The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-25
VOTES ON SUFFRAGE
SENATE Will NOT SUBMIT MAT
TER TO The STATES
FAVORED BY MAJORITY

Woman Suffrage Amendment Voted
for BY Thirty-five Senators and OPP
posed by Thirty-four-Sufragists
Jubilant Over What They Consider
a Great Victory.
Woman suffrage advocates Thurs
day lost their fight in the United
States Senate for resolution pro-
posing IN amendment to the Federal
constitution giving women the bal
lot. The vote was 35 for the meas
ure to "a against it, two-thirds af-
frmative vote being required for pas
sage, and when it was over suffragist
leaders jubilantly pointed to the ma
pority of one as conclusive proof that
their cause had scored a triumph in
defeat, and was immeasurably
stronger than it's opponents ever had
been willing to concede.
Thursdays action, following weeks
of debate on the floor of the Senate,
during which time leaders in the suf-
frage movement pleaded for post
ponement of the final vote, marked
the climax of a spirited campaign
launched the day before the inaugu-
ration of President Wilson.
The resolution defeated Thursday
was the first introduced in the pres
ent congress. 1t was presented by
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, and
the woman suffrage committee later
authorized Senator Ashurst to report
it favorably.
Though otherwise the vote virtual
" was non-partisan, the Southern
senators. all Democrats. lined up al
most solidly against the amendment.
They contended it would complicate
the negro question in the states. or
the Southerners only Senator Rams
dell Of Louisiana, Sheppard of Texas
and Lea of Tennessee voted for the
resolution.
Senator vardaman led movement
among the friends Of woman suffrage
in the South to repeal the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution, oy
which the states are prohibited from
denying negroes the right to. vote
With the negro question removed, ne
said, he favored the granting of suf-
frage to women. His proposal was
defeated, 40 to 10. and proposition
by Senator Williams to give the bal
lot to white women only was defeat
ed, a. to 21.
The vote was preceded by three
hours Kaleidoscope debate on the
various phases Of suffrage: Senator
MARITIME OF New Jersey was the only
member who said he was opposed to
woman suffrage on principle. He de-
clared the particiDation of women in
politics had failed to purify the bal
lot, and that it would be sad and
sorry day for both women and men
when they we're given the ballot uul-
versally. The speeches of suffrage
senators, he added. had excited in his
mind the wonder if they found objec-
ton to the Saviour for not choosing
six Of the apostles from among the
women.
Senator Newlands declared he fav-
ored making this a white mans
country, so as to shut out the Japa-
nese. as well as the negro. but cues
toned the propriety Of doing that on
woman suffrage proposition. Mrs.
Medill Mccormick, chairman OF the
coneressonal committee of the Ma
+ional American Woman Suffrage as
sociation. issued statement Thurs
dav night claiming the majority vote
as victory. "For the first time IN
fftv years." she said. "the women OF
America demonstrated their imnres-
sion upon the United States Senate.
II IS a sign OF the times and it por-
tends that all womenhood in this
country Will be emancipated within
this generation" -.-..
Senators who voted for the Tarda-
man resolution promising repeal OF
the fiftnnrth amendment were:
Rrvan. Williams. Vardanan. Rams
doll Lea of Tennessee. Lee Of Mary
f1ond. Shields. Ove-r'an. Smith Of
South Carolina, Smith Of Georgia,
West Til1man. Shenna~d. Martin.
swonson. Nvnrs. Gage and Reed.
The senator's voting for the
Aehurst resolution. which would
hove renrired twn-thfrds vote TO
mass we-a: Aehrrst. Rradv. Rrts-
tow. Prr+on. Chamhe~'"'n. C'anp,
r1or,- ~ WYOMING. co17incor. cron-
y, Hollis. Hrchee. Jonoe. KENYON.
1,aFo1,o+te. lane T.ea. M-o-s. Nell
con Ner-1nnde. Norris. Nr-on. Por-
1-;,s poindov+nr. Rare1o11. Shafroth,
c,.,,r5 cbe-,o,n. c~,oot. c-o-Ho7-
~, ete-1;ro, S-ther7ond. Thomas,
rhoncneon. Towr"nnd. Wc-Es.-2a.
Senators voting ooo'net the a-''"rd-
-,ort vnre: Ror'-hond. Rowan,
p-,arev Rrn-dn~oo. P-vnn. Cnt-on.
n;r1'n cham. Drron+. rc-o. !n"'os,
r,rneon. leo of Nn--7"1d. 7ndoe,
,r,rur7hc-. NrT eaN Martin. N'-@'ne,
Nr;ro- Nrn--,-r. pa"n. H't-"'an.
por,n-one. Pood. ch'"'de. S-''Nh nr
coo-of, Smith Of Mn-v'and. Smith
~ South ro-o7inn. Srn7ron. TN"r1-
.on. T;'--,on. vn-daran, Weeks,
West, Wil1iams.-?4.