The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29
SUFFRAGE DOOMED
BY BENEFITS STAND
South Carolina Senator As.
tounds Women by Announc.
ing His Opposition.
NO HOPE TILL NOVEMBER
Resolution Dead Until Fall
Acknowledgements
Lack Two Votes.
Special DespafcA to THy srS.

Special Despafch to THg suS.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 2S.--Suffrage, WITH
It's demise freely predicted YESTERDAY
rolled over and died in the Senate 10.
day II vote Is forced on Monday the
Susan B. Anthony amendment will 70
by the board. With the suffrage plan,
twisted awry. Democratic suffrage Sen.
ators brought about an adjournment
after converting their arguments ,n.o
assaults on the Republicans. There
ended all hope for the present for the
suffrage advocates.
The collapse had been predicted A,
the conclusion OF yesterdays session II
had become evident that only through
taking advantage of the absence Of Sen.
ator Borah (Idaho) and refusing the
necessary pairs in the voting to give
the exact status Of the Senate instead OF
fictitious one. could, the resolution pre-.
vail. Then early in to-day's session came
body blow from Senator Benet IS. C),
who had been counted in the suffrage
column. and the fight was over.
Ants Have Two Votes over.
The Anthony amendment still remain,
the business before the Senate" but
that status carries no assurance Of sue
cess. The detection of Senator Benet
Is. c. means that now the anti-suf-
fragists have a total Of "a votes, two
more than a third Of the Senate, and the
adoption Of the resolution cannot be
effected.
After the November election, providing
the successors of Senators Benet and
Drew IN. HI shall be supporters OF
suffrage, the resolution will have
chance. Until that time It Is dead. Its
proponents will not risk vote al a
defeat, which would mean that the cam
paign for suffrage would have to BE-
begun all over again in the House as
we'll as in the Senate. The measure
would have to run again the gauntlet
Of committee actions, calendar positions
and the will OF bitter partisans OF both
national political organizations during
the brief five months OF the session re-
naming to the Sixty-fifth Congress
To-day's consideration Of the suffrage
amendment is the third day since the
measure was called up by Senator Jones
IN. Mex.).
The reading Of the Journal Of the Sen.
ate's proceedings Of the previous days
was demanded and occupied considera-
BILE time. This ordinarily is dispensed
with and the Journal simply considered
as read" Immediately after this the
speech Of President Wilson In inaugural
ing the Liberty Loan campaign was Of.
fered for insection In the Record, and
demand for Its reading followed. 1t was
read and next the conference report on
the mining and metals bill, which had
meanwhile been reported to the Senate.
enjoyed a forced reading on several
thousands of words.
At 2 o'clock Senator Benet obtained
the floor. The young successor OF
"Pitchfolk Ben" Tillman had been
counted upon by the SUITS. His name
had been conceded to the suffra ge COL
ume even on the poll sheets of the OF.
position.
Says Suffrage Isn't vital to War.
Il have sat here throughout this de-
bate" said Senator Benet. listening 10
these arguments. ! had determined 70
vote for the amendment If It could be
shown that vote SO cast would aid in
the winning Of this war. I would vote
for the suffrage amendment II thought
it possible that by so doing the cause
of America and her allies could be in the
least degree advanced
Il cannot be convinced that that ar
gument so frequently and so grandnsely
presented means an earthly thing. I
cannot be convinced that woman suffrage
will play any part in winning the war
1 cannot see that political expediency
should have anything to do with It's
adoption either. The question arises
above party politics, and ! shall vote
against the resolution
Senator Bent's announcement was a
hny aInlI fnx tlan No It rrt, IN
them the certainty that the amendment
for the present was doomed The ga.
leries. bright with supporters of the SUI
feage cause. lost their jauntiness.
After Senator Bent's announcement %
his detection Senator Pittman iNev.I,
one Of the Democratic suffrage leaders.
| reopened the attack. which had begun
yesterday, on the Republicans of the
Senate. He charged that when the Re
publican caucus on August 4 voted to
take up suffrage at the earliest Oppor-
| tunity 1t took that action with IN!
| knowledge that suffrage would be de.
feated and that the Democrats could not
| supply the necessary votes lie as
| sailed 1t as a piece of party trickery and
| an action conceived in secret 10 deceive
the sufrragists.
Rails Against Smoot.
Particularly against Senator Smoot
(Utah) did the Nevadan rail. He lev
| elled his finger at the empty chair %
the Utah solon and condemned aim ana
his party for having engaged in a piece
| of partisan juggling unworthy OF a great
national party. The Democrats surely
had been fooled by this action on the
part of the minority party. said PittInan.
and possibly Senator Smoot had deceived
his own party.
| Tho charges Brought from Senators
Lodge (Mass.) and Weeks mass }. both
Republicans and both opponents OF suf-
| frage, the answer that the action taken
by the Republican caucus had been non
binding. and that there had been 10
shadow OF secrecy about II.
After the adjournment OF the SOM
ate tonight the assertion was freely
made by members Of the National Wom-
ans party that President Wilson wul.d
be he'd responsible for to-day's deba2le'
They insisted that IL the President IN
this eleventh hour was sincerely -
friend Of the suffrage movement he could
| force the issue and compel" Democratic
Senator's to vote for the Anthony amend
ment, just as in other matters he .as
impressed the Executive will with NlEor
and celebrity when the eXiScnry d''
manded
| Putting IL Nicely In Illinois.
| From the Walnut Lodder.
| IsS,er Sprlnkla has snent the psv. en-