Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-13
Resolution to Amend Con stitution Voted Down Aft
 CT Stirring Debate.
2O4 AYES TO 174 NAYS
Galleries of House Crowded Nnil Women FayOriug and Opposing Granting of Franchise to Mem-
 berS of Fair Sex.

Washington. Jan 12.-The house .. representatives today d'feated 'he amendment >1. submit the HuestlGn of woman suffrage to the state !ol ratification. The vote was 204 ayes to 174 nays. The amendment r"- ouired two-thirds majority.
 The gallery to the left of speaker Clark's desk was occupied by suit pists. On the east the anti-suffraglets, each wearing a red rose, knitted and s,ewed as they waited. Separating the hostile hosts was the mems gallery.
 In the suffrage gallery pr. AHnH Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cat Mrs o. H. p. Belmont. Mrs. Patrick Lawrence of London, and the con. i aressional committee of the natlo1a' association were in charge.
 Across the way were Mrs. A"'hnr NJ. Isd.s, president of the Nationa' Asscciauon Opposed to Woman Sui frage; Mrs. A. J. George, Mrs. Daniel A. Markham and the legislative con- 1 mittee of that association.
 The galleries applauded generally when Dr. Shaw and several othc: prominent suffragists were invited Ly the speaker to leave the public gal lery and take places in his priyat gallery. Senator Maritime, who 'passs through the house chamber. was ap' plauded by the anti-suffrage de'Csa- tion.
 To. the applanse and cheers of snh. porters O. both sides of the question packed in opposite galleries. @he house plunged into debate fully4Sas spectacular ...s that which attended the vote OH the prohibition amend- ment some time ego.
 Women Generally Against Move Representative Webb, chairman 0! the judiciary committee, led off in opposition to the amendment. He De lieved that if the question were vote'l on by women more than 80 per cont would be against suffrage.
 Representative Mann 1Rep.) SUD- ported the amendment and Repre- sentative Underwood (Dem.) opposed it.
 "There is no reason" he said, "why the woman suffrage problem should be met piecemeal. It should be le cided once for all here in Washing ton. The blackguard, the thief, the unconvicted scoundrel of every kind walks up and casts his ballot, but the American woman must stand aside. Representative HObsOn of Alabama F argued that the resolution did not take any power from the states. Representative ,Murdock, Progrs s. sive, of Kansas, supported the resOll- tion. Representative Rulings If l Pennsylvania and Lindbaugh of Min 1 nesota made brief speeches favorine the resolution, and Representatives Summer of Texas and Clark of Flori- da opposed 1t.
 Women Brave Rain.
 A driving rainstorm failed to dis courage a record breaking crowd. Ali 8 a. m. the first arrivals went into he house galleries to await the begin ming of the debate. An hour before the session opened almost all unre- served seats for women were filled In the mems gallery, however, there were many vacant seat. When tn. women doffed their waterproof coats the purple and yellow banners and sashes of suffragists filled the ga,- leries with wave of color. Promptly at II o'clock the speaker gavel fell and Chirman Henry of the rules committee presented the special rnle upon which it was agreed tc allow one and one-half hours debate exclusive of the six hours provided for the resolution itself.
 'I shall support the rule, becausc l ho1iovo vnfo chn,,EA ho ~rivov, o, any proposal which has become a national issue" said MT. Henry. "Bu, believe this is purely matter oi state jurisdiction. I shall never vote for any amendment that proposes to take from the state power now re- served to them, and to vest those l powers in the federal government"