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Thirty-Six States Have Ratified
Amendment.
TENNESSEE FALLS INTO LINE
Washington Is the Thirty-Fifth Sev
enty Years of Struggle for Equal
Suffrage Features and Some
Immortal Names.
Washington. American women have
won their light for votes. Washington
and Tennessee have ratified the con
stitutional amendment, making .'t(5
suites oul of IS.
Upon the opening March 22 of the
special sessions of the legislatures of
Washington and Delaware, the woman
suffrage situation in the United States
was briefly this :
Amendment to the Constitution
imsscd lv congress .Juno !, 1010, as
drafted h. 1ST5 bv Susan 15. Anthony:
"The right of citizens of the t'nlted
States to vote shall not be denied or
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abridged by the United States or by
any Mate on account of sex." Ratifi
cation necessary by legislatures of
three-fourths of the -IS states of the
Union.
Amendment ratified by .'It states, be
ginning with Wisconsin, June 10, 1010,
and ending vlth West Virginia March
10, 1020. Constitutionality of Ohio
ratification' before the United States
Supreme court.
Amendment defeated by six states
between September 12, 1010, and Feb
ruary 17, 1020, as follows, in the or
der named : Alabama, Georgia, Missis
sippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land. Connecticut and Vermont No regu
lar sessions until 1021. Governors
had refused to call special sessions.
Florida and Tennessee Cannot vote
in 1020 because of constitutional pro
vision requiring election to Intervene
between submission of amendment nnd
action on it.
Louisiana Legislature to meet In
.Tune; small hope of ratification.
North Carolina Legislature to meet
in special session in August. Gov.
Tliomas W. Kickott had declared his
intention to ask for ratification.
Washington promptly ratified. Del
aware and Louisiana refused. The
governois of Connecticut, Florida and
Vermont lefused to call special ses
sions. The United States Supremo
court upheld the Ohio ratification on
the ground that no state constitution
had the authority to change in any
detail the method which the United
States Constitution itself provides for
its amendment. This decision cleared
the way for the special session In Ten
nessee, which began August 0.
It Is seventy jours since the organ
ized movement for woman suffrage
was begun In the United States.
In ISIS Lutretlu Mott and Elizabeth
Catly Stanton called the llrst Woman's
Rights convention at Seneca Falls, N.
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Susan B. Anthony.
1, which launched a "Declaration of
Sentiments" nnd passed a resolution
'demanding equal suffrage.
Thoso are two Immortal names in
American history. Lucretia Mott
(1703-1SSO) was born In Nantucket.
Mass., of Quaker parents. After teach
ing, she heenme an "acknowledged
minister" of the Friends. She married
James Mott, who worked with his wife
against slavory.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1002)
wns horn In Johnstown, N. Y. She
married Lr "210 Henry IJ. Stanton, a
lournnllsi uud anti-slavery speaker.
From 1S00 to 1S03 she was pres'dent
of the National Woman Sun rage as.
addressed congressional connnltteees
on woman suffrage. She was the Joint
author of "History of Woman Suf
frage" (1SS1-S) and "Eighty Years
or More" (1S05) Ishernutoblogrnphj.
A third name Is that of Susan II.
Anthony (1S20-100G). She Joined with
Lucretia Mott nnd Elizabeth Cady
Stanton In organizing the woman suf
frage movement. She became In time
the real leader of the movement; cer
tainly she wus Its first militant suf
fragist. Horn In Adnms, Mass., she
came of Quaker stock, and early devot
ed herself to "temperance" (the pro
hibition of those days) and to the abo
lition of slavery.
In 1S75 Miss Anthony drafted the
amendment to the Constitution which
hns now been ratified. In 187S the
amendment was Introduced In the sen
ate by Senator Sargent of California.
It .was defeated In 1SS7 and thereaf
ter was not even debated in congress
until 1011.
During the years the Constitutional
amendment campaign was making iu
progress the women won many victo
ries in the states, securing full suf
frage in 15; presidential suffrage In
12 and partial suffrage In several others.
The National American Woman i
Suffrage association in 1012 opened
headquarters in Washington and be-'
pan an active campaign for the
passage of the amendment. In 101G
It established branch headquarters
there which were devoted entirely fo I
the amendment campaign. The cam
paign was educational and social as
well as political and attracted world
wide attention.
