NAWSA Gen. Corresp. West Virginia Suffrage Assocs. Memo for Miss Briggs Have we had the list from Parkersburg, West Virginia? Mrs. Milton McNeilan, 816 Julian St., Parkersburg writes: "I realize more and more the value of the Journal in doing suffrage work. In intend to put it in the hands of as many new readers as possible. The work in Parkersburg is growing rapidly. We have about 150 members in the organization, formed in October, and about 70 members in a department of our Woman's Club, which stands for equal suffrage, and has just begun its first season's work. [*JAN2 1914*] [*no*] The Morgantown Political Equality Club PRESIDENT, MRS. GEO. C. STURGISS 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. W. E. PRICE 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. ELLIS A. YOST SECRETARY, MISS ELEANOR MORELAND TREASURER, MRS. O. M. JACO [*61/100*] MORGANTOWN, W. VA. October 18, 1913 [*OCT 20 1913*] [M 10/20/3 10 copies Alice Park leaflet, "Watch Her Grow" 10 Oct. 18, Oct. 11, Sept. 20*] The Woman's Journal, 585 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. Dear Madam: --Kindly send me the most up-to-the-minute information you have about the laws obtained and character of the good done since women gained the ballot in California and in the western coast states particularly. [*copy 10/20/13 S.E.H.*] I have just returned from California after a four months' visit, and a more wide-awake, progressive, home-loving and child-loving set of women could not be found anywhere in all this world. Many social affairs, formal and informal, were given in my honor, and I heard many of the burning public questions discussed, plans made for stamping out certain abuses and instating desirable substitutes for these evil conditions, and the betterment of home and school conditions is always a topic of vital interest to these women who have the actual power of doing things, but in all that four months' I was told no bit of gossip, heard no scandal and no back-biting. No, it is not that California women are sprouting wings, it is simply because they are busy! Busy about things that do count. The ballot has made a difference in women and that very difference that it has brought in their characters has moved the fathers, husbands, brothers and sweethearts to offer them a certain consideration and chivalrous treatment not heretofore enjoyed when she stood defenseless before the law. Send the above literature, and anything else you think will interest the women of our state. We hold our state convention next week The Morgantown Political Equality Club PRESIDENT, MRS. GEO. C. STURGISS 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. W. E. PRICE 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT, MRS. ELLIS A. YOST SECRETARY, MISS ELEANOR MORELAND TREASURER, MRS. O. M. JACO [*61/100*] MORGANTOWN, W. VA. in Wheeling, October 24th and 25th. Kindly let me have this material at once. I am enclosing a one dollar bill to cover cost. Yours very truly, (Mrs. George C.) Charlotte Cecilia Sturgiss things they did to win can never be told. The men who gave up the work of their important offices and worked by day and by night at the Capital are as follows: (You cannot be generous enough in your praise of them) Secretary of State, Houston G. Young; Charleston; Elliott Northcott, former Minister to Venezuela, Glenwood; Grant P. Hall, Mayor of Charleston; Boyd Jarrell , editor Herald-Dispatch, Huntington; Jesse Sullivan, a newspaper correspondent, who for years has been close to politics in West Virginia and whose confidential services were invaluable, Henry T. McDonald President Storer College D. Blain Shaw, Charleston E. G. Rohrbough Pres. Glenville State Normal School Roy B. Naylor Former Secretary State Board of Trade Miss Florence Hoge, Wheeling James S. Lakin Member State Board of Control J. Slidell Brown Editor Randolph Enterprise J. F. Marsh Secretary State Board of Regents C. W. Campbell Mayor of Huntington Mrs. Charles Manley, Fairmont Walter Barnes Department of English Fairmont State Normal School J. S. Darst State Auditor W. E. Chilton Former United States Senator B. H. Oxley State Librarian Mrs. Allie B. Haymond, Fairmont Howard M. Gore, Clarksburg President State Live Stock Asso. James L. Pauley Secretary-Treasurer State Federation of Labor F. F. Farnsworth P. A. Surgeon, Public Health Service J. A. Viquesney Former Game and Fish Warden Mrs. Ethel Carl McBee, Morgantown Henry S. Green Former State Librarian Thomas C. Miller President Shepherd College State Normal School A. L. Lehman, Fairmont Former City Commissioner C. Burgess Taylor The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Miss Martha Brock, Morgantown F. N. Sycafoose Member State Board of Regents Tracy L. Jeffords, Harper's Ferry Attorney and Counselor L. L. Friend State Supervisor of High Schools Samuel B. Montgomery State Commissioner of Labor Miss Kate Oglebay, Wheeling Joseph Rosier President Fairmont State Normal School H. C. Ogden Editor Wheeling News Wheeling Intelligencer Stephen G. Jackson, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law S. K. Arbuthnot, Buckhannon Secretary W. Va. Conference Claimants' Permanent Fund Mrs. Margaret Marvin, Wheeling State Commander Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees Luther C. Anderson, Welch Attorney-at-law George E. Hubbs Supervisor of Examinations Department of Free Schools Joseph W. Stayman President Keyser Preparatory School C. C. Rossey President Concord State Normal School Mrs. T. C. Atkeson Wife of Master W. Va. State Grange James D. Parriott, Moundsville Prosecuting Attorney George I. Neal, Huntington Attorney-at-law B. C. Eakle, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law William B. Mathews Clerk Supreme Court Mrs. Sadie Chapman, Huntington State President Woman's Relief Ass'n Tom B. Foulk, Wheeling Attorney-at-law R. P. Sims Principal Bluefield Colored Institute John C. Shaw Former President West Liberty Normal School S. P. Smith, Charleston City Tax Collector Mrs. James McCoach, Sistersville Abraham Fienstein, Huntington Rabbi James Damron Judge 22d Judicial Circuit S. G. Pyle Cashier Tyler County Bank Homer S. Woods Judge 3d Judicial Circuit Mrs. George DeBolt, Fairmont Former President State Federation of Women's Clubs Fred E. Thompson Editor Belington Progressive Louis A. Mischkind, Wheeling Rabbi Howard L. Swisher, Morgantown Real Estate and Insurance C. W. Watson Former United States Senator Mrs. L. H. Cammack, Huntington President Woman's Club Fred O. Blue Former State Tax Commissioner John Lee Coulter Dean and Director College Agriculture West Virginia University Ellis A. Yost, Morgantown Attorney-at-law P. D. Harris Judge 2d Judicial Court Miss Virginia Foulk, Huntington Educator Jno. A. Grose Editor Braxton Democrat E. E. Hood, Keyser Editor The Mountain Echo Mrs. James Moreland, Morgantown B. W. Craddock, Glenville Prosecuting Attorney J. H. Stewart Commissioner of Agriculture Mrs. Olive C. Barnes, Fairmont State President Woman's Christian Temperance Union Arch J. Welton, Petersburg Editor Grant County News E. L. Taylor, Barrickville Vice-President State Federation of Labor James A. Hughes, Huntington Former United States Congressman James H. Miller Judge 9th Judicial Circuit Mrs. John B. Garden, Wheeling Vice-President State Federation Women's Clubs Enoch Howard Vickers, A.M. Department Economics, Sociology and Commerce, W. Va. University J. N. Deahl Head Department of Education W. Va. University W. C. Clark Editor The Ravenswood News C. S. Musser, Shepherdstown Editor The Independent Mrs. Woodson T. Wills, Charleston State President Federation of Women's Clubs Stuart H. Bowman, Huntington President Bowman Realty Company J. S. McWhorter, Lewisburg Attorney-at-law M. P. Shawkey, Charleston State Superintendent of Free Schools S. S. Buzzard, Berkeley Springs Editor The Morgan Messenger Rachel H. Colwell Associate Professor Department Home Economics, W. Va. University G. D. Smith, D.D., Buckhannon Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church Edgar A. Lowther, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Methodist Church W. C. Grimes, Keyser Attorney-at-law Summers H. Sharp, Marlinton Judge 20th Judicial Circuit Minnie K. Lowther, Buckhannon Editor Upshur Record Clarence E. Allen, Wheeling Pastor 4th Street First Methodist Church R. F. Forth, Hurricane The Big Hurricane Development Co. Mr. O. J. Rife, Kenova Supervisor Ceredo District Public Schools Calvin W. Price, Marlinton Editor Pocahontas Times Beulah Boyd Ritchie, Fairmont J. W. White, Webster Springs Editor Webster Republican L. V. Reed, Terra Alta Editor Preston Republican Albert B. White, Parkersburg Ex-Govnernor Nat T. Frame Director Agricultural Extension W. Va. University Mrs. Porter Maxwell, Lost Creek T. J. McGinnis, Beckley Judge Criminal Court T. C. Johnson, D.D. Pastor Emeritus Charleston Baptist Church Henry K. Black, Charleston Judge Intermediate Court of Kanawha County Boyd Jarrell, Huntington Editor Herald-Dispatch Irene B. Bullard, M.D., Charleston Alexander Reid Whitehill, Ph.D. Professor Chemistry, W. Va. University Hon. G. W. Atkinson, Charleston Ex-Governor O. Dale King, D.D., Williamstown District Superintendent Methodist Episcopal Church E. B. Turner, Clarksburg Pastor First Presbyterian Church May Rose Editor Piedmont Herald T. T. McDougal, Ceredo Editor The Advance—The Reporter Edward A. Krapp, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Presbyterian Church Alan H. Robinson, Wheeling Judge Criminal Court for Ohio County Frederick F. Briggs Pastor Morgantown Baptist Church M. Anna Hall, Wheeling O. S. McKinney, Fairmont Editor E. LeRoy Dakin, Charleston Chairman the Northern Baptist Convention Young People's Committee A. A. Pickering Pres. Rowlesburg Grocery Company S. Scollay Moore, Parkersburg Pastor Trinity Church Dr. Harriet B. Jones, Glendale Pres. W. Va. Anti-Tuberculosis League R. Chaffey, Elkins Former Treasurer Ratification Prohibition Federation James R. Moreland, Morgantown Attorney-at-law L. W. Burns Superintendent Grafton Public Schools Maj. C. R. Morgan Former Superintendent W. Va. Anti-Saloon League Mrs. William G. Brown, Kingwood Herbert Fitzpatrick, Huntington Attorney-at-law M. L. Wood, Huntington Pastor 5th Avenue Baptist Church Charleston, W. VA March 11, 1920 Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt 171 Madison Ave,. New York City Before we leave Charleston, Mrs. Yost and I want to write you just a word to tell you that it is the most infinite satisfaction of our lives to thus be able to bring to you as a precious gift, the ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment by the West Virginia Legislature. If you had been here, and could have felt the working of the forces arrayed against us, I think you would have been able to tell us that we were doing as well as we could all the time. We tried to do our best, and in thus helping to assure to the women off the whole country the enjoyment and exercise of what should always have been conceded to be their inalienable right, we have satisfaction enough to repay us for any effort, any expense, and any sacrifice. It is very sweet to the taste to thus snatch victory from the very verge of defeat. We could never have done it without the most wonderful help and co-operation of the men here who believed in our cause. We can never forget them, and can never sufficiently show our appreciation for all they have done for us since we began the fight. The members of our advisory board, members of the National Committees of both political parties, our own fine Governor, and many others have given us their assistance, and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts. We have also felt that the entire Board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association were standing right behind us and were helping at every step of the way. We send our thanks to every one of you. With heart felt rejoicing and thankfulness, we beg to report to you, our beloved leader, that we have done to the best of our ability the work assigned to us by you. Very truly, Julia W Ruhl [? ?] Yost Henry T. McDonald President Storer College D. Blain Shaw, Charleston E.G. Rohrbough Pres. Glenville State Normal School Roy B. Naylor Former Secretary State Board of Trade Miss Florence Hoge, Wheeling James S. Lakin Member State Board of Control J. Slidell Brown Editor Randolph Enterprise J. F. Marsh Secretary State Board of Regents C. W. Campbell Mayor of Huntington Mrs. Charles Manley, Fairmont Walter Barnes Department of English Fairmont State Normal School J. S. Darst State Auditor W. E. Chilton Former United States Senator B. H. Oxley State Librarian Mrs. Allie B. Haymond, Fairmont Howard M. Gore, Clarksburg President State Live Stock Asso. James L. Pauley Secretary- Treasurer State Federation of Labor F. F. Farnsworth P. A. Surgeon, Public Health Service J. A. Viquesney Former Game and Fish Warden Mrs. Ethel Carl McBee, Morgantown Henry S. Green Former State Librarian Thomas C. Miller President Shepherd College State Normal School A. L. Lehman, Fairmont Former City Commissioner C. Burgess Taylor The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Miss Martha Brock, Morgantown F. N. Sycafoose Member State Board of Regents Tracy L. Jeffords, Harper's Ferry Attorney and Counselor L. L. Friend State Supervisor of High Schools Samuel B. Montgomery State Commissioner of Labor Miss Kate Oglebay, Wheeling Joseph Rosier President Fairmont State Normal School H. C. Ogden Editor Wheeling News Wheeling Intelligencer Stephen G. Jackson, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law S. K. Arbuthnot, Buckhannon Secretary W. Va. Conference Claimants' Permanent Fund Mrs. Margaret Marvin, Wheeling State Commander Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees Luther C. Anderson, Welch Attorney-at-law George E. Hubbs Supervisor of Examinations Department of Free Schools Joseph W. Stayman President Keyser Preparatory School C. C. Rossey President Concord State Normal School Mrs. T. C. Atkeson Wife of Master W. Va. State Grange James D. Parriott, Moundsville Prosecuting Attorney George I. Neal, Huntington Attorney-at-Law B. C. Eakle, Clarksburg Attorney-at-Law William B. Mathews Clerk Supreme Court Mrs. Sadie Chapman, Huntington State President Woman's Relief Ass'n Tom B. Foulk, Wheeling Attorney-at-Law R. P. Sims Principal Bluefield Colored Institute John C. Shaw Former President West Liberty Normal School S. P. Smith, Charleston City Tax Collector Mrs. James McCoach, Sistersville Abraham Fienstein, Huntington Rabbi James Damron Judge 22d Judicial Circuit S. G. Pyle Cashier Tyler County Bank Homer S. Woods Judge 3d Judicial Circuit Mrs. George DeBolt, Fairmont Former President State Federation of Women's Clubs Fred E. Thompson Editor Belington Progressive Louis A. Mischkind, Wheeling Rabbi Howard L. Swisher, Morgantown Real Estate and Insurance C. W. Watson Former United States Senator Mrs. L. H. Cammack, Huntington President Woman's Club Fred O. Blue Former State Tax Commissioner John Lee Coulter Dean and Director College Agriculture West Virginia University Ellis A. Yost, Morgantown Attorney-at-Law P. D. Harris Judge 2d Judicial Court Miss Virginia Foulk, Huntington Educator Jno. A. Grose Editor Braxton Democrat E. E. Hood, Keyser Editor The Mountain Echo Mrs. James Moreland, Morgantown B. W. Craddock, Glenville Prosecuting Attorney J. H. Stewart Commissioner of Agriculture Mrs. Olive C. Barnes, Fairmont State President Woman's Christian Temperance Union Arch J. Welton, Petersburg Editor Grant County News E. L. Taylor, Barrickville Vice-President State Federation of Labor James A. Hughes, Huntington Former United States Congressman James H. Miller Judge 9th Judicial Circuit Mrs. John B. Garden, Wheeling Vice-President State Federation Women's Clubs Enoch Howard Vickers, A.M. Department Economics, Sociology and Commerce, W. Va. University J. N. Deahl Head Department of Education W. Va. University W. C. Clark Editor The Ravenswood News C. S. Musser, Shepherdstown Editor The Independent Mrs. Woodson T. Wills, Charleston State President Federation of Women's Clubs Stuart H. Bowman, Huntington President Bowman Realty Company J. S. McWhorter, Lewisburg Attorney-at-law M. P. Shawkey, Charleston State Superintendent of Free Schools S. S. Buzzard, Berkeley Springs Editor The Morgan Messenger Rachel H. Colwell Associate Professor