New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-11
VOTE ON SUFFRAGE
ATTRACTS WOMEN
Advocates and ANTS"
Flock to Capital to
Watch Congress.
DECISIVE ACTION
IS DUE TOMORROW
Few Expect the Constitutional
Amendment To Be Carried
i'm the House.

From Tac Tribune Bufcau.I
Washington. Jan. TO- Sufragists
and ants are arriving here in large
numbers to-nig.., to watch the lcgis-
lative struggle m the House on Tues
dav over the Bristow- Mondell woman
suffrage resolution. While impartial es-
Inmates indicate that the suffrage reso-
luton will be defeated, the battle VIII
be spectacular nevertheless.
It is the first time suifraglst5 have
had an opportunity to stage cam
raign in the open on the floor Of the
House and force a record vote on a
constitutional amendment granting all
women the right TO vote. Democratic
leaders who are opposing the reso-
luton - Representatives Underwood,
Henry and Shirley say IL Will be bad
~ beaten. Instead Of the necessary
two-thirds majority, II Is SAID the
cause cannot obtain even bare ma
jcrty as did the llobson prohibition
resolution.
A statement issued tonight by the
Congressional Union for Woman SUI
frage makes no claims regarding the
vote. but anti-sulIraglsts allegc the
opposition will have an Overwhelming
majority. Nevertheless, suifragists and
"antis" are working as hard as though
q close vote were expected
When the vote is taken it is eN-
pected that the galleries will be
thronged with women from all sections
Of the country, and they will be WON
an vitality interested in suffrage. The
"antis" will flock in one section Of
the galleries and the suifragists IN
another.
Under a Special Rule.
The suffrage resolution, which pro
poses constitutional amendment and
must therefore receive two-thirds
vote 10 pass. win be considered under
special rule reported by the Rules
Committee. and presented by Mr.
Henry, of Texas, who viii vote against
the resolution. Chairman Henry's po-
sition, like that Of most Democrats, Is
that suffrage is state and not ma
tional issue, but the Democratic lead
ers consented 10 a rule 10 bring about
a decisive aye and nay vote on ques-
tion which has been harasslng members
Of Congress for many years.
Six hours debate is to be allowed.
Democrats and Republicans from states
now having woman suffrage viii lead
the fight for the suiiragists.
Mrs. Arthur VI. Dodge, president o.
the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, said tonight: I'VE
are here as interested spectators and
not in the role Of those who nave any
anxiety about the outcome. Our re-
ports indicate that, instead OF having
two-thirds majority for suffrage. there
will be a tWo-thirCs majority against
it,"
Among the "antis" who arrived to-
day and made their headquarters at
the Shoroham are Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. A
!. George, representing the Massachu-
setts association; Mrs. Daniel A. Mark
ham, president Of the Connecticut as
sociaton; Mrs. Rose, also of Connect
cut; Mrs. Horace Brock, president OF
the Pennsylvania associations; Miss
Harding, president of the Pittsburgh
branch; Mrs. Jonn B. Heron and Miss
Eliza Armstrong, also Of Pittsburgh;
Mrs. +. G.. Schwarz. of Cincinnati, rep
resenting the Ohio Association; Mrs.
Orville q. Oliphant, general secretary
of the New Jersey Association; Mrs.
Sidney ThaXter, president of the Maine
association, and Mrs. Clarence Nor
gan. president Of the Vermont assocl-
alton.
absurd" SAYS Mrs. Dodge.
at is an absurd proposition said
Mrs Dodge, for a small group OF
women like the suifragists to try TO
coerce the great mass of American
women to vote when those women not
only do not wish to vote, but abso-
lutely ignore the duty when it is given
to them. Woman suffrage is a radical
h. ffna II a
women, and, of course, it is out of all
reason to expect such body as the
national Congress to yield to minor
ity."
The Congressional Union for Won
an Suffrage gave a reception last night
and informal conferences were held to-
day among the women in charge OF
the campaign. Among the sui raglsts
here are Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont, Of
New York; Mrs. Glendower Evans, OF
Boston; Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch,
of New York; Mrs. william Bross
Llovd. of Chicago; Mrs. Annie Por-
rift and Mrs. George II. Day, OF Hart
ford; Miss Julia Hurlburt, of Newark;
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, OF
New York; Mrs. ellison Gardner, Miss
Low Webster DR.. Cora Smith King,
Mrs John J. White. Mrs. Winston
Churchill and Miss Alice Paul.
Representative Mondell, Of Wyoming,
criticised President Wilson's attitude
ON the suffrage question tonight IN
an address before the second annual
meeting Of the Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage. He insisted that
II was the duty Of Congress 10 en-
franchise the women, instead OF leay-
ing II to the states, as advocated by
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