The Nnllonnl Woman's party, or
ganized In 1010 by Alice Paul, estab
lished Washington headquarters In
1013 and Introduced the militant Into
the campaign.
Alice I'nul the third Quakeress to
immortalize herself Is the spectacu
lar figure of the struggle. She devel
oped the deadliest card Index on mem
bers of congress that practical politics
has -ever seen. She served notice
through the White House pickets that
the president was the "man higher up."
The arrest of nearly fiOO of these pick
ets nnd the Imposition of jail sen
tences followed. Incidentally Miss
Paul herself served seven terms in
Jail.
The amendment was beaten three
times In the sennte nnd once In the
house before It was finally passed by
the Sixty-sixth congress June !. 1010,
by the necessary two-thirds majority.
The year 1S00 saw the formation of
two national organizations: National
Woman Suffrage association, with Mrs.
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Stanton and Miss Anthony leaders ana
headquarters in New Yoik; American
Woman Suffrage association, with
Mary A. Llvermore, Julia Ward Howo
and Lucy Stone leaders and headquar
ters In Hoston. The line or division
was this: The former wished to
concentrate, on the passage of a con
stltttional amendment; the latter
was In fn ir of obtaining the suf
frag through 'intendments to state
constitutions. In 1S0O the two orgnu
lzntlons weie united under the name
of iVatlonal American Woman Suf
fage Association, and work was
pushed along both lines of endeavor.
Mcs. Stanton was president until
1S02. MIh Anthony served until
1000, resigning at the age of eighty.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catf wns Us
head. 1000-100J. Dr Anna Howard
Sliaw, recently deceased and possibly
best loved of all the leaders a wom
an of transcendent gifts and elo
quence wan president until 1015.
Mrs. Catt wns then again chosen.
Mr. Frank Leslie loft n large legacy
to Mrs. Catt to be used In the work.
The National association mndo ar
rangements nt the St. Louis conven
tion of 1010 to dissolve Us organiza
tion nnd become tho League of Wom
en Voters. These arrangements ho
enmo effective nt tho Chicago conven
toln In February Inst. So tho Longuo
of Women Voters now holds away
over something like 27.000,000 po.
fentlul American women voters.
.Mrs. Catt, who Is also the head of ths
International Woman Suffrage alli
ance, which Khe founded In 1001, Is,
honorary chairman ; Mrs. Maud Wood
Park Is chairman ; Mrs. Klehard Ed
wards of Indiana, treasurer; Mrs
Solon Jacobs of Alabama, secretary
and there Is a board of regional U
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rvV This i. fhe topic of topus wlieu-vel loM-rs
of tin- thoroughbred and racing inthusiasts
gat be The eastern race-going public lias gone
simplj crazy oer this :i-.ear-old chestnut colt
by Fair Play-Miihubuh, lij Uock Sand, hied liy
MnJ. August Uelmont, owned b. Samuel I). Kiddie
of i'hilndelphla, trained by Louis Feustel, ridden
b Jockey Clarence Kummer, and raced In the
name of tlie Glen Kiddle farm. Ills appearance packs tho
track to capacity. Crowds mill around tho paddock to get
a "close-up" of him. The thousands of horse-lovers can't bet
on him his odds are prohibitive. They Just want to se liim
And the applause lie gels well, It's past all de
scribing. Thero'H only one trouble he practically
scares out all competitors. Hut to make amends
be usually breaks a record.
Even veteran professional turf writers permit
theinehes to speak of Man o' War as the "un
disputed champion of the American turf," "cham
pion of champions among thoroughbreds past and
present," and so on. Some of them get almost
hysterical. Here's the New York Tribune, for In
stance, on Man o' War's performance in the Dwyer
stakes at Aqueduct:
"Man o' War, the handsome ,'l-ycar-old chestnut
colt of Samuel D. Kiddle, which earlier this sea
son had established himself as the greatest thor
oughbred of (he age, proved himself the horse .of
eternity at Aqui duct yesterday afternoon. One
stops, awestruck. In contemplation of this, God's
noblest handiwork In horseflesh. Words are In
adequate to describe him. Tho great colt, the
perfect liorsi", the Inepresslble son of Fair Play,
ag'iln did what no other horse of history ever
had done; he ran a mile and a furlong In 1 :-10 1-fj."
