THE WEATHER
Tartly cloudy "Wednesday, with mod-
crate northwest gales; Thursday, fair.
THE LITTLE ADS.
To get the right kind of help,' to Had
lost articles, to Kit a room, to sell
anything from a pin to a ship'
chior -Advertise In 'Star Business Lo
cals. A OL. XCV NO. 88.
WILMIXGTOK", N. C, WEDJsESPAY MOBNING, JANUAIIV 13, 1915
WHOLE NTTMBEB 13,879.
FRENCH ATTACKS DEVELOP
INTO SERIOUS OFFENSIVE
MENACE GERMAN RAILROAD
T
SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION IS
BADL Y DEFEA TED IN HOUSE
OPPOSITION MUCH EL A TED
A TPh
AMERICAN CARGOES
SENATOR OVERMAN
w
DEPARTIUEN
OF 1AT0ETAIHED
Two Have Been Held Since
the Middle of November
declared
Bills Introduced for Homes of
Refuge for Women.
BILLS DISCUSSED
Senate Committee and Garri
son Take Them Up.
Fighting North of Soissons, on
the Aisne,' Favorable to
Allies' Cause.
RAIN
STOPS FIGHTING
!
Germans Claim Progress in the j
Argonne and the Heights
of the Meuse. ;
Fighting in the Far East Continues
Regardless of the Cold Wea
ther Turks Deny Defeat.
London. Jan. 1-. French at-nn-ks
north of Soissons, on the
Aisne. and near f'erthe, east of
Uhoinis. are developing into a se
rious offensive. The gains the
French have made at these points
if followed up,, would have two
fold importance. They threaten
lh.' railways which the Germans
are using- to supply their troops in
i h- fighting line, and are a serious
menace to German forces which
liohl positions to the north of
lihcims.
The French have found it im
possible to take by frontal attacks
positions from which the Germans
are bombarding Rheims, but ad
vances on either side would en
velope them and force a retire
ment, thus giving the cathedral
city relief from the German shells.
In the" Argonne and on the
Heights of the Meuse the Germans
elnim to have made further pro
press. It is reported that the
(ierraans hove sent heavy rein-j
foreement.s to this district to pre-j
vent the French from breaking!
tlvir lines, which are close to their;
own border and not far from Metz. j
Fresh German troops despatched!
to Alsace, combined with the win-,
try weather, have stopped the
French advance in that region."
Along the rest of the front artil
lery is doing most of the work.
Only isolated attacks are being
ail erupted, bad weather and mud
.making movements of large bodies
of troops out of the question.
similar conditions prevail in the
Eh.st. and while they have not
Completely stopped the fighting,
they have called a halt over the
greater part of the field of opera
tions. in restricted areas, along
the river Rawka. near Bolimow,
however, there has been fierce
fi'-diting, but according to Petro
g'ad correspondents, the Germans
liHVf. not made material advances.
Severe fighting continues on the
Xiii;i, river, where the Austrians
oppose Russian attempts to pene
trnie jf, (Jracow.
'"mans Keep Lake Open.
'icrnians are keeping the Mazu-
'! Russian advance in East
Russian troops hold positions
T'r.:,
"'"'in rt the lakes and have been wait
ing fm them to freeze over before re
train" thir offensive.
Ti' Turks deny they have been -fle-
--'trri i,v the Russians in the Caucasus.
I,J offt. this denial. Petrograd has a
" i that Noury Bey, chief of the
,""?r;! taff of the third Ottoman af
mrps. who was sent by the Sultan
to investigate the report of the de
f has been captured by Cossacks.
Te Turks have been offering stub
born resistance to the Russians at Kam
1 'Ean where a battle has been in prog
r' t,c for five days. The position at ttils
Mn'-o is more favorable for the Turks,
"!'0 have not the deep snow of the
,"umt-un.s to contend with and are in
- f.sr touch with their base. It is a
'i-.ath struggle for them, for so long
tj Russian fleet commands the
"'tic .soa, the Turks cannot get rein
'"' ''in.rnts from Europe, the overland
'outt; l.eing a long and difficult one.
hfve an army corps at Bagdad
' thi is needed to oppose the ad-
or tile British Indian army from
ntinucd on Page Two.)
