The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-10
RESOLUTION
LOST IN SENATE
Advocates Went Into Test
Knowing They Lacked One
aye" but Confident.
FINAL VOTE, S. TO e
Hopes Of Possible ert at
Last Minute Fall ) econd
Defeat for ~. S.

frage by federal bnstitutionai.
amendment was bs again today
in the senate. IT. ended what
leading suffrage lions had said
in advance woulf he final test OF
this session of e. sess. The suf-
frage advocates went into the test
knowing they lacked one vote, but
hoping to the last 1t would be won
over. a
1t was the second time during the
present congress that the senate de-
clined to submit the proposed sur
frage amendment to the federal con-
st,tution to the states for ratification.
The votes was: Yeas, IS: nays. "a
which failed of the required two
thirds. The vote on Oct. !, 1918. was
So to 81, with IL voting present.
Women suffrage leaders gave notice
immediately after the conclusion of
the rollcall that they would demand
reconsideration of the resolution by
the senate before the present session
ends.
Senator Williams asked whether
the resolution was subject to amend
ment. The vice-president ruled that
it was not, except by unanimous con-
sent. This upset Williams plan to
amend the resolution 20 exclude ne
gro women from exercising the right
of the ballot.
Last Minute Efforts.
In last minute effort, three suf-
frage petitions were presented to
antisuffrage senators. Mrs. Law
renee Lewis headed delegation that
handed to Senator Hale, of Maine, a
petition signed by a majority Of both
houses of the legislature asking him
to vote for the suffrage resolution
Senator Martin, of Virginia, demo-
cratic leader Of the senate, was given
a petition signed by the xleEnenxAtmenf
Massachusetts legislature calling
upon the democratic party to pass
the amendment, and Senator Gay. of
Louisiana, received - petition signed
by thousands of cF sns of his state
| asking that he vot : sye.
Senator Gay, of : lisiana, who was
| regarded by suffra is as a possible
convert, dashed tn !. hopes this aft
ernoon when he ounced that he
would vote agaiS the suffrage
amendment. He d he favored
woman suffrage, b.: had campaigned
on a platform thai illed for a vote
against the Susan l. .nthony amend
ment. !:
THAT platform : nsider binding" 4"
he added. Gays ST III III opposition
to the suffrage amendment was his
first speech in the senate.
Five States Petition.
Unanimous consent was given for
consideration of the resolution. Be-
fore the debate began petitions from
Kansas, Michigan. Nevada, Maine
and Missouri legislatures in behalf
of the resolution were presented by
senator's from those states.
Suffrage workers before the SEN
ate convened made final and vigo-
rous personal appeal for their cause,
state delegations visiting many sem
ators in an eleventh hour effort to
master the one vote believed to be
needed.
Although Chairman Jones, OF the
suffrage committee, expressed con-
fidence that q two thirds majority
would be obtained. he announced be-
fore the senate convened that IL de-
feated, no further attempt to get a
vote on the measure would be made
at this session.
How They Voted.
Three times the senate has voted
it down, in 1887, 1914 and 1918. The
nays heretofore in the senate always
have numbered thirty -four. Members
of the present senate who have intro
duced suffrage resolutions are: Sena-
tors Borah, Idaho; Warren, Wyo-
ming; Chamberlain, Oregon; Shaft
roth and Thomas, Colorado; Thomp-
son. Kansas: Jones, New Mexico; ;
Owen, Oklahoma, and Poindexter,
Washington.
Those who voted against the reso-
luton were: Baird, New Jersey;
Bankhead, Alabama; Beckham. Ken
lucky; Borah. Idaho; Brandegee.
Connecticut; Dillingham;, Vermont;
Fletcher, Florida; Gay, Louis
lana; Hale. Maine; Hardwick, Geor-
gia; Hitchcock, Nebraska; Lodge,
Massachusetts; Mclean. Connecti-
cut: Martin, Virginia; Moses, New
Hampshire; Overman. North Caro-
lima; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Pome-
rene. Ohio: Salisbury, Delaware;
Simmons North Carolina; Smith.
Georgia; Smith. South Carolina;
Swanson, Virginia; Trammell. Flor
ida: Underwood, Alabama; Wads-
worth, New York: Weeks, Massachu-
StltS. w w
Delaware. Total. 90.
Those. who voted for the resolu-
, ton were:
Ashurst. Arizona; Calder. New
York: Colt, Rhode Island: Culher-
son. Texas: .Cummins. Iowa; Cudtis,
Kansas: Fernald. Maine; France,
Maryland: F'relinghuysen, New Jer-
sew: Gerry. Rhode Island: Gore, Ok
lahoma; Gronna. North Dakota
Harding. Ohio: Henderson. Nevada ;
Johnson. California: Johnson. South
Dakota: Jones. New Mexico; Jones'
Washington: Kellogg. Minnesota
Kendrick. Wyoming: Kenyon, Iowa:
Kirby. Arkansas: LaFollette. Wiscon-
sin: Lenrott. Wisconsin,: Lewis. Illi-
nois: McCumber North Dakota: Nc
Kellar. Tennessee: McNary. Oregon:
Myers Montana: Nelson. Minnesota;
New. Indiana: Norris. Nebraska; Nu-
gent, Idaho: Page. Vermont; Pitt
man. Nevada: Poindexter. Washing
ton: Pollock. South Carolina: Rams
dell. louisiana: Robinson. Arkansas:
Shaffroth. Colorado: Sheppard. Tex
as: Sherman. Illinois: Smith. Arizo-
ma: Smith. Michigan: Smooth. Utah:
Spencer. Missouri: Sterling. South
Dakota: Sutherland. West Virginia
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