Man o War Is a great horse. Now, to discuss
a thing Intelligently It must be defined. So, what
Is a great horso? Well, a great horse, like a gen
tleman, Is bard to define. Hut It is axiomatic
that a great horse intmt have certain qualities.
lie must have speed, lie must have courage. Ho
must be able to carry weight. He must be able
to go a distance He must have the Intelligence
to play the game. He must be consistent In per
formance. Ho must bo willing to do ills best.
Other desirable qualities are a good disposition, an
equable temperament, a rugged constitution and
a sound body. Ami above all he must have that
'ndcfli able something culled class that something
which enables the stnke horso to hook up with
the plater In the stretch, look him tu tho oyo and
go on to win.
It vw uld Memi too much to expect of horseflesh
that any one indifehUml should have nil these quali
ties. Nevertheless, Man o War apparently has
them all. Anyway, here ore some of the exact
Tacts uLout Uils si'iisutlon of tho racing season
of 10JO- '
Man o' Wur Is an aristocrat of arlstociuts. Hore,
In brief, ore his Immcdluto family connections
; airy Gold, by Bond Or-Dame Mashaui. by Qa!
! urd, wus foaled In 1X00 in England. MnJ. Au
gust Uehnorit bought hor in Iflft'l for $18 000 nl the
MeCulmont stud dispersal salo, ent hpr to Ida
Nnrwrv twl In Kentucky and mated her with
Hastings From this union in 100.1 camo Pair
Plav. ilic rival of the phenomenal unbeaten Colin
in 1007 and 10OS. When Colin broke down In tho
Tldnl of WW. Vult Piny went on ro win the Law
rence iteulintlon, Coney Island, Jerome, Flrnt
Special and Municipal, giving ten puiindu to such
hroses us King James, Frank (Jill ami Hessian.
Fair Play was a great racer Ho Is great sire, in
Utnt he has produced In Man o' War horso
greuter than himself.
Fairy UoUl In 1018, gave to thu turf I-rlar Hock,
hv Hock Siilid. who in 1SUIJ won nowi im
J and Suburban - i tiling no oilier Uitai
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ever done. ,1. K. .Madden bought him tor $50,000
and retired him to the stud. J. II. Uosseter, tho
California sportsman and breeder, bought Friar
Hock and some mares- and their foals for $100,000.
One of these foals, Inchcape, balled as a second
Man o War, was bought the other day by S. C.
Hlldreth for .$ 1 fiO.000. Mr. Uosseter let Inchcape
go because h(. thinks some of the others of this
first crop of Friar Hock youngsters are better still,
but he refused lllhltctli's offer of $2.10,000 for
Filar Hock.
Air. Kiddle bought Man o' War on a bid of 5.1,000
'at the Helmont jeatllng sale of 10IS at Satatoga,
at which three other colts brought upward of
$J.'i,000 ach.
As a 2j ear-old Man o' War ran nine races and
won them all except the Sanford Alemorlal at
Saratoga. In that stake J. Ioftus got him practi
cally left at the post and he was ben I en a neck
by II. P. Whitney's Upset In 1 Ml l-fl. At the next
meeting Man o' War beat Upset like breahlng
stlckK. Incidentally, J. Loftus could get no license
to ride this year.
Up to July 10 .Man o' War laid run live taces
this j ear and hail won theiu all the Pieakness,
Withers, Stu.vvesnnt, Helmont and Dwyer.
As a 2 year-old he won SS:t'l2.ri. His victory In
the Dwjer brought ids 1020 winnings to $11,17.1,
and made him the leading money-winning horse
of the year. Were his owner a slake hog Instead
of a sportsman, be could doubtless hn.-o won tho
rich K'MiliH Icy ami Lnlonla derbies with the colt.
Man o' War as a 2-year old met nnd defeated
the best of ids age. Including Upset. Golden
llmmii, Hlnes. King Thrush, Cleopatra, Domin
ique nnd John P. drier. The racing world rec
ognized his quality and asked : "Will he go on as
a fi-j ear-old V" Man o' Wnr answered the question
by winning the Preakness at Plmilco last spring
from Upset, Wlldalr and King Thrush In I -.11 jj-jj
for the mile nnd an eighth with 120 pounds up.
