New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-17
Delegates at House Hear
ing HeckIed by South
ern Democrats.
WEBB DECLARES
AMENDMENT LOST
Committee Chairman Loses Tenn
per-Mrs. Gait Sure of Pres
idency of Association.
BY EMMA BCGBEE.
fBy Telegraph 70 n, Tribun, ]

Washington. Dec 16.-When suffrage
comes in a, the door chivslry flies out
Of the window. A cross-exanination
shat rapidly became heckling Was in
s.ituted by the Judiciary Committee
OF the House against representatives Of
the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion and the Congressional Union to-
day. The women came out raging at
the humiliations TO which they had
been subjected by the "chivslrous"
Southern Democrats who comprise the
majority Of the committee.
Mrs. Pattie RufYner Jacobs, Of Ala
bsms, drew the first FIRE. II seemed
90 annoy the committee exceedingly to
find Southern woman among tho op-
position when Il has been their tran
quill custom IN the past TO dismiss the
subject Of suffrage by saying their"
women didn't want It. Representative
r. S. Whaley. Of South Carolina, IN
terruptsd Mrs. Jacobs sharply when
she stated that South Carolina had no
laws regulating the hours of women
and children 10 its industries. Mrs.
Helen Todd, member of the National
Child Labor Committee, corroborsted
r- Jacobs.
We'll, don't believe it yet" snapped
the Representative.
AT this point Chairman Webb entered
the committee room, having been alb
sent during most of the hearing, and
violated cardinal precept of tho ju-
dicial code by announcing what the de-
cision not only of his committee, but
OF Congress itself. .ould be.
You know perfectly woll that your
amendment is not going to pass :his
Congress- he said. why do you come
here and annoy us?'
SuHragists Nom Partisan.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. Miss Alice Stone Black
well. Miss Caroline Ruutz- Rees and
two voters, Mrs. George Bass and Mrs.
Harriet $. Thompson. of Chicago, de-
clsrcd they did no. support the mill
tgnt tactics Of the Congressional Uniol,
that they were non partisan in their
appeals foy votes on the Anthony
amendment and that they appealed 10
both Democrats and Republicans, de
spite the attitude any members mad
taken ~ The past.
When Miss Ance Paul attempted TO
spcal for tho Congressional Union the
committee members began then and
t!crc the investigation of the lobby"
which was asked for by Representative
Barnes on .Tuesday
do you get a salary" demanded
NJ. Wbaley.
- IN not paid said Miss Paul. 81
have had my expenses paid when was
travelling about the country. / am not
paid salary"
Have YOU any workers who are paid
o salary"
Our organizers are paid $40 a
month. out Of which they pay their
own expenses"
Campaign Against Democrats.
I'VE cRmpaigned against every one
OF the forty-three men running on the
Democratic ticket in the suffrage
states, and only nineteen came back"
she went on, explaining the policy Of
her organization. when we came
back in December We went again TO
the rules committee, and they said
they had no greater desire IN the
world than to bring suffrage up. They
said We must have misunderstood
them. Laughter from the Republican
membersl Every one OF the men we
had csmpaigned against voted for our
bill
Representative Webb-Are you GER
tain 10 60 out against the Democrats
again IL the measure Is lost this
year?
Miss Paul-what we are doing is
giving the Democrats their opportunity
We cannot state what our future policy
VIII be. Can you state what will be the
Democratic platform in 1915?
Webb can tell you one plank that
will not be there, and that Is plank
in favor Of woman suffrage.
Representative Gsrdner-We should