The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-13


sWendment TO protect womankind
againat ITSELF"
Representative Taylor, OF Colorado.
land AiondeIl. 'co-author of the elresolu-
tion, advocated the amendment.
The stupid and threadbare argu-
| nient that the exercise OF the elective
franchise will have an unfavorable
effect uponl the, character OF women,
expose them to undesirable contact.
destroy the finer fbre of the sex, and
put In jeopardy their natura, charm
has been utterly refuted by the exper-
fence Of every State and nation which
has enfranchised It's women" said
Mr.. Mondell.
Representative Macdonald, az Mich.
igan; Brown, of New York, and Stew
ems. Of New Hampshire spoke for the
resolution. and Representative Hardy,
OF Texas, made q vigorous speech
against It.
The amendment was supported By
Representative Stevens and Bell. who
declared Calffornia's experience had
shown women suffrage 20 be a sue
| cess.
Representative Clark, Of Florida,
asserted he was cNnstitutionally op-
1 posed to woman suffrage.
| representative Murdock, or Kan
sas. speaking for the resolution, said.
| am against the American woman
dragging her skfiirts through the
mire or partisan politics and for that
reason favor woman suffrage as a
means OF cleaning the mire OF party
politics. j beliCes II is the beginning
OF the end OF the opposition to wo-
man suffrage" =
Representatives HulinEs, of Penn.
sylyania, and Lndbersh. OF Mipaeso-
ia. favored the resolution and &epre-
sentative Summers. Of Texas, opposed
| it
Representative. Abercrombie de-
ciared for woman suffrage. but only
by action Of the States. He said he
would vote against the amendment,
but he had no doubt that the women
or the country ultimately would be
given the ballot.
Representatives Bartlett, of Geor-
gia, and Sisson, OF Mississippi oppos-
ed the resolution, Mr.. Bartlett decIar-
ed State sovereigntysmust prevail and
that he would not forget his duty to
his country.
Representatias Sisson contended
4 the right OF suffrage was conveyed by
the States, and he had an abiding
conviction that if this federal system
is preserved, we must leave to the
people of the States the right to de-
termine who shall and who shall not
VOTE" Z, 49,. 10 ,sl
| Representative Madden, Illinois;
Towner. Iowa; Barnhart, Indiana, and
Faker. CALIFORNIA;. supported tie res
olution.
| The "sacred reserved rights; of the
individual Statesy were cited by Rep
resentative Henry as a bar to adop-
tion OF the amendment.
Let US not be carried away by SEN
timent or political expediency," he
Isaid. "If we lay our hands upon the
i sacred rights OF the States to control
i the right OF franchise within their
own borders. we threaten the perma-
nency OF our American institutions.
I, suspect this question has been
brought here becagse the supporters
| Of this propaganda have failed to So.
cure their demands ia the ,arions
stsiss. ! an not gsiii.eg t,ist. c6ioTs-
do should say to Texas how she shall
deal with her own domestic concerns.
The next thing will be proposal that
/ no State shall have law for Jim
| Crow cars or separate churches or
separate schools for the races. We
are gcing. too far"
Representative Hughes. OF Georgia,
declared that should the proposed
amendment be ratified a-serious sit
uation would result In the South.
"If the good white women OF my
State desire the ballot" he said, "they
will have my vote. but in any event
the States should settle this question
themselves"
/ Representative Bowdle, OF Ohio,
| discussed the suffrage question fin q
facetious vein and concluded with q
scientific discussion of the nature Of
woman. which he said totally disqual-
4 fded her as O yob,r and ofiice-hol lder.
His humorous allusions caused o stiF
lamong the suffragistG spectators and
ut one point he was interrupted. BY
hisses. Speaker Clark stiiied the up
roar and warned thu galleries that q
recurrence OF the incident would re-
suit in eviction OF spectators from the
gallery. y
Representative Bowdle said per-
sGnaI investigation showed that Wash
klgton women buy ono newspaper to
3S. bought by men. =.
"Women generally" he continued.
ARE not Interested I'm politics. do
not like to think of the day when pa
pas purse viii be called upon 20 con-
! tribute to two opposing political wig-
wanis. One is q plenty.
"Yes, Mr., Speaker, the women OF
this smart capital are beautiful In
i deed. their beauty Is positively DIS.