Department Home Economics, W. Va. University G. D. Smith, D. D., Buckhannon Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church Edgar A. Lowther, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Methodist Church W. C. Grimes, Keyser Attorney-at-law Summers H. Sharp, Marlinton Judge 20th Judicial Circuit Minnie K. Lowther, Buckhannon Editor Upshur Record Clarence E. Allen, Wheeling Pastor 4th Street First Methodist Church R. F. Forth, Hurricane The Big Hurricane Development Co. Mr. O. J. Rife, Kenova Supervisor Ceredo District Public Schools Calvin W. Price, Marlinton Editor Pocahontas Times Beulah Boyd Ritchie, Fairmont J. W. White, Webster Springs Editor Webster Republican L. V. Reed, Terra Alta Editor Preston Republican Albert B. White, Parkersburg Ex- Governor Nat T. Frame Director Agricultural Extension W. Va. University Mrs. Porter Maxwell, Lost Creek T. J. McGinnis, Beckley Judge Criminal Court T. C. Johnson, D.D. Pastor Emeritus Charleston Baptist Church Henry K. Black, Charleston Judge Intermediate Court of Kanawha County Boyd Jarrell, Huntington Editor Herald-Dispatch Irene B. Bullard, M.D., Charleston Alexander Reid Whitehill, Ph.D. Professor Chemistry, W. Va. University Hon. G. W. Atkinson, Charleston Ex-Governor O. Dale King, D.D., Williamstown District Superintendent Methodist Episcopal Church E. B. Turner, Clarksburg Pastor First Presbyterian Church May Rose Editor Piedmont Herald T. T. McDougal, Ceredo Editor The Advance_The Reporter Edward A. Krapp, D. D., Morgantown Pastor First Presbyterian Church Alan H. Robinson, Wheeling Judge Criminal Court for Ohio County Frederick F. Briggs Pastor Morgantown Baptist Church M. Anna Hall, Wheeling O. S. McKinney, Fairmont Editor E. LeRoy Dakin, Charleston Chairman the Northern Baptist Convention Young People's Committee A. A. Pickering Pres. Rowlesburg Grocery Company S. Scollay Moore, Parkersburg Pastor Trinity Church Dr. Harriet B. Jones, Glendale Pres. W. Va. Anti-Tuberculosis League R. Chaffey, Elkins Former Treasurer Ratification Prohibition Federation James R. Moreland, Morgantown Attorney-at-law L. W. Burns Superintendent Grafton Public Schools Maj. C. R. Morgan Former Superintendent W. Va. Anti-Saloon League Mrs. William G. Brown, Kingwood Herbert Fitzpatrick, Huntington Attorney-at-law M. L. Wood, Huntington Pastor 5th Avenue Baptist Church In fact, that was one of the reasons for hurrying on here at the time I did. It is true that after my return, in conference with Mr. Wheeler, it was decided to ask that one of the certificates be sent immediately, not waiting for the return of the Governor the next day for his signature, he being unavoidably absent the day the Resolution was finished. This Resolution, which was sent for early Friday morning, did not reach here until several hours after the signed one was sent and which left Charleston 24 hours afterward. From the beginning of the campaign we were in communication with the highest officials and national party committees and we had every possible influence at our command. For instance, former United States Senator W.E. Chilton, a member of our State Advisory Board, had a line to the White House. Our State political chairmen were in constant communication with their national chairmen. I came over to Washington a few days before the session opened to confer with congressional leaders. With the push of a button we were able to bring all possible pressure to bear on both congressional and senatorial committees. The latter sent a personal representative to assist us. In the parliamentary situation which developed, we had the best constitutional lawyers in the State and were in communication with several in Washington. I do not know now of anything that was left undone. The intense opposition was of course unexpected. I quote from a letter received from the State republican chairman, Mr. W.E. Baker, written three days before the Legislature convened in special session: "We are arranging for a caucus Thursday night of members of both Houses, together with a number of leading republicans. I have been telephoning, telegraphing, and writing letters to get as many there as possible. As far as I have heard, I know of no opposition. However, we must arrange this carefully and you can depend on my most earnest efforts in that direction." The attitude of the democratic chairman was much the same. The caucus we all recognized, after we were on the ground and had sensed the situation, would have been fatal. The Legislature has been polled by our organization and by persons connected with suffrage organizations in the home towns of the members, by most of our Advisory Board members and by political leaders. The result of this poll showed that we would have a majority of at least 15 in the House and 3 or 4 in the Senate. With this poll the State Chairman and all who were close to the situation and working for suffrage felt that it would be a comparatively easy thing to ratify by a much larger vote. You may not know that one of my chief endeavors was to secure from every State official, from every candidate for any office of any consequence, a committal for suffrage and this was accomplished with the exception of one State officer, the Tax Commissioner. The failure to get this one committal involves a long story and is the basis of the opposition. It was, I am sure, the intention of this man to come out for suffrage, but many things came into the situation to change him. He was fearful of the women's vote for many reasons. The MRS. JOHN L. RUHL, PRESIDENT West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Ratification Committee MRS. ELLIS A. YOST, CHAIRMAN MRS. JOHN L. RUHL MRS. J. GALE EBERT MRS. H.D. RUMMEL MISS MARY WILSON MISS MARGARET McKINNEY MRS. E.S. ROMINE State Advisory Committee JAMES MORTAN CALLAHAN Dean College of Arts and Sciences West Virginia University N.G. KEIM, Elkins Member of State Board of Regents CLYDE B. JOHNSON, Charleston Attorney-at-law HOUSTON G. YOUNG Secretary of State MRS. EDWARD W. HAZLETT, Wheelings SAMUEL V. WOODS Former President State Senate J.C. MCWHORTER Former Judge 12th Judicial Court ISRAEL BETTEN, Charleston Rabbi GEORGE A. LAUGHLIN Editor Wheeling Telegraph MRS. THOMAS PEADRO, Parkersburg L. J. FORMAN Former President State Senate ELLIOTT NORTHCOTT, Glenwood Former Minister to Venezuela WILLIAM E. GLASSCOCK Ex-Governor West Virginia N.F. KENALL, Grafton Cashier Taylor County Bank MRS. KEMBLE WHITE, Fairmont EDGAR B. STEWART State Senator, 11th District J.O. HENSON, Martinsburg Attorney-at-law GEORGE C. STURGISS Judge 23d Judicial Circuit W.M. ROGERS President State Federation of Labor MISS ELSIE MURPHY, Charles Town J.W. BEDFORD State Chairman Prohibition Party C.W. FLESHER, Gassaway Attorney-at-law WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN Judge 12th Judicial Circuit HARRY L. SNYDER Editor Shepherdstown Register MRS. E.S. JARRETT, Shepherdstown (For remainder of list see page 2 Hotel Driscoll, Washington, D.C., March 17, 1920. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, 171 Madison Ave. New York City N.Y. My dear Mrs. Catt. I am sorry indeed that you have heard so little of the inside story of the West Virginia campaign. It is not altogether my fault. Up to the time Miss Edwards arrived I sent you, with the exception of one night, long lettergrams. Unfortunately I wrote these telegrams at about midnight each night and no copies were kept. I chose this hour to give you the day's review. The messages were given to the messenger boys, who came direct to our headquarters for them. What became of them I do not know, but I could tell you how we know of at least one telegram which reached the Associated Press before it was telephoned to out headquarters. The boy who was bribed was dismissed - that is all. We have reason to believe that long distance telephones to Washington, which were carried on almost hourly for several days, were heard by the enemy, probably by special arrangement. We had no time to go into these things during the campaign, but the tactics of the opposition were frightful. You should have heard from me in much detail after the campaign, but with the knowledge of victory and the realization of how tired were my brain and body, it was but natural for me to fail to immediately tell the story. After Miss Edwards came, I commissioned her to report in detail to Miss Hay and to you, which she promised to do. Comforted in this thought, I gave my whole time to directing the battle against the enemy and to the upbuilding to the morale, which was so essential a thing after the Senate tied in its vote. As to the certification of the resolution: this had my personal attention hourly until it was received at the Department of State. HENRY T. MCDONALD President Storer College D. BLAIN SHAW, Charleston E.G. ROHRBOUGH Pres. Glenville State Normal School ROY B. NAYLOR Former Secretary State Board of Trade MISS FLORENCE HOGE, Wheeling JAMES S. LAKIN Member State Board of Control J. SLIDELL BROWN Editor Randolph Enterprise J.F. MARSH Secretary State Board of Regents C.W. CAMPBELL Mayor of Huntington MRS. CHARLES MANLEY, Fairmont WALTER BARNES, Department of English Fairmont State Normal School J.S. DARST State Auditor W.E. CHILTON Former United States Senator B.H. OXLEY State Librarian MRS. ALLIE B. HAYMOND, Fairmont HOWARD M. GORE, Clarksburg President State Live Stock Asso. JAMES L. PAULEY Secretary-Treasurer State Federation of Labor F.F. FARNSWORTH P.A. Surgeon, Public Health Service J.A. VIQUESNEY Former Game and Fish Warden MRS. ETHEL CARL MCBEE, Morgantown HENRY S. GREEN Former State Librarian THOMAS C. MILLER President Shepherd College State Normal School A.L. LEHMAN, Fairmont Former City Commissioner C. BURGESS TAYLOR The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company MISS MARTHA BROCK, Morgantown F.N. SYCAFOOSE Member State Board of Regents TRACY L. JEFFORDS, Harper's Ferry Attorney and Counselor SAMUEL B. MONTGOMERY State Commissioner of Labor MISS KATE OGLEBAY, Wheeling JOSEPH ROSIER President Fairmont State Normal School H.C. OGDEN Editor Wheeling News Wheeling Intelligencer STEPHEN G. JACKSON, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law S.K. ARBUTHNOT, Buckhannon Secretary W. Va. Conference Claimants' Permanent Fund MRS. MARGARET MARVIN, Wheeling State Commander Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees LUTHER C. ANDERSON, Welch Attorney-at-law GEORGE E. HUBBS Supervisor of Examinations Department of Free Schools JOSEPH W. STAYMAN President Keyser Preparatory School C. C. ROSSEY President Concord State Normal School MRS. T.C. ATKESON Wife of Master W. Va. State Grange JAMES D. PARRIOTT, Moundsville Prosecuting Attorney GEORGE I. NEAL, Huntington Attorney-at-law B. C. EAKLE, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law WILLIAM B. MATHEWS Clerks Supreme Court MRS. SADIE CHAPMAN, Huntington State President Woman's Relief Ass'n TOM B. FOULK, Wheeling Attorney-at-law R.P. SIMS Principal Bluefield Colored Institute JOHN C. SHAW Former President West Liberty Normal School S.P. SMITH, Charleston City Tax Collector MRS. JAMES MCCOACH, Sistersville ABRAHAM FIENSTEIN, Huntington Rabbi JAMES DAMRON Judge 22d Judicial Circuit S.G. PYLE Cashier Tyler County Bank HOMER S. WOODS Judge 3d Judicial Circuit MRS. GEORGE DEBOLT, Fairmont Former President State Federation of Women's Clubs FRED E. THOMPSON Editor Belington Progressive LOUIS A. MISCHKIND, Wheeling Rabbi HOWARD L. SWISHER, Morgantown Real Estate and Insurance C.W. WATSON Former United States Senator MRS. L.H. CAMMACK, Huntington President Woman's Club FRED O. BLUE Former State Tax Commissioner JOHN LEE COULTER Dean and Director College Agriculture West Virginia University ELLIS A. YOST, Morgantown Attorney-at-law P.D. HARRIS Judge 2d Judicial Court MISS VIRGINIA FOULK, Huntington Educator JNO. A. GROSE Editor Braxton Democrat E.E. HOOD, Keyser Editor The Mountain Echo MRS. JAMES MORELAND, Morgantown B.W. CRADDOCK, Glenville Prosecuting Attorney J.H. STEWART Commissioner of Agriculture MRS. OLIVE C. BARNES, Fairmont State President Woman's Christian Temperance Union ARCH J. WELTON, Petersburg Editor Grant County News E.L. TAYLOR, Barrickville Vice-President State Federation of Labor JAMES A. HUGHES, Huntington Former United States Congressman JAMES H. MILLER Judge 9th Judicial Circuit MRS. JOHN B. GARDEN, Wheeling Vice-President State Federation Women's Clubs ENOCH HOWARD VICKERS, A.M. Department Economics, Sociology and Commerce, W. Va. University J.N. DEAHL Head Department of Education W. Va. University W.C. CLARK Editor The Ravenswood News C.S. MUSSER, Shepherdstown Editor The Independent MRS. WOODSON T. WILLS, Charleston State President Federation of Women's Clubs STUART H. BOWMAN, Huntington President Bowman Realty Company J.S. MCWHORTER, Lewisburg Attorney-at-law M.P. SHAWKEY, Charleston State Superintendent of Free Schools S.S. BUZZARD, Berkeley Springs Editor The Morgan Messenger RACHEL H. COLWELL Associate Professor Department Home Economics, W. Va. University G.D. SMITH, D.D., Buckhannon Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church EDGAR A. LOWTHER, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Methodist Church W.C. GRIMES, Keyser Attorney-at-law SUMMERS H. SHARP, Marlinton Judge 20th Judicial Circuit MINNIE K. LOWTHER, Buckhannon Editor Upshur Record CLARENCE E. ALLEN, Wheeling Pastor 4th Street First Methodist Church R.F. Forth, Hurricane The Big Hurricane Development Co. MR. O.J. RIFE, Kenova Supervisor Ceredo District Public Schools CALVIN W. PRICE, Marlinton Editor Pocahontas Times BEULAH BOYD RITCHIE, Fairmont J.W. WHITE, Webster Springs Editor Webster Republican L.V. REED, Terra Alta Editor Preston Republican ALBERT B. WHITE, Parkersburg Ex-Governor NAT T. FRAME Director Agricultural Extension W. Va. University MRS. PORTER MAXWELL, Lost Creek T.J. MCGINNIS, Beckley Judge Criminal Court T.C. JOHNSON, D.D. Pastor Emeritus Charleston Baptist Church HENRY K. BLACK, Charleston Judge Intermediate Court of Kanawha County BOYD JARRELL, Huntington Editor Herald-Dispatch IRENE B. BULLARD, M.D., Charleston ALEXANDER REID WHITEHILL, PH.D. Professor Chemistry, W. Va. University HON. G.W. ATKINSON, Charleston Ex-Governor O. DALE KING, D.D., Williamstown District Superintendent Methodist Episcopal Church E.B. TURNER, Clarksburg Pastor First Presbyterian Church MAY ROSE Editor Piedmont Herald T.T. MCDOUGAL, Ceredo Editor The Advance - The Reporter EDWARD A. KRAPP, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Presbyterian Church ALAN H. ROBINSON, Wheeling Judge Criminal Court for Ohio County FREDERICK F. BRIGGS Pastor Morgantown Baptist Church M. ANNA HALL, Wheeling O.S. MCKINNEY, Fairmont Editor E. LEROY DAKIN, Charleston Chairman the Northern Baptist Convention Young People's Committee A.A. PICKERING Pres. Rowlesburg Grocery Company S. SCOLLAY MOORE, Parkersburg Pastor Trinity Church DR. HARRIET B. JONES, Glendale Pres. W. Va. Anti-Tuberculosis League R. CHAFFEY, Elkins Former Treasurer Ratification Prohibition Federation JAMES R. MORELAND, Morgantown Attorney-at-law L.W. BURNS Superintendent Grafton Public Schools MAJ. C.R. MORGAN Former Superintendent W. Va. Anti-Saloon League MRS. WILLIAM G. BROWN, Kingwood HERBERT FITZPATRICK, Huntington Attorney-at-law M.L. WOOD, Huntington Pastor 5th Avenue Baptist Church -2- The action of the League of Women Voters, relative to the League of Nations and Wadsworth came at a most inopportune time. To my mind it was a very unwise action for a national organization working for ratification to take at such a crucial time, proper though it may have been. The State officers who refused to come out for suffrage, a Judge, a candidate for Governor, all asked for interviews, after the action of the League, to discuss this action. The bitterness of their spirit when I had to confirm the action was fearful to see. If there had been any hesitancy as to their position up to that time there was none after. The committal letter I know was drafted to be sent to me from the Tax Commissioner, but something changed him and it was never sent. National opposition swept down on us like magic and it took advantage of the fight that was being waged for the Governorship in the republican party. Though all three candidates had given statement which were published for suffrage, the one from Grosscup was a bit ambiguous. The Tax Commissioner was