Show SUFFRAGISTS WIN IVIN mm VICTORY IN HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT GETS BY WITH EXACTLY REQUIRED RE RE- QUI RED TWO Measure Bitterly Opposed by Southern Members and It Was Necessary to Call on Two Sick Men to Vote to Save the Bill Wash The The won woman suffrage constitutional amendment bill passed the house on January 10 by a vote otc of to ISO Early action by the senate is looked ed for A AbIll bill Identical with that which the house passed Is already on the senate calendar The result was so close that the victors victors vic vie tors had load actually not a single vote to spare Two-thirds Two of votes otes total makes snakes 2 2731 31 3 1 But the house parliamentarian parlia ruled that you cannot split spIlt a aman aman man Into a third or any fraction Had Hadnot not Representatives Mann Iann and Sims both joth rl risen en from their sick-beds sick In order order order or or- der to vote aye the result would have been jeen In dire jeopardy The Tile only thing that could have saved th the suffrage day would have been that with only one of these men uteri present there mere was still Speaker Clark to be counted upon The Tho suffragists had load him as an nee flee In the hole bole for he lie was scheduled to vote ote aye nye S Unexpected opposition the to the to-the the the- amendment amendment amend amend- ment which developed during the darIn day dar dayn In n spite of the presidents president's nt eleventh- eleventh hour lour declaration in favor favor- of oC the measure measure measure meas meas- ure kept the result un uncertain up up to to the last up checking of ot the final roll call S Sou Southern ern Democrats In some rome instances instances in in- stances voiced bitter opposition against the presidents president's action During the day this antagonism from flom the south steadly stead stead- Uy liy ly Increased until It looked look for a D time during the first roll call call- callon on oa the final vote that the amendment had been defeated |