The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-22

Telegram by unltea Press.
Harrisburg, Pa, April 22. Woman
suffrage advocates throughout the
country turned their attention upon
Harrisburg today when the state SEN
ate took up the question Of whether
Pennsylvania be giysn all opportunity
to vote on the proposed amendment
permitting women to vote. Today at
II O'Clock was the time set for final
consideration Of the question.
The campaign for a constitutional
amendment for woman's suffrage
which eliminated In today's action III
the senate was started last May. when
representatives Of the Pennsylvania
Woman Suffrage association We're
permitted for the first time to appear
before the Republican and Democratic
state conventions and personally urge
their claims AS a result. the Republl.
can convention wrote into its platform
q recommendation of suffrage to the
careful consideration Of the legisla.
ture, and the Democratic state plat.
form was made to include an unequiv.
ocal declaration in favor Of tie pass
age Of suffrage amendment. Later,
when the Washington party was or.
ganized It also declared for suffrage,
and when the legislature convened
Gov Tener in his message called the
law makers attention to the subject
The suffrage amndment was intro.
duced IN the house Of representatives
January %, by Frank II Rockwell of
Tioga county. About the same time
similar resolution was introduced
in the senate BY Senator A. w. Powell
of Allegheny These resolutions pro.
yided for amendment Of the state con.
stltuhcn. which would give any woman
"a years or older the vote.
The senate judiciary general com
mlttee took no action on the Powell
resolution, but the corresponding com
mittee Of the house promptly reported
out the Rockwell resolution. AID the
sufIragisls centered their attentions
upon It, Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania
Woman Suffrage association had open.
ed state headquarters IN Harrisburg
and put committee IN charge oi the
campaign for the measure among the
representatives and senators
The house put It's approval on suf-
frage without delay. and the Rockwell
resolution passed finally on February
Q by vote Of lsi to 20. It was mes.
saged to the senate and referred to the
committee that had been holding the
Powell resolution for weeks.
After much effort Oh the part OF the
suffrage advocates, the judiciary gen.
eral committee agreed on February II
that there should be q hearing one
month later. on Marcr IS. BY this
time the Anti-suffrage association had
opened headquarters ii Harrisburg,
and the hearing OH March is was at
tended hy hundreds Of women from all
parts Of the state both for and against
the proposition
When the resolution came up on
third reading, April I. its friends asked
for postponement urging that several
senators who wished 10 vote for ii
were absent on account Of sickness.
The motion developed tie vote. p to
n, and Lieut. Coy. John N Reynolds
cast his vote IN favor Of postpone.
ment. Otherwise the resolution would
have been then killed. Next day the
effort to get it to a vote and defeat
Il was resumed, and again the poll
was . tie, this time % to %, the lieu
tenant governor once more voting to
save the measure. Untll this incident
occurred there had not been an occU
sion for the lieutenant governor OF
Pennsylvania 10 vote TO break a tie in
the senate since 1885.
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