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Show SUFFRAGE VOTE ICHIJpiED Senate Confers and Debates De-bates and Then Adjourns for the Day. Both Opponents and Supporters Sup-porters Are Confident of Final Victory. WASHINGTON. Sept. The innate failed again todiiy to reach a voto on the house resolution proposing submission submis-sion to the states of the S-'unan B. Anthony An-thony woman suffrage amendment to the constitution. After a day of conferences and debates the senate adjourned until tomorrow, but with little likelihood of a voto before Saturday, if then. Absence of senators favoring the rejolu-tion rejolu-tion defections its advocate wero reported to have suffered and unexpected protraction of debate contributed lo postponement post-ponement of act ion and to the disappointment disap-pointment of the Immense throng of spectators. spec-tators. L'n. ertainty as .to disposition of the resolution was Increased as a result of today's developments. Senator Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the woman suffrage committee, said tonight that a voto before Saturday was "extremely unlikely," un-likely," while leading opponents of tho resolution said the vote might be delayed indefinitely. The close lineup of the senate on tho resolution was ai admitted factor In today's inaction. Chairman Jones announced an-nounced that before pressing a vote managers man-agers of the resolution desired to await the return of Senator La Folletto of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, who favors the resolution and who was not "paired." He Is returning from California, arid is due In Washington late Saturday. Senator Jones also said that Senator Townsend cf Michigan, another absent supporter of the resolution, but who Is "paired," desired to vote and could arrive by Saturday. Both Confident. With thee votes Senator Jonts and other champions of the resolution believed be-lieved the necessary two-thirds majority would be mustered on a final roll call. Opponents, however, were confident of having votes to insure its defeat, even with absentees present-Some present-Some senators supporting the resolution admitted tonight privately that, without any further change, the resolution would be defeated by one vote. They said the latest private' polls showed that the senate sen-ate stood 63 to 33 in favor of tho resolution, reso-lution, ju3t one short of two-thirds majority. ma-jority. Senator Williams of Mississippi in an amendment proposed to enfranchise only white women, declaring that adoption of It would remove most of the objection and permit the senate to dispose of the question and give Us attention to the prosecution pro-secution of the war. Before adjourning tonight the senate ordered a roll call on the Williams amendment as the first order or-der of business tomorrow. Defeat of the amendment generally was expected. Senator Hardwick of Georgia also opposed op-posed giving the vote to negro women, de-daring de-daring that it would add to the "white man's burden" in the south because negro ne-gro soldiers under constitutions of moat southern states can vote after tho war. Senator McKellar of Tennessee declared that the fears of senators that the suffrage suf-frage amendment would disturb the racial ra-cial franchise situation in the south was unfounded. New polls taken by tho suffrage leaders today are reported to have shown one or possibly two votes short of the two-thirds two-thirds necessary to win. They decided, therefore, to delay the vote until every possible vote could be mustered. Crowds at Debate. While the senate leaders revised their program the crowds in the galleries remained re-mained to listen to the debate, most of them knowing nothing of the developments develop-ments outside the chamber. Some of the officials of the women's organizations, however, were consulted by senators favoring fa-voring a delay. Twice before the resolution has been called before the senate for a vote and put over. Last spring the opposition forced a postponement and on June 27, failure to arrange pairs for the late Senator Sen-ator James of Kentucky, contributed to another postponement. Discussion today was opened by Sena-i Sena-i tor Vardaman of Mississippi, who declared women havo made their place in the political po-litical world by force of will and have clearly earned the right to the ballot. While personally opposed to the resolution, reso-lution, Senator McCumber of North Dakota Da-kota ?aid that, in view of the fact that the legislature in his state had twice adopted resolutions favoring woman Siii rT rage and calling upon its representa- (Coviiiued on Page Four.) i i SUFFRAGE VOTE IG1 DEFERRED (Continued from Page One.) tives In congress to support this measure, mea-sure, he felt he could do nothing else than .vote for it. "I believe in giving women the right i of suffrage on an equality with men and I shall vote for the resolution," announced an-nounced Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, who declared that no menace would come to the south from giving negro women the vote, as the situation could be handled han-dled just the same 88 It had been relative rela-tive to negro men. Speaking in opposition. Senator Fletcher of Florida, said there Is only one safe and wise method to pursue relative to extending ex-tending suffrage to women, and that is by having the states confer the power. Senator Hardwick of Georgia argued that the resolution violates platforms of both Republican and Democratic parties and also imperils, through the nice question, the institutions of the soul h. Both parties, he asserted now are playing sorry politics and trying to get on the suffrage band wagon. Senator Shafroth of Colorado said party platforms recommended separate action by states on tho suffrage question, but did not prohibit congress also from acting. Senator Frellnghuyscn. Republican, of New Jersey, declared a 'niniptor men-aV' men-aV' s attnehed to this resolution which would In part do away with the safeguards 1 now surrounding the rlrht of suffrage. He . asserted that a foreign-born woman with ; evil intentions could e;isily obtain the : right to vote by marrying some "gullible, "gul-lible, easy-going American citizen." j At this the crowded galleries and senators sena-tors on the floor broke out in laughter. Senator FreltnghuyBen offered an nmend-, nmend-, nient limiting suffrage to such persons i as shall have acquired citizenship by ; birth or naturalization. ; Increase Supremacy. In Tennessee, Senator MeKellar declared, de-clared, the white supremacy over the negro ne-gro would be increased to G00, 000 should the resolution be adopted. "I don't believe be-lieve it Is an invasion of the state's rights question," he continued. After this war. Senator McKellar said, there would be thousands of young women in this country who arc without fathers and to whom the'right of suffrage should be grven. Senntor Pomerene of Ohio said he had supported the suffrage nmendmont each lime It had boon submitted to a vote in Ohio, nut since It was I ef ea t ed cadi 1 1 j iin he would be opposing the expressed winh of the people of his state if he voted for the constitutional amendment. Senntor Jones, in charge of the resolution, resolu-tion, in opposing the Williams amendment asked the senate to adopt the house draft without change. To amend It. he averted, would mean sending It bark to the house, whero a sufficient number of members could not bo mustered this session for a vote. "The woman suffrage resolution has been pending for years," Senator Jones said, "and Iho time Is approaching when it should be pnssed." " I Senator Williams urged that his amend- menl be adopted, declaring that only by Its acceptance could white supremacy in ! the south be assured. "Instead of delaying passage of this j resolution, It would hurry it up and In- I sure adoption of tho constitutional I amend men t by three -fourths of tho 1 states," Senntor Williams b-el;ired. j Swmtor Williams said coimrens should dlspoHn of the uuffrago question and go home. |