Rl CftCC
iuLLnUL
GOODBYE IsKfiE
South Carolina Gene A As-
sembly Hears Governor.
TAKES SHOT AT WILSON
Declare That Democratic Party- Under,
Wilson's Administration Is Rob
bins States of Their Rights
Many New Faces
Columbia, S. C, Jan. 12. Governor
i Blease delivered his farewell message
to the South Carolina legislature to
day when it convened at noon. He will
be succeeded January 19th by Richard
I. Manning and then will retire to
private life.
The Governor's message contained an
appeal for a reduction of taxes and
recommended smaller appropriations
for institutions of higher learning in
this state, including abolishment of all
free scholarships.
Urging the legislature to make pro
vision for immigration, the Governor
declared he did "not agree with the po
licy that men should be highly educat
ed in order to be- immigrants. .We
want a laboring citizenship".
Commenting on what he described as
; the "encroachment by the Federal gov
! eminent upon state's rights', more of
which, he aserted had been "stolen",
since January 1, 1914, he added N"can it
be possible that under the lead of a
man sometimes called a southerner, the
Democratic party is to become the
party that is 'stealing the power from
the states," and giving it to the Fed
eral government and that the Repub
lican party, under the lead of a Hughes
or a Whitman, is to become the state's
rights party and stop this 'stealing of
power?' "
In closing his message, he declared:
"I haver" bowed my knee to no nianl
or set of men; if I create a favorable
impression, all well and good! if I
create an unfavorable impression, I
and I alone am responsible. My life's
work, so far as my personal interest
is concerned, has been completed".
MASY XEW MEMBERS
Opening- of S. C. General Assembly:
Sees Many New Paces
Columbia, S. C. Jan, 12 The seventy
first annual session of-the South Caro
lina General Assembly began today
at noon. Representative James A.
Hoyt, of Columbia, was elected speaker
of "the House and Lieut. Governor
Charles Smith presided in the Senate.
Most of the day's session was taken
up with elections of clerks and with
re-organization of the standing com
mittees, many members having failed
of re-election.
-OLD GLORY" RESPECTED.
Constantinople Careful Not to Molest
Anything American in City.
New York, Jan. 12. Although condi
tions in Constantinople have been cha
otic for some time, the American flag
has been respected in every sense of
the word, according to George Toma
yan, who arrived here today from the
Turkish capital, where he had been
in charge of an Armenian orphan asy
lum. x
The people of Constantinople are at
the point of starvation, Mr. Tomayan
said.
"The American ambassador, Mr. Mor
ganthau, supported by the Italian am
bassador, has been prompt in provid
ing shelter and relief for unfortu
nates," he continued. "For many
weeks previous to the declaration of
hostilities by the Turkish government,
the crisis, was seen to be approaching.
Germans were in control of the civil
and military government and wlvla
educational institutions of these coun
tries were amply protected, those of
France and England were in a meas
ure compelled to look to the United
States minister for their safety.
"When war was declared the Stars
and Stripes were raised above the
French and British hospitals.
"The situation was critical when I
left Constantinople. Everything was
under military control.. Business was
almost entirely suspended and it was
next to impossible to obtain supplies of
any kind."
ORPHANS ARE GRATEFUL..
j Thousands of Letters froni European
i Children to American Children.
i New York, Jan. 12. Bringing hun
dreds of letters of gratitude ironi or
phans in Belgium, Germany and France
addressed to children in the United
States for Christmas remembrances
conveyed by the American Santa Claus
ship Jason, John Callan O'Loughly,
who had charge of distribution of the
gifts, arrived here today ,on the Ordu-
na. '
"The loading and dispatching of the
Jason bv American children will prove
one of the greatest things the United
States has done during this war," said
Mr. O'Loughlin.. "In hundreds of
homes the Jason's gifts were all little
war-made orphans received. The child
ren are exceedingly grateful and ask
ed nothing better than to be able some
day to visit the land where the unfor
tunate and helpless were remembered
as they had -been." .
