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Show SMS QUESTION IS UP TO STATES Underwood Puts Democratic i Party xn Record as Opposed to Equal Suffrage. REBUFF FOR LENROOT Leader Refuses Point Blank to Recommend House Vote to Create Committee. Washington, Feb. 4 The Democratic Demo-cratic party was formally placed on record today as opposed to national legislation conferring the right of 1 suffrage on women, by Majority Leader Lead-er Underwood, ou the floor of the bouse. Representative Underwood declared declar-ed he believes, with the party, that the suffrage question whs for the states and not the national govern ment to determine Representative Lenroot injected the question into the house debate by agklnR Mr Underwood if he would use his influence, to have reported ! a resolution for a suffrage commit- I tee. and action which the Democratic caucus had refused to tiiJie. "Will the gentleman use his influence influ-ence to have that resolution reported, report-ed, so that the houae may vote on it?" demanded Mr. Lenroot. "I will not," replied Mr. Underwood, Under-wood, "because I am not in favor j of it If there is one principle my I party stands for, it is local self-gov-eminent If there is one single Question Ques-tion that the Democratic party Is' committed to it is that the franchise should be controlled by the individual states " oo |