| Show I SENATE AD ADOPTS 0 PIS EQUAL SUFFRAGE MEASURE 56 25 Applause Appau e Sweeps Chamber Chamberas as year Forty-year Fight for forr Women r Ends Washington lon Juno June 4 4 Action Action cUon b by Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress on equal suffrage suffrage subject subject e-subject subject 0 of ofa a aI tight I ht or of fort forty years years' duration ended duration ended 1 late today tOay Senate e by 2 a a. v tc- tc tc Q lf f r ro l f Susan B B. Anthony Anthon constitutional amendment resolution Tho The proposed amendment adopted by the tho House b by a vote ote of or O i to 89 May la 21 1 1 as thc the first act of the tho new Congress Cons now no goes to tho the states ratification rat rat- b by legislatures of three three- fourths of oC which Is required J for its incorporation In the Ito federal constitutIon tion The roll call today showed two t votes otes more than tho the necessary two- two thirds for the resolution which was drafted b by Susan I F Anthony Anthon In 1ST and introduced L by Senator Sargent oCI of oC I California In 1878 Counting paired and absent members the thc Senate all ally stood 66 to 30 for Cor tho the measure Am Applause lau S' S p Chom Chamber r Loud applause unchecked by thc the presiding officer swept wept tho the Senate chamber when the final vote yote was an announced announced announced an- an following two days days' de debate tIe tIe- bate and man many jubilation meetings s were In progress toda today r at headquarters of ot various women's organizations which have ha be been n active in support of the thc measure Immediately after the Senator Senates action ac ac- ac- ac tion the thc resolution was taken taleen to Speaker Gilletts Gillett's office and signed It was W rushed back to tho the Senate for It its presiding officers officer's sl signature but arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived aft after r the thc Senate had adjourned and ant will be approved tomorrow President Pres Pres- ident Wilsons Wilson's signature It was stated is not necessary although the resolution will be sent to the thc WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House as usual and ma may be signed b by bythe bythe the executive It will he be certified to the thc states b by the thc state department Upon the Senate roll call toda today the tho oto vote w s as follows For adoption Republicans Capper Capper Cap Cap- per Cummins Curtis I-d I Edge e Elkins Fall Fernald France Gronna Hale Harding John on of oC California Jones of Washington Kellogg Kellogg Kel Kel- logg loS Kenyon Kenon La Hollett Follette L McCormick McNary McNary Mc- Mc Nary Nelson elson New Norris Pa Page e PhipPs Poindexter Sherman Smoot Spencer Sterling Sutherland Warren arren Watson Total 36 20 C au rJ 11 or or Adoption Democrats Ashurst Chamberlain Culberson Harris nards Henderson Jones New ev Mexico e Kendrick 1 MeNd MeNd- lar Myers Nugent Phelan Sheppard Smith of ot Arizona Stanley Stanle Thomas Walsh a Ish of Massachusetts Walsh of or Montana Total 20 O Total for tor adoption 36 ti 6 Against Republicans Borah Knox Lodge McLean Moses and Wadsworth Total Total To To- tal S S. S TO-I TO Democrats Bankhead Beckman Dial Fletcher Ga Gay Harrison cock Overman Reed Simmons Smith of oC Maryland Mariland land Smith o of South Carolina Swanson S Trammell Underwood Will Will- lams lame and Wolcott Total 17 Total against 23 2 Those paired were Senator Ball and nd King ICing for Cor with Shields against Cal Cal- tier and Townsend Townsond for with Penrose Penroe against Garry Garr and Johnson of oC South Ual Dakota ota for with Martin a against Gore and Coil Colt for with against Senators Owen Robinson on and Smith of oC Georgia were absent and were cre not paired Text of 01 nJ Of or the absentees Senators Owen an and Robinson favored ored tho the resolution and Senator Smith of oC Goor Georgia la was an na opponent Including paired and absent senators the Die total lineup lineup line line- up tip was waif Cort forty Republicans nR a and ald jd t twentysix twenty twenty- wen t six Ix Democrats for the thc resolutions and nine Republicans and ono twenty Democrats In opposition v The amendment as aa it will be added Continued on Page PaSc 2 J I I j SENATE ENATE VOTES E EQUAL t l r. r SUffRAGE MEASURE Continued from page 1 1 to the constitution if it ratified by br tho the states rea reads s Section Article Article Section 1 Tho The rl right ht of citizens of the United States to vote d b by bythe bytho abridged shall 11 not be denied denie or tho the United Unite States or b by y nn any state on account of sex Section 2 Z Con Congress t shall have I legislation to power b by appropriate enforce the provisions of this article All efforts to amend amen the resolution of 5 55 In the Senate failed Called n By a vote ote amendment amend amend- to 25 the Senate rejected the tIme ment of Senator Underwood Democrat of pf mf Alabama proposing submission state tho the proposed article to popular conventions Instead of state legis legis- An amendment by b Senator Louisiana prOPOSing proposing propos Ga Gay Democrat of ing inS enforcement b by the states n Instead U J. J of or tIme the the fe federal eral go government was ve ted led lown 62 6 tb 10 19 The Senate also re rejected ro- ro j. j without a roll call a revision re of or Senator Underwood's amendment proposed propose by Senator Ph clan Democrat of California to fix methods of callIng callIng calling call call- ing popular ratification co conventions Ratification B Soon Although few e state l legislatures now arc are In session woman suffrage su that ratification ratification champions chu tonight ht claimed secured probably probably cation soon would be ably b by next t spring spring- In today's debate de debate debatt de- de bate batt however Senator Gay Ga predicted that with the southern states opposing tho the measure because o of entailed en enfranchisement en- en Ir of negro women the re required re- re thirteen states would refuse to ratify and cause causo its rejection Opponents again occupied most of or today's debate anti and reiterated arguments arguments arguments ments that the resolution is the tl of state rights and popular rule Since the thc resolution was wa drafted by Susan B D B. B Anthony Anthon the thc woman suffrage e pioneer virtually a continuous fight has been waged wage for Its submission by Congress to tho the states Among the spectacular features of ot the I Iwas was the tIme picketing and ani demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- of the called so militant suffragettes ettes of or whom between tOO and 01 have o been arrested and ancl given Jail JaB ranging from irom three days to s seven en months Adoption President on last September f CO O 0 addressed the Senate and une urged adoption of or the resolution as ns a a. war measure and reiterated his request for congressional cons approval in his mes message to the present Congress Senate adoption of or the time resolution toda today followed four tour rejections It was defeated in 1 when It secured only t H It affirmative to S 34 negative o votes otes In 1914 the Senate voted It Il down by 11 11 votes Again In September 1918 S it was sas rejected b by two ho votes and anti a again aln last February b by one vote Tho The House voted upon the resolution three times rejecting It in lii 1915 In by 78 8 votes passing passin pass pass- in lug ing It in l nS b by a margin of ot one and anel anela a again ain two weeks aso ago with H 14 Hote votes voles to spore spare |
