Arizona republican., 1913-08-08
Twcnty-three Senators Have Already Declared Specif- ically They Are for Equal Rights for Women of the United States
THREE DO NOT
 COMMIT SELVES
Sentiment of the Senate is Pretty Generally Ascer- tained Through Prescnta- tion of Petitions from Every State in Union
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 WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. An interesting line on the status of the woman suffrage question in the T-nited States senate was furnished on July 31 when the petitions brought to Washington by the delegation of suffragists from each state in the union were presented to the senate The senate committee on woman sui frage met the delegations outside of Washington and escorted them in procession into the national capital. An effort was made by the suffra- sists to deliver the petitions from each state into the hands of one or both of the senators from that state. The effort was so nearly successful that senators from A of the As states took part in the formal pre- sentation of the petitions in the sen ate only three states, Idaho. Ne braska and New Mexico. were not heard.
 \ considerable number of senators embraced the opportunity. while for maIIy presenting the petitions en- trusted to them. to express their per sonal viev on the question. These petitions which carry in the aggrc- gate more than S5,000 names all pray for the enactment of the re- solution now pending in the senate providing for the submission to the various states of an amendment to the constitution specifically granting the suffrage to women throughout the nation In the course of the presentation of the petitions, 23 sen atOrs expressed themselves in favor Of the adoption of this resolution. IT. doing 50. most of them specifically declared in favor of woman suffrage TWO ar three however, used lan- euage which, if construed precisely meant only that they favored sub hitting the constitutional amendment to the state legislatures and did not commit them to active support of the suffrage cause. Whether this language was deliberately precise or merely accidental did not appear.
 Three senators Bankhead. of Ala bama: Thornton. of Louisiana. and Marine of New Jersey, declared themselves either against the adop- tion of the resolution or against Wom- an suffrage Sixty four senators took part in the presentation of the petitions Of these thirty eight con tented themselves with the mere routine customary in the presenta- tion of petitions in the senate and did not embrace the opportunity to declare their personal position on the suffrage uetsion. Thirty two sena- tors either were not present in the chamber or. if present. took no part whatever in the proceedings Some of those who Were not present were engaged upon important committee work elsewhere.
 There are nine states in which women now have the suffrage, Ari- zona. California. Colorado, Idaho, Kansas. Oregon. Utah, Washington and Wyoming Of the eighteen sen ators from these states, twelve went on record not only as for the pro posed constitutional amendment but as in favor generally of woman suf- fyage. Three were nOncOmmittal Messrs Smith of Arizona; Perkins of California; and Sutherland of Utah. Three took no part in the proceedings. Messrs Borah and Bra Gy. Of Idaho. and Clark. of Wyom- ing.
 Of the twelve senators from the New England states only one, Mr Gallinger. of New Hampshire, declar- ed himself in favor of woman suf- frage. He said that he had favored it for more than fifty years Three of them. Mir Burleigh of Maine. who
 s ill. MT. Hollis of New Hampshire and Mir. Lippitt of Rhode Island. took no part in the proceedings The other eight, Messrs. Brandegee and Mclean of Connecticut; Johnson of Maine Lodge and Weeks of Massa- chusetts; Colt of Rhode Island: and Dillingham; and Page of Vermont, were noncOmmittal.
 Not a voice from the middle At lantic states was heard in favor of suffrage, but one voice that of Mr Maritime of New Jersey. was raised against it. Those who did not ex- press their personal views were Salisbury of Delaware: Smith of Maryland; and Oliver and Penrose of Pennsylvania. Root and O'Gorman of New York. were not present but other senators presented petitions for them. MT Maritime presented some petitions on behalf of Senator Hughes Do