Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-17
The House Defeats the Womaa
Suffrage Ba
AFTER A VERY LIVELY DEBATE
The vese ssocs - O. So. Mar, >ac.s-
trss ID .dse-1he Sose Was 1skea.
The Bn Finally Iso,rd-

- il having t.-en made the special or.1ef
- business fof TIM afternoon. NAny q
the vomen pFssent have state and ns.
tonAl rep0tationk fof ,heif ~fak In the
cause a Woman suffrage hat he "a
nailiar face and angular hgefs - Susan
h Anthony were missing. she having
r-sted content with her cforts q lsst
night. when she addressed a large audi.
enoe IN Representative ball IL pss an
tscipsted that the discussion q the hili
would develop circus and II did
The curtain went up Immediately after
roll cali. " ben Ne<<fs. Chanai<flaln and
Kline sent "a fari4sflcslls t,esiecksi and
lengthy ietltiens. rignri by fcsifH,us
names. purportlng 70 b. those a Indian
chiefs, Il Irish drectnf living a. the
upper peninsula. la ssss - The huh
All 81 these petitions SCORED Mr. Sulli
van Tor his known opposition u the
hill, and they were referred a. that gen
usnien- The eosnan advocafes ~ the
bih regarded this a. . g1rine insult
and one III the leaders n the deIeeafioa
endeavorrsi to ~eeure the petitions from
Mr. Sullivan. stating that she ds<lr..d "a
take them 20 Defruif ~ s-Dassnin a
the occasion and samples ~ one a the
greatest insults ever offered a. the
women - Michigan. She Was unssc
cessful and she retired cresifailen. She
said that the women who had gone
through ~fhe Dakota can paign had
never been subjected % such Disgrace
ful treatment as bad been acooried 90
Michigan women today.
Nr. Moody sn the Chair
Representative Mocdy - tsratioi eas
4. -. -. - 81.
measure and uhen Speaker Tafcum
called him 10 the chair the announce
ment Was greeted with cheers and cries
~ Speech, speech buf Mr.. Moody
frowned down the enthusiasts aud pro
cet~ied % buslnees The tdi Nas IN
committee ~ the whole and after its
disposition there u was brought before
the house Mr. Moody resigned the
chair 90 Mr. Tsteum At this .uncfure.
and the bill passed to a third reading.
after which Mr.. Tafsum again eurren-
dered the chair 70 Mr. Moody. Thers
uas buzz - surprised exritement
among the several hundred woman
visitors when Mr.. Neukirk q is.<e
county. the author ~ the hiil. arose n
speak its favor. Mr.. Neekirk is small
man. bat po~~essss spcculiarly p<netrst
ing voice and speaks with = nncncy and
ALttUfAIN tIGt lttIftIIlrttAifF tII| N8INIF ~
newspaper training such as he has
lie committed his sp-ech g. manuscript,
but only used the paper as nntes-
Mr.. Newkirk's sp>ech.
Mr.. Newkifk began by saving that he
had frequently been accused ~ having
radical ideas on various subjects and
consequently had frequently toen
termed crank. he said that woman
suffrage bad been his hobby fof many
years. and although when he ess
elected he was fully aware ~ the snecrs
and faunts be would be sahiecfr-d 20 Il
he introduced a measure giving the
franchise to women. a vae the first rcee
luton he made after election. lie had
made no personal canvas - the honrr 20
secure votes for the measure. relying en-.
fircly upon the good sense of The mem.
hers 20 support The measure. lie bad
not hcen imT,0rfuned 20 work for che
measure bnt had gone into 4; -heert
and soul because he thought u va
right. The stsougest arpanltrt that h.
bad heard adyanresl against The bllI wAs
that home ie the place fpf wcrlcr. he
rfferf~d 81 punsen ~ fae hospitals
during the waf and their Grsaf work
there and asked y the men Who 'nosg
sn.-sre-i AT them Cor their presumption
enceresi ~ them there.
~ the Bal shopsd Pass
NJ Nrukirk said that another great
oi,lectlon o. the granting - outrage g.
women Rasfhat theF were ti.c rfpotlon>l,
that they would - unable T. distinguish
i<.faeen good lau and rad one lie
took issue With tie men who made surh
eiaismerts and said that n a pss nut
Cor the women ae eonid rof have sns
ia~e governing the Iiqupr traffic. NJ
l-enefalrnf insfIfutfons etc fe thought
that women we're tffed a. make better
rei~cfione n rutic ofsriais than man
We fcftffed a. Rfuai town n this
state where. g. his r'efHoral Arfsv ie.lGe.
fhfet different presislertf - tte ,ii|sEe
had l,-en Carried hnsur afunl n. difcs-
enf OCCASIONS during tiIeir tern ~ en.ee
snd the effect - Fprb conrifion q
sfairs Wa siempsalizinr - The rising
generation n vonsen Rad thf franchise
such dssTrscefoi scsfes would never
have been enscted
ps the BsIbs< ts~Grsas-x
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qnerfls hseard she ssgssns,on t'ssf ths
ksliof vie degrading snd consequently
sas nrf N vrmsn's sfhtrs. II y rss
degrading. tho mer ard net fhs pernrr
hss n,a5s u - ficsertr ~ vsuid MI
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