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Show Deeds Not Words. Within two weeks after the return of Itcpiibllcan control, the Sixty-sixth CoiiKrevs passed tho Fedural Suff-raxc Suff-raxc uiuendmcnt by an overwhelming majority. Vota House, 304 for to 89 against. Senate !0 for to 25 against. Nlnoty per cent of tho Republicans of the houso voted for; 79 per cent of the Democrats of the house voted agninst; 80 per cent of tho Republicans Republi-cans of the senate voted for; 40 per cent of the Democrats of the senntf oted against. The Democrats In control of Congress Con-gress for the past EIGHT YEARS talked about It and did nothing. The first eight legislatures to ratify the Kedpral Suffrage Amendment were Republican. The first man who secured recognition recogni-tion for women's cause ln Congress nnd arranged committee hearing win Senator James Harlan, of Iowa, a Whig (the forerunner of the Republican Repub-lican pnrt.v). The fir-t man to Introduce nnd speak for suffrage In Congress was Senator Aaron A. Sargent, a Republican, Repub-lican, of California. Republican sentiment for suffrage, steadily growing through tho years, culminated In final passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment In 1910 by u REPUBLICAN CONGRESS. |