Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
Woman Suffrage
 Fails in Senate
A MAJORITY OF ONE FOR THE
 RESOLUTION
TWO-THIRDS REQUIRED
Proposal to Give Ballot to White Women Only Defeated by Vote of A to 21-How the Senators Voted.

"dahllS ton, Aafch 1S.-WOman sui rage advocates today lost their fight in the United States senate for a reso- luIon proposing an amendment to the. federal constitution giving women the ballot. The vote was 30 for the meas are 70 S4 against tt-a two-thirds af- nrmaIVe vote being required for pas sage-and when it was all over suffra- slst leaders 1ubilantly pointed to the majority Of one as conclusive proof that their cause had scored a triumph Ill dereat and was immeasureably stronger than it's opponents had ever been willing to concede.
 New Resolution Offered.
 Today's action, following weeks of debate on the floor of the senate, dur ing which many leaders in the suffrage movement pleaded for postponement of the final vote, marked the climax of a spirited campaign launched here the day before the inauguration of Presi- dent Wilson.
 Immediately after the vote. Senator Shanroth of Colorado sought to intro duce a new resolution for a constitu- tional amendment requiring each state to vote on granting suffrage to women upon petition from per cent of its voters
 The senate went into executive sex- sion before the senator could get the floor. however, and the resolution will be offered later.
 Southcrners m Opposition.
 The resolution defeated today was the first introduced in the present ses- sion. It was presented by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and the woman suffrage committee later authorized Senator Ashurst to report it fayorably.
 Though otherwise the vote was vir- tualIy non partisan, the southern sen ators, all democrats. lined up almost solidly against the amendment. They Contended it would complicate the ne gro question in the states. Of the southerners only Senators Ransdeu of Louisiana, Sheppard of Texas and Lea. of Tennessee voted for the resolution
 Vardaman's Proposal Voted Down.
 Senator Vardaman led a movement among the friends of woman suffrage in the south to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the constitution, by which the states are prohibited from denying the right to negroes to vote. With the negro question removed. he said. he favored the granting of sui frage to women. His proposal was de- feated by 4S to 19 and a proposition by Senator Williams to give the ballot to white women only was defeated by 4 to 21.
 Sad Day When Women Get Ballot"
 The vote was preceded by a three hour taleidoScopic debate on the varf- ous phases of suffrage. Senator Mar tine of New Jersey was the only mem Der who stated he was opposed to woman suffrage on principle. He de- Clared the participation of women in politics had failed to purify the ballot and that it would be sad day for both women and men when they were gwen the ballot universally.
 Connecticut Senators Against 1t. Senators voting for the suffrage amendment were:
 Ashurst, Brady. Bristow, Burton, Chamberlain Clapp, Clark CWyoming>, GalltngeY, Gronna, Hollis, Hughes, Jones, Ksnyon, La Toilette. Lane, Lee, Myers, Nelson, Newlands, Norris, Owen, Perkins, PoindexJer, Ransden. Stephenson, Sterling, Thomas, Thomp- son Townsend, Works-S5.
 The senators voting against the amendment were:
 Bankhead, Borah. Bradley. 5rande- ace, Bryan, Catron, Dillingham;, D'u- Pont. Gore, James, Johnson, Lee CMaryland), Lodge. McCumber, Me Lean, Martin, Maritime, Oliver, Over man, Page, Ptttman, Pomerene. Reed, CMaryland). Smith (South Carohna9, Swanson. Thornton, Tillman. Varda,- man. Weeks, West. Williams-34.
 ''Woman's Independence Day.
 New York March 19.-The Nationa.s Woman Suffrage association appealed to President Wilson today to establish the first Sunday in May in each year as ''Woman's independence day. On behalf of the executive board of the, association President Anna HowarSs Shaw has addressed to President Will son a letter making such request.