Grosscup's real manager. It developed as the campaign advanced that the Grosscup forces were very largely against us, fearing, it was said, women in the primaries and fall elections. We can see that the national opposition worked effectively through their argument that 36 states could be defeated if West Virginia failed to ratify. This was the combination that would have beaten us. Practically all of Morgan's campaign management (he was also a candidate) were working for us. Montgomery, the third candidate, gave us a statement for suffrage, but failed to appear at the Capitol at any time and as far as we know gave no active support for ratification. After the tie vote and when the opposition though thought we were defeated - this included the Grosscup management - they laid their cards on the table and publicly showed their opposition. Injected into the campaign were the difficulties arising from the fact that we had a democratic Governor and a republican Legislature and the opposition worked on the prejudices of the opposition members of both Houses. The Charleston Mail, whose editor expressed to me his intentions before the session was called not to take sides though he was naturally anti-suffrage, went against us fearfully. This editor is a Mr. Clark, a former governor of Alaska. You will be interested to know that both our United States senators and all our representatives furnished us open letters for suffrage and in addition worked, diligently to change individual members. The State chairman was in almost hourly communication with Senator Elkins who called members by telephone, and urged support through letters. The day the vote was tied we got in communication with Senator Bloch and had him on the way in a short time. All the details of this, of how we worked to hold the lines of the difficult parliamentary situation in which we found ourselves would interest you, but I cannot by letter go into all these details today. If you are stopping this way, I hope you will stop to see me, as I think it is important for you to know many of the inside features which cannot be written and I wish you could have known them before the Delaware session. Very sincerely yours, Lenna L. Yost (Mrs. Ellis A. Yost) P.S. I have been in communication with the Governor, the Secretary of State and other high officials daily and any injunction or other effort on the part of the antis will be reported to me. Did not Miss Edwards report to you or to Miss Hay the parliamentary situation? You should know all that from the beginning to the end, but I cannot go into it today. Hotel Driscoll Washington, D.C. February 4, 1920 Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, 171 Madison Ave. New York City, N.Y. My dear Mrs. Catt: It was most profitable and certainly a real pleasure to have a nice long chat with you over the ratification campaign in West Virginia and in general. I wish I were a fairy and could hand you at once the ratifications from the nine needed states. I am sure there is no gift you would enjoy more. I do not seem to have the dates of the International Convention in Madrid. I have friends who are to be in Spain this spring and are anxious to have the exact dates. The letter to which you referred yesterday is the one sent you from Mrs. Poffenbarger. Please return. Affectionately yours, Lenna Lowe Yost (Mrs. Ellis A. Yost) Chairman Ratification Committee. HENRY T. MCDONALD President Storer College D. BLAIN SHAW, Charleston E. G. ROHRBOUGH Pres. Glenville State Normal School ROY B. NAYLOR Former Secretary State Board of Trade MISS FLORENCE HOGE, Wheeling JAMES S. LAKIN Member State Board of Control J. SLIDELL BROWN Editor Randolph Enterprise J. F. MARSH Secretary State Board of Regents C.W. CAMPBELL Mayor of Huntington MRS. CHARLES MANLEY, Fairmont WALTER BARNES Department of English Fairmont State Normal School J. S. DARST State Auditor W.E. CHILTON Former United States Senator B. H. OXLEY State Librarian MRS. ALLIE B. HAYMOND, Fairmont HOWARD M. GORE, Clarksburg President State Live Stock Asso. JAMES L. PAULEY Secretary-Treasurer State Federation of Labor F. F. FARNSWORTH P. A. Surgeon, Public Health Service J. A. VIQUESNEY Former Game and Fish Warden MRS. ETHEL CARL MCBEE, Morgantown HENRY S. GREEN Former State Librarian THOMAS C. MILLER President Shepherd College State Normal School A. L. LEHMAN, Fairmont Former City Commissioner C. BURGESS TAYLOR The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company MISS MARTHA BROCK, Morgantown F. N. SYCAFOOSE Member State Board of Regents TRACY L. JEFFORDS, Harper's Ferry Attorney and Counselor L. L. FRIEND State Supervisor of High Schools SAMUEL B. MONTGOMERY State Commissioner of Labor MISS KATE OGLEBAY, Wheeling JOSEPH ROSIER President Fairmont State Normal School H. C. OGDEN Editor Wheeling News Wheeling Intelligencer STEPHEN G. JACKSON, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law S. K. ARBUTHNOT, Buckhannon Secretary W. Va. Conference Claim- ants' Permanent Fund MRS. MARGARET MARVIN, Wheeling State Commander Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees LUTHER C. ANDERSON, Welch Attorney-at-law GEORGE E. HUBBS Supervisor of Examinations Department of Free Schools JOSEPH W. STAYMAN President Keyser Preparatory School C. C. ROSSEY President Concord State Normal School MRS. T. C. ATKESON Wife of Master W. Va. State Grange JAMES D. PARRIOTT, Moundsville Prosecuting Attorney GEORGE I. NEAL, Huntington Attorney-at-law B. C. EAKLE, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law WILLIAM B. MATHEWS Clerk Supreme Court MRS. SADIE CHAPMAN, Huntington State President Woman's Relief Ass'n TOM B. FOULK, Wheeling Attorney-at-law R. P. SIMS Principal Bluefield Colored Institute JOHN C. SHAW Former President West Liberty Normal School S. P. SMITH, Charleston City Tax Collector MRS. JAMES MCCOACH, Sistersville ABRAHAM FIENSTEIN, Huntington Rabbi JAMES DAMRON Judge 22d Judicial Circuit S. G. PYLE Cashier Tyler County Bank HOMER S. WOODS Judge 3d Judicial Circuit MRS. GEORGE DEBOLT, Fairmont Former President State Federation of Women's Clubs FRED E. THOMPSON Editor Belington Progressive LOUIS A. MISCHKIND, Wheeling Rabbi HOWARD L. SWISHER, Morgantown Real Estate and Insurance C. W. WATSON Former United States Senator MRS. L. H. CAMMACK, Huntington President Woman's Club FRED O. BLUE Former State Tax Commissioner JOHN LEE COULTER Dean and Director College Agriculture West Virginia University ELLIS A. YOST, Morgantown Attorney-at-law P. D. HARRIS Judge 2d Judicial Court MISS VIRGINIA FOULK, Huntington Educator JNO. A. GROSE Editor Braxton Democrat E. E. HOOD, Keyser Editor The Mountain Echo MRS. JAMES MORELAND, Morgantown B. W. CRADDOCK, Glenville Prosecuting Attorney J. H. STEWART Commissioner of Agriculture MRS. OLIVE C. BARNES, Fairmont State President Woman's Christian Temperance Union ARCH J. WELTON, Petersburg Editor Grant County News E. L. TAYLOR, Barrickville Vice-President State Federation of Labor JAMES A. HUGHES, Huntington Former United States Congressman JAMES H. MILLER Judge 9th Judicial Circuit MRS. JOHN B. GARDEN, Wheeling Vice-President State Federation Women's Clubs ENOCH HOWARD VICKERS, A.M. Department Economics, Sociology and Commerce, W. Va. University J. N. DEAHL Head Department of Education W. Va. University W. C. CLARK Editor The Ravenswood News C. S. MUSSER, Shepherdstown Editor The Independent MRS. WOODSON T. WILLS, Charleston State President Federation of Women's Clubs STUART H. BOWMAN, Huntington President Bowman Realty Company J. S. MCWHORTER, Lewisburg Attorney-at-law M. P. SHAWKEY, Charleston State Superintendent of Free Schools S. S. BUZZARD, Berkeley Springs Editor The Morgan Messenger RACHEL H. COLWELL Associate Professor Department Home Economics, W. Va. University G. D. SMITH, D.D., Buckhannon Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church EDGAR A. LOWTHER, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Methodist Church W. C. GRIMES, Keyser Attorney-at-law SUMMERS H. SHARP, Marlinton Judge 20th Judicial Circuit MINNE K. LOWTHER, Buckhannon Editor Upshur Record CLARENCE E. ALLEN, Wheeling Pastor 4th Street First Methodist Church R. F. FORTH, Hurricane The Big Hurricane Development Co. MR. O. J. Rife, Kenova Supervisor Ceredo District Public Schools CALVIN W. PRICE, Marlinton Editor Pocahontas Times BEULAH BOYD RITCHIE, Fairmont J. W. WHITE, Webster Springs Editor Webster Republican L. V. REED, Terra Alta Editor Preston Republican ALBERT B. WHITE, Parkersburg Ex-Governor NAT T. FRAME Director Agricultural Extension W. Va. University MRS PORTER MAXWELL, Lost Creek T. J. MCGINNIS, Beckley Judge Criminal Court T.C. JOHNSON, D.D. Pastor Emeritus Charleston Baptist Church HENRY K. BLACK, Charleston Judge Intermediate Court of Kanawha County BOYD JARRELL, Huntington Editor Herald-Dispatch IRENE B. BULLARD, M.D., Charleston ALEXANDER REID WHITEHILL, Ph.D. Professor Chemistry, W. Va. University HON. G. W. ATKINSON, Charleston Ex-Governor O. DALE KING, D. D., Williamstown District Superintendent Methodist Episcopal Church E. B. TURNER, Clarksburg Pastor First Presbyterian Church MAY ROSE Editor Piedmont Herald T. T. MCDOUGAL, Ceredo Editor The Advance--The Reporter EDWARD A. KRAPP, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Presbyterian Church ALAN H. ROBINSON, Wheeling Judge Criminal Court for Ohio County FREDERICK F. BRIGGS Pastor Morgantown Baptist Church M. ANNA HALL, Wheeling O. S. MCKINNEY, Fairmont Editor E. LEROY DAKIN, Charleston Chairman the Northern Baptist Convention Young People's Committee A. A. PICKERING Pres. Rowlesburg Grocery Company S. SCOLLAY MOORE, Parkersburg Pastor Trinity Church DR. HARRIET B. JONES, Glendale Pres. W. Va. Anti-Tuberculosis League R. CHAFFEY, Elkins Former Treasurer Ratification Prohibition Federation JAMES R. MORELAND, Morgantown Attorney-at-law L. W. BURNS Superintendent Grafton Public Schools MAJ. C. R. MORGAN. Former Superintendent W. Va. Anti-Saloon League MRS. WILLIAM G. BROWN, Kingwood HERBERT FITZPATRICK, Huntington Attorney-at-law M. L. WOOD, Huntington Pastor 5th Avenue Baptist Church [*Ratification*] MRS. JOHN L. RUHL, PRESIDENT, West Virginia Equal Suffrage Associaton AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Ratification Committee MRS. ELLIS A. YOST, CHAIRMAN MRS. JOHN L. RUHL MRS. J. GALE EBERT MRS. H. D. RUMMEL MISS MARY WILSON MISS MARGARET McKINNEY MRS. E. S. ROMINE State Advisory Committee JAMES MORTON CALLAHAN Dean College of Arts and Sciences West Virginia University N. G. KEIM, Elkins Member State Board of Regents CLYDE B. JOHNSON, Charleston Attorney-at-law HOUSTON G. YOUNG Secretary of State MRS. EDWARD W. HAZLETT, Wheeling SAMUEL V. WOODS Former President State Senate J. C. McWHORTER Former Judge 12th Judicial Court ISRAEL BETTAN, Charleston Rabbi GEORGE A. LAUGHLIN Editor Wheeling Telegraph MRS. THOMAS PEADRO, Parkersburg L.J. FORMAN Former President State Senate ELLIOTT NORTHCOTT, Glenwood Former Minister to Venezuela WILLIAM E. GLASSCOCK Ex-Governor West Virginia N.F. KENDALL, Grafton Cashier Taylor County Bank MRS. KEMBLE WHITE, Fairmont EDGAR B. STEWART State Senator, 11th District J. O. HENSON, Martinsburg Attorney-at-law GEORGE C. STURGISS Judge 23d Judicial Circuit W. M. ROGERS President State Federation of Labor MISS ELSIE MURPHY, Charles Town J.W. BEDFORD State Chairman Prohibition Party C. W. FLESHER, Gassaway Attorney-at-law WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN Judge 12th Judicial Circuit HARRY L. SNYDER Editor Shepherdstown Register MRS. E. S. JARRETT, Shepherdstown (For remainder of list see page 2 Hotel Driscoll, Washington, D. C., May 10, 1920. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, 171 Madison Ave., New York City, N. Y. My dear Mrs. Catt: I am enclosing a copy of the letter (for which you have asked) directed to you by prominent West Virginia men, in regard to my work for ratification. I am grateful to you for sending me the original copy. Enclosed also is statement of expenses to Connecticut. I am sure Dr. Hebard enjoyed her visit with you. I quite fell in love with her. To me Governor Holcomb's reply to the emergency [f???] costs was a most pathetic attempt to justify his [decision] position. Did Dr. Hebard tell you he said something like this: "My wife was for suffrage and before she died I introduced to a public audience Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, but since then I do not seem to know where I am - it may be I am without an anchor." I have had a talk with Governor Sanders, now Congressman, this morning over the telephone and he admits that things are not so encouraging now in Louisiana. He deplores the fact that the women started a publicity campaign, polling members, giving out facts, etc. His one hope was to keep the whole thing quiet and put it over at last. I have an appointment with him tomorrow. If there any further developments, I will write you. Affectionately, Lenna Lowe Yost 'Mrs. Ellis A. Yost) HENRY T. McDONALD President Storer College D. BLAIN SHAW, Charleston E.G. ROHRBOUGH Pres. Glenville State Normal School ROY B. NAYLOR Former Secretary State Board of Trade MISS FLORENCE HOGE, Wheeling JAMES S. LAKIN Member State Board of Control J. SLIDELL BROWN Editor Randolph Enterprise J.F. MARSH Secretary State Board of Regents C.W. CAMPBELL Mayor of Huntington MRS. CHARLES MANLEY, Fairmont WALTER BARNES Department of English Fairmont State Normal School J.S. DARST State Auditor W.E. CHILTON Former United States Senator B.H. OXLEY State Librarian MRS. ALLIE B. HAYMOND, Fairmont HOWARD M. GORE, Clarksburg President State Live Stock Asso. JAMES L. PAULEY Secretary-Treasurer State Federation of Labor F.F. FARNSWORTH P.A. Surgeon, Public Health Service J.A. VIQUESNEY Former Game and Fish Warden MRS. ETHEL CARL McBEE, Morgantown HENRY S. GREEN Former State Librarian THOMAS C. MILLER President Shepherd College State Normal School A.L. LEHMAN, Fairmont Former City Commissioner C. BURGESS TAYLOR The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company MISS MARTHA BROCK, Morgantown F.N. SYCAFOOSE Member State Board of Regents TRACY K. JEFFORDS, Harper's Ferry Attorney and Counselor L.L. FRIEND State Supervisor of High Schools SAMUEL B. MONTGOMERY State Commissioner of Labor MISS KATE OGLEBAY, Wheeling JOSEPH ROSIER President Fairmont State Normal School H.C. OGDEN Editor Wheeling News Wheeling Intelligencer STEPHEN G. JACKSON, Clarksburg Attorney- at- law S.K. ARBUTHNOT, Buckhannon Secretary W. Va. Conference Claimants' Permanent Fund MRS. MARGARET MARVIN, Wheeling State Commander Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees LUTHER C. ANDERSON, Welch Attorney-at-law GEORGE E. HUBBS Supervisor of Examinations Department of Free Schools JOSEPH W. STAYMAN President Keyser Preparatory School C.C. ROSSEY President Concord State Normal School MRS. T. C. ATKESON Wife of Master W. Va. State Grange JAMES D. PARRIOTT, Moundsville Prosecuting Attorney GEORGE I. NEAL, Huntington Attorney-at-law B.C. EAKLE, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law WILLIAM B. MATHEWS Clerk Supreme Court MRS. SADIE CHAPMAN, Huntington State President Woman's Relief Ass'n TOM B. FOULD, Wheeling Attorney-at-law R.P. SIMS Principal Bluefield Colored Institute JOHN C. SHAW Former President West Liberty Normal School S.P. SMITH, Charleston City Tax Collector MRS. JAMES McCOACH, Sistersville ABRAHAM FIENSTEIN, Huntington Rabbi JAMES DAMRON Judge 22d Judicial Circuit S.G. PYLE Cashier Tyler County Bank HOMER S. WOODS Judge 3d Judicial Circuit MRS. GEORGE DeBOLT, Fairmont Former President State Federation of Women's Clubs FRED E. THOMPSON Editor Belington Progressive LOUIS A. MISCHKIND, Wheeling Rabbi HOWARD L. SWISHER, Morgantown Real Estate and Insurance C. W. WATSON Former United States Senator MRS. L.H. CAMMACK, Huntington President Woman's Club FRED O. BLUE Former State Tax Commissioner JOHN LEE COULTER Dean and Director College Agriculture West Virginia University ELLIS A. YOST, Morgantown Attorney-at-law P.D. HARRIS Judge 2d Judicial Court MISS VIRGINIA FOULK, Huntington Educator Jno. A GROSE Editor Braxton Democrat E.E. HOOD, Keyser Editor The Mountain Echo MRS. JAMES MORELAND, Morgantown B.W. CRADDOCK, Glenville Prosecuting Attorney J.H. STEWART Commissioner of Agriculture MRS. OLIVE C. BARNES, Fairmont State President Woman's Christian Temperance Union ARCH J. WELTON, Petersburg Editor Grant County News