New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-09
WOMEN WIN
IN PLATFORM
Suffrage Resolution
Adopted by 6. O. P,
IS to IL.

lFrom a stsh Correspondent OF The Tribunel
Chicago, June 8.--The Republican
and Progressive National Conventions
adopted woman suffrage planks in their
platforms to-day. The Republican
plank favors action by each State, while
the Progressive declaration demands
both State and Federal action.
The Bull Moose advocates of equal
franchise carried everything before
them by unanimous vote. but the suf-
frage resolution was only passed in the
Republican convention after stiff
fight. Early in the day the sub-com-
mittee of the Resolutions Committee
rejected the plank by vote of 5 to 4.
The advocates of suffrage rallied to
the fight then, and three hours later
the Resolutions Committee as a whole
voted 26 to 21 In favor of recognizing
woman suffrage.
within half an hour, however. defeat
was threatened again, when it was re-
ported that seven absent committeeman
were preparing to ask for a reconsid-
Grafton of the favorable action. After
repeated parleys the declaration was
reconsidered and emerged as the last
plank Of the platform. The final vote
was 35 to IL.
In the subcommittee those opposing
votes for women were Senators Lodge,
Wadsworth and Oliver, Charles Hop
kins Clark and Representative How
land, Of Ohio. Those who favored the
plea for recognition were Senators
Borah, Sutherland and Fall and Repre-
sentative Madden, of Illinois. In the
full committee Senator Borah was the
leader for the women's plea, and Sem
ator Smoot took a prominent part in
the negotiations for an agreement,
which led to the final action.
Borah Saves Plank.
Credit for preventing fat rejection
of the plank on reconsideration by the
committee was given TO Senator Borah,
who declared that the question would
be taken to the floor of the convention
if the committee vote were ovaridden.
This stand, il was declared, forced a
stay of the movement to overturn the
recognition, and the modification rec
ognizing the right of the individual
states TO decide on the franchise with
in their borders was evolved.
The reading Of the plank by Senator
Lodge in the Coliseum brought forth
storm Of applause from the delegates
representing suffrage states, which was
quickly followed by demonstration
from the anti-sufrsgists in the con-
vention. The plank reads:
THE Republican party, reafirming
its faith in government Of the people,
by the people and for the people, as a
measure of justice to one-half the adult
people OF this country, fayors the ex-
tension Of the suffrage TO women, but
recognizes the right of each state to
settle this question for itself"
Moose Plank Changed.
The suffrage plank. as read by Will
lam Draper Lewis to the Progressive
convention, declared at first for either
Federal or state action" Through the
efforts of Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, OF
Washington, a member of the Congress
sional Union, the wording was changed
TO both Federal and state action. -.
Congressional Union leaders believed
tonight that President Wilson would
soon issue a strong statement deelar-
ing in favor OF woman suffrage by Fed
eral amendment and that ne would
press strongly for action in the pres
snt Congress TO that end.
Leaders of the National Woman Suf-
frage Association were delighted TO-
night with the adoption of the suffrage
nlsnk by the Republican convention,
believing that il will have an important
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