St. Louis, Jan. 12. Melbourn "Inman,
English billiard champion, defeated
Willie Hoppe, world's balk-line cham
pion, here today at English billiards.
Score 750 to 557. High runs and av
erages: Inman 84; 13 48-54. Hoppe,.
74; 10 '27-53. ' , . "
Owner Protest That Cargoes Were
Upon the High Sena When Eng
land Declared "To Order"
Cargoes Contraband.
London, Jan. 12. The Norwegian
steamers Alfred Nobel and Bjornst
jerene Bjornson, chiefly loaded with
Chicago packing house products, have
been held in British ports since the
middle of November. The cargoes are
consigned "to order" at Copenhagen.
The Nobel sailed 'from New York Oc
tober 20th and arrived in Liverpool
November 17th. The Bjornson left
New York October 27th and was taken
into Leith November 17th.
Owners of the vessels say the ships
sailed from the United States before
the British announcement that all sup
plies that a belligerent army might
utilize must be definitely' consigned to
some firm.' .
The Swedish steamer Fridland, which
left New York October 28th for Copen
hagen and arrived in Kirkwall No
vember 10th and was taken thence to
Shields November 30, also still is being
held. The Friedland also is loaded
with packers' products.
The foreign office was advised that
the Fridland's manifest was fraudu
lent, it being alleged that rubber was
listed in it as gum. The cargoes of
all three ships have been held for a
prize court.
Why Trial Delayed.
. The foreign office says the delay in
bringing the cases to trial was at the
request of the owners for time to com
plete their evidence. The British gov
ernment, it was added, offered to sell
the cargoes at auction but the owners
refused. '
It was stated also that the govern
ment offered to release the cargoes if
the owners would provide , . surety
bonds equivalent to the total invoice
ngares -to secure ine gBTfrnmeni
should it win a decision in the prize
court.
The owners, according to the foreign
office, say that bacon and other arti
cles in the cargoes are perishable and
hold that the British government
should pay the invoice price for them,
as it. has done for copper, since the car
goes were at. sea before Great Britain
declared foodstuffs consigned "to or
der" contraband.
"Packers' representatives insist their
trade with Denmark has been large at
all times and maintain that the British
government , is wrong in assuming that
foodstuffs destined fo"r neutral Euro
pean countries are intended for Ger
many. EXPRESS COMPANIES
T HAUL
Delivered To Them By Vir
ginia Firms For N. Carolina
Virginia Supreme Court Hands Down
Decision That Whiskey for Per
sonal Use Does' Not Come
Under N. C. Law.
Richmond, Ya., Jan. 12. Under an
opinion handed down by the state su
preme court of appeals today, common
carriers will be compelled to transport
into' North Carolina liquors which are
intended only for personal consump
tion. The case came lip from the corpora
tion court of Bristol, Va., which up-
l held the Southern Express Company in
its refusal to transport packages con
taining liquors from Bristol into cer
tain cities of North Carolina. Suit was
entered by the appellant, a Brstol
liquor distributing company, against
the express company to compel the lat
ter to receive and transport liquors.
Two errors, were assigned by the su
preme court. It was alleged that the
trial court erred in holding the Webb
Kenyon law to be constitutional, and
if that law be valid, it was further
alleged, the court erred in holding the
statute of North Carolina prohibiting
the importation of liquors to be within
the purview of the Webb-Kenyon law,
and if the court did err in this respect,
then it was alleged that the North
Carolina State law was in violation of
the Webb-Kenyon law.
