The Washington times., 1918-10-01
CUMMINS SCORES
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"to ore o. two positions. Either you
'efuse TO accept tho sol smn declara-
lion OF :he Pesidynt that the adop-
ton of this amendment is vitality
necessary to the prosecution Of the
war or you choose to defeat the right
of women to vote rather than aid
him in the instrumentalities' he as
serted were necessary for him to &C
complish the great purposes he has
in view.
His Judgment Accepted.
in everything else except suffrage
the great majority have been will
ing to accept the judgment OF tho
President when he said Il thing was
necessary to bring this war to an
end. 1t matters not what is the
character of this legislation, you
either accept OF repudiate his judg-
ment. II you repudiate it, and he iisi
unable to bring this war to an end
or to establish the peace he wishes
established yours will be the re-
sponsibility in that regard.
Il hope the President will deal
leniently with those OF you who re-
tuse, to remove this obstacle that
stands in his way. II is not very
long since the President retired the
Junior Senator from Mississippi War
damanD from public life because he
refused at all times TO obey the COM
mand issued for his direction"
Senator Vardaman smiled behind
his. newspaper when this remark was
made
The Junior Senator from Georgia
suffered the same fate" he added.
''VOIee in WfIderneEs."
How do you hope to escape?
Either you are proceeding on the hy-
pothesis that the President is insin-
cere or that you will secure immu-
nifty from him that the others of his
party failed to secure.
This Is not the first time in the
history OF the world that the voice
OF a prophet has not been heard in
the Wilderness" Senator Nelson put
In.
The voice was heard until he
spoke of humanity, on behalf of Civ
ing their rights to half the people Of
this country" Cummins responded.
~only then the voice was lost or. at
least unheeded."
Cummins declared the sentiment in
favor Of woman suffrage is lover
whelming, that more than half the
men desire the amendment submitted
and that a very much larger pro-
wi Oh Ine women QeSlTe IL
Baked BY u Men.
THE sentiment is everywhere" he
added. And now thirty-three men
out Of 100000, 900 people are about
to arrogate to themselves the power
TO prevent these electors throughout
the country from expressing their
opinion. 1t is a responsibility
should not want to bear.
when our fathers framed the Con-
stitution they were afraid of the peo-
ple.' and they formed a document very
difficult to amend.
II do not believe thirty-three men
in the United States Senate should
have the right to say whether the
people shall consider an opposed
amendment" he continued. I'VE shah
not have q true democracy until the
part Of the Constitution dealing with
the method OF submitting proposed
amendments) Is amended"
Senator Martin of Kentucky, re-
Gently appointed to succeed the late
Ollie James, announced in a speech to
the Senate that he will support the
resolution. Senator James was OPP
posed to it.
That the six Senators who hold
the fate of woman suffrage in their
hands today are "war obstruction
lists" and that they hold an 'unenvi-
able position" in the history OF the
nation. lis the opinion today of Mrs