The clinioplon's next appearance was In the his
toric Withers at pt-lmont May 20. He won from
Wlldalr and David Ilaiiim, running the mile In
1 ;H,1 4-.1 w'th US iiotiiuls up. This Is u new Amor
lean record, the fas'e-it mile In actual racing. The
record dlsplmed was that of :! 1-fi, held Jointly
by Sun Hrlar nnd Fairy Wand. Yet Alan o' War
was only ir.illoplng; he wus hard held and wus
let down only for an eighth.
In the Itclmunt Mau o' War, with 12(1 pounds up,
ran tho mile and throw-eighths in 2:14 1.1, n now
American record, displacing that of sir Harton's
U:17 2-8 In 1010. It Is also a world record. Dean
Swift mo the ill-iiiucM In 1008 In 2:10 2-5 at Liver
pool. England Jim key Kummer sot still, neither
lestniiniiu' tmr ur htg his burse. Mun o' War
ran to ml house! .iiid wanted to go on at tint
flnlh. Tl e cour-e is like tho letter S and partly
it U training tra k
Mun o" WuCs rate In tho Dwyer ut Aqueduct
wa ii still greater tHTformiirico. Heie ho scared
out all of the 01 nominations exiep' one That
one was J( Im P i.ner. ibo best of tin- icm II I'.
Whitney string of high-class .'1-i ear-olds. Man o'
War can led 12(5 pounds and John P. Grler 108.
The shrewdest handlcappers gave John P. drier
an undeniable chance and reckoned on a thrilling
race. They got It. The two horses ran neck and
neck to the last sixteenth. Here they went to the
whip. John 1. Gtler cracked and Man o' War
went on to win, ridden out, by a length and
a half.
The time. 1 :I0 l-.l, Is a new world record. The
previous American was one-fifth of a second slow
er and was held Jointly by Horrow nnd Hoots.
IJrown Prince ran the distance In England In 1017
In 1 :C0 2-fi with 10.1 pounds up. Tho best Austra
lian time Is 1 :,12. Man o' War ran tho quarter In
2.'! 2-fi, the half In 111. the three-quarters In 1 :00 2-f,
and tho mile In 1 :.'t.1 ll-.l. So Hie hoi so ran faster
than the records all tho way around. Donau's
hair-mlle In -Id l-.l at Los Angeles has stood since
1000. Arlful's three-quarters over tho straight
course at .Morris Pink In 1 :00 ll-.l lias stood since
UK) I. The mile III 1:11.1 .'l-!i was one-llflh second
faster than Alan o' War's new record In tho
Withers.
Alan o' War Is watched day and night. Ills
personal caretaker Is Frank Loftus. Cllve Gor
don rides Id nt In Ills work. Ills stable name Is
Ued. lie hasn't a mean hair on him. Ho has a
tremendous appetite, sleeps like a Hied boy and
apparently lias no nerves. The cheering crowds
do not excite him. A race like the Dwyer does
not upset him In tho least, lie Is perfectly hound,
has nover been cut or bruised In a race and has
never even snoood since Air. Kiddle got hhn. And
bo'd rather run than cat. Those who know Ids
work say im can break anv record he goes after.
Alan o' War seems to enjoy Hie parade and the
applause and acts his prettiest. He Is well-behaved
at the post, lie Is a quick breaker. Ho
runs with full enjoyment of the race. Ho travels
so smoothly nnd with so little friction that experts
pionounco bis action perfection.
Clarence Kuinmer rode Man o War In all his
nicos this year. Two days after the running of tho
Dwvor, Kumnier's mount, Costly Colors, foil nnd
tho Jockey got a bad fall, which sent him to tho
hospital. It wns said later by Mr. Htddlu thnt
ICuntmer would be in shape to ride Alan 0' War
in his fall engagements.
Alan o' Wnr Is not for snle at any price. Air.
Kiddle was offered $200,000 before tho champion
raced this year; the latest offer made public wns
$2IMMMM) hv Joseph L. Murphy of Philadelphia.
Mr. ltlddlo plans to hnvo Jlun o' War carry tint
llu L and jellow silks for two years mora mul
then put him nl tho head of the stud ho Is
forming
"Alan o' War will nover ho porinlttod to lonvo
this country," declares his proud ownor. "Ho be
longs to Ibo peoplo of the United States, who lovo
a good horse, quite as much us he does In mo.
I regard mjself mcrclj as a uslodlan, having hhn
In trust for tic bend) f ile Amer'caii tborouuh
bred of the luiure '