Judge Clark Says
State Will Ratify Suffrage. . . Thinks Endorsement of Woman Suffrage Certain at
Special Session. . . Approves Work Done by Miss Paul
Predicting that North Carolina would ratify the suffrage
amendment immediately upon the convening of the legislature, the News and Observer’s Washington
correspondent says Chief Justice Walter Clark of Raleigh wrote the following
letter to Alice Paul, chairman of the National Woman’s Party:
“Will you permit me to congratulate you upon the great
triumph in which you have been so important a factor?
“Your place in history is assured. Some years ago when I
first met you, I predicted that your name would be written ‘on the dusty roll
the ages kept.’
“There were politicians and a large degree of public
sentiment which could be won only by the methods which you adopted. There were
others which could only be won by the methods adopted by the other wing of the
suffrage movement.
“It is certain that but for you, success would have been
delayed for many years to come.
“Permit me to express what I believe will be the verdict of
history. There will be a special session of the General Assembly of this State
next spring, and I feel fully assured of the ratification of the amendment by
this State at that time.”
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