The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
SUFFRAGE GOES DOWN|NDEFEAT IN THE SENATE Presidents Request That
 Resolution Be Passed as
 War Measure Refused
54 FOR AND 30
 AGAINST SUFFRAGE
Presidents Address Yesterday, Sup- plemented by Several Letters to Democratic Senators, Fail to Change Single Vote

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 cloakroom nego- tiations, the Susan B. Anthony federal amendment resolution enacted by the House last January received on fha fnal roll call two votes less than the necessary two-thirds majority. Fiftv- fcGr senators were recorded for it and 30 against it. with 12 absent and paired
 Before the vote was announced Sen- ator Jones of New Mexico, chairman Of the woman suffrage committee, 10 comply with the parliamentary require ments changed his vote from the af- nrmatiVe to the negative, and moved that the Senate reconsider. This made the final official record 5s to sI 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.
 APPEAL UNAVAILING
 President Wilson's personal address to the senators yesterday, supplemented by letters today to several democratic senators opposed to the resolution. did not change single vote although in the final debate some senators assert ed that defeat of the resolution would mean repudiation of the executive. Tn. cluding the absent and paired sena- tors, the roll call showed that the Sen ate lineup of 62 to S4 on the resolution remained virtually unchanged from ths beginning of the fight last Thursday.
 Chairman Jones and other champions or the resolution declared after to- day's vote that the defeat is only tenn fg1 fhrM reviewed after the November elections when changes in membership are cer- tain. Administration leaders also ad- mitted that the vote was the first i'm portant reverse President Wilson has met in advocacy of what he has de- clared to be essential war measures.
 OFFICIAL VOTE
 The following record of the vote to- day, after Chairman Jones' change. fol. lows:
 Democrats for: Ashurst, Chamberlain. Cuiberson, Gerry, Gore, Henderson. Johnson of South Dakota, Kendrick. Kirby. Lewis, Mcclellan, Martin of Ken lucky. Myers. Nugent, owen, PheIan. Pittman, Ransdeli, Robinson Shafroth. Sheppard, Smith of Arizona, Thomas, Thompson, Vsrdaman and Walsh. To- tai, 2s.
 Republicans; Calder, Colt, Cummins et's f V AesAus FIdHCSt IOI, GrOnnas Jones of Washington, Kellogg, Ken yon. LaFollettc, Lenroot, McCumber. McNary, Nelson. New. Norris Page Pofndexter, Smith of Michigan, Shoot. sterling, Sutherland. Townsend Warren and Watson. Total, 27
 Total for suffrage B.
 Democrats against: Bankhead, Benet. Fletcher. Guion, Hardwick. Hitchcock. Jones of New Mexico, Martin of yir- ginia. Overman, Pomerene, Reid. sauls- bury, Shields. Simmons, Smith of Geor- gia, Smith of Maryland. Smith of South Carolina. Tremmell. Underwood, vii. Hams and Wolcott total 21.
 Republicans: Baird. Brandegee, Dillinr. ham, Drew. Hale, Lodge. Mclean, Pen rose, Wadsworth and Weeks, total 1O
 Total against. 3i.
 The following senators were paired:
 Beckham of Kentucky, democrat. against, with Hollis of Now Hampshire and Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, re- publicans. Borah of Idaho, republican. against, with Fall of New Mexico and Harding of Ohio, republicans: Knox Of Pennsylvania republican, against, with Johnson of California and Sherman of Illinois. republicans; Swanson of vir- ginia, democrat, against, with Wilney of Missouri and King of Utah. demo- crats