Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-11
Was Exactly Two thirds Needed to Pass Resolu-
 tion for Amendment.
MANN AND SIMMS
 LEAVE SICK BEDS
Representatives Bring Winning Votes to House Despite Sickness and In. inr, Fight Already on for
 Senate tcti0n.
H.v AsSucialcd Press ]

Washineton, Jan. 10.-W Women suf- frage by federal constitutional amendment won in the house tonight with exactly the required number of affirmative votes. While mem bers in their seats, and throngs in their ga9leNes waited with eager interest the house adopted by vote of 214 to 136 a resolution providing for submission to the states of the so-called Susan E. Anthony amend ment for national enfranch chisement of women. But for the promise of Speaker Clarke 10 cast his votes from the chair for the resolution if it was needed, the change of single vote to the opposition would have meant defeat. Republican Leader Mann, who came from Baltimore hos pital where he has been under treat ment ever since congress convened, and Representative Simms. of Ten nessee, just out of a sick bed as
 result of a fall and hardly able to
 walk to his seat, brought the votes that settled the issue. 1 Open Fight in Senate. <, The house hardly had adjourned
 before the suffrage champions began i their fight for favorable action on
 the senate side of the capitol. Re cent polls there have indicated that , the necessary two-thirds could not be mustered, but encouraged by the house victory and counting upon the , influence of President Wilson, wlO came to their support last night, the suffragists hope to bring the senate into line so as to have the amendment before the state legis- lature during the coming year They feel sure of at least forcing vote in the senate before the present session ends
 Were Too Confident.
 Advocates of the amendment had been supremely confident of the re- i suls in the house after President Wilson advised the members who- called upon him last night to support it. They were so confident that the close vote was received with amaze ment, and some of the opponents were almost as much surprised. When the first roll call was finished, unofficial count put the result in doubt, and before the speaker could iudhc uH dHnouilCclilcHI, there WdS a demand for recapitulation. Then the name of each member and the way he was recorded was read. An nouncement of the vote was greet ed with wild applause, and cheering women in the galleries literally fell upon each others necks, kissing and embracing and shouting "Glory, , glory, Hallelujah!"
 Defeat Attempts to Limit. Every attempt made to amend the language of the resolution was de- feated, Representative Card of Ohio tried unsuccessfully to put on it the | same limitation carried by the resolu- ton for the prohibition constitutional amendment. that it must be ratified by the states within seven years from the date of its submission Represen- tative MOores of Indiana sought to have referendum, or special cOnven- ton, in each state required. The Gard amendment was rejected. 159 to 246, and the Moores amendment, 131 to PIP.
 When the final vote came on the res Olutlon, Representative Austin of | Texas challenged the vote of Repre- ! sentative Dominick of South Carolina, who appeared late in the roll call, and said he had not heard his name called.
 MT. Dominick told the speaker he was
 in the hall and listening, and did not
 hear his name called. His vote was l then recorded
 The speaker watched the vote, pre- 1 pared to cast his own into the breach
 If necessary.
 Clark Ready to Save Bill. "One more negative vote," he ex- claimed afterward as he chuckled over
 the victory, would have changed the
 situation and the amendment resolu- tion would have been lost, in which
 event l would have directed the clerk
 to call my name and that would have
 been just sufficient to carry it." ! Of the total membership of 435 there
 were 40 members who voted. Their
 lineup follows:
 For the resolution--Democr 104;
 Republicans, 1s5; miscellaneous. ,:
 total, 274.