The Washington herald., 1913-12-06
women
HEARINGS ENDED
House Committee Not Dis
posed to Grant Full Re-
quest Of Sufragists.
HEFLIN SPEAKS FOR ANTS
Guidon Cluns Consume Morning Ses-
sion and Advocates for Equal
Suffrage the Afternoon.
HEFLIN SPEAKS FOR ANTS

The House Committee on Rules yes
terday afternoon concluded It's hearings
| OF the woman suffragists and the repre-
sentatives of the opposition to the grant
| ing Of votes for women. At the morning
session the representatives of the Guidon
Cluns OF the United States held the floor.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Catherine
Waugh McCulloeh. OF Chicago, took
charge Of the suffragist side of the con-
tention and presented more than two
score of three-minute orators. The ants
had the advantage OF the presence on
| their speakers list OF ]. "Tawm' Hefin,
of Alabama For the suffragists. Rep
resentative Frank Mondell Of Wyoming
made the concluding address.
The committee was tired out with the
three days of continuous arguments by
the proponents and opponents Of the suf-
frage cause. 1t preserved its patience,
however. although at the later session
but four members held the fort
Following the hearings il became known
that the committee Is not disposed TO
grant the full request of the suffragtsts
that a special committee be created to
take up the consideration of the suffrage
problem and to be known officially as
"the House committee on equal suffrage.
| It Is pointed out by several members OF
the committeeman both friends and enc
mics of the general contention are in
cluded in the number-that the answer to
the women's plea will be specific recon-
mendation on the part of the Rules Com
mittee to the Committee on Election of
President, Vice President, and Members
Of Congress to the consideration of the
general subject of equalizing the suffrage
and the consideration of the suggested
amendment to the Federal Constitution.
Pre.ident's Primary wish.
objection to this disposal Of the plea is
made that under the present circum-
stances. and in view OF the pronounce
ment of President Wilson that he wants
the subject OF direct primaries considered
at this session, the committee above
mentioned will have its hands full.
Nevertheless, it is likely that the recon-
mendation will be made, as suggested.
The Congresmen are disposed to the opin-
ion that a resolution providing for
standing committee on woman suffrage
would be yielding too far TO the suf-
fragists and giving them too great an ad-
vantage over the opposition.
Miss Helen Todd. Of California, was
introduced by Mrs. William Kent, wife
1 Of Representative Kent Of California,
who yielded her time Miss Todd re-
lated that she had been six years fac
tory inspector in Illinois. She endeav-
ored to refute the statements Hlaue oy
the anti-suffragists that woman suf-
frage in California, after less than two
years, was waning in popularity.
Hosiery Operative Talks
Miss Alice Blackwell. Of Boston. opened
the afternoon argument for the SUI
fragists. She produced statistics from
clergymen of all denominations in the
state of California indorsing suffrage,
| and she also told the committee that
since the woman suffrage constitutional
| amendment had been written into the
organic law Of California there had been
a notable increase in the number OF mar
riages in that State.
The most remarkable presentation In
the suffragists' case yesterday was made'
by Miss Rose Winslow, formerly an
operative in a New York hosiery mill.
Miss winslow has a powerful, full-
throated voice and an engaging address
She read to the committee resolution
passed by the recent convention of the
organized working women Of the United
States indorsing suffrage.