Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-05
NEW CONSTITUTION WILL GIVE WOMEN
 ALI CIVIL RIGHTS
Convention Votes Down Amendments to Bar Them
 From Public Office.
PERMITS THEM TO
 ACT AS JURYMEN
Efforts to Keep State and County Of. fees on TWO.Y Year.Term Fails and FOur.Y Year.Tenure
 Will Prevail.

Little ROCK, July 4.--After a sar- castle and at times almost personal debate over an effort of Delegate David King of Sharp county to amend section l of the article On suffrage, franchise and elections, SO as to pro- hlbit women from holding office. the constitutional convention this morn ing passed the section investing wo- men with equal suffarge and all other political rights. even to that of jury service, by vote of 66 :o s. Delegates voting for the King amendment prohibiting women from holding office were Andrews, Kill tough and Watson. The section pass ed practically without amendment except for the one tackled o, by Dele gate Webber of Little River, which renders jury service optional with women.
 Delegate King offered his amend ment to the section as socn as the order of business was reached. He announced himself against women holding office. declared that his posi- tion was satisfactory to the suffrage leaders and said that as an advocate of equal suffrage he did not wish to kill the clause by imposing upon it provisions distastesul to the peo- pie.
 Women Win Everything.
 Delegate Alldredge of Pulaski led the fight for the women. seconded hv Judge Jeptha H. Evans. lMr. All dredge declared that the women were fit to be trusted and that the people did not need any self-appointed guardians. A call for the previous question by John I. Moore, delegate from Phillips. ended in nthe roll call
 The second discussion Of the sec- tion came about through the effort of Judge Lamb, delegate from Missis sApi county. to shut women out of ..ury service. This amendment was lost by a vote of e6 to1, Watson of Ben ton county voting in the negative and requested to be recorded as against women suffrage.
 On the King amendment the fol- lowing pairs of absentees were an- nounced: Moore of Lafavette against extending the suffrage and Hays of Pore for: Johnson of Lincoln against and Elliott of Jefferson for.
 When the constitutional convention adjourned at noon rntil o'clock Fri dav morning. amendments offered by
 Delegate Bledsoe was slDnOrted in of Sebastian to change section 8 of the elections article to two years for county officers. were defeated. Against Four Year Term.
 Delegate Dledsoe was supported in his contention for a twO-year term for county officers by number of delegates. He declared ahat four year tenure of county officers would tend to build up small political ma chine hard to deal with and that the office holders ought to be nearer the people than four-year tenure would bring them.
 Delegate Dodd's amendment to the section was for biennial election of all officers. This amendment was op- posed by Delegate Head of Little River, who declared that one of the chief things expected by the people of the convention was to do away with the nuisance of too many cleo tiOns
 One feature of the session was the reading of the Presidents Fourth of July message by Col. H. l.. Remme!. chairman of the Four-Minu!e Men il Arkansas. Colonel Remmel also read from the Congressional Record the letter written by Captain Edwards of Whitehall, H., to his mother. the night before he was killed at the trench attack on the western front or May 4