Arizona republican., 1918-10-02
PRESIDENT SUFFERS HIS FIRST REVERSE
 OV WAR MEASURE
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre1

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-The senate today refused to grant the request of the president that the woman suffrage resolution be passed as war measure
 After five days of bitter debate, cor ridOr conferences and cloak room nego- tiations, the Susan B. Anthony federal amendment resolution, enacted by the house last January, received on the final roll call two votes less than the necessary two-t thirds ma ajority. Fifty four senators were recorded for it and 30 against it, with twelve absent and paired.
 Before the vote was announced, Sen ator Jones of New Mexico chairman of the woman suffrage committee, to comply with parliamentary require ments. changed his vote from the sf- firmative to the negative and moved that the senate reconsider. This made the final official record B to 31 and left the resolution technically pending on the senate calendar in position for further consideration. planned after the November elections. when suffrage forces hope to muster the requisite number of votes.
 Is Presidents First Reverse President Wilson's personal address to the senators yesterday, supple mented by letters today to several democratic senators opposed to the | resolution. did hot change a single vote although in the final debate some sen ators asserted that defeat of the reso- lution would mean repudiation of the executive Including the absent and paired senators the roll call showed that the senate lineup of 62 to 34 on the resolution remained virtually un- changed from the beginning of the fight last Thursday.
 Chairman Jones and other champions of the resolution declared after today's vote that the defeat is only temporary and that the contest will be renewed after the November elections when changes in membership are certain. Administration leaders also admitted that the vote was the first important reverse President Wilson has met in advocacy of what he has declared to be essential war measures.
 Bitter and Spectacular Contest
 The vote today came just before o'clock after one of the most bitter and spectacular contests in the senate in years. Today charges and counter charges of responsibility for the result were hurled back and forth with parti- san politics again an issue.
 In a last effort to win over demo- crats opposing the measure, President Wilson today sent personal letters to Senator Overman of North Carolina, Shields of Tennessee. Benet of South Carolina, Martin of Kentucky and, it was reported, a few others, earnestly seeking their support. '
 All efforts to amend the resolution were futile. A motion by Chairman Jones to table the amendment of Sen ator Williams of Mississippi designed to limit the franchise to white women was carried 61 to 22. The proposal oi Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey to require American citizenship oi women voters. also was rejected. 50 to 33. while an amendment by Senator Fletcher of Florida, designed to apply the resolutions prohibition against th sex. to the federal government only was lost 64 to r.
 Miss Alice Paul, chairman of tn, National Woman's party, issued thi! statement on the vote:
 This defeat is a temporary defeat The vote of the United States senat, today. we are convinced. will be re vcrsed before this congress ends. Gu, efforts to secure that reversal will be gin at once and will continue until ou
 victory in the house is confirmed b, victory in the senate"
 Mrs. James w. Wadworth presiden of the national association opposed t,
 woman suffrage, later issued a state
 ment saying:
 "Our faith in the wisdom and integ
 rity of the United States senate is jus tifieG. The legislative branch of tn
 government has retained its indepen dence. The principal of self determin ation', the constitutional right of eac
 state to settle this question for itsel by popular vote. has triumphed owe every consideration of political policy.