Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-21
SENATORS CONSIDER
SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION
Are. Expected to Approve Proposed
Constitutional Amend
ment.

Consideration OF the resolution for q
constitutional amendment providing wom-
an suffrage was begun in the Senate this
afternoon. The resolution was the first
called when the calendar was taken up
about l o'clock. Had not Senator Ashurst
insisted upon making a speech in favor
Of the resolution a vote might have been
taken Immediately. Undoubtedly the
resolution stood good chance of passing
at that time.
In his address to the Senate, Senator
Ashurst gave a history of the progress
Of the woman suffrage cause. In con-
clusion he said:
voting will not lessen affection and
political affairs cannot make women false
to their Unborn instincts or cause them
to lose one jot Of their soft and loving
tenderness.
Entitled to Liberty.
Women are particularly qualified for
and entitled to political liberty. As a
class they always stand against violence
and fraud; they always support the
cause Of liberty and progress, and have
been the chief handspring which has in
spired, encouraged and consoled great
and useful men.
Women are especially qualified to vote
and act as balance wheel to men in
great contests, for they have demonstrate
tho virtues of misfortune. sorrow and de-
feat. while moderation, GOODNESS and re-
straint are the virtues Of victory and
prosperity. Woman voters are capable
Of as much restraint as men. for we do
not forget that mems passions and spirit
amid the tornadoes of politics rise to
such a high tide that we frequently dc
things for our political parties that we
would under no circumstances do for our
selves"
Suffragists Name Working Board.
Announcement was made today Of the
full membership Of the congressional
committee of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, which Is to
have charge of the political work Tor tnas
organization in Washington.
In addition to Mrs. Medill McCofmick.
the members Of the committee are Mrs.
Antoinette Funk Of Chicago, Mrs. MARY
c. Bradford of Colorado. Mrs. sherman
Booth Of Chicago, Mrs Edward Dreler Oh
cisco, Mrs. Desha Breckenridge OF Lex
ington, KY, and Mrs. Helen H. Gardiner
of Washington. D. c.
Mrs. Mccormick is to arrive in Wash
lnston this evening to confer with MRS.
Booth and Mrs. Funk regarding the
work in Congress. These three women,
with Mrs Grace Wilbur Trout. made up
the lobby which did the final work in
getting the suffrage bill through the
illinois legislature last year.
Addresses Maryland Legislators.
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs representing
tho Congressional Union for Woman Suf-
frage. appeared before a suffrage meet.
ing with Representative Heating Of Colo
RADIO in the assembly chamber In the
statehouse at Annapolis, Nd. last night
The meeting was held Just after the adj
journment for the day OF the assembly
and many members stayed for the sui.
frage meeting. A state constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage Is to b
taken up in the Maryland legislature this
session.
Mrs. A. P. Gardner. president of the
District Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage, made statement last night re.
garding the recent action Of the majority
members Of the House rules committee In
voting against the creation Of a suffrage
committee. She said that the majority
members OF the committee acted in &C
l cordance with the will Of a majority OF
| the people Of the United States. -.