New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Suffrage Leaders
Now Confident of
Victory i'm Senate
Change in Favor Of Cause
Since House Voted
Is Marked
Daniels Is Confident
Lane, Too, Says Amendment
Should Be Passed at
This Time
lSpcciak Diapafch to Tic Yral,nl,.l

(Speciai Dispatch to The Yr,bun,)
WASHINGTON, May S.-The coming
vote on suffrage in the Senate will be
the lucky" third. 1t was voted on in
that body in 1887, when it mustered 16
yeas against "a nays. BY the second
vote, in 1914, it had so progressed that
it failed of passage by only II votes.
For this third vote, due this week or
next, suffrage leaders unanimously
claim victory. They base their claims
on these facts:
Since suffrage was defeated in the
Senate in 1914 by the narrow margin
OF IL votes nine states have come
over into the suffrage column. The
women of New York, Rhode Island, Ne
vada and Montana have voted for the
first time; Michigan, Nebraska and
North Dakota have granted women
Presidential suffrage, and Texas and
Arkansas have given them primary suf-
1rage, which in these one party states
amounts to full party suffrage.
Since the vote in the House last
January both political parties, through
their national committees, have in
dorsed the amendment and commended
the action of the Representatives who
voted for it in January.
Texas Gives Primary Suffrage
Significant Of the change in the South
IS the action of Texas, which has
granted woman primary suffrage. The
House vote made clear the suffrage
sentiment Of the country. This shows
that section represented by 379 cleo
toral votes gave a majority for suf-
trage in the House, while 1872 is the
total number of electoral votes from
states which gave a majority against
suffrage The Northwest, with so cleo
tora! votes, gave only 3 against it; the
Far West, with SIS electoral votes, lined
up solidly in favor. From the Middle
West IL out of 113 were all the votes
the antls could muster, and both the
Middle Atlantic and New England
states gave ajorities for suffrage
Even during the few months which
have elapsed since the House gave the
sutfragists victory there much added
support has come to the cause Eng
land has enfranchised 6,000,0O0 women
Canada is extending the vote given
relatives of soldiers to all women and
ltaly's Premier has declared for suf-
1rage for Italian women.
Susan B. Anthony, who drafted the
.|-i'~i'NiiASi4C III 10 ~ ana dILor WnOm 1t
IS named, prophesied that the women
OF the United States would be enfran-
chlsed IN 1920. This gives two years
for ratification. And suffragists say
they can make the prophecy come true
Daniels and Lane for Suffrage
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
Secretary of the Interior Lane to-day
made public the statements on behalf
OF the immediate passage of the Fed
eral woman suffrage amendment
Secretary Daniels said:
II there is anything certain written
In the Book of Fate it is that the
women are to have the ballot, not only
In America but in every free country
as we'll. In those states where women
have voted they have shown that they
are equally as capable as men in ex-
ercising the franchise wisely and pa
triotically and always for the protec>
| ton of the home. The wisdom of Civ
ing women the ballot has been accent
uated during this war in every line OF
war work. From keeping the morale
high in the home and in the camp to
manufacturing torpedoes, women have
enlisted their services.
"The action of the House of Repre-
sentatives in submitting the constitu-
tlonal amendment for woman suffrage
to the states received the warm APP
proval of the American people, and am
sure that this electoral reform viii!
be another step toward the wise in
struction of children in the home of
! their duties in government | trust that
its coming may be fastened"
Secretary Lane said:
because of the great number of
women in industry and their need for
protection, | feel that the suffrage
amendment should be passed now. It's
NJ fol cb !,
delayed"
Anti Predicts Defeat
Returning to New York to day, Mrs.
James W. Wadsworth, jr., president of
the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, made the following
statement regarding the vote in the
Senate Friday on the Federal suffrage
amendment:
"The test vote Monday was not alto
gether q line up of those who approve
or oppose the amendment itself. But
there were at least twenty one Sena-
tors present who have told us that
they Will vote against the amendment.
| There were fourteen Senator'S absent
on Monday who viii also vote against
the amendment.
1--WE lost in the House by one vote
with two anti amendment representa-
tives, Mr.. Carey and Mr.. Capstick,
sick and absent.
1.-The suffragsts hope to score again
| by the absence of anti-am endment
Senators or to win over one or two
at the last moment.
eve believe that this will DE i'm
possible, that every one of he men who
have told US that they will vote
against the amendment will be present
| or paired against it.
"Therefore, we are confident that
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage reso
lution-which is in reality force
| bill' to compel states which have de-
feated suffrage at the polls to submit
to the decision of other state legisla- /
lures, without consulting the people /
at all-wll be defeated; and that the |
Senate will uphold the constitution
and both national party platforms, |
which recognize the right of each !
state to determine who shall vote for |
It's own officers"
Hays Meets Party Leaders