The review., 1916-06-22

James r. Nugent, of New Jersey, and
Stephen B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne,
Ind.
The burden of Governor Ferguson's
argument was that suffrage being
purely states right question, the
wording of the majority plank was a
presumptuous recommendation to the
states on how to conduct their elec-
torates.
| Anti-suffrage delegates on the floor
| piled the governor with questions
which brought out in the answers
fresh arguments against the admins
tration plank. When Ferguson had
finished the convention was in confu-
sion and the tone of the uproar in
the delegate sections was indicative
OF sympathy with the opponents of
the administration plank.
Stone Defends Plank.
When Senator Stone took the
speakers place to defend the plank he
was bonn barded with questions and
argument from delegates on the floor
which eventually exhausted most of
the time allotted to him.
Anti7suffrage delegates loudly chal-
1enged his references to Governor
Ferguson's statements with cries of
that's not what he said" and that's
not fair" Many delegates openly
took the position that the question
was becoming much confused by the
manner of its presentation. Finally,
Senator Stone yielded to Senator Pitt
man of Nevada, one Of the suffrage
champions.
The crowd wanted to howl Pittman
down and cried "vote, vote"
Eyes, I know you want to vote"
Pittman shouted at his opponents,
you'd rather do anything else than
hear the truth. Are you men who
are willing to hear women denounced
and afraid to hear a man say some
thing in their behalf? I want to ap-
peal to you to give your sisters and
daughters and mothers the right to
vote"
Whats that got to do with this ?"
chorused the delegates.
Finally, ignoring lesser outbreaks |
and shouting above the din and con-
fusion, Pittman managed to get !!
through with his speech
Essential for Victory"
In an 1mpassioned speech Senator
Walsh swept aside the smaller ques-
tions which had been injected into
the fight and told the delegates that |
President Wilson himself knew that
the plank was in the platform and |
considered it essential for party VIC
tory.
Whatever your opinions may be-"
he said, 1--WE shall never be anything
but a discordant and divided party
unless we surrender some of our con-
victions to the wisdom of a majority.
Here you are confronted, as one of
our famous leaders said, with a con-
dition, not theory The twelve suf-
frage states represent 81 votes in the
ELECTORAL college. Every political
party has made this declaration in
some form or other. 1t becomes a sim
pie question of whether you will incur
the enmity of these women. There is
no possibility of losing a single vote
Il you adopt this majority plank, be-
cause every other party has done, the
same.
II ask you," he cried, "if you're
going to put a resolution In here
hats a lie. You can't adopt this
minority report without stultifying
Senator Walsh then explained that
he President knew about the suf- ,
rage plank and added: |
''He believes it vital to his success [
hat it stay there. I ask you with
Ill the fervor Of my being who is ]
here here who is wiser or more pa ]
rfotic than he?" s
Fight Won as Storm Raaes.
While the fight had been going on I
} thunder storm burst and when the 9
ow on the convention floor was at it's /
eight the storm reached it's climax , I
The booming OF the thunder, mixed d