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Show TOO EARLY FOR SENATE VOTE Mrs. Belmont Serves Notice on Senator to Beware of Opponents' Advice . Washington, March 6 Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont served notice on Senator Ashurst today that the suffragists would declare war on him if he permitted per-mitted the woman suffrage constitutional constitu-tional amendment to go to a vote in the senate at this time when there Is doubt that It might command the necessary nec-essary two-thirds vote. "If you allow the woman suffrage amendment to go to a vote now," Mrs. Belmont telegraphed, "I shall consider you false to our Interests and shall not hesitate to make the fact known in important places. Those .who ha.veske.dy.p Ao. 'the 'amendment to a vote now are not' genuinely interested In its Immediate Immedi-ate success. They are Progressives and are using you Beware of their advice. Wo expect you to represent us, not them." "Mrs. Belmont is one of the leaders, lead-ers, if not the leader, of the whole movement," volunteered Senator 01-lie 01-lie James. Senator Ashurst added she was a very excellent woman. |