E.L. TAYLOR, Barrickville Vice-President State Federation of Labor JAMES A. HUGHES, Huntington Former United States Congressman JAMES H. MILLER Judge 9th Judicial Circuit MRS. JOHN B. GARDEN, Wheeling Vice-President State Federation Women's Clubs ENOCH HOWARD VICKERS, A.M. Department Economics, Sociology and Commerce, W. Va. University J.N. DEAHL Head Department of Education W. Va. University W.C. CLARK Editor The Ravenswood News C.S. MUSSER, Shepherdstown Editor The Independent MRS. WOODSON T. WILLS, Charleston State President Federation of Women's Clubs STUART H. BOWMAN, Huntington President Bowman Realty Company J.S. McWHORTER, Lewisburg Attorney-at-law M.P. SHAWKEY, Charleston State Superintendent of Free Schools S.S. BUZZARD, Berkeley Springs Editor The Morgan Messenger RACHEL H. COLWELL Associate Professor Department Home Economics, W. Va. University G.D. SMITH, D.D., Buckhannon Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church EDGAR A. LOWTHER, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Methodist Church W.C. GRIMES, Keyser Attorney-at-law SUMMERS H. SHARP, Marlinton Judge 20th Judicial Circuit MINNIE K. LOWTHER, Buckhannon Editor Upshur Record CLARENCE E. ALLEN, Wheeling Pastor 4th Street First Methodist Church R.F. FORTH, Hurricane The Big Hurricane Development Co. MR. O. J. RIFE, Kenova Supervisor Ceredo District Public Schools CALVIN W. PRICE, Marlinton Editor Pocahontas Times BEULAH BOYD RITCHIE, Fairmont J.W. WHITE, Webster Springs Editor Webster Republican L.V. REED, Terra Alta Editor Preston Republican ALBERT B. WHITE, Parkersburg Ex-Governor NAT T. FRAME Director Agricultural Extension W. Va. University MRS. PORTER MAXWELL, Lost Creek T.J. McGINNIS, Beckley Judge Criminal Court T.C. JOHNSON, D.D. Pastor Emeritus Charleston Baptist Church HENRY K. BLACK, Charleston Judge Intermediate Court of Kanawha County BOYD JARRELL, Huntington Editor Herald-Dispatch IRENE B. BULLARD, M.D., Charleston ALEXANDER REID WHITEHILL, Ph.D. Professor Chemistry, W. Va. University HON G. W. ATKINSON, Charleston Ex-Governor O. DALE KIND, D.D., Williamstown District Superintendent Methodist Episcopal Church E.B. TURNER, Clarksburg Pastor First Presbyterian Church MAY ROSE Editor Piedmont Herald T.T. McDOUGAL, Ceredo Editor The Advance- The Reporter EDWARD A. KRAPP, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Presbyterian Church ALAN H. ROBINSON, Wheeling Judge Criminal Court for Ohio County FREDERICK F. BRIGGS Pastor Morgantown Baptist Church M. ANNA HALL, Wheeling O.S. McKINNEY, Fairmont Editor E. LeROY DAKIN, Charleston A.A. PICKERING Pres. Rowlesburg Grocery Company S. SCOLLAY MOORE, Parkersburg Pastor Trinity Church DR. HARRIET B. JONES, Glendale Pres. W. Va. Anti-Tuberculosis League R. CHAFFEY, Elkins Former Treasurer Ratification Prohibition Federation JAMES R. MORELAND, Morgantown Attorney-at-law L.W. BURNS Superintendent Grafton Public Schools MAJ. C. R. MORGAN Former Superintendent W. Va. Anti-Saloon League MRS. WILLIAM G. BROWN, Kingwood HERBERT FITZPATRICK, Huntington Attorney-at-law M.L. WOOD, Huntington Pastor 5th Avenue Baptist Church Hotel Driscoll, Washington, D.C. April 12, 1920. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, 171 Madison Ave. , New York City, N.Y. My dear Mrs. Catt: Here is another bill for long distance telephones to Charleston - used to secure the statement which you desired. It seems a great deal, but I had to telephone two or three times to as many people. The check can be made to Hotel Driscoll and sent to me. Is there really hope in Vermont? Have you information as to the real situation in North Carolina? Does the poll show ratification is secure there ? Is there anything I can do for you anywhere? Faithfully, Lenna Lowe Yost (Mrs. Ellis A. Yost) HENRY T. MCDONALD President Storer College D. BLAIN SHAW, Charleston E. G. ROHRBOUGH Pres. Glenville State Normal School ROY B. NAYLOR Former Secretary State Board of Trade MISS FLORENCE HOGE, Wheeling JAMES S. LAKIN Member State Board of Control J. SLIDELL BROWN Editor Randolph Enterprise J. F. MARSH Secretary State Board of Regents C. W. CAMPBELL Mayor of Huntington MRS. CHARLES MANLEY, Fairmont WALTER BARNES Department of English Fairmont State Normal School J. S. DARST State Auditor W. E. CHILTON Former United States Senator B. H. OXLEY State Librarian MRS. ALLIE B. HAYMOND, Fairmont HOWARD M. GORE, Clarksburg President State Live Stock Asso. JAMES L. PAULEY Secretary-Treasurer State Federation of Labor F. F. FARNSWORTH P. A. Surgeon, Public Health Service J. A. VIQUESNEY Former Game and Fish Warden MRS. ETHEL CARL MCBEE, Morgantown HENRY S. GREEN Former State Librarian THOMAS C. MILLER President Shepherd College State Normal School A. L. LEHMAN, Fairmont Former City Commissioner C. BURGESS TAYLOR The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company MISS MARTHA BROCK, Morgantown F. N. SYCAFOOSE Member State Board of Regents TRACY L. JEFFORDS, Harper's Ferry Attorney and Counselor L. L. FRIEND State Supervisor of High Schools SAMUEL B. MONTGOMERY State Commissioner of Labor MISS KATE OGLEBAY, Wheeling JOSEPH ROSIER President Fairmont State Normal School H. C. OGDEN Editor Wheeling News Wheeling Intelligencer STEPHEN G. JACKSON, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law S. K. ARBUTHNOT, Buckhannon Secretary W. Va. Conference Claimants' Permanent Fund MRS. MARGARET MARVIN, Wheeling State Commander Women's Benefit Association of Maccabees LUTHER C. ANDERSON, Welch Attorney-at-law GEORGE E. HUBBS Supervisor of Examinations Department of Free Schools JOSEPH W. STAYMAN President Keyser Preparatory School C. C. ROSSEY President Concord State Normal School MRS. T. C. ATKESON Wife of Master W. Va. State Grange JAMES D. PARRIOTT, Moundsville Prosecuting Attorney GEORGE I. NEAL, Huntington Attorney-at-law B. C. EAKLE, Clarksburg Attorney-at-law WILLIAM B. MATHEWS Clerk Supreme Court MRS. SADIE CHAPMAN, Huntington State President Woman's Relief Ass'n TOM B. FOULK, Wheeling Attorney-at-law R. P. SIMS Principal Bluefield Colored Institute JOHN C. SHAW Former President West Liberty Normal School S. P. SMITH, Charleston City Tax Collector MRS. JAMES McCOACH, Sistersville ABRAHAM FIENSTEIN, Huntington Rabbi JAMES DAMRON Judge 22d Judicial Circuit S. G. PYLE Cashier Tyler County Bank HOMER S. WOODS Judge 3d Judicial Circuit MRS. GEORGE DEBOLT, Fairmont Former President State Federation of Women's Clubs FRED E. THOMPSON Editor Belington Progressive LOUIS A. MISCHKIND, Wheeling Rabbi HOWARD L. SWISHER, Morgantown Real Estate and Insurance C. W. Watson Former United States Senator MRS. L. H. CAMMACK, Huntington President Woman's Club FRED O. BLUE Former State Tax Commissioner JOHN LEE COULTER Dean and Director College Agriculture West Virginia University ELLIS A. YOST, Morgantown Attorney-at-law P. D. HARRIS Judge 2d Judicial Court MISS VIRGINIA FOULK, Huntington Educator JNO. A. GROSE Editor Braxton Democrat E. E. Hood, Keyser Editor The Moutain Echo MRS. JAMES MORELAND, Morgantown B. W. CRADDOCK, Glenville Prosecuting Attorney J. H. STEWART Commissioner of Agriculture MRS. OLIVE C. BARNES, Fairmont State President Woman's Christian Temperance Union ARCH J. WELTON, Petersburg Editor Grant Country News E. L. TAYLOR, Barrickville Vice-President State Federation of Labor JAMES A. HUGHES, Huntington Former United States Congressman JAMES H. MILLER Judge 9th Judicial Circuit MRS. JOHN B. GARDEN, Wheeling Vice-President State Federation Women's Clubs ENOCH HOWARD VICKERS, A.M. Department Economics, Sociology, and Commerce, W. Va. University J. N. DEAHL Head Department of Education W. Va University W. C. CLARK Editor The Ravenswood News C. S. MUSSER, Shepherdstown Editor The Independent MRS. WOODSON T. WILLS, Charleston State President Federation of Women's Clubs STUART H. BOWMAN, Huntington President Bowman Realty Company J. S. MCWHORTER, Lewisburg Attorney-at-law M. P. SHAWKEY, Charleston State Superintendent of Free Schools S. S. Buzzard, Berkeley Springs Editor The Morgan Messenger RACHEL H. COLWELL Associate Professor Department Home Economics, W. Va. University G. D. SMITH, D.D., Buckhannon Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church EDGAR A. LOWTHER, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Methodist Church W. C. GRIMES, Keyser Attorney-at-law SUMMERS H. SHARP, Marlinton Judge 20th Judicial Circuit MINNIE K. LOWTHER, Buckhannon Editor Upshur Record CLARENCE E. ALLEN, Wheeling Pastor 4th Street First Methodist Church R. F. FORTH, Hurricane The Big Hurricane Development Co. MR. O. J. RIFE, Kenova Supervisor Ceredo District Public Schools CALVIN W. PRICE, Marlinton Editor Pocahontas Times BEULAH BOYD RITCHIE, Fairmont J. W. WHITE, Webster Springs Editor Webster Republican L. V. REED, Terra Alta Editor Preston Republican ALBERT B. WHITE, Parkersburg Ex-Govnernor NAT T. FRAME Director Agricultural Extension W. Va. University MRS. PORTER MAXWELL, Lost Creek T. J. MCGINNIS, Beckley Judge Criminal Court T. C. JOHNSON, D.D. Pastor Emeritus Charleston Baptist Church HENRY K. BLACK, Charleston Judge Intermediate Court of Kanawha County BOYD JARRELL, Huntington Editor Herald-Dispatch IRENE B. BULLARD, M.D., Charleston ALEXANDER REID WHITEHILL, Ph.D. Professor Chemistry, W. Va. University HON. G. W. ATKINSON, Charleston Ex-Governor O. DALE KING, D.D., Williamstown District Superintendent Methodist Episcopal Church E. B. TURNER, Clarksburg Pastor First Presbyterian Church MAY ROSE Editor Piedmont Herald T. T. MCDOUGAL, Ceredo Editor the Advance-The Reporter EDWARD A. KRAPP, D.D., Morgantown Pastor First Presbyterian Church ALAN H. ROBINSON, Wheeling Judge Criminal Court for Ohio County FREDERICK F. BRIGGS Pastor Morgantown Baptist Church M. ANNA HALL, Wheeling O. S. MCKINNEY, Fairmont Editor E. LEROY DAKIN, Charleston Chairman the Northern Baptist Convention Young People's Committee A. A. PICKERING Pres. Rowlesburg Grocery Company S. SCOLLAY MOORE, Parkersburg Pastor Trinity Church DR. HARRIET B. JONES, Glendale Pres. W. Va. Anti-Tuberculosis League R. CHAFFEY, Elkins Former Treasurer Ratification Prohibition Federation JAMES R. MORELAND, Morgantown Attorney-at-law L. W. BURNS Superintendent Grafton Public Schools MAJ. C. R. MORGAN Former Superintendent W. Va. Anti-Saloon League MRS. WILLIAM G. BROWN, Kingwood HERBERT FITZPATRICK, Huntington Attorney-at-law M. L. WOOD, Huntington Pastor 5th Avenue Baptist Church October 18, 1913. Miss Florence Hoge, 1300 Market St., Wheeling, SW. Va. Dear Miss Hoge: The following is a list of subscribers in Wheeling, W. Va. Mrs. B. S. Allison, 13 Maple Ave., Woodlawn, Wheeling, W. VA. Mrs. R. W. Allstaetter, Woodsdale,", " Mr. John P. Aibenz, Schmulbach Mrs. Annie Caldwell, Boyd, 55 14th St., " " " Rev. Jacob Brittnegham, St. Luke's Rectory, " " " Mrs. F. S. Campbell, 719 Main St., " " " Mrs. Craddock, 304 S. Penn St., " " " Miss Annie M. Cummins, 1314 Chapline St., " " " Mrs. W. Woodson, Altenheim Home, " " " Mrs. Geo. D. Emblem, 1212 Chapline St., " " " Mr. F. F. Farris, 24 N. Front St., " " " Mrs. H. C. Frantheim, 404 S. Front St., " " " Mrs. Walker Frissell, 54 14th St., " " " Miss Amelia Gardner, 2243 Eoff St., " "" Miss Kate Garvef, 811 Main St., " "" Mrs. Edward Hazlett, 825 Main St., " " " Miss Kate Hazlett, 921 Main St., " " " Miss Ellen D. Hoge, City Bank Bldg., " " " Miss Florence Hoge, 1300 Market St., " " " Miss Maria L. Holliday, 144 15th St., " " " Dr. Harriet E. Jones, 150 Jacob St., " " " Mrs. Geo. A. Laughlin, City Bank Bldg., " " " Mrs. H. P. Leo, Cor. New Jersey & Erie, Edgewood, " " " Miss Alice McIlwaine, c.o. Miss Julia Wilson, Pleasant & Valley Sts., " " " Dr. Mary Baron Monroe, 2713 Eoff St., " " " Mrs. E. C. Ranschemberg, 4 Raymond St., " " " Mrs. Riccardo Ricci, 1403 14th St., " " " Rev. L. W. S. STRYKER, 1410 Charline St., " " " Miss Betty Tracy, 142 18th St., " " " Wheeling Public Library, " " " Mrs. David White, 109 Ohio St., " " " Miss J. B. Wilson, 945 Market St., " " " Miss Mary Wilson, 1403 Chaplin St., " " " Y. W. C. A., 1130 Market St., " " " Miss Carrie Zane, 208 S. Front St., " " " Page 2 v 3 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE SENATE JOURNAL EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, 1920 Charleston W. VA., Wednesday March 10, 1920 The Senate met at 2 o'clock, P.M. Prayer by Rabbi Israel Bettan of the Virginia Street Temple, of Charleston. Pending the reading of the Journal of yesterday, On motion of Mr. Harmer the further reading thereof was disposed with. Mr. Duty, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections submitted the following report, which was received : To the Members of the Senate of West Virginia: The undersigned members of the Committee on Privileges and Elections report that they have not been able to secure a meeting of said committee to report on the right of Hon. A. R. Montgomery to a seat in this body. The matter of the right of said A. R. Montgomery to a seat in the body has been before said committee, and evidence taken thereon, which evidence - including all letters and documents pertaining thereto and now in the possession of the undersigned - are filed herewith. We report that the said A. R. Montgomery did-on the 17th day of June, 1919 - resign his office as a member of this Senate, and thereupon removed from the state of West Virginia, and that his seat in this body thereby became, and is now, vacant, and we recommend 2 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 that this report be adopted and that the seat of the said A. R. Montgomery in this body be declared vacant. This the 10th day of March, 1920. M. K. DUTY, G. K. KUMP, S. L. COBUN, W. L. POLING, Members of the Committee on Privileges and Elections MR. DUTY: I will ask that at least the letters accompanying the report be read. Whereupon, The letters were read by the Clerk as follows: STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, CHARLESTON, March 9, 1920. To the President and Members of the State Senate: In accordance with your request, I transmit, herewith, Senator A. R. Montgomery's resignation as a member of the State Senate. Very respectfully yours, JNO. J. CORNWELL, Governor. Sharples, W. Va., June 17th, 1919. HON. JOHN J. CORNWELL, Governor of West Virginia, CHARLESTON, W. VA. Dear Governor: As I am leaving the state on July 1st, to enter other business, locating in the state of Illinois, I would like to have you accept my resignation as a member of the State Senate. I had not expected to leave until August 1st, but am leaving considerably sooner than I thought. I am sorry to leave this state, and wish to say that I appreciate very much the courtesy and good will have always been shown to me by you. Wishing you all success for the remainder of your term, and with kindest personal regards, I am Yours very truly, A. R. MONTGOMERY, JR. 