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Show Delware Lower House Vote Against Suffrage DOVER, Del , April 1. Ratification of the suffrage amendment was defeated defeat-ed in the lower house of thp legislature legisla-ture today. The voto was 23 to 0. Members who voted for the amendment amend-ment subsequently changed for the purpose of later moving to reconsider. The vote as finally announced was 2G lo 5. The defeat ot the ratification resolution reso-lution dashes to earth the hope of the suffrage leaders that Delaware would become the thirty-sixth state to ratify suffrage and thus achieve tho prestige of casting the voto that would give womon tht"' right of the ballot. The legislature, called in extraordinary extraordi-nary session by Governor Townsend to consider the amendment mot on March 22. Leaders of the suffrage movement and those opposed to it flocked to this quiet little town. Gratification over the defeat of the ratification was expressed by Mrs, t.lr,,..rT..-..llll IHIIi Wlll'lll i Henry B. Thompson, president of the Delaware Association Opposed to Woman Wo-man Suffrage. She said: "I was sure of the result from the beginning. Delaware men are true to lheir convictions and the traditions of I their state. They cannot be coerced j jor bought. "We have assurance from Connectl- ( cut and Vermont thai no special session ses-sion will bo called. We also have assurances as-surances Ohio, New texlco, Oklahoma and Maine will, by right of referendum, determine the will of tho people as to whether women shall vote." Mrs. Florence Iiilles. president of, tho suffrage slate organization, said: "We hae a majority in the senate. We will try to shove the measure through that body and then strive to have the house act favorably on the Joint ratification resolution. We are (ilncou raged buL we are by no means licked." no |