The supreme court did not touch up
on the constitutionality of the Webb
Kenyon law, but pointed out that the
Supreme Court of North Carolina had
held that the law of that State applied
only to liquor intended for sale, and
was not directed against liquor intend
ed for personal use. It was held,
therefore, that it Is not a violation of
the law of North . Carolina for a com
mon carrier to receive for transporta
tion liquor meant, only- for personal
use, and the decision of the lower court
was reversed. .
Chicago Jan, 12. A half dozen law
yers met Representatives of organized
baseball here today fn a conference to
pl&n a line of defense in the anti
trust suit' brought by the Federal Lea
gue which will come up for a hearing
before Federal Judge Landls, January
20. A further conference will be held
tomorrow:',
CONSIGNED "TO ORDER
MU
WHISKEY
MITCHELL PEAK PARK
Would Be Created by Bill Introduced
Acts Consolidating Railroads
and Forming A. C. L. System to
be Amended by Allen Bill
(Special Star Telegram)
Raleigh, N. C, Jan, 12. The Senate
and House of the General Assembly
in joint sesion.at noon today officially
canvassed the election returns of the
United States senator and one State
officer, corporation commissioner, voted
for in the November election, and for-
"mally declared Senator Lee S. Over
man elected United States senator and
Hon. Edward L. Travis corporation
commissioner. The joint session lasted
for just 55. minutes.
In the House session two bills for
homes of refuge for women were of
fered, one by Representative Pegram,
of Durham carrying $15,000 appropria
tion for buildings and $5,000 for main
tenance and the other by Hutchinson,
of Mecklenburg, which is a duplicate
of the McRae bill in the Senate carry
ing $25,000 for buildings and $5,000
annual maintenance. The bills are at
the request of Kings Daughters or
ganizations at Durham and -Charlotte.
Representative Allen, of Wayne, in
troduced a bill amending the acts of
the Legislature authorizing the con
solidation of the Wilmington & Weldon
railroad with other, roads in forming
the Atlantic Coast Line, the amend
ment being to make sure that the At
lantic Coast Line shall be liable to
suit in the State: courts a.s a domes
ticated corporation and not be entitled
to plead as a non-resident corpora
tion. " There were introduced by Senator
Weaver in the Senate and by Represen
tative Deytori in the House duplicate
bills for creating a Mitchells Peak park
commission, to purchase for the State
the summit ' of Mount Mitchell as a
public park' for the people of the State
and appropriating $20,000 as' the max
imum amount to be pai v tor some
.thitig lUteU&O-O acres to, be deeded to
the State! "The ' fottrTSTtmae3 tha&i
five practical business men shall com
pose the commission to be appointed
by the Governor.
The House Proceedings.
The House was convened at 11 o'clock
by Speaker Wooten. Additional stand
ing committees were announced with
chairmen as follows:
Judiciary No. 1, Dunning, chairman;
Judiciary No. 2, Allen, chairman; Game,
Freeman, of Richmond, chairman; Im
migration, Wilson, chairman; Internal
Improvements, Long, of Halifax, chair
man; Institutions for Blind, Wall, chair
man; Institutions for Deaf and Dumb,
Mewborn, chairman; Insane Asylums,
Kent, chairman: Fish and Fisheries,
Laughinghouse, chairman.
New Bills Introduced.
New bills were introduced as follows:
Laughinghouse and Galloway Re
quire railroad companies to keep
coaches and waiting rooms clean.
Deaton -Create a State park on the
summit of Mount Mitchell by the pur
chase or condemnation or 500 acres of
the lands.
Hoover Amend the laws of 1915 rel
ative to property held by pensioners.
Winstead Amend the law of 1913
relative to killing squirrels in Pasquo
tank county.
Kent Amend the law of 1909, Chap
ter 807, relative to the payment of re
wards for distillers.
Somers Amend chapter 596, laws of
1911, and 305, laws of 1909, relative
to working roads in Caswell county.
Macon Create a highway commis
sion for Warren county.
