The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-02

; Clark"SburS. Harrison. county. was
! the battle-ground. charges and counter
charges being mad" by the women "t
! that city relative t" their views upon
the issue.
The Final Vote.
The vote by which the resolution was
: DEFEATED In tn" senate was a. follows:
/ Ny"sI 'utIuu. podS"u. put!, foN.
Johnson. hump, Morton, Polling, SanG-
crS. Staats. Stewart. Ncuc,l and rrosl-
dent SiuS"l.--l3.
{ Noes-Arnold burgess. RuSr. Chap
man. Coaltcr. Frazier. GrIhblc. ilarman.
Hamcr. Hough. Hunter, Lewis. Luther
SchCsr and furh-l1.
: Fox, kump, Morton. NcncIll. Burr and
Frazier are Democrats. all the rest are
! Republicans.
! The result hinged on the votes OF
: Coulter and Chapman. both OF whom
. were claimed by both sides up to noon
: today.
, Several speeches were ready by mem
! bers Of the senate in explaining their
vote. An amusing incident was thai
. Clerk Harris prcSiStcd IN addr"SslhE
! Gibble as the gentleman from Harrison
and Senator Harmcr as the senator from
l Doddridgc county. lnasmuch as theSt
senators lead the fight against ana 1901
ratification. respectively. and come iro"
, the same senatorial district Harris per
sistencc caused round OF laughter Una
: relieved the tension.
Not Up to tho House
No action was taken on the resolution
| in the house Efforts 10 bring II W
were ruled out on points OF order eS-
; Ia ablished by the opposition. However
I a suffrage leader admitted today tha'
| her cause would not win the house
fSynHror rHNrnGt oecrmcd That members
, by their votes were driving the nails
| into their own political comm.
| senator Kump, in his address. explain
ing his vote, said that "hlie ms u's'
trict had turned in a great ma1orlts
against suffrage in 1916. yet the govern
or had asked his friends 10 vote for me
amendment and he was dong so. fIS
spe.ch was greeted with applause IRON
the suffrage workers
Opposed by Luther.
Senator Luther had the clerk rcae
his speech explaining his vote. lie Sai'
no was unaltcraply opposed to suffrage
H',., wHman's place was in her hom'
and ne was attempting TO protect worn
An from herself. He took the h'ote
L,rcnCh history and suffrage N toIor
ado IN which state there are iuoFc u
fconttnued on Page Seven)
fight is on. The selection OF Bainori9se
, Colby TO be secretary or Slat' was d Wv
for The support OF indcpcndcnt voters
ma. 'of Edward 7. Meredith 10 be secr'
go. ~ arriculture. was skilifui ap
Sars - ~ ihs discontentcd farmer. witt
whom MIR. Meredith is not at ali uh
popular. o.,or,
But il isn't all in the executive ae
partments by any means. The supply
IF presidential candidates is ever
/ yreatcr in congress. There are the eN
| crutiye and passive kind. Senator
Poindextcr Republican, OF washington
is away speaking most OF the time II
tho nromotion Of his own candidacy f"j
president. Senator Hiram Johnson ~"
! nuhlican. is another presidential Cand
dat active in the race. So Is Senator
Harding. Republican. OF Ohio. In 'hi;
class should be included. too. Senator
Sutherland. Republican. or west Nlr
ginia. Senator Pomercne, Democrat
has withdrawn from the race. senator
Hitchcock, Democrat. leader "f th'
nresidert's forces in tho senate. ~ a re
! ccptive candidate. His friends are work
ing hard for him. Other democratic
: ami Republican senator's are husyins
themselves in the interests or Cand
dates 10 whose boonS they arc more nj
less tightly attached. som" AZ" work
ing for Democratic aspirants, other
for Republican choices. senator Roraf
is friendly to tn" Johnson boom S"na
=, Tor Lodge has expressed no pr"fcrcnc"
hu, unon him falls the duty OF keeping
rho ReDuhlicar party together. n" la!
Tho difficult Job Of keeping N" Borah
Johnson wing on friendly terms Wit
Tho Penrnse- X knox IRA ndcCoC c0mhina
tion. and then. again. holding in hanc
tho middle west l'rogrcSSivoS lik" Lon
root Kenyon. Nelson and Tummns. It!
politics IN tho senate. and plenty Wor'
OF Il in tho houss "f representatives.
The sclf-proteCtiv" sense rcmark
Mr Lane. "is d"velon"d ahnnrmallv
Ability is not lacking. bur II * pressed
20 tho rnint of paralysis because "F a.
-. unvr'llingncss of tho great h0hv &C pub
lie servants 10 take responsibility
Politics is tho answer FrHDIli0 Lam
uncovered som" vital truths ~ no Swa'
. , cong rrcnl" familiar with Wash ngt o.
life looked upon his own statement -
confirmation Cr tho unin's no rlad". r.
ncyor would have dared :" jsSuc j. m,
remain . member nf tho Wilson cabinet