The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-10
ONLY ONE OBJECTOR
TO SUFFRAGE VOTE

The lain from Reno bearing ma
jority of the Legislators called for the
special session arrived at Carson City
Saturday morning a little late. says
the Carson City Appeal, and with it
was an extra car, having stretched
along its sides a banner inscribed
with the words Suffrage Special oc-
cupied by at least half hundred of
Washoe county women who have been
pronounced in their fight for equal
riggts.
Immediately following the arrival of
the train everyone repaired to the
legislative halls in the capitol and at
IL o'clock, in both house and senate,
the special session of the Nineteenth
was in motion. Following are men,
bers who answered the call:
Senate-Cowles, Dressler, Ducey,
Friedman, Harrington, Hessor, Kenny,
Kent, Macallan, Penrose, Rand Sum-
merfield, twelve being present out of
the total mem bership of fifteen.
Hou3e--Armstrong, Berney, Dandu-
rand, Ernst, Ferguson, Gregory, Hill
Hurst, ockhart, Mack, Marsh, Mccall,
McNamada. Meder. Richards, Ross.
Sinai. Stannard, Stewart, Stodieck
Tidd, Tullis. Uniacke. whitacre and
Fitzgerald. twenty-six out of the total
membership of thirty-seven.
an the Senate, Lieutenant Governor
Sullivan took his accustomed place in
the presidents chair and in the as
sembly Speaker Fitzgerald took the
chair. The deliberations opened with
prayer by Rev. J. L. Collins in the
senate and Rev. c. S. Nook in the as
sembly. Then followed the appoint
ment of committees in both branches
to notify the other that they were
ready for business and committees
were also appointed to notify Gov
ernor Boyle that both bodies were
prepared to receive his message.
With the conclusion of the COVER
nor's reading of his call, both houses
in their respective chambers got busy
and without frills or feathers ratified
the national suffrage amendment, the
SktS departure from regular business
occurring in the house, when Speaker
Fitzgerald announced that because of
the historical Importance of the event
and because Mrs. Sadie Hurst was the
only woman representative in the leg
islature, he was going to ask her to
preside over the house during the
passage of the resolution. Mrs. Hurst
took the chair and put the question
and announced the vote with as much
decorum and familiarity with parli-
mentary usages as could have any of
her colleagues of the opposite sex.
The resolution passed the senate
with every member present voting in
its favor In the house, twenty-five
votes were recorded for the resolu-
ton, the only objector being Fergu-
sui Vi LuIchd COuilty, WHO stated tudl
while he supported suffrage when il
was up before the people of Nevada
he was not prepared to vote that Ne
vada should put suffrage on those
states whose people, he believed, were
against it and whose population
greatly exceeded that of this common
wealth
After the measure had passed the
house, Mrs. Hurst resumed her place
on the floor and addressing the
speaker stated that a number of suf-
frage leaders were present in the
chamber and asked that they be per-
mitted to speak on the subject just
passed Remarks, brief but grateful
in tone, were then made by Mrs. F.
G. Patrick, Mrs. J. +. Church, Mrs. r.
d. Elchelberger, Mrs. Sam Belford
Mrs. w. Fl. Hood and Mrs. d. l.. Cas-
soway, all of Reno.