The entire western
or most American part of South Dakota has been twice carried for
suffrage, that is, in 1914 and 1916. One county, Harding, adjacent to
Wyoming, has been carried for woman suffrage in the six referenda on
the question, the first one being held in 1890.
The only real argument against the Federal amendment thus far advanced
is that one group of states which want woman suffrage may force it
upon another group which does not want it. That argument works both
ways. _A group of counties_ which want woman suffrage may be deprived
of it for years because another group of un-Americanized, foreign-born
citizens do not want it. The first is said to be the principle of
"American sovereignty," the second may fairly be called the principle
of "foreign sovereignty."
CHAPTER V.
FEDERAL ACTION AND STATE RIGHTS
HENRY WADE ROGERS
Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, New York City,
and Professor in the Yale University School of Law.
I do not propose to discuss the subject of woman suffrage in the
abstract.
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