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 3 (Copy) June 18, 1919. Mr. A.R. Montgomery, Jr., Sharples, W. Va. My Dear Arch: I have yours tendering your resignation as a member of the State Senate. I greatly regret to see you resign and leave the state. You have my very best wishes and if at any time I can of any service, i trust you will tell me. Very sincerely yours, JNO. J. CORNWELL, Governor. Mr. Duty then moved that the report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections be adopted. Pending discussion, Mr. Harmer moved the previous question. THE PRESIDENT: The Senator from Harrison moves the previous question. MR. LEWIS: As Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, I desire to offer my report. MR. HARMER: I rise to a point of order, Mr. President. I moved the previous question. THE PRESIDENT: The Senator is right. The question now is, "Shall the main question be now put?" And, On that question, Mr. Gribble demanded the ayes and noes. The demand being sustained, they were ordered and taken as follows: The ayes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Burr, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--16. The noes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Gribble, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr and York--13. Mr. Montgomery not voting. So, a majority of the members present having vote in the affirmative, the motion for the previous question prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 4 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 The question being, "Shall the report of the Committee on Privileges and Election as submitted by Mr. Duty be adopted?" Mr. Lewis, Chairman of that committee made the motion that the report heretofore tendered by him be submitted for the report submitted by Mr. Duty. MR. HARMER: I rise to a point of order. THE PRESIDENT: State the point, Senator. MR. HARMER: Rule 56 cuts off debate and all motion on the main question. May I read it? "There shall be a motion for the previous question, which being ordered by a majority of members present, if a quorum, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the Senate to direct vote upon the immediate question or questions on which it has been asked and ordered." THE PRESIDENT: The point of the order is well taken, Senator. MR. GRIBBLE: This is a motion to amend by substitution and is perfectly proper. MR. HARMER: This calls for a direct vote upon the main question, and how could that be, if something were substituted for it? That is what the rule was made for--to being the question to an end. THE PRESIDENT: I really think the Senator from Harrison is right in his opinion, because, of course, a substitution is the same as an amendment, if this question had been voted on, and the only thing, in my judgment that we can do, is to vote upon the original question. MR. GRIBBLE: Do I understand that President to say that any motion is not subject to an amendment? THE PRESIDENT: This is a question that has been settled by the previous question, and in my judgment it is too late to amend. The question is upon the adoption of the report. The ayes and noes have been called for. All in favor of the adoption of the report will, when their names are called, answer aye, and those opposed no. MR. ARNOLD: I move you, Mr. President, that this report be committed to the Committee on Finance. And, On that question, the same gentleman demanded the ayes and noes. The demand being sustained, they were ordered and taken as follows: The ayes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Gribble, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr and York--13. The noes were: 1920] Journal of the State 5 Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--15. Mr. Montgomery not voting. Absent and not voting: Mr. Burr. So, a majority of the members present not having voted in the affirmative, the motion did not prevail. The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Duty that the report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted by him, be adopted, On that question, Mr. Gribble demanded that the ayes and noes. The demand being sustained, they were ordered and taken as follows: The ayes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Gribble, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--16. The noes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr and York--12. Mr. Montgomery not voting. Absent and not voting: Mr. Burr. So, a majority of the members present having voted in the affirmative, the report was adopted. Mr. Sanders, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report, which was received: Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration, Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 5--"A Bill to amend and re-enact sections one hundred and twenty-six, one hundred and twenty-nine and one hundred ad thirty of chapter thirty-two, and sections fifteen, twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-five, and forty-four of chapter fifty-three and sections six, seven, and twenty-one of chapter fifty-four of the code of West Virginia, and to enact sections six-a, six-b and six-c of chapter fifty-four of the code of West Virginia, so as to permit the issuance of non-par value stock of corporations and fix the basis of the tax on the same." And report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass, Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH M. SANDERS, Chairman. 6 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 Mr. Sanders, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report, which was received: Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration, House Bill No. 6- "A Bill to amend and re-enact section five chapter thirty-seven acts of the legislature, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and section eighty-six chapter sixty-one acts of the legislature one thousand nine hundred and eleven, relating to the compensation of double election boards and of the compensation of election officers at general and primary elections." And, House Bill No. 8- "A Bill to amend chapter fifty-three of the acts of the regular session of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, relating to weights and measures, by adding section twenty-seven-a thereto." And report the same back with the recommendation that they do not pass, for the reason that they do not come within the purview of the Governor's call. Respectfully submitted, Joseph M. Sanders, Chairman Mr. Sanders, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report, which was received: Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration, Senate Bill No. 8- "A Bill to provide for the submission to the voters of the state of West Virginia of the question of the ratification or rejection of the amendment to the constitution of he United States, known as the 'female suffrage amendment.'" And report the same back with the same recommendation that it do not pass. Respectfully submitted, Joseph M. Sanders, Chairman On motion of Mr. Gribble the rules were suspended, and Senate Bill No. 8, just reported adversely from the Committee on the Judiciary, was taken up for immediate consideration and read by the Clerk. THE PRESIDENT: The question is: "Shall the bill be rejected?" MR. HARMER: I would love on this occasion to speak to the Senate about an hour and a half, but I will not do so; I will make a few remarks, however, which I want incorporated in the Journal. If this bill should become a law by our enactment, it would be in violation of the constitution of the state, as it is not in the call for 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 7 this extra session, and if it should come into operation in that way, a majority of the people would vote in favor of suffrage. A man who comes to the Senate as my colleague in this body, would not be bound by it; he might vote just as my colleague voted- contrary to the wishes of his constituents. I represent thousands of petitioners in favor of this proposed amendment, and I have not received from my county or my district- and we both happen now to live in the same county and city- one single telegram, or letter from a constituent of the Twelfth Senatorial District, protesting against my action in this body; but on the other hand, there has been offered in this body a petition with 1,700 and some signatures to it- besides innumerable telegrams and letters- asking me to vote for it, and commending me for my action. In my district, in the city of Weston, the other day there were assembled five hundred school teachers, district superintendents and high school men and women, who by their unanimous vote commended met for my action here, and sent me a telegram which is as follows: "The Monongahela Valley Teachers' Round Table, assembled in its annual meeting five hundred strong, unanimously approve of your vote and attitude upon the question of ratification of the woman's amendment. (Signed) J. William Duncan, O.G. Wilson, R.F. York, Committee." That was on March fifth- just five days ago. I don't know, personally, but I have information that my colleague has received a great deal larger list of persons, asking him to vote for this question, from our district, then he has received against it. I don't know whether that is true or not, but it has been represented to me by people at home that it is so. Mr. President, if the women were here asking for such a referendum, they would put the measure in the hands of their friends, and not in the hands of those who seek to kill suffrage on every opportunity that is offered. It has been urged here that the expense of this legislature is enormous- some $15,000 per day- but I am led to believe that $1,500 was meant, which is more than the cost of this legislature each day; but here is now advocated a measure that will cost the state of West Vir- 8 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 ginia $50,000, and to do what? A vain, idle thing, because we propose today to ratify the federal amendment here by our vote, and on the twenty-second day of this month, the state of Washington, and the state of Delaware, will likewise ratify this amendment, and it will then become a part of the constitution of the United States, and the women of West Virginia will have a right to vote even on this referendum, if it were called; and if the referendum were called, and voted for or against, what would it matter, since they already have the vote, and it would be a waste of money, a waste of time and a waste of energy. If this matter were referred to the people, in addition to the expense of $50,000 it would cause the state to put into operation the machinery of the election, and it would cause the good women of this state who want suffrage, to make a fight, and to expend thousands and thousands of dollars in the fight, and it would cause those who seek to keep women from voting, to become more active in the effort to prevent the right of suffrage, than those women would exercise when they do vote. It would cause, likewise, the expenditure of a vast sum of money, and this, Mr. President, must be an appeal for the creation of expenses, and to add to the high cost of living, and to make printing, electioneering and matters of that kind exceedingly profitable. Inasmuch as nothing could be gained, nobody would be bound by the action, if it was for or against, at the polls, as it would be unconstitutional and without the pale of the Governor's call. Therefore, I am opposed to it, and hope that it will be the pleasure of the Senate to reject this bill. On the question of the rejection of the bill (S. B. No. 8) Mr. Gribble demanded the ayes and noes. The demand being sustained, they were ordered and taken as follows: The ayes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Arnold, Block, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--16. The noes were: Messrs. Burgess, Burr, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Gribble, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr and York--13. So, a majority of the members present having voted in the affirmative, the bill was rejected. The President laid before the Senate positions from Summers county, praying for the ratification of the federal suffrage amendment, as follows: 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 9 Of Ethel M. Simmons and 220 other women. Of Mary G. Meadows and 98 other women. Of Evelyn Rippetoe and 47 other women. Of Ruth Snead and 19 other women; and Of George H. Rushford and 26 other men and women. Also, Copies of telegram addressed to Senator Coalter, requesting him to vote for the ratification of the amendment signed by Mrs. F. S. Rockwell and 149 other women, and by O. P. Vines and 179 other business and professional men of the city of Hinton. All of which petitions were referred to the Committtee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Harmer presented the following communication, which was read by the Clerk: INDEPENDENT JAPANESE MISSION. 1315 Fifth Street. Sacrament, Cal., March 2, 1920. President and Gentlemen of the West Virginia Legislature: DEAR COMPATRIOTS: Probably unknown to most of you, and possibly forgotten in my years of exile, I am still assured that there will be some men of your body whose fathers were co-workers with mine, the late Lieutenant Colonel Lot Bowen. To be children of the makers and founderS of the constitution of the state of West Virginia--Children of the men who put a Star in the Flag, in times of infinite stress and peril. What a complacent pride! And I am certain there is not one of such noble historic lineage who will fall behind this daughter of West Virginia in desire and determination to honor our inheritance and to keep its standard in the very forefront of acton and progress. At the hour when the tidings of "West Virginia for prohibition" was flashed over the wires I was a delegate from California to the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in Portland. As our great convention sprang to its feet and waved you greeting and congratulation, there was just one other woman besides myself who could claim nativity; and only myself to say: "My father helped to put that star on the flag, and it is mine to see that its lustre is undimmed! 10 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 Brothers, kindred, I reach my hands across-- hands that always ache for a clasp of yours-- and I ask you to yield to your sister the floor for a brief space, while I most briefly speak of the New Day and the great issues that lie upon us. You are dealing with the as yet almost unrecognized Peril of the East: For twenty-six years, stepping out of the beautiful highway of successful literary life, leaving the chair of assistant lady principal of Beaver College, taking the by-ways of a difficult service in the far west, and studying it across seas, I have been buried from my own! Just as loyal to my birthplace, always in my prayers remembering her needs, looking out on our country as ONE, with a single need, in diversity, I have faced the Peril of the West. God grant that when the Book is opened it may be found of me that I was faithful. This morning, as I read the telegraphic news, I note: "West Virginia has repudiated women suffrage." Your sincerity I do not doubt. Had my years of experience been yours the vote would have been unanimously in favor of suffrage--- UNANIMOUSLY. Naturally timid and shrinking from undue publicity, as are all our daughters of the more aesthetic mold, the thought of woman in public life was not only abhorrent, but ridiculous and contemptible! I held that a man's work was to make the home, and hers was to keep it! All this still continues true with emphasized force, as foreigners are flocking to both shores, and their effect is to lower our high standard of womanhood and to peasantize our country. But-- Suffrage has saved the Coast! In the last extreme, with countless dangers crowding us, I saw, with others, that the wives and mothers who would fight fire and wolves when their homes were in danger, could, with the same purity and high ideals, step outside the door, and set their weak hands against the wider devastations. IT WAS NECESSARY. Alcohol, and all its attendant evils, gambling, graft, personal animalism, idiocy of children, insanity, were growing like mushrooms. Our public hospitals and asylums were no longer adequate. Added to this, heathen were erecting their temples-- and as a man worships so, at last, is the country of his residence! That the men tacitly realized the need of us was suddenly apparent, and more than well proven by their hearty vote. The results of these few years, women have not been robbed of their charm of womanliness. Verily, with the broader version of life, the needs of home, the problem of environment, the equal association 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 11 with good men outside the home walls as well as within, the results have been beautiful beyond describing. It seems as though all good men of California and good women, have come into a tender understanding, sympathizing kinship; we are one delightful family in all that makes for the common good. We are growing to believe in each other to trust each other, to toil in blessed fraternity. In politics, that doubtful and debatable ground, there runs a spirit of good humor exceedingly foreign from the old fashioned and red faced, calorie debate. Opponents do not snarl- they smile and shake hands-- and look together from the higher good. BUT, understand, evil is dastardly, and only by the united service that rises above minor things and takes hold of the major ones. Can we survive? I know there are many women, and especially those of but moderate education, with false and prudish conceptions, who smirk away from the idea of appearing at the ballot box, and on the jury, and in places of public trust and responsibility. They are "afraid to be seen mixing with the dreadful