The chronicle=news., 1913-08-06

pray for the enactment Of the resOl'i-
tion now pending In the senate pro-
viding for the submission to the var
ious States Of an amendment To tho
constitution specifically granting the
suffrage to women throughout tue
nation. In the course Of the prescn.
tatiOn OF the petitions. 81 scnatorH
expressed themselves In favor Of the
adoption OF this resolution. In do
Ink W. most Of them specifically de-
ciared In favor Of woman suffrage.
Two or three. however. used Ian
giage which. II construed precisely.
meant only that they favored sub
hitting the constitutional amcnH-
ment 10 the state legislatures ahd did
not commit them to acfIye SUPPORT
Tof the suffrage cause. Whethsr.this
language was deliberately precise or
merely accidental did not appear.
Three senator's. Bankhead. OF Ala
bama: Thornton. Of Louisiana. and
Martin. OF New Jersey. declared
themselves with the mere routine
customary In the presentation Of peti-
tions In the Senate and did not em-
brace the opportunity To declare
their personal position on tho suf-
fraxe question. Thirty-two senators
either were not present In the cham
Der. or. II present. took no part
Whatever In the proceedings. Rome
of those who were not present were
engaged upon Important committee
work elsewhere.
There are nine states In which ~o-
men now have the suffrage. Arizona.
California. Colorado. Idaho. Ksknsss.
Oregon. Utah. Washington aud Wy"-
ming. OF the is senators from those
states. 4: went on record not only ~
for the proposed constitutional
amend dmen, but ~ In favor Eencrally
Of woman suffrage. Three were nos
coumittsi. Me>srs. smith. Of Arizona:
Perkins Of California. and sather.
I land. Of Utah. Three took no part In
the proceadings. Messrs. Borsh snd
Brady. Of Idaso. and Clark Of Wyou,-
Ing.
OF tho 4: senators from the New
England states. only one. Mr. GAL
IIuscr. of New HsmpShiTe. declared
hi lmsrif In favor Of woman suffrage.
lie said that he had favored II for
more than fifty years Three os
them. Mr.. BurieiGh. Of Maine. who Il
III. Mr.. Hoiiis. Of New hampshire.
aud Mr.. Lippiit. OF Rhode Island. took
no PAR, In the proceedings. Tho
other \. M~.srs. Brandcsre and Me-
Lean. Of Coun~cticut: johnson. Of
Maine: Lodge and Wrcks. Of Msssa :
chusrsls: Colt. Of Rhode Island: and
Dsil,u CHAM aud Page. Of Vermont.
were noncommittsl.
Not n voice from the Middle Allan
tie state. Was heard In favor ot suf-
frakc. but one voice. that OF Mr.. Mar.
|, tine. Of New Jersey. was raised
against II. Those who did not rh-
press their personal Nic~s> were
isauirbury. Of Delaware: smith. of
Maryland. and oliver and Penrosr. Of
Pcnnsyi,1nia. Root and OGotman.
of New York. were not present bm'
ether s-rators presented petitions for
iheh. Mr.. Maritime presented some
petitions on behalf Of senator
Hughes. who was no, present.
Only one senator from the South
declared himself for the amendment.
This was Mr.. Ransslcii. of lIou..ian..
lie was one Of those. however. who
tonfIncd their expression OF support
merely to the joint resolution. or
the other southern senators. both
Bryan and Fletcher. Of Florida: both
Bacon and smith. of Georgia. Ward
man. OF mississippi: Simmons. II
North Carolina: Smith. Of South
Carolina: Shields. Of Tennessee:
Sheppard. Of Texas. and both Martin
and swanson. Of Virginia. were non.
committsl. 'ii. ts
In the middle west. Sherman. Of
IllInoix, spoke cioaucniiy for suffrasc
while his colicax que. Lewis. remained
noncommitia,. This Ii the state IN
which limited suffrage has just been
conferred upon the women by lcSis-
ll,ivc cnacimcut which entities them
to vote for candidates for all public
offices except those created and ex-
listing by virtue OF the State constitu-
tion. Both Kern and Shivcly. Of In
diana. were noucommittsi. as was
Kenyon. Of Iowa. senator Cummsns.
Of Iowa. was not present. Both
Smith and Tow mend. Of Michigan. =
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