Brummitt Put sheriff and clerk of
the court, in Granville county, on sala
ries. Nettles Repeal sections 2956 of the
Revisal of 1905 relating to markets in
Buncombe county.
Laughinghouse and Galloway In
crease the pay of jurors in Pitt county
from $2 to $2.50 per day.
Williams Regulate the disposition
of property by will.
Kent Amend chapter 77, laws of
1907. relating tov the sale of medicines.
Allred Repeal Section 1, chapter 181,
private laws of Johnston county. Two
bills enlarging the school districts in
Johnston county. Abolish , the office
of county treasurer in Johnston county.
Hutchinson Establish a House of
Refuge for Fallen Women.
Seawell Amend chapter 586, laws
of 1911, providing superintendents in
stead of engineers for roads.
Mauney Make A. B. Peele, of Gas
ton county, a justice of the peace.
Pegram Establish a reformatory for
fallen women.; The bill is from the'
King's Daughters of Durham and pro
vides an appropriation of $15,000 for
buildings and $5,000 annually forhaln
tenance, other features being similar
to the bill offered by Senator McRae,
in the Senate. for the King's Daughters
of Charlotte.
Allen, of Wayne Repeal Chapter 105
laws of 1899, and Chapter 284, laws of
1893, authorizing the consolidation of
the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
with other roads, the amendment be
ing designed -to make the Atlantic
Coast Line in this State . subject to
suits in North Carolina instead of set
ting up the plea of being a non-resident
corporation.
Stacy Relating to the recording of
real estate and to the collection of
back taxes. .
Seawell Authorize , the Lee county
highway commission to borrow money.
Dunning (by- request) Divide the
State into two judicial circuits instead
of one as at present.
Winborne Create justices , of the
peace in Hertford county.
Coughenhour Provide justices of
the peace in Rowan county.
Doughton Resolution for a" joint ses-
tCoLtinuad 'on P&ara TwoJ"
COAST ARTILLERY BILL
Secretary and His Aides Explain Differ
ent Features of, Measures to the
Committee Too Many Offi
cers Provided FOr.
Washington, Jan. 12. War Depart
ment, bills to strengthen the army and
create a reserve were taken up today
by the Senate military .committee with
Secretary Garrison and aides present
to explain various . projects! Members
of the committee indicated by their
questions their general approval of the
measures.
Senator Dupont. however, objected
to the bill for the addition of 1,000. offi
cers to the mobile army, cpntending it
would result in a disproportion of colo
nels and lieutenant colonels. - Secre
tary Garrison said the bills, had been
prepared in the War College and that
the reasons for the apportionment se
lected would be furnished the commit
tee. . The Secretary urged, enactment of
the bill providing for the officers re
serve corps.
In time of war, he said, .the' depart
ment will be faced with the problem
of providing officers for. a force of
350,000 men and it now had no list of
graduates of military schools or other
civilians competent to take these po
sitions. ... , .
1 The Coast Artillery Bill.
Secretary Garrison . said enactment
of the coast artillery bill would bring
that arm of the service up to 50 per
cent of the strength it would have in
war. He said he considered this an
urgent matter.
General Weaver, chief of the coast
artillery, told , the committee that the
United States . had . expended $175,000,
000 on coast defenses since ' 1888 and
that in a material way; they were the
"best in the -world." . He submitted sta
tistics to show that -mtiveJaiMU -arud offi
cers were needed. v
Senator Dupont asked Secretary Gar
rison what might be done; to place the
uniform of the,, United States army in
greater respect among citizens. Mr.
Garrison said that must come through
a change in popular sentiment.
"I think the; people- for the, first time
are beginning seriouslyto consider this
question of common defense," Mr. Gar
rison added, "and I hope there will
grow out of. that greater- respect for
the army." .
Assistant- Secretary ' Breckenridge,
General MacCain, adjutant general, and
General Alesljire, quartermaster gen
eral, participated in the discussion.
