Woman's Suffrage

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 17, 1909

Woman's Suffrage.—The California Legislature has turned down the Woman's Suffrage amendment. It required a two-thirds vote in the Assembly; it could only muster a majority of two—39 to 37. February 1, the Assembly of South Dakota defeated a bill granting the right of ballot to women in that state, altho the bill had been passed by the senate. Assemblyman Preston of Ukiah, California, in his speech against the amendment, declared: "I do not believe that they who have appeared here represent the great mass of women; and in the name of my mother who is passed away, in the name of my wife whom I adore, and in the name of my daughter whom I love, I hope you will vote against this amendment."