Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-01-11

PLEADS STATES RIGHT.
Representative Hefin. Alabama,
begged ongress not to take away the
power OF the states over state eues-'
ton. He declared the people in the
south have problem of suffrage to
work. out that the other sections do
not
Representative Decker, Missouri,
said that he, like Heflin, believed in
states right, but he believed in the
fundamental right of three-fourths of
the states to decide this question un-
der the amendment.
Representatives Gard, Ohio, Sladen
and Mansfield, Texas, and Saunder.
Virginia, opposed federal action, and
Representatives Fees, Ohio; Chandler,
New York, and Norton, North Da-
kota, spoke for it,
Firing one of the final shots of the
opposition, Representative Meeken,
republican, Missouri, deprecated talk
OF political expendieuey. "Of the two
presidential candidates last year." he
said. "Mr. Hughes of New York. the
republican candidate, proposed a
woman suffrage amendment and every
suffrage state went against him.
President Wilson, who was demo-
cratic candidate, passed out the word
that he kept the country out of war.
If he had depended OH the suffrage
vote, Germany weuld be here todty."
Denounces Picketing.
Mr.. Meeker denounced the White
Lo,sa n;ci.at;,rr hxy ,yor,,sp's oar4y
sufragists, who he said, broke into
Jail and did not want equal treatment
there and we're lionved when they
came out. He was hissed~ from the
galleries as he said: "They say they
won't raise babies if they can't hove
the vote"
Representative Lunn of New York,
resented the suggestion that if every
thing depneded on the suffrage states
Germany would be at the nations
doors. He said the women are loyal
and America could never win war in
which the women were not loyal.
Representative Kearns, Ohio; Dill
Of Wisconsin, and Barkley of Ken
lucky urged adoption of the resolu-
ton.
Ants Take Hope.
As the debate on suffrage wore on
the ants seemed to-, be getting up
fresh courage over new poll of the
house. Some Of the leaders of the op-
position declared that on basis Of 408
members present, they thought they
had chance to beat the resolution for
four or five votes. The suffragists,
however, were little dismayed AND re-
manned confident.
Representative Gray of New Jersey,
opposing the resolution, recalled that
Miss Rankin, when congress voted
for war on Germany, said:
81 love my country, but l cannot ,
vote for war"
Women Should Rear Children. \
How would you like to haye con-
gress made up of majority Of wo-
men before the war is over" he de- /
manded. "The function of women (
should be the rearing of children" /
For the anti-sutfragists, Represen-
tative Clark Of Florida, democrat, an t
nounced he purposed offering all +
amendment providing for conventions
in the different states for the express {
purpose of passing on the amendment. i
Representative Taylor of Colorado,
who urged the resolution, said he {
wished the opponents Of suffrage f
could have been with the congression a
al patty on its recent visit to the t
European battle fronts, where woman
are doing the drudgery usually per- /
formed by men. b
Woman suffrage is here and here to I
stay" declared Representative Gal c
agher, Illinois, "and the only ques -
ton we need concern ourselves with :
is what we are going to do with it.
States Rights. ~
Representatives Treadway, Massa-
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