Show SUffRAGISTS WIN NIN VICTORY IN HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT GETS BY WITH EXACTLY V REQUIRED RE RE- TWO THIRDS Measure Bitterly Opposed by Southern Members and It Was Necessary to Call on Two Sick Men to Vote to Save the Bill Washington The The woman suffrage constitutional amen amendment ment bill bm passed the house on January 10 b by a vote of to ISO Early Earl action by the senate senah Is looked cd for A bill identical with that which the house passed is already on the senate calendar The result was so close that the victors victors vIctors vic vIc- tors had actually not a single vote to spare pare Two thirds of votes total makes 2731 But the house parliamentarian parliamentarian parliamentarian parlia parlia- ruled that you cannot split spIlt a aman aman aman man into a third or an any fraction Hadnot Had Hadnot Hadnot not Representatives Mann and Sims both risen from their sick-beds sick in order order order or or- der to vote aye aye the result would have been in dire dile jeopardy The only thing tiling that could have saved the he suffrage day would have ha been that with only one of these men present there was still Speaker Clark Clarl to be counted upon The Th suffragists had hind him as an ace In the hole for fOl he was WU scheduled to vote aye a e Unexpected opposition to the amendment amend amend- meat ment which developed during the da day In spite of the presidents president's eleventh eleventh- hour declaration In favor of the measure measure measure meas meas- ure kept the result uncertain up to the last up checking-up of the final roll call cull Southern Democrats in some instances instances in m. stances voiced bitter opposition against the presidents president's action During the day this antagonism from the south steadily steadily stead stead- il ily Increased until it looked for a time during the first roll 1011 call on the final vote that the amendment had been defeated |