New-York tribune., 1920-08-19

lost. Floor Leader Hanover immedi-
ately moved the previous question:
But Walker would not have it, He
told the House that the clerk didn't
know whether he had recorded the
vote correctly or not and ordered that
he call the roll again. He weakly an
nounced that. 81 trust every member
Will vote as he did before" Again the
fate Of suffrage was in the balance. A
change by a single man would defeat
it, But as name after name was
called out and the supposed wabblers
stuck firmly to their mo- the poll
continued and it was again 49 to 4S.
The motion to table was lost and the
previous question was ordered
Representative Boyd afterward
told why he mad voted to table. "If
it was close, as l knew it would be, I
was going to change my vote from
age to no. and make it tie" he
announced. Boyd told the clerk not
to announce the result if unfavorable
until he had a chance to change, but
sary for him to change. When the
ratification vote came he changed in
stantly, and, together with Turner, put
it over.
Immediately after adjournment suf-
frage leaders got busy and began to
work on the wabblers who had Topped,
in ~ effort 10 get them to vote against
a reconsideration. They already claim
to have six Of these men with them
on the next and final battle. Even if
these six do not come over they will
have two moro, as two of the suffra-
gists were absent to-day. One Of these
wax Representative C. w. Brooks, of
Atwood, who was called Tuesday night
TO the bedside of his sick %ife He
Went by special train and intended to
stay hut two hours at Atwood. How
ever, he had not returned this morn
ing. he is on his way back no- and
Will be here Thursday and Friday Rep
rrsentative Rowen. another suffrage
absentee, also Will be mere Thursday.
The ants are trying to make the
sufragists believe that they will accept
their defeat as final and are going
to suffrage men. They are in reality
attempting to make ratificationists too
confident OF reversal. and catch them
sleeping. Some suffrage members al
ready have asked to go home. Their
requests Will be fought against to the
bitter end by the leaders, who fear the
ants.
Speaker Walker, who even went so
1ar as to deplore that President Wilson
had asked him to aid ratification and
to reply referring to placing "political
eXpediency before honest convictions"
would say nothing for publication. He
remarked, 81 had my say on the floor
Of the House"
Joe Hanover. floor leader for ratifica-
tion, was jubilant. eve boat secret
forces from Maine to California; which
had come together to beat ratification"
he announced "and we are Watching
their every move to keep them from
snatching victory away from u.s."
Senator Kenneth d. McKellar, who
fought for suffrage in Delaware when
members of that Legislature showed
their fists in his face for coming there,
wears the smile that won't come off.
Ills battle of twenty-five years has
been won.
Governor Roberts, who made the
fight Of his life for ratification, and
ahenatcd many Of his former support
ers, was overjoyed. "With the women
voting, the Democrats cannot lose in
Novcmber,' he chucklcd. threat had
been served on him by three of the
most powerful newspapers of the state
that If ratification came they would
support an independent candidate. He /
was unshaken. Later these same news
papers actually got the Republican
state leaders together and offered them
their support if they would weaken in
their suffrage advocacy. All without
effect. But they couldn't scare Roberts.
and they couldn't interest the Reprb- !
iicans.