The Washington herald., 1914-05-06

the foundation of free institutions. pro.
duces widespread crime, pauperism and
insanity, tnfiiets disease and untimely
death upon hundreds OF thousands OF
children unborn, threatening the future
integrity and the very life OF the nation;
therefore be IL
Resolved, That the following amend
ment of the Constitution be. and hereby
is, proposed to the States. to become
valid as part OF the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures OF the several
states as provided by the Constitution:
| Section l. The sale, manufacture for
sale. transportation for sale. importation
for sale, and expectation for sale of in
| toxicating liquors for beverage purposes
in the United States and all territory
subject to the Jurisdiction thereof are
forever prohibited.
Sec. ? Congress shall have power
to provide for the manufacture, sale,
| Importation and transportation OF in
toxicating liquors for sacramental, med
| tcal, mechanical, pharmaceutical or
scientific purposes, or for use in the
arts, and shall have power to enforce
this article by all needfuI legislation"
The Suffrage Amendment.
The text of the suffrage amendment fol-
| lows:
ment to the constitution of the United
States extending the right OF suffrage
to women.
Resolved. That the following article
be proposed TO the legislatures OF the
several States as an amendment to the
constitution of the United States, which.
when ratified by three-fourths of said
legislatures. shall be valid as part of
said constitution, namely:
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United States to vote shall not be de-
MED or abridged by the United States
or by any State on account of sex.
Sec. . Congress shall have power,
by appropriate legislation to enforce the
provisions of this article"
The prohibition amendment is pending
in another form in the Senate. Whether
il will be reported in that body may
depend upon action by the House. This
amendment particularly is cause of
great worriment on the part OF Senators
and Representatives who are candidates
for reelection this year. They regard
il is unfortunate that the issue should
have been presented at this time, and
really had hoped that the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House would in this in
stance live up to its reputation of being
Legislative morgue."
Despite the caucus action OF the House !
amendment that question is by no means
dead for the session. Its advocates in |
tend to press for action. and they are
in an optomistic frame OF mind.
Defeated In senate.
The suffrage amendment. in the form in |
which il was reported by the House |
Committee today. WAS defeated in the |
Senate some months ago. II %as re-
introduced in the Senate in a modified !
FORM was reported on April I. and is
now on the calendar. awaiting action.
The first point OF attack by the ad-
vocates Of equal suffrage and prohibition
will be the House Rules Committee. OF
which Representative Robert l.. Henry.
OF Texas. is chairman. Mr.. Henry is an
ardent Prohibitionist. On the other hand.
he is opposed to equal suffrage. Mr.
Henry may be relied on TO use his in
fuence in behalf Of the prohibition amend
ment but so far as he can decide the issue.
he will abide by the caucus action declar-
ing against suffrage at this session.
Representative Hobson. of Alabama,
suthor OF the prohibition amendment re-
ported TO the House. made this state
ment: "All we want is a vote. We do
not intend to raise the temperance cry
in Congress We will not fight members
who may oppose on this amendment. IL
the proposition is submitted to the States
In the form in which today reported TO
the House. On the other hand II Con-
gress smothers this resolution. and con-
inues its present apparent delay. I am 1
confident that prohibition will be made ]
IN issue this year in every Congressional
district of the county, in the primaries '
Is well as in the elections"
Miss Alice Paul chairman OF the Con- {
yressional Union. for Woman Suffrage,
made this statement: &
The reporting today Of the Mondeu I
amendment to the House marks an !
.poch in suffrage work in this country 7
This report puts the Brstow- Monden 7
measure on the calendar of the House /
Is well as the Senate. Woman suffrage '
las never been debated on the floor Of =
the House. and IL has never since 1890 6
rotten beyond the committee stage in
he House. I
The report. coming at this time. on J
he eve Of the great national procession q
n Washington. where the petitions and =
'esolutions collected from all over the :
country as the result of the nation
vide demonstration. on May .. will he .
presented to Congress. gives added in
pirati to the procession and fills every
with hope that the amendment !
nay pass before this session comes TO
n end
1T will afford an opportunity for dis
ion, and l hope speedy vote" said
1rs. Antoinette Funk. Of the Congress =
ional Committee Of the National Ameri- =
an Woman Suffrage Association. Even =
Without a favorable recommendation il
neans much. and each advance helps in n
he big fght we are making l.
Last winter a Democratic caucus de- a
ided against consideration of suffrage 81
egislation. but the suffragists continued ir
o work Here we have a Democratic
ommittee reporting a suffrage resolu- NJ
ion. II is an evidence that the suffrage n