The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-17
SUFFRAGfTTES
WIN A POINT
GET FAVORABLE RECOMMENDED
TON ON WARRINGTON SUF-
FRAoETTE MEASURE.
Women Show Committee Where They
Can Better Affairs If Given the
hignt to Cast Ballot.

Little Rock, Arkansas, March TO-
Overcome by feminine attractiveness
and overpowered by forceful argument
the Constitutional Committee Of the
mouse, known as the "old guard" went
down to defeat yesterday before com
nittee from the Women's POLE,
Equality League, and with meelxly bow
ca heads and subdued voices voted that
the bill proposed an amendment to the
house From the INST round unti the
last the Constitutional Committee was
outmatched by eloquent suffragists. with
ne result that the league won the first
battle III its efforts TO gain the ballot
for Arkansas women.
The committee from the league had an
engagement with the Constitutional Com
mittee in the banquet hall of the hotel
Marion and at the hour set the members
of the committee were on hand. When
the Constitutional Committee reached
the Hotel Marion after the house had
adjourned, several false starts were maze
TO face the assembled women.
Finally Chairman George A. Hurst rail-
lied his cohorts, brushed the dust from
his sleeves, and the Constitutional Com
mittee led by this fearless leader. march
ed single file into the banquet hall and
drew up chairs around the table provided
Tor them. The first thing to come up
was the motion made that the bill be re-
ported favoribly to the house. which was
seconded after which the fireworks be-
gan.
Mrs. Mary Fletcher, president of the
League, introduced several women VINO
made speeches favofing the bill as pre-
scented in the house by Representatives
Wilmington and Grant. The two longest
speeches were made by Miss Alice GAR
lin and Mrs. Minnie Z. Rutherford, VINO
made eloquent and forceful appeals Ior
the right OF states where equal suffrage
Was granted, and gave number OF II
Illustrations showing the advantages to be
derived from equal suffrage. Miss Cat
lin brought out the fact that economic
questions dealing with pure food laws,
street cleaning departments, the tenc-
ment evils, and other municipal ques-
tons were even more vital subjects to
women than men, because they struck az
the home. OF which the woman is ruler,
She said that Il was uneconomical, in
efficient and unsatisfactory TO endeavor
TO secure these needed forms through
husbands and brothers.
Mrs. Rutherford carried these illustra
tons farther and showed what had been
accomplished In Colorado and other,states
where equal suffrage Is allowed Mrs.
Rutherford stated that in Colorado ex-
cited more humane, eevatirg and up
lifting reform laws than In any other
state all the result Of the voice of the
woman az the polls. She spoke of the
safe, sane and effective laws put ON the
statute by the efforts of the women of
the state, ana SAID tnat as result OF
this, Colorado was one OF the foremost
states OF the Union
Representative Grant Of Jackson. one
OF the authors of the BILL was then
recognized and he made a strong plea in
favor OF the bill, declaring that In his
own town. Newport, the bill, If passed
would be of incaleulable benefit. He de-
clared that II disguised him TO see burly,
ignorant negroes walking the streets of
his town with the power of the ballot
/ that il denied some of the most inteili-
! gent and highest cultured beings in the
world
/ Chairman Hurst then suggested that the
! committee. which is composed of Hurst
of Washington, Jones of Pulaski. Ragon
| of johnson, Captain Pinney OF jefferson,
i Russell OF Carroll, Jackson of Phillips
and Clark of Lonoke. meet in executive
session. and the visitors retired In g
! few minutes the vote was taken and Il
was decided to report the bill to tbs
! house with the recommendation that II
pass
We are suffragists and not snfra
gettes. which means militant, said Mrs
1 Mary Fletcher, the president OF the
/ league last night. "In the South womei
| do not find II necessary to have to fish
for what we want.