New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

forever. through Jesus Christ Amen
1t needed no such attraction as
BILLY" Sunday to draw unsual crowds
to the Capitol of the Republic this day
1t was ladies' day. to be surc--the day
of all days. if you please. for the women
of the nation-and they were there by
companies. by regiments and by brig.
adesS and, like Satan. the men came
also.
When the proceedings began all the
galleries. except the executive and
diplomatic galleries, were packed to
the doors. and the circlng corridor
beyond was crowded with the overflow
The place was worthy of the scene
j. was not Macaulay's Great Hall Of
William Rufus" but it was certainly
the Commons House" of the American
Parliament.
When Speaker Champ Clark let it be
known that "the House will be in
order" very large percentage Of the
members were in their seats. Miss
Jeanette Rankin. Jointly in charge Of
he Republican side Of the debate with
Representative Eaker. of California,
was there in conspicuous seat in the
centre of the House. "Cncle Joe" Can
non was there, and his face looked as
fresh as the pink carnation he wore in
his coat.
Handsome Tom Heflin. of Alabama,
was there, and not far from him sat
Representative Lunn, of Schenectady
said to be the best groomed member
q the lower House. preacher and
orator. Meyer London was there. a
lonesome Socialist Lenroot. of Wis
consin. was there, and so was the
snowyhaired Rainey. from Illinois.
Most Of the New York delegation was
here. including "Christy" Sullivan.
who had come from the bedside Of an
II mother that he might vote as Susan
3. Anthony would have wished him to
vote and Mrs. Rasalie Loew Whitney
had much to do with pcrsuading him to
vote.
Thomas F. Smith, secretary of Tam
many Hall. and sometimes spoken of
as its vice -chicftain, was there, and
vowed that, being a good Tammany
man. he intended TO vote as early and
sften as he could for the appointment.
He did.
In the afternoon Minority Leader
Mann came on the floor after a long
illness aud received an ovation from
his fellow members. 1t was said that
Mr.. Mann came almost literally from a
hospital bed to his seat in the House
70 vote in favor of the amendment.
Meekcr, from Missouri, and the
sturdiest Republican opponent of suf-
rage in the House, was there to do
his level best to defeat the amendment,
end near by him were Saunders, OF
Virginia, and Clark. of Florida. one of
the ablest lawyers of the House.
Women Leaders on Hand
Up in the East Gallery, ranged along
the Speakers bench, which Speaker
Clark had set aside for their use, were
many of the generals and colonels and
captains and lieutenants of the Ma
tional American Woman's Suffrage As
sociation. There were DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw, the honorary president, and Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait, the president of
.he organizations Mrs. Maud Wood
Park, chairman of the association s
Congressional committee: Mrs. Helen
y. Gardiner, the vice president, and
many others.
In the South Gallery, just to the right
OF the press gallery, sat many Of the
militant pickets and other members of
the National Woman's Party Miss
Alice Paul, who has served in all Of the
available iails in Washington for pick
citing the White House, chairman Of the
National Woman's Party, sat among
her companions for a short time and
then hustled back to her office to work
on ways and means for getting the
amendment in the Senate.
Mrs. John Winters Brannan. of New
York. ;lnother Of the pickets; Mrs. John
Roger, jr., of New York; Mrs. j. A. II.
Hopkins. of New jersey, the seventy
year-old picketer; Mary Nolan, of Flor