New-York tribune., 1919-05-23
Maine Mans Break With
Ants Expected to Inspire
Others Who Helped in
the Defeat of Last Year
Only 90 ''Ayes' Needed
Forty Republicans and 20
Democrats Now Pledged
TO Support Amendment
Ncr York Tribune
Washington " Buycnu

Ncr York. Tribune
Washington Buycnm
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Senato
Hale, of Maine, announced to-day tha
he would vote for the Federal woman
suffrage amendment. Senator Hale il
the first of the Senators who votef
against the measure in the last Con
gress to change his mind.
There are now sixty-six votes an.
founced for suffrage in the Senate and
two Senators reported as noncommittal
1t is hoped by the supporters of the
amendment that Senator Hale ha;
opened the way for others who have
heretofore voted against suffrage to
come forward and vote for it at the
eleventh hour. Sixty-two votes would
constitute two-thirds Of the Senate
membership.
States Attitude Rules
Senator Hale announced his change
OF front IN the following telegram to
Colonel Fred n. Dow, of THE Portla nd
Evening Express Portland, Me-:
The question of Federal amend
ment to the Constitution relating to
woman suffrage will shortly come up
before the Senate. I took no part in
the campaign prior to the state ref
erendum on woman suffrage in 1917.
but took the position that | would
follow the WISHES of the voters of
the State of Maine as expressed bv
this referendum when the question
of suffrage should come before the
Senate during the next Congress.
The state having voted against suf
frage, accordingly voted at the last
Congress against the proposed ma
tional amendment
AT the last session of the Maine
Legislature bill was passed grant
ing Presidential suffrage to the
women of the state for the election
to be held in 1920. The Legislature
Of the State of Maine has, therefore,
declared that the women of the state
are qualified to vote in a Presiden
tai election. If they are qualified
to vote in Presidential election.
they certainly are qualified to vote in
any other election. Therefore. as
do not feel that | am longer bound
by the position taken by me in 1917,
prior TO the state referendum, and as
my state by the vote of its Legislat-
ure has granted Presidential suf
1rage to women, | feel that | am
now justified in voting for the Fed
eral amendment when the matter
comes before the Senate, and shall
do So
How the Senate Stands
A poll of the Senate on suffrage
stands:
Republicans for-Ball, Delaware;
Calder New York; Capper Kansas;
Colt. Rhode Island; Cummins, Iowa:
Curtis, Kansas; Edge, New Jersey;
Elklns, West Virginia.; Fall, New Mex
leo; iernald, Maine; France, Mary
land; Frclinghuysen, Gronna, New Jer-
sey; North Dakota; Harding, Ohio;
Johnson. California; Jones, Washing
ton; Kellogg, Minnesota; Qenyon,
Iowa; keyes, New Hampshire; LaFol-
lette, Wisconsin,; Lenroot, Wisconsin,:
Mccormick, Illinois; McCumber, North
Dakota; McNary, Oregon; Nelson,
Minnesota; New, Indiana; Newberry,
Michigan; Norris, Nebraska; Page,
Vermont; Phipps, Colorado; Poindex-
ter. Washington Sherman, Illinois;
smoot, Utah; Spencer, Missouri;
Sterling, South Dakota; Sutherland.
West Virginia; Townsend, Michigan;
arren, Wyoming; Watson, Indiana,
and Hale, Maine. Total, 40.
Democrats for-Ashurst. Arizona.
Chamberlain, Oregon; Culberson
Texas; Gerry, Rhode Island; Gore.
oklahoma; Harris, Georgia; Hender-
son. Nevada; Johnson, South Dakota;
Jones' New Mexico; Kendrick, Wyom-
ing; King. Utah; Kirby, Arkansas;
Mckellar, Tennessee; Myers, Montana;
Augent, Idaho; Owen, Oklahoma;
she4an, California;; Pittman, Nevada;
hansdell louisiana; Robinson, Ar
kansas; Sheppard, Texas; Smith, Ari-
sona; Stanley, Kentucky; Thomas,
Colorado; Walsh, Massachusetts, and
aish, Montana Total, 26.
Republicans against-Borah, Idaho:
brandegee, Connecticut; Dillingham;,
Vermont; Knox, Pennsylvania; Lodge,
massachusetts; Moses, New Hamp-
snire; Mclean, Connecticut; Penrose,
renn sylvania; Wadsworth, New York.
Total, 9.
democrats against--Bankhead, Ala
oama; ,S, beckham, Kentucky; Fletcher,
SioTida; =, Cay, Louisiana: Hitchcock,
.Nebraska; Martin, Virginia; Overland
North Carolina; Pomerene, Ohio; Reed
missouri; Shields, Tennessee; Sim
mons North Carolina: Smith, Geor0ia.
smitn, Maryland; Smith, South Care.
ma; swanson, Virginia; Trammen
Florida; Underwood, Alabama. WI
!ams. Mississippi; Wolcott Ds,aw.-a
Total, 49, "Are-
Non-committal-Harrison and Dial
both Democrats. ~ ''a''