TERRE HAUTE LEADERS
TO FIGHT INDICTMENT
Twenty-Six File Demurrers
Eighty Plead Guilty.
Mayor of the City and Hi Aides Will
Make Fight Those of the Ranks
Arrested Plead Guilty Xo
Immunity.
Indianapolis, Jan.. 12. Eighty of the
114 men arrested recently on Federal
indictments charging conspiracy to
corrupt the election of November 3rd,
last, in Terre Haute, Ind., pleaded
guilty in district court here today.
Eight pleaded not guilty, and demur
rers were filed for the . remaining 26,
including Mayor Don M. Roberts, Cir
cuit Judge, Eli H. Redman, City Judge
Thomas Smith, Sheriff Dennie Shea and
Other Terre Haute officials. Argument
on the demurrers was set for January
20th. .
With few exceptions those charged
with leadership in the alleged conspir
acy chose to fight conviction.- Repre
sentative A. O. Stanley, of Henderson,
Ky., has been employed by the defend
ants as chief counsel. In addition to
Rober.ts, Redman, Smith and Shea,
those : for whom demurrers were filed
included:
George Ehrenhardt, member board of
public works; John Masselink, former
state representative and inspector of
seals and measures; Harry Montgom
ery, president board of works, and El
mer E. Talbott, city comptroller.
' The eight who pleaded not guilty are:
Harry Barker, Thomas Brady, William
Crockett, Edward Driscoll, city em
ployes; Bert . Hill, Charles S. Miller,
John : Stingley and Maurice Walsh.
Eight of. the 80 who pleaded guilty
were employes or .former employes of
the Terre Haute city administration
and included J.' Edward Holler, within
the last-week deposed-chief of police;
John F. Nugent, former night chief of
police; Enno Harms, custodian city
hall, and two policemen , and ' two city
hall employes. The others were bar
tenders, alleged : gamblers and persons
without an occupation.
All the defendants were allowed to
return to their homes.
Those . who admitted their guilt did.
so without being- promised immunity.
They ;are expected :to testify for- the
government 'in the cases to-be tried.
For a Second Time in Twelve Months Woman Suffrage is Re
jected by Congress Purple and Yellow Cause Over
whelmed by Followers of the fted Rose Humor
of Congressman Brings Hisses of Galleries.
Washington, Jan, 12. The House to
night by a" vote of 204 to 174 refused
to submit to the states an amendment
to the Federal Constitution to en
franchise women. A two-thirds ma
jority would have been necessary for
the adoption of the resolution sub
mitting the amendment.
Hundreds of women who sat in the
crowded galleries throughout the eight
hours of debate greeted the announce
ment of the result with varied ex
pressions of approval or disapproval.
Dejection mingled with enthusiasm as
the purple and yellow sashes of the
suffragists arid the red rose bedecked
anti-suffragists filed out into the House
corridors, wearied with the long strain
of oratory.
- It was the second defeat suffered by
the suffrage cause in Congress within
a year. Oa March 19th last, an equal
suffrage constitutional amendment re
ceived a vote of 35 to 34 in the Sen
ate, obtaining a bare majority, but not
the necessary two-thirds.
- Suffragist leaders, undismayed by the
results of tonight's vote declared that
the fight was by no means over. Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw and other promin
ent suffragists who sat with her in the
gallery through the debate, predicted
a more favorable result when Congress
again is called on to vote on the ques
tion.
Anti-suffragists were well satisfied.
"The result was what we expected",
said Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, president
of the "National Association opposed
to. Woman Suffrage. "It means that
the suffrage movement, fostered by
hysterical women, is on the wane".
Vigorous Debate
A" large attendance on the floor, and
galleries filled to overflowing, listened
to the debate oh the' resolution which
at times-was vigorous and almost bit
ter.. Half a dozen times Speaker Clark
was f orced . to interrupt Speakers to
restore order. Several times he threat
ened - to clear the galleries unless the
disturbance subsided.