men in public." They mix with just these same men in their homes, and their social activities and find them quite proper and chivalrous. The men of opposite character will withdraw, self-condemned, just as surely from a good woman's presence in public as they would from expecting to ring her doorbell at home! In our few years of experience marvelous things have been accomplished by the presence of good women. (Bad ones slink away and are not found.) Woman has developed in every desirable respect. She has grown calm and quietly confident. The overseeing of her household stores has taken her to the grocery, the meat market, the stock field, the cannery, the warehouse. She superintends her home from the broader basis which includes, tacitly, the care of the poor who could not defend themselves. Disease is successfully combatted. More and more the men are finding use for her, but not to lighten their labors, only to make them free to pass wider ranges-- ranges that embrace the immense needs of our neighboring nations, nations that are becoming dangerously a part of our cosmopolitan state. And here comes in the administration of the all-seeing Father, who is appointing science and invention to play their part, not only in public utilities but in the home-- the home where His kingdom is best established! The woman ties up her washboard with ribbons and hands it in her curio hall, a relic of antiquity, while she turns on the lightning, sets her laundry to be wash and her dinner to roast, and 12 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 cheerfully clicks away at her typewriter, noting off the items of importance at the next "session," until a ring of the alarm clock warns her that the roast is done, the vegetables cooked, the ice cream ripe in the freezer; and she hastily ties on an apron, tucks a fresh rose in her hair and meets the children coming home from school and the husband from his office or field, with a smile that makes home radiant and keeps here flock all expectant for its moving pictures. My brothers, these illuminations are not pictures of fancy. They are camera-ed from the real life and growth of suffrage in California. I was slow to be converted but the work is done and I cannot be shaken out of my seat any more than the old fashioned "ironside" circuit of my blessed hills can be moved from his opinions concerning immersion, infant baptism or infant damnation, or fore-ordination as they were accustomed to be discussed on Sunday afternoons-- "in my day and generation," at home among the robins, bees and clover patches, as pious groups inhaled the glorious, perfumed air and revelled in other blessings so thick they were blinded! Our women need the broader culture that they may bless their children. You need them by you when comes the great crisis fast approaching! Men, foreigners with guns and dynamite and hidden atrocities festering, cannot be met by like forces; they must be met by moral power. Voice, not vice, must conquer and save our state. Our fathers and mothers are watching, out of our sight, but not far away. Oh, if one word I have written, out of the busiest of lives, can successfully appeal to you, my brothers, here in the saved land of my adoption the sun will shine to me with a new radiance. How I long to go and help! Try this questioned, but not questionable method of relieving the agonies under which you groan. If it fails you can reverse your decision. I thank you for your patient hearing. God abide and abound in your lives at this Eastertide. Yours with inexpressible love, Mary M. Bowen The following resolution introduced by Mr. Hough on March 8, coming up in regular order for consideration, was read by the Clerk and adopted: "WHEREAS, A letter written by the manager of the Western Maryland Railroad, a railroad doing business with the state of West Virginia, has been received by a member of this senate body, who has seen fit to make the letter a matter of record in the Senate Journal, and, 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 13 WHEREAS, Upon investigation of the subject matter relating thereto it is found that the Western Maryland Railroad is the owner of a large number of railroad cars secured specifically to haul coal from West Virginia coal mines, which cars are widely scattered among railroads of other states, to the detriment of industry and the employees of the state of West Virginia; and WHEREAS, Since the return of the railroads to private control the Western Maryland Railroad is unable to secure, of itself, a return of its own cars without great difficulty, inconvenience and loss of time and the cooperation of the Interstate Commerce Commission will greatly aid in the production of coal, which product is in such great present demand; now, therefore, "Be it Resolved by the Senate of West Virginia: "That the Interstate Commerce Commission be requested to aid the Western Maryland Railroad and cooperate with said railroad in an effort to secure a prompt return of the coal cars belonging to them, and especially to secure an immediate return or transfer to this state of a sufficient number of such cars to care for the great demand upon said Western Maryland Railroad for coal shipments; and be it further "Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate be, and is hereby directed to transmit forthwith a copy of this resolution and the proceedings thereon the the Interstate Commerce Commission and a copy of the same to the Western Maryland Railroad at its main office at Hagerstown, Maryland." HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1-- "Ratifying the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women." Coming up in regular order for consideration, was read by the Clerk. The question being, "Shall the resolution be adopted?" MR. GRIBBLE said: I arise to a question of personal privilege and raise the point of order that under our rules, where the same matter has been once considered and adjudicated or passed or rejected by this Senate, the same question cannot be taken up and considered a second time. The rule is very plain and explicit on this proposition. This same resolution was passed on by this Senate and rejected; also a motion was made at a subsequent date to reconsider the same, which motion also failed. Under the rules this resolution now cannot be considered by this Senate. MR. HARMER: : Mr. President-- The rule referred to by the Senator 14 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 from Doddridge does not apply, in my judgment. That applies to questions about matters which the President has announced and the Senate voted upon. This is a House Joint Resolution, now before the Senate for the first time, and it has never been considered before. Besides that, Mr. President, this is an amendment to the constitution of the United States. It is not here by reason of the fact that the governor put it in his call alone, but is here under the mandate and authority of the constitution of the United States itself, which provides that congress--when two-thirds of the members of both houses submit an amendment--that they provide that it be submitted to the legislatures of the several states, and it is adopted when three-fourths of the states have ratified the same. Now, there are a number of precedents by which, when a resolution of this kind comes before the legislature and is voted down, that it can come up again at the same session of the legislature. In fact of all the nineteen amendments that have been offered to the constitution of the United States, but one had any limitations as to when they should be ratified by the several state legislatures, and that was the eighteenth, or prohibition amendment, which gave the states only seven years in which to ratify. I say that the precedents are such that legislatures have considered the matter at the same session, and I cite as a illustration the state of New York and various other states. They submitted the question of the amendment to the constitution; they then voted it down, called it up again and voted again. It is not by reason of our rule; it is not by reason of our governor's calling us here in this extra session, but it is by reason of the congress of the United States having exercised its authority under the constitution of the United States that this matter is before this legislature and will stand here for our consideration or for the consideration of future legislatures until it is ratified by three-fourths of the states ratifying and accepting the amendment. THE PRESIDENT: Under ordinary circumstances, had this resolution originated either in the Senate or in the House, I would feel that I would know how to pass upon this point of order. I have studied this question to quite an extent; have consulted some of the best lawyers that I know; have consulted seven or eight of the lawyers of our own body, and have seen some decisions in connection with federal amendments, and it has placed me in such a position that I hardly know what to do; so I have determined instead of deciding this point of order myself, to submit it to the vote of this Senate and 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 15 ask them to express just what they believe in the matter. I am therefore going to ask the Clerk to call the roll. MR. GRIBBLE: Mr. President--I insist upon the Chair passing upon this question. The Chair is here under these rules to decide these questions, and I refer to Reed's Rules of Order, sections 184 and 185. THE PRESIDENT' I feel that the Chair can place a part of the responsibility of a question of this kind upon the Senate, and have determined to do so. Therefore, I will not rule upon the point of order and will ask that the roll be called. I maintain that I am within my right and will ask the Senate to decide this question. MR. GRIBBLE: I would like the record to show that I have insisted upon the Chair's passing upon this question, and have cited Reed's Rules of Order, sections 183 and 184 governing this question, which the President has declined to entertain. THE PRESIDENT: There is no objection, whatever, to the record showing that. The question being on the point of order raised by Mr. Gribble, On a call of the roll, The ayes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Burr, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Gribble, Harman, Hough, Hunter Lewis, Luther, Scherr, and York.--14 The noes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--15 So, a majority of the members present not having voted in the affirmative, the point of order raised by Mr. Gribble was not sustained. The resolution (H. J. R. No. 1) was then adopted: The ayes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Gribble, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--16. The noes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Burr, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr and York--13. Before the announcement of the vote, MR. GRIBBLE said: For the purpose of making a motion to reconsider this vote, I desire to change my vote from "No" to "Aye" and 16 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 request that this statement go into the record. MR. HARMER: I move that the vote by which this resolution was adopted, be reconsidered. On that question, Mr. Gribble demanded the ayes and noes. The demand being sustained, they were ordered and taken as follows: The ayes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Burr, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr, and York--13. The noes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Gribble , Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--16. So, a majority of the members present not having voted in the affirmative, the motion to reconsider did not prevail. Ordered, That Mr. Harmer communicate to the House of Delegates the adoption of the resolution by the Senate. Mr. Harmer moved that the Senate adjourn until tomorrow, Thursday, at 10 o'clock, A.M. And, On that question, Mr. Coalter demanded the ayes and noes. The demand being sustained, they were ordered and taken as follows: The ayes were: Messrs. Sinsel (President), Bloch, Cobun, Dodson, Duty, Fox, Harmer, Johnson, Kump, Morton, Poling, Sanders, Staats, Stewart and Vencill--15. The noes were: Messrs. Arnold, Burgess, Burr, Chapman, Coalter, Frazier, Gribble, Harman, Hough, Hunter, Lewis, Luther, Scherr, and York--14. So, a majority of the members present having voted in the affirmative, the motion to adjourn prevailed. Whereupon, the President declared that the Senate stood adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, March 11, 1920, at 10 o'clocck, A. M. 1920] JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 17 Senate Calendar Thursday, March 11, 1920. RESOLUTIONS. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2--Raising a joint committee to wait upon the governor. Resolution by Mr. Scherr--To notify House that Senate is ready to adjourn. BILL ON THIRD READING. Senate Bill No. 7--Cooperative agricultural associations. BILLS ON SECOND READING. Senate Bill No. 6--High cost of living. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 5--Non-par value stock. House Bill No. 6--Compensation officers double election boards-- Recommended not to pass, because not coming within the purview of governor's call. House Bill No.8--Weights and measures-Recommended not to pass because not coming within purview of governor's call. BILL ON FIRST READING Senate Bill No. 9--Legislative appropriation bill. 18 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE [March 10 Abstract of Senate Bills 1. By Mr. Scherr - February 27 - Charleston charter - Reference to committee dispensed with. 2. By Mr. Sanders - February 28 - Non-par value stock - Judiciary. 3. By Mr. Hough - February 28 - Compensation double election boards - Judiciary. 4. By Mr. Gribble - February 28 - Fish and game - Finance. 5. By Mr. Scherr - March 1 - Weights and measures - Finance. 6. By Mr. Fox - March 1 - High cost of living - Judiciary. 7. By Mr. Kump - March 2 - Cooperative agricultural associations - Reference to committee dispensed with. 8. By Mr. Gribble - March 4 - Submitting Woman Suffrage Amendment Judiciary. 9. By Mr. Arnold - March 8 - Legislative appropriation bill. ABSTRACT OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 1. By Mr. Harmer - February 27 - Suffrage to women. 2. By Mr. Gribble - February 28 - Rejecting woman suffrage amendment. [*Ratification*] [*W. Va.