Milford chronicle., 1919-06-27
PENNA. RATIFIES
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
House COnCufs with Senate In
Approving Amendment.
SEVENTH STATE IN LINE
avffuglsts Parade After Their Lead
Or Thaphs the Members Of the
House.

Or ThaBts the Members OF M
House.
Women suffrage finally passed the
Pennsylvania legislature.
The house Of representatives ap
proved the Phipps bill ratifying the
amendment to the constitution Of the
United States extending the right Of
suffrage to women. The vote was 15a
to A in favor Of ratification.
The state senate had previously act
ed favorably, thus making this the
seventh state to approve the nine
tsenth amendment.
A brief debate preceded the roll call.
When the vote was announced John
Mehring, representative from Phila-
delphla, tossed a big yellow balloon
toward the ceiling and yelled, Here
she goes overw
A score Of balloons appeared from
members desks and we're batted
around the room. A cheer rose all
over the chamber.
"Oh, II 1 had her, how happy l
would be-" was sung for several min
utes.
For the first time In the history Of
the Pennsylvania legislature a woman
was permitted to address the house of
representatives from the speakers
chair.
Representative Robert L. Wallace,
Of Lawrence, asked that a recess Of
two minutes be taken in order that
Mrs. John o. Miller, of Pittsburgh,
might make an address. Mrs. Miller
Is president Of the Pennsylvania WO-
man Suffrage association, the mon
militant" party.
Mrs Miller thanked the members
who had voted for suffrage, mention
ing Representative Ramsey, Of Della
ware county, by name. She paid a
tribute to the newspapers for fair
ness. She smilingly recalled the time
when loyalty to the suffrage party on
the part Of legislators was not so
pleasant as It is today.
When Mrs. Miller concluded, the
suffrage adherents filed out and the .
house went on with other business.
In the rear Of he room was Miss
Eliza D. Armstrong, the seventy-five-
year-Old leader OF the anti-suffragists.
She watched the proceedings with
grim humor. Several Of her comrades .
looked on the scene Of triumph Of their
opponents.
After luncheon the suffragists went
again to the capitol to meet Governor
Sproul An automobile parade was
formed with Mrs. J. Sharon MacDon-
aid, Of Harrisburg, as marshal The
cars were brilliantly decorated. Mrs.
Macdonald rode white horse.
After leaving the house 200 men,
bers Of the Pennsylvania Woman Suf-
frage association called on Governor
Sproul to extend their thanks and to
present him with a memorial. The
governor stood with Mrs. Clifford Pin
chot and Mrs. Lewis L. Smith and the
jubllant suffrage workers passed In
front Of him. He shook each by the
hand and expressed his happiness at
their success.
Following the reception the associ-
alton held a luncheon in the Penn Har-
ris hotel.
The visit Of the more militant wing
Of the suffrage party to Governor
Sproul was made later The parade
preceded the visit. The Pennsylva-
MIA Woman Suffrage association did
not take part in this.
The first four cars carried large
banners. A quotation Of President
Wilson had been put in the past tense
to read eve have fought for the thing
nearest our heart, for democracy, the
right Of those who submit to authority
to have a voice In their government"
Tn the center OF the parade was the
woman's justice bell, which was cast
at Troy, N. Y, March 81, 1915, to
ring upon the enfranchisement Of wo-
man and in the words Of the donor Of
the bell, Mrs. Charles Wister Rusch-
enberger, Of Stratford, For the COM
pletion Of democracy In the United
States Of America"