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Show House Posses Porto Eicau Bill. j WASHINGTON', May 3. The house I st ruck J rum the Porto Hi can bill to-I to-I day by a vote of 80 to 59, an amend- ment designed to graut woman suffrage! to the- islands. 'The hill" then passed without roll call, virtually as introduced. intro-duced. The vote on the amendment showed a complete disregard of party lines, though more Democrats than Republicans Republi-cans voted against, it. It was inserted j in the bill by Minority Leader Maun. j Representatives of suffrage organizations, organi-zations, who had made no a I tempt to have the ahiendment inserted in the bill, were out in force in the galleries and showed disappointment over the failure of the proposal. |