The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
Advocates Of Measure Delay
Action While La Toilette and
johnson Rush East.
NOT SURE OF TwO-THIRDs
Women Fill Galleries and
Hear Debate-VOte Probable
at TO-morrOw's Session.
Special Despatch 10 THE sus.

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''''u''o' was '."'''. ~ ."o 'i'ies"olo OK
enactment To-Day by tne same forces
when throughout the present Congress
nave served 10 stali the legislative ma
chlnery.
CONSIDERATION or the amendment.
when Is designed TO assure to women
promised by its friends. Its Opponents
s.oou ie"uy 'ay " i s .ne measure
- m'lous
s. VIC nus per-
S !" oppOo,t.O" bus
INC vi tno .anpaien on ms
paie VI 'n m, 81, ,s VIZ uhNiIIihs %
proeeeu ln , iacneu ,. ule neeessaiy twoJ
eiIiius anu '.e opp ,,,, 'toou III soma
on.y ~ "an ., ~ re- tne Nols
-, e 20 s.t,t,o 49, 20 so'np.e'e"
W. ~ ~, .o".o Va eatnest els
Aoi OK. ess
i.s a., ",lcl
was seii.apIe uuo' -, WIN 'le SUI
10, - 60. ,Iat wy. ,e'oluI
I'm '"o a''
40 @ oi,.s o. ~, m.a'uie
.. 49, -. ~, s,,a a.
IL. 49, 's ;,.,,,n si,,,s., sun
Isl, 80 a., 60 .n.n,.. .,,., WI
l,on.S nc sn ~ WIN 10
'i'Sy pe -, ,yN,
,,. ISL, ~ Id TOY
"a NO., ,,hoso 49, ~ sns,.a ,is.. .' as
thai. $780, teot,o,n,. ~, -, m,ir' a s
80 " WI. ior
.,,,i ~ 49, ~ .ho,r Sas,a
' "
Not Sure Now NJ the Rc.,It
me real manlpuiators OF inc situa-
ortya, ~ tho tuo ohsantaos ,ta,. ,,,,
euen then hava tho forcn with witch 80
go over tbe ION They could bavn nod
nairs today for tho tu,o ahsent s,,rfracn
Senators If they had wished, hut even
then there was no certainty that tho
votes would have been forthcoming, for,
as stated In THE SUN to-day. the opposi-
ton stood solid with a full third of the
Senate in their membership and one to
The scena IN the senats to-day va.
one OF remarkable interest. AS on pres
Vlous occasions when vote on suffrage
was Impending, the galleries were SET
asioe lor members or tine national afneI-
can woman Suffrage Association, me
Natiohal Womans party ana Inc Na-
tional Association opposed TO woman
SURFACE me three groups were IN
separate galleries.
numerous amendments IL was ans
nounceu To-Day wouid De sunmltted be-
1oro me ma vote 'ouid De taken on fhs
resolution adopting the Anthony anend-
hlent' Only one OF tnem Is OF VIA M
POI l'nve. ihls was introduced ny SEM
ator Mlliiams tMiss'), VINO desired 10
nave ''e "oru white inserted III tha
proposed CONSTITUTIONAL article so mat it
"ouia reau
the right Of white citizens Of thu
United States shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of sex.
Senator Williams announced tina, ,yi,s
this change in the Amendment which
Susan b. Anthony drafted In 1874 and
which has been the model of the sif-
fragists from that day to this n, wou'd
vote for the concurrent resolution
Fears Clash In Conference.
Senator Jones ~ NJ, obai-r,,, n.
the Woman Sufrrage Comr,i,,ae a.,
thouph ro,,;paI,,. ho hos c,armo - a.,
measure nm the senats eonr o,,rsssod
Tho 49, ,hot .,,h 80, 80
amendment to Tho nranos,,, ,,,,i,..
tional change would nro,au ~ .,o cor-
n LOT hoe. ~, A.
thonv an,erd,,ar, ,,.a. "" o,,orns Nv
nlIcntions ensnins ~ oiash t, ',,.
ference wo,,II rssuI, IN a.,,,o,,,,,,,,,,
for tho amanI,nan, Gov H.
evistin, Cnnmraa, ava VIC "'0''
senator Nardainan 'Miss.D sp"Ne N
that he would nrefcr N h,yo the w.
Jams smendnent IN tho ,ro..rro and
would vote FOR ~ ere. and af,er,ra,s
whether IL was defeated ar no, for tra
amendment itseIr Sorator I-ard,r,,r
declared tho, So,,,,arn noIi,,at,rs 50
overcani,,liz.d .ha r.,,ra ,,,o.,Ia,, -.
nureIy nnIi,ic., n,,r,>o.a.
"TLo u,hi,a 49,, -, 81, cu,.,
IN su@oiar, o ,,nI.,, -
srnorior ,nta,,i,r",', t,,-.I.n ,,,...,
for tho .r,ansie e ~ 49, Wv.
t"' .N'e"S.o'' ~ t''e SuiIhH' w ''S
49, - ~ s.ou'u pe uone' S''u 'e''
~ I'll, , ,,,-,
,rio,o,,. e 49, htss'Sslip.a'' avg ~,
~ ealp' l"r inc ocCaH''"
' s"o'c anu "h'te 'Hhoe'IS"'.'I' ',
1871, s'"tes '''"nsh,P, cohc'u"'' 'F
49," "''n a ierN'u trlou'e 10 ""'.'l
"e ue"s"'eu d" hree H".'''F
equ'"s'
oe,'"tor McCuhner ~ - '"'H .'
os"ate 'nat io'io"ing upon the Hl""'a.'
VI nus state ne would vote inr 'A'
nineliuineht althoush ne admitted ''il
lls conversion 10 the suffrage sue W.
ny one OF EohNieti"h hnt OF GUY
opeN we VIII or the people Wa ""4
e'"' MN 10 washington.
O,no.
II trust" said Senator Na'In br-
that If the amendment shall prevail
and in the course Of time women si..