Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

Gallinger. Gronna. Hollis. Hughes. Jones.
Nelson. Newlands, Norris, Owen. Hor-
kins. Poindexter. Ransdell. shafroth.
Sheppard, Sherman, Smoot, Stephenson.
Sterling, Sutherland, Thomas, Thompson,
Townsend. Works-35.
Senators voting. against the amendment
were:
Bankhead. Bcrah. Bradley. Brandegee,
Bryan, Catron, Dillingham;. du Pont. Gore,
James, Johnson. Lee of Maryland, Lodge.
McCumber, Mclean. Martin, MARITIME, Oh
Reed, Shields, Smith of Georgia, Smith
of Maryland. Smith of South Carolina,
Swanson, Thornton, Tillman, Vardaman,
Weeks, West, Williams-34
Success Not Expected.
NEW YORK, March 2o-With the ex-
ception of Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch,
president of the Women's Political Union.
the leaders of the organization engaged
in the campaign to enfranchise women,
today said the vote on the constitutional
amendment in the Senate at Washington
yesterday was just what they had ex-
pected.
Mrs. Batch expressed sympathy for the
democratic party and declared that the
vote would result in a fight to cut down
the small democratic majority in the
Senate and to attain this end she would
Join in the congressional union campaign.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. head
of the International Suffrage Alliance,
however, held to the opinion that it would
be bad policy for the suffragists to fight
a political party. DR.. Shaw said that this
was not the time to expect enfranchise-
ment from Congress, adding that we
must get the vote in a few more states
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, city chairman
of the woman suffrage party, said she
had not expected the amendment to pass.
Southern Senators in Opposition.
Though otherwise the vote virtually
was non-partisan, the southern senator's.
all democrats. lined up almost solfdly
against the amendment. They contend
ed it would complicate the negro question
in the states. OF the southerners only
Senators RansdeN of Louisiana. Shep-
pard of Texas and Lea of Tennessee
voted for the resolution.
Senator Nardaman led movement
among the friends Of woman suffrage in
the south to repeal the fifteenth amend
ment to the Constitution, by which the
states are prohibited from denying the
right of negroes to vote. With the negro
question removed. he said, he favored the
granting of suffrage to women. His
proposal was defeated by As to 10. and a
proposition by Senator Williams to give
the ballot to white women only was de-
feated by A to 81.
A statement issued by Miss Alice Paul.
chairman of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage, regretted that the
democratic leaders in charge of the suf-
frage amendment in the Senate allowed
that measure to be wrecked for the time
being by forcing 1t to premature vote"
Miss Paul added that the union hoped
that in the two or three months remain
ing before the session closes Congress
would reconsider its action.
Planning for Big Parade.
Suffrage leaders were also going for
ward today with their plans for the big
woman suffrage demonstration here May
8. They said today that 10000 women
would take part in the parade and that
it promised to be the most beautiful and
spectacular procession that has ever
taken place. No effort is being spared
to make it an artistic affair.
The Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage. under whose auspices nation
wide demonstration will be held May 2.
announced today that advices received
from organizers in the field showed that
the deepest interest Is being shown in
the proposed demonstration.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge, president of the
National Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage, in letter to Chairman Rucker
of the House committee On election of
Presidents and Vice Presidents. made
public today, wrote that she would not
ask that her association appear before
the committee to answer arguments
which will be advanced in favor Of wom-
an suffrage by the Federal Equality
League at a hearing March "a. Mrs.
Dodge in her letter, charges that the
suffragists asked for this hearing for
publicity only. again using the machine
cry of the federal government for ad
vertising purposes" I'VE conside- it
useless" she added, ito take the time
and attention ~f your committee to hear
again arguments against woman suffrage
which have already been presented be-
fore other committees this winter"