Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-12

Chicago in 1915. No one can forecast
the result at the mayoralty election.
TO VOTE on PRESIDENT.
The votes of women for presidential
electors will have decided effect in
swinging Illinois to one or another of
the presidential candidates in 1916.
The privilege of voting on all propo-
sitions will give women a chance TO
figure in wet" and dry fights. The
"drys" are hopeful that under this bill
they can drive saloons out of many i'm
portant cities in the state which hith-
erto have resisted their attacks.
In Chicago, if the residence district
bill which has passed the house and
is pending in the senate becomes a
law, the women dry" workers may
have a decided influence in voting sa-
looms out of residence territory. With
women voting, the "drys" might have
a chance to vote all of Chicago "dry"
if they ever are.able to get enough sig
natures on a petition to get the ques-
ton on the ballot.
The bill provides that women shcii
have separate ballots and that sep
arate ballot boxes shall be used.
With so many important matters
likely to be decided by votes of wo-
men, the constitutionality of the
measure is certain TO be attacked in
! the courts soon.
TO MOVE RECONSIDERATION.
The suffrage bill will not go to the
governor until motion for reconsid-
| Grafton has been made by Representa-
I tive MCCarty of Chicago. Mr. McCar-
" voted against the bill at the start.
but after it was evident it was passed
changed his vote in order that he
might serve notice of his intention to
move for reconsideration on the next
! legislative day.
No one believes that the motion for
reconsideration can possibly be car
ried Seventy-seven votes will be nee
essary to put through the motion Tor
reconsideration.
WOMEN'S PRAISE FOR SUPPORTERS
! The Equal Suffrage alliance gave out
this statement through Mrs. Booth:
The most intense moment of the
day was when Mr.. Shurtleff responded
to Mr.. Wilson's inquiries and straight.
ened out the parliamentary tangle
which seemed about to table woman
suffrage for two more years on a tech
nicality.
From my seat in the gallery it
seemed like the biggest fight of the
session. My post impression is a bed
lam of voices, points of order, hands
raised in the air, a multitudinous
seething of the southeastern section
of the Illinois house and the member
from my own district, Mr.. O'Rourke
making frantic efforts to smother the
bill without a roll call.
AT every step the bill advanced
gratitude for the steady stand of ou-
friends overwhelmed me. The opposi
ton tried their patience to the limit,
and | want TO tell the women of Hi
nois they stood1our men stood-tc
the glorious end.
with dinner time three hours past
when the final roll call came, l refutt
forever the statement that the way tC
a mans heart is through his stomach
II was notwithstanding the cravings o.
the inner man that So human mel
were recorded as favoring votes fol
women"
STATEMENT BY ANTOINETTE FUNK
The following statement was made
by Antoinette Funk of the womani
suffrage lobby:
The parliamentary battle which
meant briefly, should our bill be votet
on today or passed until il could b.
called or smotnered by adverse inf1u
ences, was hot and furious. Cleve
men spoke on both sides and honor
seemed about equal until the maste
parliamentarian, Edward Shurtlef o
MaTengo, took the floor for Us. Tn
tide turned there and the parliament
airy baztle was over.
More dramatic still was the cor
test or the last lineup as to whethe
. the bill should pass II was a wonder
q ful thing TO see our men stand firm
but when We had gotten down to with
4 in 80 votes Of the end We needed .
d votes to put US into the open.
we would count only Il. and whe
+ the last man on the direct roll ca
had responded TO his name we ha
j just IS votes.
8 Everything was quiet believe v
\ could have heard pin drop when tn
clerk turned 10 call Mr.. Speaker an
4 the response came clear and withoU
hesitation, aye
APPLAUSE FOR ABSENTEEs- VOTES
Then the absentees were Gale
and eight voted aye. With every adde
vote, the floor of the house and IN
balconies responded with enthusiast
& applause. IL the balcony we counte
4 the roll call on the four ballots takel
literally holding our breath. Whe
! IL seemed that we might lose with