New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-13
Their Ranks Defeated by
2O4 Opponents Record
ed in Negative.
sIIFFRAGISTS FEEL
FLATED AT PROGRESS
pleased at Having Forced Rec
oenition in the House for
First Time.

Washington. Jan. Woman sui
s-,-e had its day IN the House Of Rep
...,r.atiycs to-day and "the cause
he. Bva vote OF ia ayes to 2O4 noes
n. Vogs, defeated the Mondell resolu-
IN, propos,rc TO submit TO the states
constitutional amendment giving
women the ballot.
II reouircd two-thirds majority 20
,5op. the resolution. and the sufrag-
i.,s failed 20 muster a majority.
The REPRESENTATIVES from New York
S,s,e VINO voted in favor Of the reso-
,g.o7 were Brown. Chandler, Clancy,
George. Nahcr. Metz. Mott, Smith and
rsv'or. New York members who voted
,osirs, thc resolution were Calder.
Cantor. Carcw. Conry, Danforth, Dool-
i,g DriscoI. Fairchild, Fitzgerald, Git
ms Goulden. Griffin. Hamilton, Parker,
p,.ter. Piatt. Riordsn. Talcott. Under
bin and Wanir.
The vote was announced IN the pres
,ace Of crowded galleries, in which
women predominatcd. The result was
forerore conclusion. and neither the
uFrsris,s nor the anti-sufragists
we're urduly cast down or elated.
The suracists felt jubilant because
ney had finally forced the issue, for
the first time. on the floor Of the House.
r was concession for which they
have been lighting for wears recogni-
lion IN some form by Congress Of the
ause for which they have been cam
psigning.
The srti-suFragists also had reason
for qualification. because the House
efsctively turned down the proposition
that suffrage is q national issue. TO be
settled by the federal government.
Debate on Two Arguments.
Debate ON the Mondell resolution,
occasionally brilliant and entertaining
and sometimes duh and commonplace,
vas prcdicated ON two arguments
one, that of the Democratic party eau
Gus, that suffrage is a state issue; the
other, that of members from the sui
fage states. that woman has shown
her caDab.lty TO nelp govern. and
iha; the federal government should
rot permit scy to deprive an American
citizen or the franchise.
Party lines were broken when the
go,e was taken. many Democrats vot-
ing iu favor OF the resolution. Many
Republican declined TO follow Mr..
Mann. their leader, who voted against
The resolution.
Members from the eleven suffrage
states Arizona. California. Colorado
IDAHO. Kansas. Oregon. Utah, Wash
ngion. Wyoming Montana and Ne
yada and from Illinois, where limited
woman suffrage prevails, voted practi-
tally as unit for the resolution. The
only exceptions were Graham and
Baltz, Of Illinois. and Kindell, Of Colo
rado
Clark Doesn't Vote
The final vote on the Mondell reso-
luton showed 2O4 members voting
against 10 20 l74 for II, with 5l mem
oers paired or absent from the House.
Speaker 64rs did not vote. There
are 425 members in the House, with
I'VE vacancies.
Tc pass resolution amending the
constitution O. vote OF two-thlrds OF
The member. present is requisite To-
tlght 3ls members voted. TWo-thlrds
g. this number would have been Zo4.
Therefore. che Mondell resolu Ion
iaied ty so votes TO receive the neceS-
,ary number
Hundreds OF women sat in the
owded galleries during the ton hours
o. debate. Speaker Clark was forced
several times 20 warn against demon
Nieuons for and against suffrage as
iae orators warmed Up, and finally nc
sDeascr threatened 20 clear the gal
.tnes wrcn the sufragists Kissed .
sfa humorous and bitter speech D.
Aepiescnta,.ye Iowdle, an Ohio Demo-
03t
Women Out in Force.
long before the House struck the
.ade Of spirited debate OF the suf-
Isge resolution the suifragists and
tae-sufragists had packed the gal
tnes One big section Of the gal
lt,nes TO the west Of the plated
Noea which hangs on the rear wall Of
-tNtANNA NNAN Ailt nAiA ak ''"tt-'
w hCr banners and sashes Of white
10 yellow. On the opposite side OF
~e Cock were the anti-suiiraglsts,
-ost Of whom Haunted red roses the
"mnool Of opposition TO "the cause.
nel~een these opposing feminine
.olees was q tier Of gallery seats occ-
.p,ed b. plain American men, who al
.asaoy have the ballot. They occupied
ny small section Immediately behind
CLOCK, and they separated by about
.s,'iy feet the "pros" and the "antis
NE other sex.
scarcely q member OF the House
.s,'td 70 note that the feminine dele,
uons were in separate galleries ana
~ nen voters smiled at the arrange
a2aratiyeiy a short debate by vote
01 anu
me special rule making the Mondeil
soietion in order was adopted after
~ sspsratiyely short debate by Vote
@vs 70 81 This vote, however, was
r. Indicative of the attitude OF the
~ase on the resolution itself, ana u
Received with little interest. Inc
'st agreed without comment 10 SIX
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