The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-15
The Constitutional Amendment
Lacked One Vote of Re-
quired Majority.
SUFFRAGE LEADERS EX-
PECT TO WIN NEXT YEAR
Senator Pollock Voted for the
Amendment and Delivered
Long Speech in Support Of tne
Measure.

measure.
Washington. Feb. 10.-By a margin
fourth defeat today in the senate. No
further action at this session is now
possible. but advocates announced the
now nearly half century o!d c@:i!-
paig71 for submission OF the Susan Il.
Anthony constitutional amendment 10
the States would be renewed when the
Sixty-sixth Congress convened.
On the final roll call today So sena-
tors-one less than the two-thirds re-
quired-voted for adoption Of the res
olution and % senators cast their bal
lots against it. Comparatively brief
debatc preceded the vote which Off
cially killed the resolution adopted By
the house on January 10. 1918, by q
vote of PA to 1876. Defeat of the
measure was witnessed bs crowds Of
| women in the galleries, but there were
no demonstrations and dramatic in
| cidents which have marked previous
senate votes on the question We're
lacking Up TO the last moment, man
gers Of the resolution expressed con-
! f1dence IN securing the one vote they
needed, out the opposition held crna.
Imm ediately after the vote was an
nounced suffrage leaders issued Sta:e-
ments, prepared in advance, CRITICS
| ing the senate action and announcing
that the fight would be renewed IN the
next congress Supporters Of the res
olution generally predicted that sue
cess would be attained then.
Twenty-four Democrats and 81 Re-
publicans voted for the resolution to-
day while Is Democrats and II Re
pubIicans opposed, it. OF the senators
absent and paired, eight We're record
ed in the affirmative and four in the
negative, indicating that sentiment OF
the SO members stood Sc to 33 in FAVOR
Of the resolution.
| The roll call follows:
Those voting in favor Of thu. resolu-
ton were:
Democrats - Ashurst, Culberson,
Gerry, Gore, Henderson, johnson or
| South Dakota, Jones<of New Mexico,
EeKndrick, KIRBY, Lewis, Mcclellan
MYERS, Nugen1, Pittman. Pollock,
Ransdell. Robinson. Shafroth, Shep-
pard, Smith of Arizona. Thomas
Thompson, Vardaman and Walsh-24
i Republicans - Calder, Harding.
Johnson Of California, Jones of Wash
1 ineton. Frelinghuysen. Curtis. Gronna
Colt. Cunlmins. Fernald. France, hel-
logg, Kenyon, La Toilette, Lenroot,
McCamber, McNary, Nelson. New
Norris, Page, Poipdexter, Sherman,
Smith OF Michigan, Smooth. Spencer
{ Sterling. Sutherland. Townsend, War
rem AMI Watson-31.
| Total for. So.
! Against:
{ Democrats - Bankhead. Backham,
Fletcher, Gay. Hardwick, Hitchcock,
Martin of Virginia. Overman, Pome-
rene. Salisbury. Simmons. Smith OF
Georgia, Smith Of South Carolina,
Swanson. Tramnoell Underwood VIII
lia,ns and Wolcott-1S.
Repuolica ns-Raird, Borah. Bran
7egee. Dillingham;, Hale. Lodge, Me
Lean. Noses, Penrose, Wadsworth
and Wneks--1.
! Total against 20.
!
Chamberlain of Oregon and Martin
| Of kentucky with Reed of Missouri.
Goff of West Virginia. and Owen Of
Oklahoma with Shields Of Tennessee;
Hollis Of New Hampshire and King
OF Utah with Knox Of Pennsylvania
and Ph"lan Of California, and Fall of
New Mexico with Smith Of Maryland.
The senate first voted on The Susan
r. Anthony amendment IN 1887, l6
against it. The next vote was in 1914,
senator's dividing 81 for and 81
against. On October l. 1918. the vote
! was "a 10 80. or two less than the
necessary majority.
( The one vote gained today was
that Of Senator Pollock of South Car
olina. Democrat. who spoke in Wig
orous support OF the measure. SEN
ator Pollock succeeded former Sena-
tor Benet, who voted last October in
! opposition, and will retire himself
next month. In his address todoS
! Mr.. Pollock denied the contention
that the amendment would affect
white rule in the South and declared
that women had earned the right Of
suffrage by their work in the war.
Thirtv-Gve Of the women arrested
f, yesterday for burning President Viii
son in cffiey in front Of tho White
| House us protest against the eN-
pected defeat of the suffrage amend
ment were tried in police court.
Twenty Of thcm were sentenced
TO five days in Jail. one to two days
and the cases against the others dis
missed
Tho women announced from the
district Jail tonight they would con-
duct a hunger strike"