*] "MALE CITIZENS" IN THE West Virginia Constitution What will be the effect of these words in our State Constitution if the Susan B. Anthony amendment becomes part of the Federal Constitution? MUTUAL PTG. CO., CHARLESTON, W. VA. NOTE OF ARGUMENT The question has been asked: "What effect will the Suffrage Amendment to the Federal Constitution have on the right of women citizens of West Virginia to vote at elections held in this state, when that amendment shall have been ratified by thirty-six states, and so made a part of that constitution? This question is raised because of the use in our present state constitution of the words "male citizens," in prescribing the qualifications of voters. We think the answer obviously is that, when so amended, the Federal Constitution will, proprio vigore, render unconstitutional and inoperative all provisions of the law of West Virginia, whether found in its constitution or in its statutes, which would, if enforced, have the effect to deny or abridge on account of sex the right of any citizen of this state to vote. No amendment of the state constitution, and no statutory enabling act by the Legislature would be absolutely necessary, in such case, to entitle the women of the stat to full and equal suffrage in all elections thereafter held in the state; and if by or under color of any law of the state, administered by its officials, the female citizens of the state should be denied equal participation by the ballot in any election so held in the state, then such election would be void as equivalent to no constitutional election having been held. 2 Of course enabling legislation should be passed, not only for the purpose of harmonizing the election laws of the state with the supreme law of the land, but for the further purpose of providing the increased facilities to enable the larger number of voters to conveniently exercise the franchise. It is inconceivable that such legislation would not be passed if the nineteenth amendment becomes effective, but it is not essential. Lawyers who dissent from this view base their opinion wholly upon the fact that the Federal Constitution did not, as originally adopted, concern itself with the matter of who might vote, but in effect left that matter to the determination of hte respective states by providing that those citizens in each state who might be qualified to vote for members of the most numerous branch of the state legislature, might also vote for electors and members of Congress. And their view would be entirely right in the absence of any further delegation by the states of power to the Federal Government, but they would, of course, admit that the states could, in the manner provided, delegate to the Federal government additional power over suffrage, as well as over any other subject of government. They must also admit that by the fifteenth amendment the states did voluntarily give up the power to deny or abridge the right of any of their citizens to vote on account of "race, color or previous condition of servitude." The fifteenth amendment was made in the following words: 3 "THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY STATE, ON ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE. "THE CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENFORCE THIS ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION." Upon this amendment becoming a part of the Federal Constitution it became the supreme law of the entire nation, and, ipso facto, superceded and amended all conflicting provisions of all state constitutions and statutes. The word "white" qualifying voting citizenship remained in several state constitutions, that of Delaware among others, but the United States Supreme Court promptly held that the continued presence of the word "white" did not in any way prevent or restrict the right of colored citizens to vote upon the same terms and conditions as white citizens in those estates. In two very clear opinions, one written by the late Mr. Justice Harlan, and the other by Mr. Justice Miller, that Court held that the adoption of the fifteenth amendment was all that was needed to insure to colored citizens the right to vote regardless of state law. In Neal vs. Delaware, Syllabus 1 and 2 are as follows: 4 1. "The Constitution of Delaware adopted in 1831, and the words of which have never been changed, gave the right of suffrage, with a few special exceptions, to free white male citizens. And the statute of the State, adopted in 1848, and never repealed, restricts the selection of jurors to those qualified to vote at the general State election. 2. "The legal effect of the adoption of the Amendments to the Federal Constitution and the laws passed for their enforcement, was to annul so much of the State Constitution as was inconsistent therewith, including the provision confining suffrage to white race; and thence forward the jury statute was enlarged in its operation so as to render colored citizens, otherwise qualified, competent to serve on juries in the State Courts." In the opinion in the same case, Justice Harlan says: "Beyond question the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment had the effect, in law, to remove from the State Constitution, or render inoperative, that provision which restricts the right of suffrage to the white race. Thence forward, the statute which prescribed, the qualification of jurors was, itself, enlarged in its operation, so as to embrace all who by the State Constitution, as modified, by the supreme law of the land, were qualified to vote at a general election. "The presumption should be indulged, in the first instance, that the State recognizes, as is its plain duty, an Amendment of the Federal Constitution, from the time of its adoption, as binding on all of its citizens and 5 every department of its government, and to be enforced, within its limits, without reference to any inconsistent provisions in its own constitution or statutes." Neal vs. Delaware 103 U. S. 370. In Ex Parte Yarbrough, Syl. 9 is as follows: "In all cases where the former slave holding States had not removed from their Constitutions and the words "white man," as a qualification for voting, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution does, proprio vigore, substantially confer on the negro the right to vote, and Congress has the power to protect and enforce that right." In the opinion in the same case, Justice Miller says: "While it is quite true, as was said by this court in U. S. v. Reese, 92 U. S. 218 (XXIII.,564) that this article gives no affirmative right to the colored man to vote, and is designed primarily to prevent discrimination against him whenever the right to vote may be granted to others, it is easy to see that under some circumstances it may operate as the immediate source of a right to vote. In all cases where the former slave holding States had not removed from their Constitutions the words "white man" as a qualification for voting, this provision did, in effect, confer on him the right to vote, because being paramount to the state law, and a part of the state law, it annulled the discriminating word white, and this left him in enjoyment of the same right as white persons. 6 And such would be the effect of any future constitutional provision of a State which should give the right of voting exclusively to white people, whether they be men or women." Ex Parte Yarbrough--110 U. S. 651. In neither of the foregoing cases were there a single dissenting opinion, and neither of them has been reversed or modified. The proposed nineteenth Amendment, the suffrage amendment, is in the following words: "THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON ACCOUNT OF SEX. "CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENFORCE THIS ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION." It will be noted that the form of the fifteenth amendment is used in the pending suffrage amendment, the only difference being the use of the word "sex" instead of "race, color or previous condition of servitude." So it necessarily follows that if we substitute the word "male" for the word "white" in the above quoted decisions of the United States Supreme Court, we will have exactly what that Court would of necessity hold as to the word "male" in the West Virginia Constitution after the suffrage amendment 7 becomes a part of the Constitution of the United States. Were any elaboration of these views necessary, the consideration that every two years, that is, at "every general election" in this state, Congressmen are elected, and that in the case of Yarbrough, supra, it is held that "The right to vote for members of Congress is fundamentally based upon the constitution of the United States and was not intended to be left within the exclusive control of the States;" still further strengthens our position. From this construction of the constitution springs the right of Congress to regulate elections for President, Congressmen and United States Senators and to enact the penal statute of 1918 against corruption in elections. The conclusion is irresistible that the word "male" in our state constitution and statutes relative to votes will automatically become null and void the moment that the equal suffrage amendment becomes part of the Federal Constitution, and that the presence of the word "male" in our constitution in no way restricts the power of Legislature to ratify the pending amendment, and to pass convenient enabling acts to become effective when the said amendment shall have been ratified by thirty-six states, and proclaimed to be in effect. 8 And further, there is no doubt that the Legislature can and should pass and put into immeditate effect an act providing for the listing of female citizens of this state over the age of twenty-one years, and, providing for the use of such lists as lists of registered voters in event that the citizens so listed shall be legal voters when any primary or general election shall be held in the state. This brief is not prepared as an argument either for or against ratification. Neither is it intended in any sense as a criticism of those very good lawyers who both in the Legislature and outside of it, have urged a contrary view of the legal question involved; for at least one of the lawyers signing this note held the contrary view before having made a careful study of the question, and of the Supreme Court decisions upon it. Our only purpose is to clear the atmosphere on the question by stating the points involved, and the Supreme Court decisions settling them, in such a plain, clear way that all who read, whether lawyers or laymen, will understand them, and not be misled. Very respectfully submitted, CLYDE B. JOHNSON. WILLIAM E. CHILTON. FRED. O. BLUE. March 10, 1920. Where "Votes for Women" Stands With Ten Suffrage States for Wilson By GEORGE CREEL. [*Nov 17*] At first glance the recent election looks to have been somewhat of a body blow for equal suffrage. In West Virginia and South Dakota, the only States where the proposition went directly before the voters, constitutional amendments were voted down, and in the former, at least, by a decisive majority of two to one. To this bad showing may be added the defeat of Mr. Hughes, who made the Federal amendment a part of his personal platform and who was assisted in his campaign by the Congressional Union and the Woman's Party, both active in their attacks upon President Wilson and the entire Democratic organization. Also the fact seems to stand clear that ten of the eleven States in which women have full suffrage went for Wilson in spite of the representation that Hughes was the "hope" of the movement. The famous "Golden Special," financed by millionaires but captained by Suffragists like Dr. Katharine Davis, Mrs. Raymond Robins and Rheta Childe Dorr, received most stinging repudiation from the voting women of the West. There was ground for the belief, therefore, that the Western woman, having the ballot herself, is not vastly concerned with the struggles of her non-voting sister in the East. Under investigation, however, these slumps are seen to be more apparent than real. As a matter of fact, the outlook for the equal suffrage movement was never brighter, nor was there ever a time when complete success seemed so certain. Proof of this is to be found in an analysis of the movement itself, a study of its leaders, methods and activities. Until recent years the National American Woman Suffrage Association was the chief executive force in the fight, led by Dr. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and other women who pioneered with Susan B. Anthony. The National worked along two lines: (1) State by State; (2) Federal amendment. For the first, it maintained an organization in each State, and for the second it kept a Congressional Committee in Washington. Mrs. Belmont and the Militants. Into this Congressional Committee, several years ago, came various young women fresh from service under Mrs. Pankhurst and ardent in their advocacy of militant methods. They looked upon Dr. Shaw and Mrs. Catt as slow and old-fashioned, and after a time they led a revolt that changed the Congressional Committee of the National Association into the Congressional Union, an independent body opposed to the State method and pledged absolutely to the Federal amendment. The new organization found a financial backer in Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, and likewise attracted a large and enthusiastic following among those equal suffragists who felt that "young blood" was the thing. In 1914 the Congressional Union announced a policy of attack upon the Democratic Party and its individual representatives, claiming that since it was the "party in power" it should be held responsible for the failure to pass the Federal amendment. Speakers and organizers went into the various States for this purpose, and particular effort was made to defeat Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado. This policy did not go without its opposition. Arguing broadly, equal suffrage leaders of experience pointed out that it required a two-thirds majority in both Houses to pass an amendment to the Constitution, and that not since the days of reconstruction has any one party possessed such control. If ever the Federal amendment was to win, it must be by the individual votes of members of all parties. To antagonize one whole political organization was to doom equal suffrage to deadlock and defeat. Arguing specifically, it was show that Senator Thomas, for instance, had been an ardent, effective champion of equal suffrage for years, and that he was responsible for the first equal suffrage committee in the Senate. To brand him as an enemy was denounced as an act of madness and betrayal. Mr. Hughes as a "Suffragist." The Congressional Union, however, went its way, and notwithstanding the defeats of 1914, entered the campaign of 1916 with undiminished determination to "punish" the Democratic Party. Notwithstanding the efforts of all Suffragists, both conventions refused to do more than indorse equal suffrage by the "State method." The Presidential candidates then became subjects of consideration. Mr. Wilson had voted for equal suffrage in New Jersey in 1915, and had declared for it in repeated speeches, but he had taken a position in favor of leaving it to the several States. As for Mr. Hughes, he had not voted on the proposition in 1915, and as Governor of New York he had vetoed an equal pay for equal work bill, in addition to refusing audience to delegations of Suffragists. Of a sudden, however, the rumor went around that Mr. Hughes had agreed to "come across." His speech of acceptance was to be the occasion. But not a word about the Federal amendment did Mr. Hughes say in his official address. But on the afternoon of the next day, at a tea party, he declared himself in favor of the Susan B. Anthony amendment as freely as the Congressional Union could have desired. From that time on the rift between the National and the Congressional Union became a chasm. The former held to its traditional policy of non-partisanship, while the latter hurled itself into the fight against Wilson with money and energy. Under the auspices of the Congressional Union, a "Woman's Party" was formed, and as a result of a conference held at Colorado Springs in August, anti-Wilson and anti-Democratic resolutions were adopted. As in 1914, speakers and organizers were hurried into the equal suffrage States, and not even the fact that constitutional amendments were before the voters in South Dakota and Iowa hampered their activities. The following excerpts from a letter written by Dr. Anna Shaw will serve to show some of the results: Antis Seize an Opportunity. "The Democrats are outraged in this State and the Antis do not need any other campaign material. They have made a facsimile of Mrs. Belmont's begging letter as Treasurer of the Woman's Party asking contributions to send women into the enfranchised States to defeat Wilson and the Democratic Congressmen. They have added their own interpretation of the letter, which I must admit is perfectly legitimate, and they call attention that the money is not to be used to secure suffrage but to send women to States where they already have it to defeat Democrats, and they ask: Are the Democrats in West Virginia going to give the vote to their women so that at the next election these unenfranchised women may come into West Virginia and organize to defeat Democrats ? They wind up their argument by saying: " 'Every dollar given to the Woman's Party might as well be sent to the Treasurer of the National Republican Committee.' "This letter and a copy of Mrs. Belmont's is sent to every county Democratic paper in the State. Papers that have been for us are using it in their editorials against us and papers which refused to publish the Anti literature are now printing it. Flight of the "Golden Special." Then came the famous flight of the "Golden Special." It whirled across the Continent, sparing no city of importance but devoting the largest amount of time and effort to convincing the voting women of the West that the salvation of the sex lay in the election of Mr. Hughes. Certainly it seemed that nothing had been left undone to make a mess of the equal suffrage