The turmoil culminated . in a storm
of hissing that greeted a speech by
Representative Bowdle of Ohio, oppos
ing the amendment. He had remarked
that the "women of Washington are
beautiful but they have no interest in
affairs of state", when hisses Inter
rupted him.
Speaker Clark after quiet had been
restored made a final threat to clear
the galleries unless order was pre
served. Opponents of the measure based their
opposition largely on the argument
that for the Federal government to
prescribe qualifications for suffrage
would be an unwarranted invasion of
the right of individual states to con
trol their elections; and upon the con
tention that there was no adequate
"public demand" for the amendment.
Advocates of the amendment contend
that the widespread demand for wo
man suffrage, its success in the states
where it has been tried, and the prin
ciple of "allowing the people to rule",
Justified submission of the proposal to
the states for ratification.
Majority Leader Uncerwood, opposed
the amendment and Monority Leader
Mann, announcing his willingness to
"trust the -affairs of the nation to
the management of its women" sup
ported it. Representative Underwood
contended that the states should control-
the right of franchise, and Re
presentative Mann replied that the
whole trend of civilization was to
ward a more liberal distribution of
the ballot. ,
Preceding the general debate there
was debate of an hour and a half on
the rule to opnsider the resolution
which was adopted by a rising vote of
209 to 312.
Webb Opened Debate.
Debate on the amendment began at
1 o'clock to the cheers of supporters
of- both sides, packed in opposite .gal
leries, and it proved- fully as spectacu
lar as that which attended the vote on
the prohibition amendment some time
ago.
Representative Webb, of North. Caro
lina, leading off in opposition to the
amendment, said he believed that if . the
question were voted, on by the women
of the country more than 80 per cent
would vote against suffrage, and that
90 per cent of the good mothers of the
country were opposed to it.
Mr. Webb charged that woman suf
frage was more or less a fad.
."These agitating women suffragists
want somethirig to agitate about and
if they should find nothing to agitate
! .1 . . 1- , . 1 .1 -Ua ri;annnAtfal ' Via
said. "If they can get it they don't
want It; if they cannot get it they'll
carry oil agitation for it. I, for one,"
he concluded, "shall Vote against this
amendment to protect womankind
against Itself."
Representatives Taylor, of Colorado,
and Mondell, co-author of the resolu
tion, advocated the amendment.
"The stupid and threadbare argument
that the exercise of the elective fran
chise will ha.ve an unfavorable effect
upon the character of women, expose
them to undesirable contact, destroy
the finer fibre of the sex, and put in
jeopardy their natural charm has been
utterly refuted by the experience of
every state and nation which has en
franchised its women," said 'Mr. Mon
dell. Hardy, of Texas, Says "Xo."
. Representatives McDonald, of Michi
gan; Brown, of New York, and Ste
vens, of New Hampshire, spoke for the
resolution, and Representative Hardy,
of Texas, made a vigorous . speech
against it.
The amendment was supported by
Representatives Stevens and Bell, who
declared California's experience- had
shown woman suffrage to be a success.
Representative Clark, of Florida, as.
serted he was constitutionally opposed
to woman, suffrage.
Representative Murdock, of Kansas,
speaking for the resolution, said:
"I am against the American woman
dragging her skirts through the mire
of partisan politics and for that reason.
I favor woman suffrage as a means of
cleaning the- mire of party politics. I
believe it is the beginning of the end
of the opposition to woman suffrage."
Representatives Hulihgs, of Penn
sylvania, and Lindbergh, of Minneso
ta, favored .the resolution, and Repre
sentative Sumners, of Texas, opposed
it.
Representative Abercrombie declared
for woman suffrage but only by action
of the states. He said he would vot
against the amendment, but he had no
doubt -that the women of the country
ultimately would be given the ballot."
