The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-04
SUFFRAGE:

WI ttHUG
Continued from page y
and futile arguing and wrangling
! which will accomplish nothing further
than 70 keep us here for two or three
j hours longer"
( The delegate from Roanoke city was
. re cognized and moved that the house
recess until 4 o'clock. declaring that
The lower body was working under
/ standing resolution to recess daily be-
! tween these hours, The chair ruled
/ that the, house journal showed no such
Arrangement.
! The delegate from Roanoke city then
| took TO the floor and Grated" until he
: was interrupted by the delegate from
Mecklenburg.
PROTEST OF WILLIS.
This house" Delegate Willis de-
elared. has today done the worst
thing for the state of Virginia than
at any time since | have been mem
: Der of it"
Scattered applause on the aoor and
in the gallery. where a number of suf-
/ fragettes. attracted to the house by the
prospect OF debate, were both seated
ana standing, greeted this.
/ Addressing himself to those who. by
applying the gag rule cut off discus
sion Of the resolution. the floor leader
said: You have cut US off from DIS
/ cussion of either the resolution or the
I amendment. but those of YOU who are
under forty years of age viii live to
see the day when you viii regret your
Eaettant-
THE action OF this body today Is
tLnbecoming those who call them
solves Democrats. The only argument
thai those of you who voted for this
resolution can possibly advance is one
Of maudlin sentiment"
The speakers statement that the
minority. or Republican portion of
the house, voted solidly against the
resolution was corrected by Delegate
Chase. of the minority, who stated
that the vote was divided.
OPENINGS FOR REPUBLICANS
= Continuing the delegate from
Roanoke city declared that the house.
by it's rejection of the suffrage
amendment, had put whip in the
lands OF the Republican party with
which to beat the national party
over the head"
y voice from a far corner of the
hail wanted TO know rs this the first
! time in your experience that you
have preached a funeral without a
corpse o.
1t wag at this iuncture that the
e;c legate from Mecklenburg inter-
rupted the delegate from Roanoke
city to inquire How long does the
gentlemen from Roanoke city have
to have 20 make motion to pass
\ Lyr" 2'@-s
( Delegate wins charged certain
. r.~erriots~s IF The t1ouse with changing
their votes
You have not acted squarely by
the national leaders OF our party by
throwing into their faces this reso-
luton" he cried
Delegate Davis. of Norfolk county,
ldeclared that the Leedy resolution
was "crammed down the throats Of
the house"
1 1T is an UNIV arranted, malicious
and malignant affront to woodrow
Wilson" he cried.
lie said that he was ashamed OF
the action OF the house, which he
characterized as a direct act of at
ff'ontery not only 10 the chief magis-
t~at@ Of the United States, coming
Fl ON the general assembly of Nir-
GINA supposedly Democratic. but
that 1t sounded the death knell of
the Democratic party at the next
presidential election,
The action of the house he charac-
tcrized as "a stain upon the fair name
Of the cause of Democracy in Vir-
le'nia, and places the negro above the
w hite woman"
: The speaker predicted national
woman's suffrage.
Delegate Boschen. OF Richmond
city, asked for the pending question.
! he delegate from Louisa asked him
Ito withdraw the motion. Don't carry
ills gag rule too far" he asked
Declaring that the question was the
frost important that had come up in
tt1o last forty years, He declared hts
resentment OF what he termed the
gag rule
MEASURE PASSES
The question was put and the reso-
lrtion was carried by a vote OF 46 to
2s. A motion to reconsider was de-
feated by vote OF 81 to 81.
! The delegate from Roanoke city
worked hard in the face OF over
lrhelminC odds His motion to pass
by was overwhelmingly defeated.
Rising to a point of personal privi-
lere, Delegate Norris. of Lancaster.
declared that he was not in favor Of
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment. but thought that every one
| T his right given by The Virginia
| fIll of rights has been denied mem
/ bers of the house todav." ne declared
WRONG TIME
He did not think that a--vote on
ratification or rejection of the amend
nent should have come up at this
time. 1T IL not the proper time for
H." he declared THE present gen
eral assembly WAS elected long before
the Susan y. Anthony amendment he
came an issue. i, Is matter for the
text assembly. whose members were
nominated with this issue uppermost
In the minds Of the people. to deal
With
Delegate Cherry objected 10 the
nnleaate from Lancaster debating at
longth "a question already decided
when he rose to point of personal
privilege"
The Leedy resolution follows:
Whereas, the congress Of the