Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-11
NARROW MARGIN
PROVES SURPRISE .
TO SUPPORTERS
Measure Gets Exactly Re-
quired Number of AT.
firmative Votes.
WOMEN IN GALLERIES
GO WILD OVER RESULT
Literally Fall on Each Others
Necks When Announce
ment Is Made.
MANN AND SIMS PROMINENT,
Latter just Out OF Sick Bed, and
Hardly Able to Walk, Helps
Settle the Issue.
MANN AND SIMS PROMINENT,
Hardly Able to Walk, Helps
Settle the Issue.
rRy Associated pres,,.

WASHINGTON. January lo.--woman
suffrage by Federal constitut;onal
amendment won in the House to night
affirmative votes. -
! While members in their scats and
thronss in tho galleries waited with
eager interest, tho House adopted by ~
vote Of 274 to 1856 resolution provid-
| ing for the submission to the States tho
so-called Susan, Il. Anthony amendment
| for national cnfranchiseyncnt OF womeu-
But for the promise Of Speaker
Clark to cast his vote from the chair
for tho resolution II It was needed the
change of a single vote to tho oppos-,
| t:on would have meant defeat. Re-
| publican Leader Mann, who came from
a Baltimore hospital, where he has
been under treatment ever since Con-
Gress convened. and Representative.
Sims. OF Tennessee. just out of a sick
bed and hardly able to walk to hIs
seat, brought tho votes that settled
4 ithc issue. A 5<s}e'
The House hardly mad adjourned be-.
fore tho suffrage champions began
their Fight for favorable action on tho
Senate side OF tho Capitol. Recent
polls there have indicated that the
necessary wo-thirds could not be
mustered, but encouraged by the House
victory and counting upon the influence
of President Wilson. who came to
| their support last night. tho sufrragfsts
! hope to swing the Senate into line so
| as to have the amendment before the
| State Legislatures during the coming
| year. They feel sure. at least, OF fore
/ ing vote In the Senate before ths
| present session ends.
CLOSE VICTORY OF MEASURE
| CREATES GENERAL SURPRISE
| Advocates OF tho amendment had
been surremely confident OF the result
! in the House after president Wilson
J advised the members who called upon
| him last night to support 1t. They
were so confident that the close vote
| was received with amazemcnt and some
OF the opponents were almost as much
! surprised. When the first roll call was
finished unofficial counts put the result
in doubt. and before the Speaker could
| make an announcement there was .
demand for recapitulatton.A Then the ;
name OF each member and the way ne
was recorded was read.
Announcement OF the vote was
greeted with wild applause and cheer
ing. Women in tho galleries Literally :
fell upon each others necks. kissing
and embracing and shouting; GioFy'
! glory. hallelujah!"
|. The resolution, as adopted, follows!
Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. extending the right OF
suffrage to women. Resolved, By the
Senate and House, etc. two-thirds OF
each house concurrins therein, that
| the Following article be proposed to
| the Legislatures OF the several states
as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, which, when rati.
fled by hree-fourt this OF said Legisla-
lures, shall he valid as part Of said
Constitution, namely:
Article -. section 1.-The right OF
citizens OF the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on &C.
count of sex. Section 2-Consress
shall have power by. appropriate leg
islutiou to enforce the provisions OF
this article"
ATTEMPTS MADE TO AMEND
MEASURE PROVE FUTILE
Every attempt made to amend this
language wac beaten. Representative
Gard, of Ohio, tried unsuccessfully to
put on it the same limitation carried
By the resolution for the prohibition
constitutional amendment. that it must
|, be ratified BY the States within seven
years from the date OF it's submission
Representative Moores. OF Indiana,
sought TO have u referendum or spa-
cial convention in each State required.
The Gard amendment was rejected, tiss
TO 346, and the Moores amendment. 13t q
to 272.
When the final vo.e came on the
resolution. Representative Austin, OF
| Tennessee. challenged the vote Of Rep.
resentative Demimick. of South Caro-
lima who appeared late In the roll call.
and said he had not heard his nanio
called. Mr.. Donrinick told the Speaker
he was in tho hall and listening and
did not hear his name called. His vote
was then recorded. glfg
The Speaker watched the vote, pTe-
pared to cast his own,into the breach