Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-09
LEST we FORGET.

relative to the suffrage fight
session
Suffrage
repeatedly was held up through chcanery
crooked politics. OF
The Tribune reprintng the
lust published in eaaet reviewing the varous voe for cam
paigns. ..
The review calls attention to the that Jersey
Massachusetts total population
262396 defeated suffrage
that woman suffrage is going not Coming"
In anayzng the legislative aght
constitution suffrage extended
the been popular by
constitutional amendment The 1913
voted the 1914 election, passed
constitutional amendment which
isaure bring the question
"As the foregoing figures show the
Suffrage
At the election of 1914 the against
districts against Thiry6e
out OF the fifty counties voted against it, Thrnne of the fortnne
expressed themselves
question Eighty Of
members represented constituencies which had given majoes against
Suffrage the election which
legislature convened and at which election
bers and onehalf Of the Senators elected.
"Nanfesty upon principle hich obtains in all representative
which
the judgment pro-
posed Woman Suffrage amendment
which had just been decided by the entire should
rejected Further consider
their respective constituents
it by of hrtynne to ten The
unjust criticism
that body Those who familiar
that they did their plain duty They
failure to pass was
compliance with the judgment whicha
fstered at the November election.
$50 misleading reports
deem it the facts.
"Ta resolution introduced
of which Senator rragon was
chairman Our organization had
resolution reported back to the Senate by
recommendation" ..F
lobby at Bismarck during the
entire session and had the active
through whose aid taey succeeded resolution
learning that sending
written protest body just
vote was taken The vote thriyone fourteen the
the resolution The
for consideration where sent the
Election Privileges Our organization Immediately
before the committee, preventative Bismarck
meantime protest to the Senate had
protest attention to the attitude of the women Of the
also
of the campaign which had held decisive
against Woman Suffrage and asked that the
of the be their
protesting against tae disregard of
the hour set for the hearing beo
made in the Senate recall the resolution from
ton prevailed by vote OF twenty six twenty-five
been taken the hill joint bill
was subject to recall by majority This
from the House and so hearing aeld
peated efforts subsequently
who had recalled the bill merits
only oanab through motion majority
close the session. stood steada
the merits a.. @S
saszs #sGa ,@. .. * @4,5# s1@ *
N sunragists large enough sna
to the end Of the reconsideration and
merits
failed to pass On Feoary 2 Sen Davis attempted
the merits The twentyeignt twenty
minority to preve mt reconsideration Other aemps
were made but in each instance til Suffrage
taking Of a merits. g..
"The ne were fair and strictly in accord
ance with parliamentary precedent
Suffrage senator's publicly stated following
ton Ine resolution was not defeate by political
as has been stated On the contrary failed
sunclent number OF votes majority
the a~oe ohe fact that they passing resolution
defiance of the judgment of their
recall the resolution in
action This procedure strictly
Joint Rule 14-her
called resolution of
possession called
had In action
of the
under this rule and during the
recalled numerous er for recion and revision
Board bill