The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-29
SUFFRAGE And DRY
BILLS ARE SHELYED.
Linked Together in the House
Committee, Both Buried
by One Vote.
WOMEN TURN TO PARTIES

WASHINGTON. March 2e.-IAnt1ng to-
gether the proposed constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage and the
proposed amendment for national prohi-
billion. the House Judiciary Committee
~pigconholcd both to-day by q single vote.
p%ostponing action on them Indefinitely.
Suffrage advocates and prohibition
champions protested vigorously. and the
session Of the committee was spirited.
but the opponents Of one or tho other Of
the amendments in combination carried
their point. Under the leadership Of
Representative Cariin, Virginia, the SUI.
rage advocates gained s~uffcient sup
port to link the two propositions in the
single vote.
The situation was p%erplexing for some
members Of the committee, who have ar
IDENTITY supported one or other OF the
resolutions. Representative webb. for
example. chairman of the committee and
author of the national prohibition meas
ure. was put to the predicament OF voting
against 1t because OF his opposition 10
the suffrage resolution.
Surprise to suRrasists.
Suffrage leaders who have been work
ing for favorable action by the COM
mittee were confident they had mus
tered sufficient support to insure recon.
sideration of the action by which INC
committee several weeks ago decided 10
postpone a vote on their resolution. At
the outset Of 1o-day'e meeting the com
mittee decided, however. TO lump all con-
stitutionai amendments and put them
aside. Az a result the s~uffragists an
nounced tonight that they will centre
their efforts on the fight to incorporate
a suffrage plank In the party platforms
soon to be written.
Representative Moss ~ West Viz
GINA led the fight against the motion
to link the prohibition and suf-
itage resolutions. After two hours Of
stormy debate the committee completed
us work by shelving both propositions.
Tho meeting was held behind closed
doors. but the vote Is understood to
have been as follows:
Fol a favorable repor, on IN. reso-
lutlons: Representatives Morgan, Tag
CART. Medley, Moss. Thomas. Volstead.
Nelson. Dale. Chandler.
Against: Webb. Cariin. 1goe. Dyer,
Guard. Whaley. Caraway, Steele, Ora
ham. Danforth.
Absent: Williams. Walker, who are
said to have been paired.
Mrs. Roessine Explains.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Roe~lng, chairman Of
the Congressional committee OF the Ma.
tional Woman Suffrage Association. who
was instrumental IN p~ersuading the com
mit'ee 10 reconsider its former action.
made the following statement:
The failure Of the House judiciary
Committee to report out the sunragc
resolution. while very Disappointing. was
not entirely unexpected. The H. ,io ii
association has realized that considera-
tons outside the question OF suffrage
might becorpe a factor in to-dsy's vote
and tin" result has shovn that this WAS
true.
The vote ia IN no sense to he cor.
! strued as hostile 70 suffrage. II was not
confined 70 that alone, but To all COM
stitutional amendments pending before
the House.
"To-day's vote has emphasized 30
leaders ~ the national association thai
, more thar ever they should work for a
suffrag" plank in the platforms OF the
Republican and Democratic parties at
the coming national conventions. Al.
! though ". shall overlook no opportunity
'o get the suffrage resolution hefor. tho
House the activities of the national as
ISOLATION to get recognition in the ma
tional platforms will be redoubled."