1. The last Republican State platform on which members of the legislature were elected, declared for a referendum.
2. The Republican State Chairman was an open and avowed anti-Suffragist.
3. The biggest Republican boss in N. J. was actively hostile to the Suffrage movement.
4. The biggest Democratic boss of N. J. was actively hostile to the Suffrage movement.
5. The tremendous political influence exerted through the liquor interests was actively and openly working against them.
New Jersey ratified on February 10.
In regard to the New Jersey campaign, Betty Gram has a vivacious article in the Suffragist on March, 1920.
She says:
Miracles happen sometimes—but the ratification of the Suffrage Amendment on February 10th by the New Jersey Legislature was not the result of a miracle.
Every organizer of the Woman’s Party who had worked in the State whispered in my ear, “Don’t try New Jersey—it will never ratify.” It was therefore with reluctance that at the bidding of Miss Paul and Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins, New Jersey State Chairman, I invaded the territory of the enemy and went to Trenton, where on September 30th both the Republican and Democratic State platform committees were sitting.