Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-11
SUFFRAGE
LOSES BY
OF
VOTE
Women Leaders Issue State
ments CritiCiSing Action Of
Senate; Hitchcock Stays
With the Opposition.

w faSAlH6Au AuAi ICU' AuF-Dy uldI-
gin Of one vote, equal suffrage met
its fourth defeat today in the sem
ate. No further action at this ses-
sion is now possible but advocates
announced that the now nearly half
century old campaign for submis-
sion of the Susan B. Anthony con-
stitutional amendment to the States
would be renewed when the sixty
sixth congress convened.
On the final roll call today, 55
senators-ouR less than the required
two-t -thirds-voted for adoption OF
the resolution and 29 senators cast
their ballots against it. Compare
lively brief debate preceded the vote,
which officially killed the resolution
adopted by the house on January 10,
1918. by vote of 274 to 1S6. Defeat
OF the measure was witnessed by
crowds of women in the gallerieh,
but there were no demonstrations
and dramatic incidents which have
marked previous senate votes on the
question were lacking. Up to the
last moment, managers of the reso-
luton expressed confidence of Sc
curing the one vote they needed, but
the opposition held firm.
Statements by leaders.
immediately after the vote was
announced suffrage leaders issued
statements, prepared in advance
criticisinp the senate action and an
nouncing that the fight would be re-
newed in the next congress. Sup
porters of the resolution generally
predicted that success would be at
tanned then.
wenty-four democrats and 81 re-
publicans voted for the resolution,
while 18 democrats and II republic
ans opposed it.. OF the senators abb
sent and paired, eight were record
cd in the affirmative and four in the
indicating that sentiment
of the 90 members stood 63 to 50 i'll
favor of the resolution.
What Roll Call Shows.
The roll calls follows:
Democrats-Ashurst, Culberson,
Gerry, Gore, Henderson, Johnson of
South Dakota; Jones of New Mex
leo; Kendrick, Kirby, Lewis, Nc
Kellar, Myers, Nugent, Pittman.
Pollock, Ransdell, Robinson, Shat
roth, Sheppard, Smith of Arizona,
Thomas, Thompson, Vardaman and
Walsh-24.
Republicans-Calder, Colt, Cum
Minis, Curtis, Fernald, France, Frel-
inghuysen. Gronna, Harding, John
son OF California; Jones of Wash
ington; Kellogg, Kenyon, LaFol-
lette, Lenroot, McCumber, McNary,
Nelson, New, Norris, Page, PoindeX-
ter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan,
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Suther-
land. Townsend, Warren and Wat
son-3l. Total for, 55.
Voting against the resolution
were;
Dcmocrats-Bankhead, Beckman,
Fletcher, Gay, Hardwick, Hitchcock
Martin of Virginia; Overman, POM
creme, Salisbury, Simmons, Smith of
{ Georgia; Smith of South Carolina;
Swanson, Trammell, Underwood,
Williams and Wolcott-l8.
Republicans-Baird, Borah, Bran
degee, Dillingham;, Hale, Lodge,
Mclean, Moses, Penrose, Wads-
worth and Weeks-ll. Total
against, %.
The following were paired:
Chamberlain of Oregon and Mar
FIN of Kentucky. with Reed of Mis-
souri,; Golf of West Virginia, and
Owen Of Oklahoma, with Shields of
Tennessee; Hollis of New Hamp-
shire, and King of Utah, with Knox
of Pennsylvania, and Phelan Of Cal
ifornia and Fall of New Mexico,
with Smith of Maryland.
Because of the two-thirds required
for adoption, two advocates of the
resolution were paired against one
Other Votes Taken.
The senate voted on the Susan B.
Anthony amendment in 1887, l6-sen-
ators being recorded for it and 34
against it. The next vote was in
1914. senators dividing IS for and
"a against. On October l, 1918, the
vote was 81 to 80, or two less than
the necessary majority.
The one vote gained today was that
Of Senuator Pollock Of South Caro-
lima, democrat, who spoke in Wig
crous support of the measure. Sen.
at0r Pollock succeeded former Sen
qtor Bennett, who voted last DC
tober in opposition and will retire
himself next month. In his address
toda Mr. Pollock denied tht con-
tention that the amendment would
affect white rule in the
declared that women had earned the
right cf suffrage by their work in
the war.
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