Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-01
SUFFRAG|STSF FAIL
IN HOUSE ROUNDUP
Unable to Corral Quorum of
Members of the Rules
Committee.
PROMISE OF A HEARING
NOT KEPT, THEY SAY
Chairman Henry in Texas and Meet
ing Scheduled for Today Had
Been Postponed.


Wilson's declination to use his influence
for congressional action on constitution
al amendment for woman suffrage lead
ers of the votes-for-women fight turned
their heavy artillery in the direction of
the House rules committee today only to
find that a meeting called to vote on the
Mondell-BTistow amendment had been
postponed until August l.
According to plans. the committee was
TO meet and vote on special rule pro-
viding time for debate on the amendment
in the House at this session of Congress
When the suffragists reached the Capitol
they Were surprised to find the committee
room empty and that the meeting had
been postponed. Fearing coup by their
enemies. the suffrasist posted sentinels
to watch the committee room and dis
patched others to appeal to individual
members to have a meeting
On the Trail of Pou.
Won't some of you men in the press
gallery go down and get Mr. Pou Then
| know We'll have quorum here $ ~
And then the phone shut off,
1t was the fair voice of a suffrasist
telephoning from lucky Representative
Bob" Henry's office in the rules COM
mittee rooms. And lucky is used ad-
yisedly.
Every man in the rules committee said
today that Bob Henry was the luckiest
man in the world. And not because a
large collection of suffragists of fair face
and appearance besieged his office, but be-
cause he happened to be in Texas when
they called
The women. who came from several
states. simply would not believe if when
ihey were told that the rules committee
mad postponed the meeting at which if
had promised positive action of some sort
on the woman suffrage resolution SDd
also the ticklsh anti-lieuor resolution
Which has helped make Representative
hobson famous. They Just campei out
IN the rules committee room waiting for
the meeting to start
Ihey We're there in their ,Jor,, ,,d
waited for an hour. when it began to
daWn upon some of them that parhans
aiter all those newspaper men were cor
rect when they said the meeting had
been postponed.
Still Hunt Is Started.
Whereupon they started still hunt
through the corridors and halls OF the
Capitol and House Office building to find
the members OF the rules committee.
Miss Elsie Hill OF Connecticut rounded
up some of the members. bat when she
ar -. "ouio set away.
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u,ba.har -, ~ eoeu ne mneii .nes aIriveo-
a question. Rcnrssan-ative Can,nha,i
smiling and courteous and a great hand
70 pass the time OF day with suffragists,
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they were iot re.ds 10 submit 70 the ldea
that tneie "aS 70 't no Eieeeihs oi .ne
SoniAiit.ee. -nfs- 'essle iiaroy stupps
had passeo the Word that the committee
was 70 pe touiioeu up, at least enough 10