The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-05
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
UNDER WILSON
Democratic Congress Defeats It
Three Times and Twice
They Strange It.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FOR 1T.
What Record Shows Regarding Who
Are Real Friends Of Suffrage In
:. American Congress.

Are Real Friends Of Suffrage In
*. American Congress.
Three times during President VII.
sons administration has Democratic
Congress defeated the proposition to
submit an amendment to the Consti-
tuition giving women the right to vote.
Twice more within that period both
branches Of Congress refused to let
the Woman Suffrage resolution come
to vote.
The complete responsibility Of the
Democratic party for these five de-
feats to the cause of Woman Suffrage
during Wilson's administration is fixed
by the fact that during all this time
the Democrats had majority In both
branches Of Congress, controlled all
the machinery, had majority on all
the committees, practically all the
chairmanships and controlled the Com
mittee on Rules.
The first defeat was In February and
March, 1914. The Democrats, control
ling the House by majority of 100.
caucused against Woman Suffrage. Feb
ruary 8, 1914, and refused to let the
subject be brought before the House.
It was forced to vote in the Senate
March 10, 1914. Counting those who
voted and those who were paired"
but on record, the party lineup on the
resolution was:
For Woman Suffrage: Republicans.
90; Democrats, 10.
Against Woman Suffrage: Republic
ans, IS; Democrats, ~.
The Republicans voted two to one In
favor Of the resolution, the Democrats
three to two against Il Only four
votes for the resolution came from
south Of the Mason and Dixon line.
During the summer Of 1914 Demo-
cratic leaders In both branches of
Congress "got together" and refused to
allow the question Of suffrage to be
presented to either branch Of Con-
gress.
The second open defeat the Demo-
cratic administration administered to
Woman Suffrage was January IL, 1915,
when It came to vote In the House.
which had Democratic majority OF
$780, The vote stood 2O4 to ITO against
suffrage. The Democratic majority
furnished III Of the 204 votes against
the resolution, and the Republicans
furnished only SO. During the same
session the Democratic leaders in the
Senate held conference and refused
to. let suffrage come up before the
Senate.
Early this year It found a place on
the House calendar and came to q
vote. It obtained the necessary votes
to pass the House solely by reason Of
Republican support. The Republicans
voted five to one In favor Of It The
Democrats cast majority Of their |
votes against It. The vote stood:
Democrats: For, 80; against, 103.
Republicans: For, 172; against, 49,
When 1t came up for vote in the
Senate in September, although the
Democrats had clear majority in the
Senate, they furnished less votes for
the resolution than did the Republican
majority. and they furnished over
TWICE AS MANY VOTES AGAINST
1T. TWENTY-oNE DEMOCRATS In
tho Senate voted against Woman SUI
rage and defeated It for the third time
In less than i've years, besides having
strangled 1t In committee on two other
occasions.
OF these twenty-one Democratic
votes nineteen were fUuthern. They
cannot be changed. The South is
against giving women the ballot be-
cause It believes federal enfranchise-
ment Of women will permit negro wo-
men to vote, and the South is against
recognizing the negro as a citizen or
giving him any citizenship rights The
South Is the Democratic party. No
Democratic Congress can exist with
out the Solid South. No Democratic
Congress can exist which Is not con-
trolled by the Solid South. The Solid
South Is against Woman Suffrage. It
did not listen to the Presidents per-
sonal appeal, personal letters and pub
lie address in favor Of Woman Suf-
trage. The big thing is not that he did
make this appeal to the South. but that
The South refused to heed his appeal
and always will upon this question be-
cause It runs contrary to their race
prejudices.
The hope Of Woman Suffrage is in a
Republican Congress free from South
srn domination.
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