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SuFFEACISTS WIN
IN STATE SENATE
By 26 to y Decide to Put
v For ". Up to Voters
HAD JUST NEEDED NUMBER
Proposed Amendment Must BE Acted
on Again In 1915 Before 1t Can BE
Submitted to Voters.

Proposed Amendment Must Be Acted
on Again In 1915 Before 1t Can BE
Submitted to Voters.
Harrisburg, Pa, April 23.-The res
olution proposing an amendment to
the state constitution enfranchlsing
women was passed finally by the SEN
ate by vote of 26 to %. 1t ha9 pre-
viously passed the house.
The vote in favor was exacti the
constitutional majority necessar for
senatorial approval.
The proposed amendme must
come before the legislature of 1915.
and if it again wins, must ths be
submitted to the voters at thepolis
before women can obtain the teliot
privilege. sy1
The vote was taken in the nfe4ence
of a crowd that filled the etpate
chamber to the doors. The advokates
of the woman suffrage resolutiou Nere
elated by their rather unexpecte4 VIC
tory and the "antis" were cre5tf4{len.
A wave of faint applause Mept
IuO NuoIhbSA "hSAA
was announced.
To Senator Penrose many gar the
credit of influencing waverins ana-
tors whose votes changed wh4t had
seemed almost certain defeat f9<z uf-
fragists to victory The senators ked
as follows:
For suffrage amendment
rl, Doi Md EoyIoUt</
Gyger, Heacock, Hilton, Hoke en-
sher, Huffman, Jarrett, Judson up.
Magee, Martin, McNichol. us,
Moore, Nulty, Powell, SensenicE W
der, Sheath and Ware.
Against suffrage amendmen{ ~
delman, Buckman, Catlin, cr,
Grow, Dewitt, Fisher, Hall, 41t,
Hunter, Jones, Kline, Kurt 9cIl
benny, McNichol, Miller, Mor6 -
lus, Thompson, Washers and
ich. q 81
Senator Sproul, who Is III us
home in Chester, was the only ut
present to vote. Senator Stine1 of
Cambria county, who was fof ~
suffrage, died several weeks{4 ees
prediction that several senatqz I'd
dodge the issue by remain4h1 &y
failed to materialize. The NfE Is:
for and against the resoluti tor ID
for more than an hour befot4 IA
was taken. l;s IN & E5
Before the vote was called
resolution arguments FOR ajl( Z
1t were heard While some of tl1S szs
tors said they would vote for the pro-
posed amendment they would eest
their influence against 1T at the po1ls
Senator Herbst, Democrat. 81 Beflzs
county, opposing woman suffrage, said
votes for women would eliminate fem
ininity and destroy the home He said
the Democratic platform had not de-
clared for woman suffrage and that he
would not put the state to the expense
of submitting it to the people at the
polls. He declared it newfangled
theory.
Senator Powell, of Pittsburgh, lead
er for the suffragettes, was several
times on his feet to defend their
"cause." He said senators who would
vote against the resolution would be
exercising an advantage over other
men of the state unable to sit In the
senate.
Senator Salus, of Philadelphia, made
an impassioned address against wo-
man suffrage. He said he opposed the
resolution because he stood between
the law and the people who sent US
here to be manly men," He said he
did not desire to shift his burden OF
responsibility and unload the ques-
ton on the people. He added that the
senators are here against mob violence
and hysteria.