New Britain herald., 1918-01-15
SUFFRAGETTES HOPE
 ID WIN IN SENATE
Members of Upper Chamber A. ready Declaring for Amendment

Washington, Jan. 15.-President Wilson's declaration in favor of na- tional suffrage is already eXcrting d converting influence on the demo- cratic members of the senatc~-a fact that suffrage leaders feel promises big majority when the vote is taken.
 Senator Phelan of California, who actually opposed the amendment year ago, said yesterday to Miss Maud Younger, chief lobbyist of the Ma tional Womans Party, ''I was elected to carry out President Wilson's pro- gram, and now that he has spoken in favor of the amendment I will gladly give my vote for it.''
 Senators Sutherland and Golf of West Virginia have changed their positions from non-cOm initial to favorable in the last few days. They promised their votes yesterday to Senator Curtis of Kansas, who is leading the republican side of the senate fight for suffrage.
 Senator Hollis Of New Hampshire who made a vigorous effort to get 8 national suffrage plank in the demo- cratic platform at St. Louis, and who gave Q letter before the vote in the house urging the democrats not to defeat the amendment, is looked to lead the democratic suffrage forces in the senate. No date will be decided upon for the senate vote until Senator Hollis, who is at present away from Washington, returns,
 Meanwhile speakers are starting out over the country to stir up senti- ment in the districts of those senators who are still non-committal. Dudley Field Malone, of New YoBl1, has promised to give two weeks to talk ing suffrage at mass meetings throughout the country
 Leaders of the National Woman's party are hasing claims of certain victory in the senate largely on the fact that the party rivalry which came to the fore in the house will inevi- ably recur in the senate. They point out that the republican enthusiasm for the enfranchisement of women ex- ceeds the democratic support of the measure in the senate exactly as it did in the house.
 Has Senate On Hip.
 Alice Paul, leader of the Woman s Party, made the point at meeting of the other leaders. If the Re- pubhcans had the vision to see that it was a wise party policy to secure the credit for the passage of the l mendment in the House, and the Democrats believed it an unwise par ty policy to be responsible for it's de- feat-the same arguments must hold for the vote in the Senate, for pas sage through one House neither les sens responsibility nor affords credit. Only half the Democrats are at pres ent pledged in the Senate while more i than two-thirds of the Republicans have already promised their votes. 1 The Democrats are however being l guided by President Wilson's endorse
 ment and with the same vigorous Re- l publican support that we received in ] the House, there is no question as to 1 the passage of the amendment and ] it's submission to the states. Just be- 1 fore the vote in the House the Re- l publicans caucused in favor of Suf- ! frage for the first time in the polti- l cal history of any party. Tn addition
 to this, Republican Leader Mann. l who has been ill in Johns Hopkins 1 Hospital. for some time. came to the 1 Capitol at great personal cost to take l part in the fight. The Republican l strength is greater in the Senate than ] it is in the House.
 1 On the House side of Congress
 nothing but pleasure is now expressed
 at the outcome of Thursdays vote. One NAY stated to a suffragist to- day, "Well I am glad your statement
 got through without my having to
 vote for it. which the suffragist in
 terpreted My party gets the credit, 1 and I don't get the blame."
 Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jer-
 sey came out publicly in favor of the | suffrage amendment in a letter to a l member of the New Jersey Suffrage | Association. Senator F'relinghuysen | takes the stand that the time has
 come when the nation should take &C., ton on this important question.