Show BOURBONS DODGE I SUFFRAGE VOTE Ruse of Opponents Records No Quorum Present at at- at Con Conference f I Washington Feb 5 G- G 5 Strategy of oC opponents op op- of oC l suffrage Wi was saud to tolIa lIa have prevented 1 a n. formal Cormal record vote oto on un Indorsement of or tho the SIl Susan Rn D. D Anthony Anthon suffrage o constitutional amendment measure Twenty senators voted favorably fa favorably tn- tn but hut all 11 of or tho the opponents refrained re refrained re- re mined from rom voting Acting oUn and Senator Marlin Martin Mar Mar- tin till of oC lr Virginia Irginia Iii the Democrat leader who presided that the resolution reso reso- lution was wan not I adopted ll because e a 0 quorum was not net present tho the vote on all tine the Jones Jonc proposal pro plO proposal a n motion minion of oC opponents of oC tho the resolution to adjourn was defeated to 17 IT Action Next 1 y After adjournment Senator Jones chairman of tho the woman suffrage o committee committee committee com com- said Bahl the conference action left tho the malt r open for tor further consideration consider consider- atlon allon and antI would not affect his plans to call cl up the resolution in lit tho the Senate next Monday lond When hen wo come como to final action snit said Senator Jones Joncs thorn thor was not a n. majority majority ma mn- of ot tho the conference present and Ull therefore no quorum with which to act acton on nn the resolution A largo majority of oC those present however were In fa favor fn- fn resolution vor wo 01 of oC tine of oC acting on en The fh political expediency tho suffrage amendment was lens the tho principal principal prin prin- cipal themo of oC debate which was vas marked b by Its voh vehemence At times spoke Senators spoke e BO so loud that voices reverberated through h the thick Illicit doors o of tho the conference room Advocates of or the tho resolution nr argued that the fortunes of oC the Democrat party would bo ho aided by favorable favorable- ac action action action ac- ac tion on tho the equal suffrage question and said that If It was defeated future futuro political benefits would v. bo be secured by 11 bythe bytho the tho Republicans Opponents were said to have hl contended that tho the political expediency expediency ex eX- ex- ex would not bo be a a. factor In so fO serious a matter mattor as RS amending the con con- On One t Hermit G Gained n I The meeting tho the first hold held b by br the Democrat senators during during- tho the war broko broke up In a roar of ot Inu laughter over or tho the ruling of ot Senator Martin on the point of oC no quorum on the final vote It H was announced that one more mora re recruit recruit re- re cruit for tho the suffrage resolution had he been en gained In Senator Pollock of oC South Carolina who silo in its Us support Friends of or the resolution said privately privately that it would ho he brou brought ht before beCort the Senate next Monday olanda with at le least t 6 63 of oC the 96 votes otes assured In Its favor This Tills would be one ono short of oC the re required reQuired required re- re two thirds but advocates expressed ox- ox ex expressed pressed confidence that the one ono nelI additional additional ad ad- nel- nel I vote ote necessary necessary- for tor Its adoption adoption tion could d bo be secured I II I 0 I I |