The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
-Four Hours of Debate Over Two Measures By Which They Hoped to Gain By Statutory Enactment Ex- tension of Suffrage Now Enj0gsd RHs Women men Ele'- tors.
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< gss HarlIOrO, ApTlI T 1S,--OuiIIdSisNS LII :daunted by the defeat of the two sta tutory measures by which they sought an extension of the present electoral rights of women, took up anew to-day tflair campaign for the passage by the ha6se Ebfkthe s constitutional amend naeht giving to women the suffrage rights enjoyed by the male electors oI Connecticut.
 The defeat of the two measures Tn the house yesterday-the one giving women the right to vote on presiden- tiar electors and on all municipal elections and the other the right to vote on excise questions as now the women vote on school and library matters is not regarded as necessar- ily true indication of the attitude of the house on the constitutional
 What T. Densnaore Brown of Mill ford was pleased to term the illinois Swindle did not meet with the Ia vor of q number of legislators who are not radically opposed to woman sui frage Some of these lawmakers and the suffragists say that Rep. Will liam Chew of Bridgeport is one of these regarded the measure by which the suffragtsts sought to gain by statute what heretofore they sought to gain by constitutlonal amendment, was 2 trick unworthy of their cause, and for that reason vot- cd against it..
 But whatever the, facts may war rant, the suffragists are determined not to give un the fight until the last vote in the house has been counted. The constitutiona1 amendment. must pass the house this year, then be re- submitted to the house and then to the senate two years from now. be- fore it goes to the people for ratif1- cation. z
 The defeat of the two measures, which were the order of the day for noon, yesterday was accomplished af- ter four hours of debate. Party, ties did not serve to bind the members of the orEarlization for Republicans and Democrats alike split on the rock of equal suffrage
 The unfavorable report of the com si1fftee on woman suffrage, signed by ii of the 12 members who were pres- knt when the vote was taken, was ac- cepted and the measure rejected, on the municipal and presidential electors bin. by. vote. of 149 to 1855. The vote against the measure was 130 to 1s.
 The ffrs ma tier consid dered was the nresid enti2 and nalinic ipaI bill.
 The adTSdacy q the natrority fa- svorable report Mas opened by R epre- sentative Coe of Crom we'll the single member .of the committee to sign the report. MT. Coe said twelve states now allowed women to vote for City and townS officers 1 and presidential electors, and to-day the. governor Of Rhode Island would sign x the bill .l which ], a ssl fPd sen
 Represenfa i've Shaw of Bedding followed the comittee chairman ahd cited the capitulation of England, and said Russia was considering the grant ing of the franchise to women. The legislation proposed had stood the test in many states, he asserted, and he quoted. from President Wilson's massa@46An zsthe world must be made saI af 1nQcracy. He con tented 4l8{ RthSls ouId bs no true democracy until the women were granted the vote
 Representative Edward w. Hazen z of Haddam said the women were es- pecially interested in good city and town government, and as capable of sizing' up candidates as the men. He moved when the vote be taken 1t be by yea and nay.
 F The majority leader, MT. Peasley, 4kT. vi a a H. up vote should suffice.
 MT. Bowers Of Manchester support cd the demand for. a ron call and MT. Fox of New London opposed 1t. The vote, for a roll call was carried.
 Representative Talcotti of Vernon referred. to the vote of Congresswo- man Jeanette Rankin of Montana and quoted the poet Idle tears, idle tears, Isknow not what they mean"
 when the test comes we want strength, he said. after quoting Miss Rankin's utterance, T love my coun- try, but I cannot vote for war There was a round of applause.
 Representative Bowers defended Miss Rankin's vote saying, T think che did the proper thing" Had she voted for war the critics would have charged that she had unsexed herself he declared. He cited that forty nine men had voted as Miss Rankin did.
 MT. Bowers told of the conversion of Alfred Harmsworth (Lord North ciiffe) to the cause of women by treir service to the nation since the war, The women cleaned up San Francis co. he declared To the argument that women did not want the vote, he retorted that the negroes did not ask for the vote, but it was given to then1sto protect themselv4s.
 Representative Foord of Stamford >s said all woman suffrage bills looked alike to- him, he favored them. His argument was on the lines that the platforms of the political parties bound them to vote for the bill.
 tsUnless the republican party takes heed and wakes up it will remain the minority party, he said. There was applause on the democratic side which was kept up for some time to the apparent embarrassment of the Stamford member.
 When Mir. Foord resumed, he ad- dressed the democrats and said if they did not keep their. pledges they would again become the minority party and remain in the minority. He charged that the democrats did not keep their pledges two years ago.
 Representative Charles J. Martin of Orange, who said he was not for suf- frage, two years ago, spoke for the bill. He scored MT. Talcott for his cEitiSt9fn or Mfss RaEKffys vote, saying 7 when the country was in danger and