The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
SUFFRAGE FAILS
BY SINGLE VOTE
Democrats Voted "a for
and Is Against; Republi-
cans 81 for, II Against.

Lacking but one vote. the suffrage
amendment to the Constitution fail
ed Of passage in the Senate yester-
day. The vote was So to %. One
vote changed from the negative to
the Affirmative would have given
the required Iwo-thirds and insured
the submission of the amendment to
the Ieople.
Twenty-fOur Democrats and thirty
one Republicans voted for the
amendment, and eighteen Democrats
and eleven Republicans against it.
The question now goes to the next
Congress in which friends of the
amendment claim they will have
majority in both houses. In the
Senate the suffragists will gain
three votes and lose one, as follows:
Weeks of Massachusetts, Baird of
New Jersey and Salisbury of Della
ware. who voted against the amend
ment, will be succeeded by Walsh,
Edge and Ball respectively. who
will vote for it. Pollock of South
Carolina. who supported the amend
ment at the urgent personal request
of President Wilson by cablegTam
from Paris, will be succeeded by
I.
In the House, where the Repub-
licans will have a majority of forty
eight votes. it is said that more than
two-thirds of the membership will
support the amendment.
Predicts Early Passage.
Senator Hollis. of New Hamp-
shire. who has been one of the
leaders of the suffrage forces. made
the prediction Immediately follow
ing the defeat of the amendment,
that a new resolution comforting
suffrage upon the women will be in
troduced as soon as the next Con-
gress cOnYenes and will be the first
measure passed by that Congress.
Although only eighty-four Sena-
tors voted on the amendment yes
terday. it would still have lacked
one vote of passing if all the ninety
six members had been present. The
way the absentees were paired
makes the vote of the full Senate
63 to 33. and "a votes would be re-
quired
The vote on the amendment was
as follows:
For the, Amendment.
Democrats AshuFst. CulbersOn,
Gerry, Gore. Henderson, Johnson
IS. d., Jones IN. H, Kendrick,
Kirby. Lewis, McKeIlar, Myers,
Nugent. Pittman. Pollock, RansdelI.
Robinson. Shafroth, Sheppard, Smith
(Ariz), Thomas, Thompson Varda-
man and Walsh, "a.
Republicans-Calder, Colt. Cum
Minis. Curtis. Fernald. France, Fre-
Iinghuysen, Gronna. Harding. John
son CCaLD. Jones CWashD, Kellogg.
Kenyon. La Toilette. LenrOot, Nc
Cumber, McNary. Nelson. New,
Norris, Page. POindeXter, sherman,
Smith CMih.c), Smoot. Spencer. Ster-
ling, Sutherland. Townsend, War
ren And Watson. 81. Total for the
amendment. 55.
Against the Amendment.
Democrats-Bankhe Beckham,
Fletcher. Gay, Hardwick, Hitchcock.
Martin WaD, Oyerma,r. Pomerene,
"lulsbury, simmons. Smith (Ga.),
snith IS. c.. Swanson Trammel,
Underwood, William, and WalcOtt, 1>.
Republicans-Baird. Borah, Brande
gee. Dillingham;, Hale, Lodge, Nc
Lean. Moses. Penrose, Wadsworth,
md Weeks. H. Total against the
amendment, -.
1t was announced that the absentee
Senators were paired in the follow
lowing order. Chamberlain. for and
Martin, of Kentucky. for. with Reed.
against; Goff, for and owen, for,
with Shields, against: Hollis. for, and
King. for. with Knox, against; Phe
Ian for. and PeIl, for, with Smith.
of Maryland. against