Evening journal., 1923-01-31
women GET
TURNDOWN At
LEGISLATURE


Ing a day, as the rules provide. I
All OF the Republican members OF
the House and five Democrats voted I
TO supend the rules, but IL lacked
two votes. Nine Democrats voted
against and defeated the motion 10
suspend. Republican members in
sisted that a hearing should be
given the women as a matter of
common courtesy.
Representatives Little, Alice, Nc
Cabe. Marvel. McManus. Lednum,
Virden, Marr. Lord. w. II. Short and
and Carlisle. Republicans. and Hol-
comb. Cooper, Crompton. Slant and
Speaker Culver. Democrats. voted
in favor OF extending the women the
courtesy OF a hearing on the vari-
Gus measures in which they are in !
terested.
The House this morning gave a
hearing. to the women's delegation |
on pending measures. but no Joint ]
session of Senate and House was held /
and the resolution for joint hear |
ing was not called up for further |
action.
1t is now claimed that there was |
misunderstanding on the part of |
some of the members of the House !
as to just what the question was /
before the House yesterday after /
noon The effect of the vote. how
ever. was practically the same as .
killing the resolution. as il held !
any action that could he taken on
the resolution over until today
which would. OF course. be too late.
this being the day fixed for the
proposed joint hearing
At the conclusion of the hearing
given to the Women's delegation
this morning Representative Hol-
comb. who presided over the House
during the hearing. said that he was
sorry there was a misunderstand-
ing over the matter yesterday and
they were glad the women We're
here today He said he was sure
the members would be guided and
helped by what the speakers had
said. Mr.. Holcomb further stated
that some OF the members did not ,
really understand yesterday what ,
they were voting on. ,
Representative Gray was lmmedl- {
ately on his feet with the remark
that the members did know what ,
they were voting on yesterday. /,
Representative Nelson said he ,
was sorry there was mis- !
understanding. II there was
such. and that he felt the mem
bers would he guided as far az pos
slble by what they had heard. He =,
to the fact of there being !
so many demands on the Legislature ,
for appropriations and that il would
probably he Impossible to give all ,
that they desire. He added that he
was glad the women had explained
what measures they were backing.
Mrs. Henry Ridgely, chairman of
the Women's Joint Legislative Com
mittee. acted as chairman this
morning and introduced the speak
ers. She said the women did not
feel badly over any misunderstand- |
ing there may have been yesterday
and were grateful for the hearing
She explained. however. that but for
the Misunderstanding there would
have been a much larger delegation J
here today, as word was sent to
many last night that the hearing q
was off and Il was too late to get c
word to them today 10 come to [
Dover.
Mrs. Ridgely explained the legsla- g
i've program as mapped out and en- Il
iorsed by the committee and just O
what bills the committee IS back OF.
Mrs. Emory OF Seaford was the v
inst speaker and she urged favora bile !
for the appropriation Z
'or child welfare. {
Mrs. Howell Buckingham. OF 81
Dover, spoke for the Women's Fed +
Grated Clubs and Miss Clara South
wick for the Consumers League. y
Mrs. George Pierce. of Milford. rep n
resented the W. c. T. L. on the pro- T
gram. d
Mrs Florence Bayard Hllles. rep 7
senting the Women's National Party y
said that white the women have c
gotten the vote the laws have not y
been changed to make them the 4
equal before the law with the men. a
She explained that she Is Interested
In sveral bills that have been'intro- 7
duced to take out OF the law some OF +
the present discrimination against 5
women a
All that Is being asked. she said y
Is Justice for the women. and as the +
men have not seen NJ to give this J
Justice the women have organized TO 81
see II they cannot get IT, She stated 5
that women in Delaware have not \
equal rights with men to the guard J
Ianship Of their children. y
Miss Edith Spruance. representing n
the Delaware League Of Women Vot- :
ers spoke against the present law !
prohibiting a candidate for the Leg n
islature to make a pledge as to any D
measure that may come before the n
Legislature concerning his vote. I
Mrs. Julia H. Ashbrook spoke for !
he Women's Republican Commit ,
ee, and Mrs. Marshall Derby for
he Women's. Democratic Commit
ee. Mrs. Derby caused a laugh
when she said; Il am sure you
would do what is right whether we
anne here or not. but as a major
ty Of you are Democrats, am dead
ertaln you will do what is right"
The women's committee program =
svore a separate prison for women.
he parole law, sixty cents per
lem for maintenance Of work