Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-19

tHcrc for what they are asking, 81 your
! hands to-day, they would hav" received
INSiDIouS DOCTRINE.
SAYS HIt.H \. WHITE
p Delegate White. Of Roc.h.id,,e.
! learned III the Constitution and feared
OF all opponents. attacked til. amend
nent with characteristic vehcmei.ce.
Already the iusidiou2 doctrine prom
gated from suffrage sources he said
has had a delctcrious effect Oh tin.
woinnnhood ana rirlhood OF tho State.
1T has bred :. holiness" said Mr.
White. which has found expression in
/ a dccadent manner Of dress and ia IN
! indifference" to things from which
women formerly sh.ank. To this move
: Incnt attribute in laru" par; tic in
crcasins social errors OF the day with
th"ir train or CYL. which hodes i'll for
society Eut this. 90. viii pass. They
tteN rs sunrag" is cJmin.: toll Won
woman suffrage Is going"
Mn White read from "a natiouailv cir
cuiatcd negro periodical Hero it vas
brought on, that tho r"-ru rae" has
much Tia" same fight for recognition, on
& It's hands as have the white women.
Every ar.uwcu, for woman suffrage.
warned Nh. White, * also an argument
for negro $uTrac.
no you undertake to place the white
n
Win tho ncsroes:' interrupted Dele
cato Norris
y mean that this suffrage amendment
stands for IN" "nfra' ichIs"m"nt Of white
women ANA negro women" replied
Delegate white w.rh heat and will
never consent 20 H."
MINORITY LEADER
FtNOH> AMENDMENT
Delegate 81 Il. Lowry leader Of tho
minority. added his voice in support
or ~" amendment as did also Eepuh-
li'an member j. T Wright Of Rock
iu-hHm Whii" no was not prepared to
say that n" Endorsed woman suffrage
himself he said u was only right that
,h" voters OF the state should have an
"rportuuiiy - express; themselves
!; Lindsay Gordon. IN, mber from
Louisa. vino has u record for opposing
most controversial measures o. which
hn is not himself tho patron enrolled
himself with tho rniuorit.; supporting
tn" suffrage amendment. The ties, OF
civilizations he said. has been the man
i"r in which n" male has treated the
female TN a state Of savaGery. he said
MAN held her i'm absolute subjection
"plup"llinC hcr 10 dn ali tho mental
work. Will" he hunted and G.hcd
From THIS ahJc't condition. he said
woman has been @radu t.ly eiraucipa ted
with tn" enlightened march az civiiiza-
ZION until now .l.c g seeking tho re-
wova' Of tn" list great brand OF in
equality II was OILY just he a-rucd
that IN" nrondmcl be submitted to
tho voters
Last TO sneak was Dclcratc 8 II.
/ Love. az lunomhurE. whose uncom-
promising opposition 10 woman suffrage
has become a House Tradition -Four
Years ~" his speech against Nirginia's
nrSt suffrage hill. in which lie paid a
'chivalriC iribuic To tho noble women OF
'hr Commonwealth set apart from tho
sross"r interests OF life on elevated
rcdcstals inspired n woman writer in
lH national publication to describe him
rs true TYPO 81 rhc medieval malc
roaming at large"
LOVE PAYS GLOWING:
TRIBlT'E no WOMEN
MIR. Love was received with thunder
Gus apulausr 10y his colleagues liz
proceeded with q glowing enjoy 81
tho character OF Virginia women as
shown 10y their unscifsh services in
tho trying days Of the Contcderacy and
az their virtues ana rraces that have
descended Is their daughters MOI for
amy consideration in the world he said
would he imHcril thc.c qualities by
admitting women To tho gross realm
OF politics. ct only for their infcro"g-
men
God made woman, not on, Of mans
head. THAI Sh" may rule over him" sal
Delegate Love. nor yet from his foot
that he mag tread on her. bu, He made
her from u rib of tho mans side. in
order that she may he his companion
aud soothc him Will, her refining com
partnership. Almighty God, forbid the
day thar Virginia shall adopt this slf-
fracc hcrcsy and drag her women down
{" III" s"t'ing ccsspooi Of political
strife"
Dclc-atc Gordon offered an amend
mcut limiting tho exercise OF tho ballot
{" women possessed OF property valued
'at $ioo or more Ills purpose in offer
ing this amendment. he said was TO
provide protection for the black coun-
ties The amendment was rejected
SUFFRAGE LEADERS REGARD
RIG VOTE AS VICTORY
~ o'clock Delegate Green. Of DAN
Vile. moved Tho pending uucstion and
the motion was carried. The hill was
put on its passage. aud was defeated
by a recorded vote Of - to 40 Dele
gate Stephenson announced that he was
paired with Delegate Stock. The lat
ter. had he been present. would have
voted in the Affirmative. while Mr.,
Stephenson would have voted against
the bill.
The siz" OF the vote pollcd by the
Amendment ocCaSloncd general surprise.
While tic defeat OF tho amendment had
hccn accepted as n forcConc conclusion
/; WIS commonly believed tina; il would
not receive more than twenty votes.
The announcement OF the result was
received by the suffrage army with APP
plausc.
ut was a most satisfactory vote"
said Mrs b. B. Valentine. president OF
The Equal Suffrage League OF Virginia.
We arc gaining rapidly. We will be
back again two years from now. and
liz wo don't win then, we Will he back
again two years later. and again and
again until We win our fight II is
only q question OF time
IiUW THE MEMBERS
VOTED on AMENDMENT
ON the roll call the members voted
rs follows:
Yeas-Mcssrs. Adams. A. s.; Baker,