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GISTS LOSEunonf tlw suffragists ft disappeared the applause that greeted the close his remarks.ould have been veiy great at thJa time. To the people8 tattsierwoMl Defines His ViewsMr. Underwood, the Democratic loaderwas greetedine tuw w women in diffcx^ot ♦the United States la not Nation-wide suffrage or suffrage in aState Uke New York would moon muchunderstand the QuestiontiCoattaoed from Psi« 1States of Colorado. Ariaona,California. Nsvada, Wyoming. Oregon. Montana. Washington, there was only one vote *•-out the amendment —that ofDemocrat, of Colorado.Hoy la Coart for golf rage companion day in the his-the 8i*ty-thlrd Congreaa to thetwo weeks ago when prohibition the subject ot an all-day debate.for a third of a century ttees of Congress had fin-kalminated In a ** day in court-’*as B o'clock this morning women negan to gather at the . of the Capitol, willing to waitfor two hours before the gab ltd he open to the public. A rain did not deter thoee wholeast Interest tn suffrage. A utas after 10 o’clock the gal-were filled. Even standing roomcorridors was tn demand The loo ding from the doors also were o»wi remained filled during the hours of debate that began at 11ised to speak on the rule, the floor loader of the majority of this House on this occasion.'' saidMr. Underwood. ” I here a right to speak for my party. The Democratic party hhs not boon silent on this aues-Uoa It has not attempted to say what should bo done tn California, or in Now York, or In Alabama. It has not saidthat the women of any State In the Union should not have the fight toexercise the high privilege of the franchise. but I have said that under our Constitution, our laws. In view of the history of our republic, this Questionmust be settled by the individual 8tates and not by the national Government There is no question that Is more fundamental In the history of the Democratic Party than that each State in this Union shall govern It* own franchise. It you left the questionaueeStstV. rights had * ‘uvote in Congr*** That ia too bad. it*attdIoeema to me that matters Uke suffrage should be taken up by the nation as aW The fact that 174 Representatives voted In favor of suffrage Is quite s victory In itself, however. the number of Ststes in which women have the vote Is increased, twin begreater pressure exerted upon the Rep-resentat/ves for a naUon-w^ auffrage.“ The war in Europe surely will result in a victory for woman suffrage- in this hour of danger we have laid aside our fight tn the Interest of national unltrAfter the war is over. tuhaf wa wtnt militant umjiac£rccI1r1IftiMiss Psnkhurst• •right to vote to the enure people of the“ “ * not the in-agaln be emgruankhurstwlTt reply to criticsle Hall tonight solemn day in thewas wit and run enough on the bat in the galleries there was The women there were slow to they aesmed too much awed er’s call for order to ap-thetr strongeet champion.had to reprove the _ little too much eon-_ once for what seldom oc-House an outbreak of hiss-was during the speech of Mr. Ohio, the Democrat w' Nicholas Longworth twola now soon to give way to ■ successor. At oae point he1 States, they havlt; formation about local affairs, they are not surrounded by all the conditionsthat would lead to a wise, a safe, and a patriotic solution of the question.** This right of suffrage Is going to move just as fast as the conditions of the people who seek this privilege warrant them In exercising It If you try to drive it faster than that you court disaster, and the wreck and ruin of some portions of the country.When the vote for the rule wae calledfor. It seemed at first as if the entireHouse had arisen, and the vote wasunanlBBOUS. but when the negative vote waa called there were scattering members on their feet, and the vote resulted in ffW ve«s and SI naya Mr. Webb, Chairman of the Judiciary| Committee, from which the resolution was reported without recommends tlon, wae first to speak upon the resolution Itself. His was purely s constitutionalist argument, squarely planted on the State's rights doctrine.megl Miss PiBritish policy In thsad-In her addressli1SUFFRAGE ELECTION DAY.1iWomen Choose Their Leaders InAssembly\’omen of this smart capital are Their beauty is disturbing to _ their feet are beautiful r their are beautiful, but here I must • they are not interested In the•eMISS PANKHURST’S VIEWS.Deplores Suffrage Defeat, but SaysVote Waa Encouragingacoustic qualities of the ball ofarw bad. and few wbo spokebeard by all. Mr. Bowdle sur-tbis respect, and the galleriesonly enough or bis allusionof Washington womenyearsjM _eant ofarch 3 just •ss ore Mr.here was sharpthat a coarse argument naa employed, when that really was not neat. A hiss came from the gai-wae quickly taken up.Of the speeches that attracted it was that of Mr. Mann of 11*1-Republican leader. Twothe failure of the Waahing-to protect the on Marinauguration ^_ in the House of the brutalitycrowds along Pennsylvania Ave-the Chief of Police was threat-Wtth an investigation, Mr. Mann course of debate at that timeThey should have been at urhera they belonged. referringIn the pageant, utterance Mr Mann wasby the suffragists andwith bitter opposition In his ie apology was of farsdthst is made In the heat of de-l Mr. Mann was at heart „qual suffrage. Today he strong speech for the amenaan y resentment remained*' The legislators lost a chance to share In a great historic event, an event which would have been particularly striking inthese times of a war for democracy.*Mias Chrtstabel Pankhurat, the English I militant suffragette, amid last night at ; the Prince George. “ At the same time the showing made by the suffragists Isvery encouraging.** Of course I was interested in the debate in Congress as part of the worldwide suffrage movement. The moral effect of a suffrage victory In the UnitedIt was Woman Suffrage Election Day yesterday and in ail the sixty-three Assembly districts of the five Boroughs the women gathered at the polling I places and cast their ballot* for district officers and delegates to the City Convention. The ballot was yellow Incolor with spares for ^ }%officers to be elggted, D strictUeadsr. Vice leader, Recording Secretary. Corresponding Secretary, andwith eighteen convention moat of the women voted In the even‘Tn the Fourteenth Assembly Districtthe polling pliu* was themissioner ofCorrections ^attharine B.Davie, who was elected ho^(r.aj7, theCharles F. Murphy, as a ^^Lirtion district was invited to be an eiecuou' but he did not accept.ettlement houses, and private__ e uaed a* polling *J~ Hedges Crowell save • *2 !*r theoallots of her district—tn# Twsn- |tv-ninthAasembly—-had been cast. and , the neighborhood politicians were to h” hom,. l.OtTnfth Av.nu^ wh£h .was the polling place Regtrier^ mem bers of the Woman 8uH*a«e Party, both j men and women, were »»bed to vote, and the list numbered more tt»SLn 1S5.000 ( irdivtduals. Officers forth# City tort-rr.lttee will be elected Jan. 2fi. the jwec tlon of borough officers taking placeJan. 19.day guestStores, i
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Wed, Jan 13, 1915
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