Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-29
djFFRAGE Is DEAD;
LACKED TWO VOTES
legislature Ends Hope of
Pennsylvania Women by
Tabling the Measure
HEADQUARTERS CLOSED
BY M'tISS
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abs state suffrage headquarters here are
,,Irp dlsmanted A man Is moving out
.ns furniture this morning. No crepe is
.l.ihie on the doors OF the little offices in
~. Arcade building-ofices where many a
= ,aIIant fight in the cause of womans rights
has been waged the last few years-but
%s, the same something is dead-a great
ynifting hope-and there is mourning in
ne hearts of suffragsts the State over.
last night in few moments and by
,vo votes the ultimate chance that the
sunragsts had Of putting any kind Of a bill
across this session was lost Their last
hope-the presidential suffrage bill--was
nut on the table. and according to It's
father. Representative Mitchell of Jeffer-
son County, It will lie there and gasp out
is final breath with none to administer aid.
Some predict that before the question OF
whether or not women shall have the ballot
i eomes TO a referendum in the keystone
state, the women of the United States will
have been enfranchised by Federal
amendment and that the action OF the
House last night has lost forever to Penn
syHania the privilege of giving to its
women the thing that they want most of
all--political equality
SUFFRAGE FLAG is DOWN
The women who came to see the slaush-
Ter with Mrs. George A. Dunning, chairman
Of the Woman Suffrage Party of Philadei.
phia have made no attempt to hide the fact
that they received a knockout blow Tho
suffrage flag is down-for a little whiIe
at least. The fight has been knocked,
hagelated out of them temporarily at any
rate Before they can come back they
must regain their breath.
When they begin all over again. thera
will be a change of scenery. State head
quarters are to be established in Philadel-
phia, and the cudges will be taken up from
the vantage point of the city of Brotherlv
Love Here, according to Mrs Dunning,
are the targets at which the first guns in
the coming battle will be aimed:
At Representatives Stern and Cans, on
general principles because they stand for
everything that the suffragsts oppose
At Representatives Heffernan and ]. Add
sproul, because they broke written pledges
to support suffrage.
At all Penrose gang men. beginning with
the mayoralty candidate he may name for
Pittsburgh.
At every interest and person opposed to
The granting of the ballot to women
Despite the fact that the presidential
suffrage bill was reported out of the Judi
clary Committee of which Mr.. Stern popu-
hrly or unpopularly known as lazy" is
chairman, negatively, a motion was made
by Mr.. Mitchell last night to have the
biz entered on the calendar.
Prior to making the motion, Mr.. Mitchell
q gentle little man and one of the best,
II not one of the most forceful friends the
suffragists have ever had requested the
privilege of saying a few kinds words in
favor Of the measure Speaker Baldwin
relaxed gracefully in his chair. "Izzy."
suave and unctuous called for a glass OF
water and then retired to the rear Of the
chamber to confer with a confrere
Mr. Mitchell pointed out that the ques-
ton Of suffrage was commanding the at
- A.. -
not only of the State, but of the country
ct large.
TABLING MOTION ALL READY
The Speaker smiled a weary smile. which
seem to ask: What is that to me and my
erowd?"
"Izzy" returned and sat down with lazy
assurance Mr.. Cans got up and shook
himself. He then gave minute considera-
ton to the state os pis finger nails. Mr.
Mitchell made his historic motion. Mr.
Cans forgot the finger nails and supple
mented il with another request that the
frst be tabled, or as the clerk said, ito
lie It on the table"
The vote was counted and verified with
great deliberation. AS lazy" voted against
the suffraglsts there was a loud cry of
liquor stunt" but "Izzy" acted as though
he were used to 1t by this time. Seventy
seven voted yes" on the tabling, seventy
hNe no. representatives Hugh a. Daw-
son, of Scranton, Lackawanna County and
William A. Jones. of Olyphanr Lackawanna
County, whom the suffragists had counted
on, switched the two votes which would
have won the motion for the suffragists But
with everybody talking about recesses and
taking days off for Memorial Day celebra-
ton and ConsCription Day, they might have
got confused or something. However, the
sunragsts say excuses are not in order
When the suffragsts have regained their
vim and vigor, they are going to fight a diff
terent kind of war Trust no one" is to
De their motto. In the campaign Just passed
they have worked on the theory that there
was honor even among politicians
When Senator Penrose told Mrs. George
orady and Mrs, J. o. Miller in the marble
room Of the Capitol at Washington last
June that he would do all he could to have
tneir bill passed and do all he could to have
MS friends have the bill passed and passed
eApeditlously so as to let the women go
nome they believed that he would
He didn't, suffragists assert. but fought
mem at every turn. 1t is doubtful IL they
would believe him now, though he went
petore notary public.
assisting at the obsequies last night in
mat ceremony preceding a political burial
khown as lobbying" were j. R. Grundy.
president of the Pennsylvania Manufac-
turers Association; George Boyd. Charles
q, Etua, p F. Cusick and three well-known
anus, who carried themselves triumphant
miss Eliza d. Armstrong, Mrs John Brown
Herron and Mrs. Oliphant.