coached by B. B. West,
the old. Trinity basketball and baseball
player.' Don' Walser, of 'G-ullford col
lege, has . charge of Lexington; Phy
sical Director Faul. of the Charlotte T,
3L C. A, of Charlotte, and : Wilminprton
has received coaching rronv tne. Wil
mington. T. M. C. A. .Jv'r
- other Team Munwu.v ,
The other teams wnich: qnalifietl by
their, records are Raleigh, Cary, Dur
ham. Hillsboro. Chape Hill, Red Oak,
Roanoke Rapids, Greenville; . Rocky,
Mount arid Elizabeth City in 'the, east.
and Wlnstbn-Salem. Dixie, JKunters-
vliie in the: west. . Jr '
. m the past five yars Durham-.nq
Winston-Salem have decided the cham
pionship between themr Winston-Salem
winning" three ' of ' the years, Durham
two Chapel Hill eliminated Durham
this year and IiexlngtOn XttocKe M&ut
Winston-Salem. f ' ' 'V
Carolina coaches and varsity players
will ofSciate In the final games and a
great deal of student interest is being
manifested! " ' :
i j- ti 11 1 m rr r -ir a .-.
fleld,"Norwood and Castelloe. Both are
capable fly-catchers - and . should , come
through again as regulars this spring.
Routh and 'Allen, , memberi of the
freshman class, seemrto be the best
bets among the other outfield recruits.
Both are fast .men and . look like real
hitters.
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