The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-06-10
SUFFRAGE WINS IN SENATE;
NOW GOES TO STATES

thony amendment to the constitu
tion. The suffrage supporters had
two more than the necessary two
thirds vote of senators present. Had
all the senators known to be in favor
of suffrage been present the amend
ment would have had &c votes. or
TWO more than two-thirds vote Of
the entire senate.
The amendment, having already
been passed by the house. where the
vote was 304 to 50, now goes to the
states for ratification, where it will
be passed upon in the form in which
1T has been adopted by congress. as
follows:
Article =, Section 1.-The right
of citizens of the United States TO
vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or any state on
account of sex.
Section 2.-Congress shall have
power. by appropriate legislation. to
enforce the provisions of this ar
ticle."
Leaders of the National Woman's
Party announced that they would at
once embark upon campaign to OBJ
tain ratification of the amendment
by the necessary three-fourths of
the states so that women might have
the vote in the next Presidential
election To achieve this ratifica-
Tion it will be necessary to hold spe-
Gial sessions Of some legislatures
which otherwise would not convene
nntil after the Presidential election
in 1920. Miss Alice Paul chairman
of the Woman's Party, predicted that
the campaign for ratification would
succeed and that women would vote
for the next President.
Sunragists thronged the senatel
galleries in anticipation Of the final
vote, and when the outcome was an
nounced by President Pro TEN. Cum
minis they broke into deafening ap-
plause For two minutes the demon
stration went on, Senator Cummins
making no effort to check it.
The Vote i'm Detail
follows:
For AdOption-5G.
RepubliCans-3G.
tapper, Cummns. Curtis. Edge.
Elkins, Fall, Fernald. France. Fre-'
linghysen, Gronna, Hale, Harding.
johnson, (CalD. Jones. CWash. -
Kellogg, Kenyon. Keyes. LaFollette.
Lcnroot, Mccormick, McCumber. Nc
Nary, Nelson, New, Newberry. Nor
Tis, Page Phipps Poindoxter, Sher-
man, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling. Suth-
erland, Warren, Watson.
DemoCratS-2O.
Ashurst, Chamberlain, Culberson,
Harris, Henderson, Jones. On. Nj
Kenrick, Kirby, McKellar, Myers,
Nugent, Phelan. Pittman. Ransdell.
Shepard, Smith, (ArizD, Stanley,
Thomas, Walsh, (Mass.), Walsh, /
tMon.)
Against AdOption-25.
Rcpublicans-S.
Borah, Brandegee, Dillingham;.
Knox, Lodge, Mclean, Moses, Wads-
worth.
Dcmocrats-17.
Bankhead, Beckham, Dial. Fletch |
er, Gay, Harrison, Hitchcock, Over
man, Reed, Simmons. Smith, (MdO +
smith. (S. c., Swanson. Trammell. !
Underwood, Williams, Wolcott.
Paired.
Ball and King, for, with Shields. .
against; Calder and Tonsend. for
with Penrose, against Gerry and
johnson Of South Dakota. for, with
Martin, against; Gore and Colt, for.
with Pomerene, against.
Absent and Not Paired.
Owen, Robinson and Smith os
Georgia
The vote came after four hours
of debate, during which Democratic
senators opposed to the amendment
hlibustered to prevent a roll call un-
til their absent senators could be
protected by pairs. They gave up
the effort finally as futile.
Changes Defeated.
Before the final vote was taken
Senator Underwood of Alabama.
called for a vote on his amendment
TO submit the suffrage amendment
10 constitutional conventions of the
various states, instead of to the leg
islatures for ratification. This was
defeated by vote OF So against to
28 in favor