Representatives Bartlett, of Georgia,
and Sisson, of Mississippi, opposed the
resolution. Mr. Bartlett declared state
sovereignty must prevail and that he
would not forget his .duty to his coun
try. ,
Representative Sisson contended tire
right of suffrage was conveyed by the
state's and he had an "abiding convic
tion, that if this Republic and this Fed
eral system are preserved, we must
leave to the people of the states the
right to determine who shall and who
shall not vote."
Representatives Madden, Illinois;
Towner, Iowa; Barnhardt, Indiana, and
Raker, California, supported the reso
lution. Protect State's Rights.
The sacred reserved rights of the in
dividual states were cited by Represen
tative Henry as a bar to adoption of
the amendment.
"Let us not be carried away by sen
timent or political expediency," he said.
"If we lay our hands upon the sacred
rights of the states to control the right
of franchise within their own borders,
we threaten the permanency of our
American institutions. 1 suspect this
question has been brought here because
-the supporters of this propaganda have
failed to secure their demands in the
various states. I am ot willing that
Colorado, and California should say to
Texas how she shall deal with her own
domestic concerns. The next thing
will be a proposal that no state shall
have a law for 'Jim Crow' cars or sep
arate churches or separate schools for
the races. 'We are going too far."
Representative Hughes, of Georgia,
declared that should the proposed
amendment be ratified a serious situa
tion would result in the South.
"If ,the good white women of my
state desire the ballot," he said, "they
will have my vote, but in any event
the states should settle this question
themselves."
Bovrdle Draws Hisses.
Representative Bowdle, of Ohio, dis
cussed the suffrage question in facet
ious vein and concluded with a scien
tific discussion of the nature of woman,
which, he said, totally disqualified her
as a voter and office-holder. His hu
morous allusions caused a stir among
the suffragist spectators an dat one
point he was interrupted by hisses.
Speaker Clark stilled the uproar and
warned , the galleries that a recurrence
of the incident would result in eviction
of spectators from the gallery.
Representative Bowdle said a person
al investigation showed that Washing
ton women buy one .newspaper to 33
bought by men.
-"Women generally," he continued,
"aire not interested in politics. I do
not like to think of the day when
papa's purse will be called upon to con
tribute to two opposing political wig
wams. One is a plenty.
"Yes, Mr. Speaker, the women of this
smart capital are beautiful indeed,
their beauty is positively disturbing to
business. Their feet are beautiful,
their ankles are beautiful, but here I
must pause; they are not interested in
affairs of state."
This statement brought a storm of
hisses from the gallery.
Speaker Clark poinded for order and
Representative Bowdle, turning to hi
critics . continued: "This is the last
chance of the institution known In the
United States as 4the 'Old Man to save
his pants."
Organization of women into suffrage
societies. Representative Bowdle said,
was the most dangerous and "undemo
cratic movement'of recent years.
"I would suggest to the patriotic la
dies," he said, "that instead of de
nouncing the distinguished representa
tive from New York, Mr. Levy, be
cause of the condition of the back
gates of Monticello, they resolve on an
investigation of this race suicide ques
tion; that they give some attention to
the feminine clothing question and the
millinefy question.
"These ladies also should examine in-'
to the menace to our nation found in
the fact that within ten years a multi
tude of American women with great
fortunes gathered , by American men
have , laid them at the feet of foreign
lords and dukes, while American work-(
men stand by and see their strength
and genius go abroad, to add to the
ease of foreign parasites.
More Marriage Needed.
"The need of this country is more
marriage. America needs a new bap
tism of the old time masculinity. We
need the old type of feminine women."
The effect of woman suffrage, Mr.
Bowdle said, would be that women
would vote with their husbands. "Even
those receiving alimony," he said, "will
rally around the pay check."
Representative Decker, of Missouri,
replied to Representative Bowdle. He
declared the "government, co-opration
of women was a great governmental
blessing," and derided the idea that,
woman's lack of ability for military
service disqualified her as a voter.
Representative Fess, of Ohio, declar
ed that "government of the people, by
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