Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-25
SENATORS OF BOTH
POLITICAL PARTIES
PLEADFOR SUFFRAGE
Two Delaware Women Present the
Case for Those Opposed to
Ratification.
DEEP INTEREST IN DEBATE

SrATr HOUSE, DOVER, March 25.
Suffrage, suffrage, everywhere and not
a vote for a single woman.
This was the situation IN Dover, to-
day, the Legislature giving over the whole
time to hearing arguments on both Sldes
Of the question. The two houses held q
Ioint session for that purpose. The morn
ing was given over to the suffragists and
the afternoon to the ants From day
light on the streets of Dover were thronged
With advocates and opponents OF the cause
the former wearing yellow ribbons and
flowers and the latter wearing red flowers.
while many carried flags and banners OF
the same coIorS. Long before 1890, the
lime scheduled for the hearing to begin
The State House, particularly Representa-
live Hall gallery, was packed to suffoca-
lion. Ii was immpossiblc to accommodate
Inc throng there.
The cause of the suffragists was ad-
vocated by Senator Kenneth Mchelier,
Democrat. Of Tennessee and Senator
Thomas Sterling, Republican, OF South
Dakota They were introduced by Mrs.
Florence Bayard Hilles, chairman for
Delaware Of the Woman S party.
THOSE WHO WERE THERE.
In the throng that gathered to hear the
sue OF NtbsaC1 wiz IN
Iced the following: Colonel George A.
Elliott, Mrs Mary F. Brown, Mrs, Frank
Stirlith, Mrs Allen Speakman. Miss
Elizabeth Speakman, Miss Rachel How
land. DR.. J. NJ r. White Deiacour, Mrs.
Albert Robin, Miss Mabel Vernon, Mrs
Victor du Pont. Sr, Miss Ella SieCei,
Mrs. James F. Winchester, Mrs. Alfred
tsawthrop. Mrs FREDERICK Bringhurst,
Mrs. Samuel Bancroft, Jr-, Mrs. Julian
Ortiz, Mrs Robert III. Richards, Miss
Mar. Gallagher, Mrs. William p. Ban
croft, Mrs Stuart J. Horn, Mrs. Fred T.
Bach. Mrs katherine Boyle, Mrs. James
y. Ginns, Mrs. Naomi Bennett, Miss
Charlotte Mehaffv. Miss Shaw, Mrs. r
Paul du Pont, Miss Jeannette Eckman,
Miss Esther Dallett, Mrs. Mary Clinton,
Miss Marie Lockwood, Mrs; Annie Arniel,
Mrs. Ira Perkins, Miss Aida Armstrong,
Mrs. VIII Biggs, Mrs John Green, Mrs.
George Foulk. the Misses Buckley Mrs.
Cornelius Mundy, Mrs. Joseph T. Hilles,
Mrs. Monteith Jackson. Miss Katherine
Lee Ravard Hilles. Mrs. Mary A Shaw.
Mrs. James ". Robertson, Mrs. John 4.
Montgomery. Miss Ruth Mullen, Mrs.
Henry Stubbs. Mrs Mary Baker. Mrs.
Mary harrington. Miss Susan Brassing-
ton. Miss Elsie Robelen Mrs. W. ;.
Prickett, Mrs. Louis Fritz, Miss Mary
Tsvlor. Mrs. Neiman, Mrs. ID. Hay.
Mrs. Voshell, Mrs Martha ". Brown,
Miss Blanche Lockwood, Mrs. John :.
Neary, Miss Rupert. Mrs. Garry Z. Har-
us. Rev s. a. Rabowitz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Faber. Mrs Mary Fletcher, the
Misses Fletcher. Miss Norma Peacock,
DR.. Margaret Handy, Mrs. Patrick Can
ming.
Also the following from Arden: Frank
4 t.
s. Stephens. Donald Stephens, Adolphe K.
Bosse. Florence Bose. George New
comb, Elsie Waltman Emma Devices,
Robert p Wooley, katherine F. Ross,
Felicia kamer, Jean @. WOrthington,
Arthur Devices, Emma Fritz, Edwin
Wooley, Vincent McCIee, Will Roberts.
The Arden delegates buttonholed Repre-
sentative Danzenbaker coming down on
the train.
The youngest suffragist here is Phyllis
Emma Bennett, two months old. She Is
with her mother, Mrs. Naomi Bennett and
her grandmother, Mrs. Harry Gerger
Mrs. George c. Hall pinned yellor
ribbon on her bonnet.
Among prominent suffragettes who ar
rived last night were Miss Constance
Drexel OF Philadelphia and Mrs. George
Bass of Chicago.
The hall of the House of Representa-
tives was profusely decorated, this morn
ing. with National and State flags, the
Delaware Equal Suffrage Association
banner and yellow pennants inscribed
Votes for Women" The 'antis' will
decorate the hall for the afternoon
After purchasing expensive flowers,
''antis" said they had left fifty doller :,
10y which they had no use.
HALL DENEELY CROWDED
Representative Hall was iammed to
sIffocation when the hearing began. at
1).5O o clock, and hundreds were unable
10 get in the room
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