WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Mr. COMSTOCK moved to postpone the further consideration of the women's suffrage bill [S. 186], and proceed with the consideration of the civil code bill [S. 271].
Mr. OWENS hoped this motion would not prevail as several Committees have postponed a contemplated visit to State Institutions in order to be present to-day when a vote was expected on the woman's suffrage bill.
Mr. CHAPMAN, not particularly desiring to postpone the vote, would prefer the consideration of this bill should be set aside for a time, as he desired to heard on the question, and was not fully prepared to speak, though would do so to-day if the bill was pressed. There seems to be a wonderful degree of zeal on the part of some gallant Senators to push this bill forward just at this time. It involves a grave constitutional question which, it is altogether probable, some of them have not looked into, and if there be a conscientious question in it, it would be well for them to consider it. This question, if meritorious, will not suffer by delay.
The motion to postpone was agreed to by yeas, 28; nays, 21--as follows:
Yeas--Messr. Benz, Bell, Bischowsky, Briscoe, Chapman, Coffey, Compton, Comstock, Davidson, Davis, Garrigus, Hart, Heffron, Henry, Howard, Kramer, Langdon, Leeper, Lockridge, McCartney, Majors, Menzies, Ristine, Shaffer, Urmston, Viehe, Woods and Woollen--28.
Nays--Messrs. Bundy, Foster, Graham, Grubbs, Hostetter, Hutchinson, Kahlo, Keiser, Marvin, Owne, Poindexter, Rahm, Sayre, Smith, Spann, Traylor, Van Vorhis, Voyles, White, Wilson and Yancey--21.
So the motion to postpone was agreed to.
Subsequently, on motion by Mr. Spann, the woman's suffrage bill [S. 186] was made a special order for Friday week at 10 o'clock a. m.
