The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-01
LIQUOR INTERESTS
BEHIND DEFEAT
Of WOMEN
Legislators Refuse To Let People
Pass Upon Question Of Equal suf-
frage, Eight Wayne Members
Voting Against I.
Rep. Flowers Makes Strong Appeal
In Behalf of Women, Who Fall
12 Votes Short.
(From . ssaff Correspondent

LANSING. Mich, Feb. t.-(speciai)
Whether there 10 widespread de-
mand for woman suffrage. ! would
not say, but 1 could see no harrG at
least In giving women the ballot"
salo Governor Osborn today, when
the action OF the house was referred
TO. Conditions are changing. There
10 . growing class OF women who DO
not marry, and a growing class OF
property-owning women and working
tribute their products and are In that
way taxpayers, and TO deny them a
vote 10 really taxation without repre-
sentation."
He would not comment on the
sction Of the house In turning down
the referendum.
The governor has just returned
from Florence, Wis., travelling thir-
teen hundred miles to attend :he
COLDER wedding Of n. D. Fisher, who
first established him In business
LANSING, Mlch.. Feb. 1--we
have been before the legislature and
the constitutional conventions for 26
years. and suppose that there 10
rothing for US but to wait tilI the next
session." said Mrs. Clara 3. Arthur,
president Of the state woman suffrage
association, as she stood back Of ,he
rail Of the house, after the session,
yesterday afternoon, to thank the
members Of the house who had voted
for the submission Of the woman suf
frage amendment to the people.
"They have put us of from one year
TO another. Four years ago, they told
Us to 90 to the constitutional conven-
tion. never worked 90 hard In my
life as did before that convention"
Here tears filled Mrs. Arthur's eyes,
and she choked before she could cor.
time. ~ had not q gray hair In my
head before that fight. Now losIs st
10.
"Then they told 10 that Il would
complIcate the acceptance Of the con-
stltution to have q section which
might be Objectionable to certain in.
terests, and we were sent back 70 the
legislature. Here we are for the Sec
ond time; and ! suppose that 10
Just matter OF waiting.
"They tell us that we can force the
Submission Of the question to vote
Of the people by q 20 per cent petition,
but that will take both time and
money. do not know whether we
shall be able to do II or not"
BY a vote OF 55 to A, 67 votes be-
ing required for the adoption. the
house Of representatives yesterday af-
ternoon, smothered the resolution TO
let the people Of Michigan decite
whether they wished to give the BAL
lot 10 women.
The A who voted to deny the peo-
pie the right referendum were:
Amerson, Austin, Brieker, Brow
6urnham, cstIin, Clark. Decker, ous-
enbury, Ewing, Fraiick, oansser. Hav.
iIand, Henry, Holland, Jerome, Kahn
bach, Happier, kemmerIlng, kerns,
Knight, Mckay, Martz, MiIIiken, Nor
ford. Morgan, Murphy, Samuel Ceell,
oppenborn, Raudabaugh, Sharp,
Smith, Stevenson, Straight. symonds,
Tufts, unsoeid, verdier, Walker,
Ward, Warner. Waters, Woodruff,
Yapie.
or these, Austin. Brown. Burnhan.
Jerome, Martz, Stevenson, Unsoeld
and Woodruff are from Wayne coun-
~.
Those voting for the resolution
were:
Ashley, AverIil, Baldwin, Ball, Bierd.
Chamberlain, Chambers, Chandler,
copley, Cumnrins, currie, Dunn, Farm
er. FIELD, Fisk. Flowers, Gard, GiIss,
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