The Washington herald., 1918-01-10
President Urges Passage Of
Amendment as Act Of
Justice.
VOTE In BOTH HOUSES
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Friends of Measure Predict
Its Success by Large
Majority.

President Wilson came out last
night in favor of the Federal ma.
tion-wide woman suffrage amend
ment. A vote on the bill will be
taken in the House at 5 O'Clock
this afternoon.
The President announced his
support Of the amendment 10 a de-
egahon of Representatives. headed
by Representative Taylor. of Colo
rado. The delegation issued the
following statement on leaving the
White House:
The delegation found that the
President had not felt at liberty 10
volunteer his advice to members of
Congress in this important matter,
that when we sought his advice be
very frankly and earnestly advised
US TO vote for the amesdment as
an act Of right and justice to the
women Of the country and Of the
world"
Passage seems Certain.
Tho House Republican c1ucus late
last night Pdopted a resolution 10
support The suffrage ameudmcn, 81
the vote tomorrow II Was provided
however that members u,hcrn,Ise
bound by private pledges should not
be held 10 the action or the caucus.
Passage OF the sunra=, amendment
IL now regarded certainty, IL -
predicted that opposition IN The
House when the vote comes vii b-
negliCible poll taken before the
committee went TO the White House
showed - for the amendment and
10 opposed
In Ihe same Way II is anticipated
that the situation M the Senate.
hitherto REGARDED as extremely GoubI-
flL will he materially changed Hr
last nights Developments
Twelve Representatives were in Tie
delegation that called un the Pres
idcnc. They were.
Representatives John f. Rake- OF
California. chairman OF the House
Suffrage Committee: J. Caudp 5eII3
CantriI and Alben ". Barklev or
! Kentucky. Edward T. Taylor. Of Col,
orado; Alexander W. Gregg and Mar
Vim Jones. Of Texas; J. Charles LIN
1hlcum. Of Maryland; Thaddeus n.
araWaE. Of Arkansas. James Il
Aayes. Of Utah: William 4 An-res,
OF Kansas. 1arl Hayden. OF Arizona,
and Clement BTumbauEh OF Ohio.
All are Democrats excepting Mayes,
who is Progressive Democrat.
The Republicans OF the House v-er.
IN caucus at late hour last night.
but were expected to declare in IA
yOr OF suffrage
The President told the delegation
that in his opinion there were no
party obligations resting on the DEM
ocFats 10 oppose nation wide suffrage.
inasmuch ss the eNigencics Of The
] wal, which have made OF the sl.f-.
fFage question a matter o. eNtreps
Importance, did not exist when the
platform was drawn.
President Re,erses stand.
Reversing has previous attitude that
woman suffrage was a matter for. The
states 10 determine. the President
Grew a distinction between prohih.-
uoh' 10 which the Constitution makes
no reference and the eIeNive franz
chise. concerning which Congress. nv
constitutional authority. has the rirh.
TO legislate. Furthermore. members
OF the delegation said " assured
them that the supreme Court has ~
peatedly taken the position that Con-
Eress has the right 10 l.cislste On
matters Of Federal suffrage.
Personally. he was quoted bv menu
hers Of the delegation as having ssfd
he feels that the women OF the coun-
try, by their unselhsh devotion 10 tn,,
country's needs in the period OF emar-
Eency had won title TO favorable con-
sideration
A rule will be adopted today provid-
ing R day Of debate like that prereF-
ing prohibition. The vote will he be-
tween and O'Clock. TcaGers sy-
poct one Of the most extensive lists
or IeaNes-to-print and eNtension-of-re-
MARKS requests the House ever has
Known Ol no other question i'm The
memory OF veteran legislators have
so many reversals OF opinion on an i'm
poItant subject been mad
sunday TO Open Session.
Billy Sunday is scheduled 10 open
the House session with PRAYER 70
morrow He had told close friend,
that he intended to put in A word
or two at least for the amendment
The session is 10 open an hour
earlier than usual The demand for
tickets 10 the galleries has exceed
ed even those for days when the
President has been scheduled 10
speak. Women from every part OF
the country are demanding OF their
representatives that they be given
chance 10 see the last chapter OF
a fight in which many OF them
have been engaged for 2 Quarter
century. The members have only
two tickets each.
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