Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-27
Measure, it is Claimed,
Would Federalize the
Old Dominion
GLASS WAS AWAITED
Secretary and Senator-elcct Unable
to Appear in House of Delegates and
Favor Movement Today

Jan. -i.SilASisiA III
gagements in Washington prevented
Secretary of the Treasury Carter
Glass from accepting the invitation
extended yesterday by the house o!
delegates to address members of the
general assembly this morning at
II o'clock on the Susan B. Anthony
amendment. The senator-elect from
Virginia made this statement last
& night in long-distanee telephone
conversation with Lieutenant Cover
ernor B. Frank Buchanan.
: The Ozl;n resolution, proposing the
rejection of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment, is set as special and con-
tinuing order for l2 o'clock noon to-
day, staging the final clash between
the suffrage and anti-suffrage forces
in the house.
Opponents of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment to the federal const:tu-
ton, extending the right of suffrage
to women, came off the field of leg
islative battle yesterday afternoon,
after the first days engagement, with
distinct advantage over the forces
who favor ratification by the general
assembly.
That is to say, the federal relations
committee of the house of delegates,
following "a sharp exchange Of rifle
and artillery fire which lasted from
the zero hour of 3 o'clock until the
faithful time-piece of the house re-
g:stered something after 6, voted out
the. Ozlin rejection resolution with the
recommend: ION that it pass.
Efforts by Delegate Robert 0. Nor
ris, Jr., Of Lancaster, to avert suf
frage war and maintain the political
peace, and dignity of the Common
wealth, failed in their entirety, fer
the committee, before which he made
an impassioned plea to refer this
question of ratification to the pecpl?
passed by temporarily his resolution
embodying that proposal. t
Mr.. Norris had the unique dis:
tinction of being the only noh-par-
| tisan at the hearing. In the midst c.
!! war he was at peace with the world
! While the battle ragged and verbal
missiles whined thick and fast, hs
wrinkled his brow not once save ir
thought as to how he might end in ::
peace without victory the clash CT
arms.
] AS non-combatant, there was sem
| little difficulty in making proper dis
\ position of the delegates from Lam
caster. There was a division of time
for attacks ard counter-attacks. Oh,
viously, there would be no place for :
peace-maker on the lists of fight:ro
forces.
J (which side am I ono he asks
! Chairman D. B. Owen, with tn:
! blandness of Henry Ford.
( Somebody said "outside.' It wa
! finally arranged, however, that h
| constituted in himself separate force
/ in the interest of political peace an;
might have half hour all his owl
4 while the smoke Of armed conflic
was clearing away during a brie
arm:stice. SO he attempted to loos
\ the dove of peace just before the suf
frage forces made their last detar
mined. but unsuccessful attack on til
Istronghold of the "antis."
ii Despite the results of the initia
contest, despondency had no plac
last night in the ranks of the suffra
gists who, though beaten and repuls
ed, calmly awaited the dawn for
renewal Of the attack