The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-27

ADVOCATES
lose FIGHT IN SENATE ON
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION
Aetios Followed Weeks Of Debate
On the Floor r--0ther Amend
ments Defeated.

"A~tfiN1ION, March Woman
suffrage advocates today lost their ishs
IN the United States senate for n rr~olu-
t'on proposing an amendment To the fed
erai const'sution giving the baIlot 10 wo-
man The VOTE was 35 for the me..nr,
to 81 against II, . two thirds affirmative
vote teing required for passasx. AMI
when Il Was ali over the .uffrsx,.t Lad.
err iubilsntiy pointed u the majority Of
one A. conclusive proof that their cau.-
had scoref . triumph In def~at and ~.
lmmeasurably stronger than il. onno.
neno had ever been willing 20 eoncrds
foday's action. following week. of Dc.
bate on the hoor OF the senate. during
which many leaders in the suffrage movs-
ment pleaded for postponement Of Nh.
tinAi vote. marked the clim.r of a uir,,-
ed campaign launched here the dsy h.
fore the inauguration Of Prs~ident w;I.on
lmn'eiistsly after the vote S~n.to,
Shnfroth OF Colorado sought IA intr,Su..
I. new resolution for constitutional -.
mendment requiring each state u vote On
granting suffrage "a women upon petition
from per cent OF its voters. The S~n.t.
went into executive se--ion before IN.
senstor could eet the floor, however. and
the resolution will IL off-rei later
COMPLICATE NEGRO QUESTION
Though otherwise the VOTE yirtn.nv
wa- non-partisan. the Southern senator.
all D-mocrats. lined mp almost solidl,
against the amendment. They coutsnd..i
Il would comPlicsts the negro question in
the States.
senstnr VsrdsmAn led . moysmsas
among the friends OF woman su6r,s, In
the south 10 repeal the Fiftsensh sm~nd-
ment 70 the constitution, by which the
statrs are prohibited from denying the
right 20 negroes "a vote. With the n.-
gro question removed, he said lac favored
The granting OF suffrage 10 women. MI.
measure wss defeated by ~ To 10. and .
proposition by Senator William. 10 siy.
The ballot 70 white women only was de-
fssted by ~ 10 2I.
THREE HOUR DEBATE
The vote wss prsceds.i by q thrss:hour
Kaleidoscope debate on the varsous ph..-
- OF suffrage. senator MARITIME OF Nex
tersey ~ss the only member who stat.d
he We opposed 10 woman su6r.es ON
principle. lie declared the psrticiu>sio,
Of women in politics had failed To parity
the ballot, and tnst IL would he a s.d and
sorrg day Tor both women and men vhen
they were given tire ballot univevsaIIv.
The sPe~rhes 81 suffrage ssnaton. m sd-
d~d' had excited in his mind the wonn~r
II they found objection 10 the "sssior for
not choosing six Of the apostles from
among tie women"
Mn- Me'iill Mccormick. chsirn., n
the Congressional COMMITTEES OF the NJ
tional American Woman SUFFRAGE s..ocI.
alton, Issued . statement tonight. claim.
ing the majority vote ~ victory.
sensson voting for the rfffrsge srnsnd-
ment were:
Ashurs'. Brady. Bristow, Burton. Cham
heris'n, Olspp, CLARK (wyomingJ. Gall
niger dronns. Hollis. Hughes. Jonss.
Kenyon, LsFoIlette, lane, lea. Mvrr,
Nelson, Nevlsnds, Morris, Owen. Par.
klns' fonderter, RansisII. shsfroth.
shepp~rd. sherman. smoos. Stephenson.
sserling' Sutherland. Th5mss, rhomp-
son, Tovn~nd, Works..
SENATORS voting against the .menesrn.D,
were:
bsnhhesd. Bcrsh. Bradley, Brsndes~,.
Bryan, Ostron, Dillingham;, Dupont
6ore, James, sohnson, Lee, (Nsryfspd,'
Lodge. McCumb~r, Mclean. Martin
MARITIME. Oliver, Overmsn, Psrs. Pin.
msn, Ponerene, Reed. Shields. Smith
teeo'ris). smith CMsrylsnd). Smith
ssonfh @ OsroiinsD, Swanson. Weeks. West
Williams.