Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-24
SUFFRAGISTS URGING
IMMEDIATE ACTION
Women's Party Leaders Want Sen
ate to Pave Way for Amend
ment Adoption

With a margin of two votes, won by the
announcement of Senator Hale, of Maine,
that he would vote for the suffrage amend
mcnt. suffragsts are urging that the amend
ment be acted upon at once in the Senate.
Miss Alice Paul, national chairman of the
woman's party. commenting on Senator
Hale's pledge, said:
1.-THE statement made yesterday by Scnas
tor Hale, of Maine, that he would vote for
suffrage following upon similar announce
ment by the new Republican senator from
New Hampshire, Mr. Kryes gives assurance
that the Republicans in the Senate will fol-
low the splendid lead of the Republicans
in the House and speedily pass the suffrage
measure. The pledge of Senator Hale means
that the Republicans have now given over
four ffthS of their strength in the Senate to
the support of suffrage. by so definitely
lining their party up in support of suffrage
in both houses of Congress the Republicans
are giving their party the honor of making
a most splendid contribution to the fight for
the political freedom of women"
Immediate passage of the amendment
suffrage leaders point out. will give an op-
portunity to secure immediate ratification
in at least n few of the Legislatures still III
session. The Pennsylvania Branch of the
to win for the state the honor of being the
first to ratify the Susan b. Anthony amend
ment.
The poll of the Senate, as reported by the
PENNSYLVANIA Branch. National Womans =
party. shows the following stand on the
suffrage amendment:
cpublicans-For-Ball, Delaware. new
Calder. New York; Cappcr. Kansas. new
Colt. Rhode Island; Cummings. Iowa; Cur
tis Kansas: Edge, New Jersey. new: FL
kius, West Virginia. new; Fall. Now Mex
leo: Fcrnald Maine; France, Maryland:
FrelnghuyScn, New Jersey; GrOnna. North
Dakota: Harding, Ohio; johnson. Califor-
MIA; Jones, Washington; kellogg Mime
sofa: Kenyon. Iowa: KcyeS. New Hamu-
shire: La Toilette. Wisconsin: Lenroot
Wisconsin: Mccormick, Illinois, new; Me
Cumber, North Dakota McNary, Oregon ::
Nelson, Minnesota; New. Indiana: New
berry. Michigan new; Norris, Nebraska :
Page. Vermont; Phipps. Colorado. new :
Pondexter. Washington; Sherman. Illinois :
Smoot Utah; Spcnder. Missouri; Sterling.
South Dakota Sutherland. West Virginia .
Townsend. Michigan; Warren, Wyoming :
Watson. Indiana Hale. Maine.
Republicans Against - Borah. Idaho
Brandagee, Connecticut; Dillingham;. Yer
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chuSetts; Moses. New Hampshire: McLean.
Connecticut: Pcnrose, PENNSYLVANIA: Wads
worth, New York.
Democrats onCommittal-IIarisou
Mississippi, new; Dial, South Carolina
new.
Democrats - For Ashurst, Arizona
Chamberlain. Oregon; Culberson. Texas
Gerry, Rhode Island: Gore. Oklahoma ::
Harris. Georgia, new Henderson. Nevada ::
Johnson, South Dakota .Ione@. New Mex
leo: Kendrick. Wyoming; King. Utah ::
Kirby, Arkansas; McKclar. Tcnncsscc
Myers, Montana; Nugent, ICaho: Owen.
Oklahoma: Phelan, California; Pittmar,
Nevada Randall louisiana Robinson,
Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas: Smith. Ari-
zona; Stanley. Kentucky, new; Thomas
Colorado: Walsh, Massachusetts, new ::
Walsh Montana.
Democrats - Against Bankhead, Ala .
bama; Beckham, Kentucky; Fletcher
Florida Gay, Louisiana; Hitchcock. Ne
braska Martin, Virginia; Ovcrman. North
Carolina Pomerene, Ohio; Reed. Missouri :.
Shields. Tennessee; Simmons. North Caro-
lima Smith Georgia; Smith, MARYLAND :
Smith, South Carolina Swanson, Virginia ::
Trainmcl, Florida Underwood, Alabama
williams, Mississippi Wolcott, Delaware