While U.S. Senate Denies Vote To Women, Editor Says Granting Ballot to Women as Certain as Death and Taxes, Feb. 13, 1919

From the editorial page of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch, Thursday, Feb. 13, 1919, Isaac S. London, Editor and Proprietor

By a margin of one vote equal suffrage met its fourth defeat in the United States Senate Monday. No further action at this session is now possible, but the campaign to submit a constitutional amendment to the States will be renewed when the 66^th Congress convenes—and it will be passed, too.

On the final roll-call Monday, 55 Senators—one less than the required two-thirds—voted for the adoption of the resolution, and 29 against it. This resolution was passed by the House Jan. 10, 1918, by vote of 274 to 136. Twenty-four Democrats and 31 Republicans voted for the resolution, while 18 Democrats and 11 Republicans opposed it. Senators Overman and Simmons, and Smith of South Carolina, voted against granting the ballot to women, while Senator Pollock of Cheraw not only voted for it but made a strong speech in its advocacy.

The granting of the ballot to women is as certain as death and taxes, and those who oppose it are merely temporarily scotching the wheels.