Show WIN HOUSE constitutional AMENDMENT GETS BY WITH EXACTLY 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 woman suffrage constitutional amendment bill passed the house on january 10 by a vote of to early action by the senate Is looked looked for A bill identical with thit that which the house passed Is already on the senate calendar the result was so close that the victors had anally ac not a single vote to ta spare two thirds of votes total makes 2731 13 1 3 but the house parliamentarian men tarlan ruled that you cannot split a man into a third or any fraction had not representatives mann olied and sims both risen from their sick beds in order to vote aye the result would have been in dire jeopardy the only thing that could have saved the suffrage day would have been that with only one of these men present there was still speaker clark to be counted upon the suffragists had him as an ace in the hole for he was scheduled to vote aye unexpected opposition to the amendment which developed during the day la in spite of the presidents eleventh hour declaration in favor of the measure kept the result uncertain up to the last up of tile the final roll call southern democrats in some instances voiced bitter opposition against the presidents action during the day this I 1 antagonism from the south steadily increased until it looked for a time during the first roll call on the final vote that the amendment had been defeated |