Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-02

the resolution put through the ooud.te
did not change vote. Tho poll OF the
Senate prior to the Presidents trip to |
the Capitol to address the senators
and urge the passage OF the resolu-
ton as a war measure stood sixty
two for the resolution and thirty -four
against it, making it necessary for
the suffragists to win over two votes
to have the necessary two-thirds to
put through a resolution proposing q
constitutional amendment.
How the Senators Voted.
The lineup for and against SUI
frage in the Senate, according to po-
litical parties. was as follows: Thirty
two republicans for it and twelve
against it; thirty democrats for 1t and
twenty-five against It.
The official record Of tho vote after
Chairman Jones had asked leave to
change his vote was as follows:
For the Resolution.
Democrats Ashurst, Chamberlain,
johnson Of South Dakota, Kendrick.
Kirby, Lewis. Mcclellan. Martin Of
Kentucky, Myers Nugent, Owen.
Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell, Robinson,
Shafroth, Sheppard, Smith of Arizona,
Thomas, Thompson, Vardaman and
Walsh. Total, &c.
Republicans-Calder. Colt, Cumnins,
Curtis, Fernald. France. Goh, Gronna,
Jones of Washington, Kellogg. Ken
yon, La Toilette. Lenroot, McCumber.
McNary. Nelson: New. Norris, Page
smoot. Sterling. Sutherland. Town
send. Warren and Watson. Total 81.
Total for. So.
Against the Resolution.
-, Democrats - Hankhesd; Benst,
cock, Jones of New Mexico; Mar
tin Of Virginia; Overman, Pomerene,
Smith of Georgia; Smith of Mary
land; Smith of South Carolina: Tram
NELL, Underwood. Williams and VOL
colt. Total-21.
Republicans-Baird. Brandegee. Dill
Total-10.
Total against-31.
The following senators were paired:
Beckham of Kentucky, democrat,
shire and Frelinghuysen Of New Jer-
sey, republicans; Borah Of Idaho. re-
publican, against, with Fall of New
Mexico, and Harding Of Ohio. republi-
cans; Knox Of Pennsylvania, republic
can. against with Johnson on, ct Cali
publicans; Swanson Of Virginia, dem
ocrat, against, with Wiley Of Mis-
socri and King OF Utah. democrats.
In 1914 a similar resolution propos-
the Senate, the ayes being IS and
the noes "a.
Efforts to Amend Defeated.
Seven attempts were made yester-
day to amend the resolution before
the final vote, but they were all over
whelmingly defeated. Senator Will
liams of Mississippi offered an amend
ment to limit the suffrage granted to
white women. This was lost, 81 to g.
BY a vote of so to 80 the Senate also
defeated an amendment offered by
Senator F'relinghuysen Of New Jersey
proposing that suffrage should not be
extended to alien women who acquire
American citizenship merely through
Fletcher Of Florida, designed to apply
the resolutions prohibition to the
abridgment Of the franchise because
Of sex to the federal government
only, was beaten, 81 to II.
Views Of Women Advocates.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
Of the National American Woman SUI
frage Association, made this state
ment on the defeat Of the resolution:
1--WE are stronger today, with the
right and the President and s6ty-two
senators on our side, than we ever
feated with the President and the
sixty-two than win with the thirty
four who voted or paired against our
measure. Where the President stood
yesterday the nation will stand to-
morrow.
"There is no power on earth that
can defeat woman suffrage in this
Dr.. Anna Howard Shaw. honorary
president Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, said:
mayed. We did not obtain our OBJ
jective, but we gained much We are
stronger today than We have ever
been before and We renew our strVG-
gle for tho reign OF law. based upon
tained by the organised opinion Of
mankind. We have the same deter
mination and courage - that dis
played BY our own brave countrymen
in Belgium. France ana italy. who
world. We are proud and deeply
grateful to the President Of the
United States for his continued and
loyal support of our cause and to the
sixty-two senators who stood with
the aOSduC!u8 uS1su VI CIS1AIZAuou
Of the world in its struggle for human
liberty"
W. J. Bryan Expresses Regret.
William Jennings Bryan, who was in
Washington last night. en- route for
the south, said Of the suffrage defiant:
IT am very sorry that the vote IN
the Senate was not sufficient to sub
NIT the amendment. but I have NO
doubt that the resolution WI poss
the Senate before the 1St OF March.
Tho nrnhihition amaudHenf Hill h.