movement. Even in the event of Republican victory there would have been no hope for the Federal amendment, for who can doubt that the Democratic Congressmen from the Solid South would have lined up against it as against an enemy. But progress is a hard thing to beat back. Head it off at the gate and it will crawl through a hole in the fence. As the election returns came in, it was seen that President Wilson had been re-elected by the votes of the equal suffrage States. Women fought him; women saved him. Personal letters received from these States establish the following reasons why Republican States like California and Kansas swung to the President and away from Mr. Hughes: First and foremost, there was a feeling that Mr. Wilson had stood for America, and that it was up to America to stand for Mr. Wilson. The women felt that he had given the country peace with honor when on reckless or weak act would have given us war and dishonor. Also they liked him for the Child Labor Law and other humane legislation. Wilson Elected by Suffrage States. In the second place, they believed that the national equal suffrage movement was being betrayed by partisans for partisan purposes, and they resented the attempt deeply and passionately. In the third place, they felt that equal suffrage had a better friend in Mr. Wilson than in Mr. Hughes. The women of the West remembered Gov. Hughes's veto of the equal pay for equal work bill "as a matter of principle;" they did not like the trick by which he gave his indorsement to the Federal amendment at an afternoon tea rather than in his speech of acceptance, and they had no faith in the equal suffrage fervor of such men as Penrose, Ballinger, Lodge and Weeks. But reasons apart, the fact stands clear that ten out of the eleven States in which women have equal suffrage gave smashing majorities for Woodrow Wilson. And so, in the twinkling of an eye almost, the whole situation changed, and equal suffrage gloom was shot through with light. In view of the results, is it to be expected that the Democratic organization will harbor resentment because of the repudiated effort of the Congressional Union to deliver the women vote to Hughes? Can it persist in an attitude of antagonism to equal suffrage on no firmer ground than a dispute over method? What of the Federal Amendment? There is only one way to be for a thing, and that is to be for it. In his speech at Atlantic City before the National American Woman Suffrage Association. President Wilson said: "I come here to announce that I fight with you, and in the long run we shall not differ as to methods." Changing conditions have put many a dent in the doctrine of States' rights, and it can stand another without any large amount of hurt. The Federal amendment is going to be brought up in Congress before the calendar is turned on 1917. Only Dr. Shaw, Mrs. Catt and other leaders in the National American Woman Suffrage Association must be permitted to direct its progress, for only the National can show hands clean from an ignoble partisanship. States' rights or no States' rights, Democrats will have a difficult task if they attempt to oppose it; and as for the Republicans, did their chosen party leader, not to mention Mr. Roosevelt, give the Federal amendment explicit indorsement? PUBLIC LEDGER VOL. CLXVIII-NO. 169 Published daily and Sunday, $10 a year by mail. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in Philadelphia under Act of March 3, 1879 Philadelphia, Thursday morning, March 11, 1920 Copyright, 1920, BY THE PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY The Weather Rain today Details on Page 20. PRICE TWO CENTS COUCIL POWERLESS IN COURT PAYROLL UNDER MANDAMUS County Departments Limited in Expenses Only by What They Deem "Necessary" MUNICIPAL COURT SALARY DRAIN DECLARED HEAVIEST In 13-Year Period $1,198,421 Taken From Treasury by System for Salaries This is the sixth of a series of articles on the mandamus system that is taking between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 from the city treasury each year. The articles have been prepared to show the abuses of the system with the hope of remedies being effected. The series has been prepared after careful investigation of the city's records. City Council, as the appropriating body for the city and county of Philadelphia, is powerless in holding in check the payrolls of the courts of the county, for which it must find money to pay. The acts of Legislature creating the courts limit the number of employes of each court only to "all necessary clerks and assistants." Consultation with prominent lawyers of the city shows the word "necessary" to be of the widest interpretation of possibly any other word in the English language. In response to a question as to the meaning of the word as used in the acts of Legislature, one man, a prominent lawyer and once attorney general of the state, replied: "As worded, the law would allow the judges to appoint as many tipstaves, clerks, or any other employes as they desired, just so there was enough space left in the court room for the judges, counsel, the jury and a witness or two. Spectators are not counted as necessary." Following a custom of many years standing, the several courts each year submit to Council-or Councils, as prior to this year-a budget to carry them through the following year. In that budget all supplies and salaries are listed in itemized form. All city and county departments do the same thing. But over the city departments the Council has power. It may cut here and there at its own discretion. It may drop several positions if it desires. It may abolish an entire payroll, if it sees fit. It may cut the appropriation for supplies to any amount within reason. That being done the city departments are limited to the amount appropriated for each item. But that is not so with the county departments and and the courts. They are established by the Legislature in such a way that they can spend what they please. If appropriations are cut beyond their pleasure, they appoint as many men as they please and then a writ of mandamus, or a number of them, if needed, issues for the payment of the salaries thus incurred. The same is done in the matter of supplies. Council must sit by and see that doen and has no alternative but to find the money to meet the added expenses thus incurred. In the thirteen-year period from 1907 to 1918, both inclusive, $1,198,421.28 has been taken from the city treasury by using this system to obtain salaries and the cost of supplies. That amount was divided $1,190,687.49 for personal services and $7,733.82 for supplies. Of the personal service item, $901,265.74 was for the payment of court stenographers. The remaining $289,421.72 was for salaried positions created by the courts themselves. Most conspicuous in that line of ac- [end column] Reds, Beaten in Fight They Began, Beg Poles not to Start Offensive Warsaw, March 10. The soviet government at Moscow yesterday sent a second wireless peace not the the Polish foreign office. It is signed by M. Tchitcherin, the Bolshevist foreign minister, and expresses a desire for peace not only with Poland but with the other border states. Poland is asked in the note to refrain from an offensive, the soviet government explaining that its own operations on the Lithuanian and White Ruthenian fronts were inspired by fear that the Poles intended to make a drive against the Ukraine. The Bolshevist message came on the heels of the announcement of the victory of the Polish troops at Mozir. The Press expresses the belief that the government will be ready to enter into negotiations with the soviet toward the end of the month. METHODISTS HERE MAY NAME WOMAN Attempt Will Be Made to Elect Miss Susan Lodge to Go to General Conference Womankind's new prominence will be exemplified at the 133d annual session of the Philadelphia Methodist conference in the Wharton Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church next week when an effort will be made to elect Miss Susan Lodge, of Lansdowne, as one of the seven lay representatives of Philadelphia conference to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which convenes in Des Moines, Ia., on May 1. Miss Lodge, who is a member of the Lansdowne Methodist Episcopal Church, and known throughout Philadelphia Methodism, as the secretary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, has a host of friends, who want to see her a member of the general conference delegation. Never before in the history of the Philadelphia conference has it been proposed to send a woman delegate to a general conference, and the great law-making body of American Methodism has never had a woman delegate. But this is "women's day," friends of Miss Lodge assert. The western and southern states soon will be sending women to general conferences, and why shouldn't Philadelphia conference take the lead? Among the prominent Methodist laymen who stand a good change of being sent to the general conference are Solon D. Bausher, of Reading; Clarence D. Antrim. Park Avenue Church; J Lincoln Hall, Seventh Street Church; Dr. L. W. Munhall, Gethsemane Church; John Walton, Frankford; William S. Pilling, First Church, Germantown; W. H. G. Gould, Ardmore, and W. M. Mast. Leaders of the pastors' movement in the Philadelphia conference, who hope to divert enough votes from the district superintendents to send several pasters to the general conference at Des Moines, Ia., denied yesterday that their campaign has become disorganized owing to petty jealousies among the pastors themselves. "We are going to send three, and possibly four, pastors to the General Conference," asserted the Rev. Samuel M. Thompson, editor of the Methodist Independent, who is one of the leaders of the movement. "We have the officials guessing because they do not know the names of our candidates. We are keeping these names under cover. to reveal the name of a candidate would be fatal to our cause. Pressure would be put upon him, and within a week he would be out of the race." The Rev. Mr. Thompson said all sorts of methods were being resorted to to learn the names of the pastors' candidates. "I have been treated to the dinners galore in an effort to get that information out of me," he asserted. LENINE PROMISES RETURN OF GOLD Makes Offer to Rumanians as Guarantee of Sincerity in Peace Negotiations Special Cable Dispatch Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger Co. Geneva, March 10.-Rumania may recover 5,000,000,000 francs in treasure now under guard in the Kremlin at Moscow, by concluding peace with the Bolshevists. Your correspondent is informed that Lenine's peace offer to Rumania involves the promise to restore the treasure as a proof of the Bolshevists' sincerity. This fund, which belongs to the Rumanian state, has been held at Moscow for the last three years. Under the menace of the German invasion in the spring of 1917, the Rumanian Government transported to Moscow the gold reserve of the national bank, amounting of about 400,000,000 francs, besides valuable deposits of jewels belonging to private persons, and 4,000,000,000 francs in stocks and bonds. These were deposited in the vaults at the Kremlin. After the Russian revolution and the soviet advent to power, Lenine refused to restore the treasure. The Bolshevists' promise to restore it now will naturally influence the coming peace negotiations. Lenine's peace offer to Rumania is based upon the following conditions: First, recognition of the Russian soviet republic; second, payment of damages for Russian military material seized after the dissolution of the Russian forces in Rumania; third, amnesty for all Rumanian political refugees and deserters in Russia. In return Lenine offers to restore Rumanian treasure held in Moscow and to recognize Rumania's claim to Bessarabia. The proposals are regarded in Bucharest as a satisfactory basis for negotiations. Premier Veida's position has been consolidated by the allied recognition of the Rumanian claims in Bessarabia, but on his return to Bucharest a new cabinet will probably be formed, with General Avereseu as premier. Avereseu, as leader of the People's League, which is the party of the peasants, is the most popular man in Rumania today. Mine Strikers Hoist Red Flag Vienna, March 10. - By the Associated Press. - The strike started recently in the Mahrisch-Ostrau coal field, in the Teschen district, in dispute between Czecho-Slovakia and Poland, is spreading rapidly and reported to be taking on the character of a Communist demonstration. Red flags are flying at the pit shifts and hand grenades have been used in conflicts between Polish and Czech workmen. In all 26, 000 men have struck. HOOVER OPPOSED BY OLD GUARD AS G.O.P. NOMINEE Leaders Say ex-Food Administrator Should Be Uncompromising Party Man MOSES POINTS TO WOOD'S VOTE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE Senators in Lowden and Harding Territory Criticize Independent Stand By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger Co. Public Ledger Bureau Washington, March 10 Republican leaders in Washington refuse to accept Herbert Hoover as a presidential candidate. They read his letter to Ralph Arnold, contrast it with the results of the New Hampshire primaries, and scornfully observe that "Hoover seems to be a Republican progressive who is progressing into the Democratic party." It does not require very exhaustive investigation among Republican partisans to ascertain the ostensible reason for their animosity to Mr. Hoover. His letter to Mr. Arnold, which was the talk of political Washington today, served the purpose of crystallizing opposition sentiment. If there are those who supposed that all Mr. Hoover needed to do to enlist Republican support was to nail a fairly recognizable Republican flag to the mast they are mistaken. The Old Guard insists that he swallow "Republicanism" hook, line and sinker. The Old Guard leaders cannot, or will not, identify themselves with his view that we are living in New times and amid new issues. They decline to accept his revolutionary theory that the old isms are gone. They insist that he "come out" for the things that they are accustomed to "come out" for, and that until he does so he will remain outside the Republican breastworks. Old Guard Aloof Neither are those Republican leaders, apparently, willing to be impressed by the wave of popular sentiment rolling in Mr. Hoover's direction. They dismiss it as "badly overestimated," say it is "organized" and profess to see nothing in it that should swerve them from their objections to Mr. Hoover as a party outsider. Senator George H. Moses, of New Hampshire, manager of General Leonard Wood's southern campaign, reflected widespread Republican sentiment today when he said: "Yesterday's primary results in my state speak for themselves. At the very moment Hoover's friends were releasing a letter attesting that he is a Republican of progressive type, Democratic convention delegates were being pledged for him in New Hampshire." Senator Harry S. New, Republican, of Indiana, said: "Hoover is inconceivable as the Republican candidate for President. If he had done nothing else to bar him, his unpardonable, unjustifiable and unprecedented action in supporting Wilson's plea for a Democratic Congress would be enough. Where does he stand on great Republican issues like protection or on the peace treaty? What has he said on those subjects to entitle him to the greatest honor within the party's gift? If the Democrats nominate Hoover I predict for him a worse defeat than Horace Greeley suffered in 1872. The Democrats took up that 'progressive Republican' because they thought there was a national uprising Continued on Page Two, Column Two WEST VIRGINIA RATIFIES SUFFRAGE BY ONE VOTE Deadlock Broken by Rushing Pro Senator From California and Unseating Anti Member Who Had Moved Outside State Charleston, W. VA., March 10.- The West Virginia Legislature ratified the federal suffrage amendment late this afternoon. Final action on the amendment was taken by the Senate in adopting the ratification resolution of the House of Delegates by a vote of 15 to 14. The ballot of Senator Jess A. Block, of Wheeling, who made a hurried trip from California to Charleston to vote on the amendment, was effectual in breaking a deadlock. Senator A.R. Montgomery was not permitted to vote, his seat having been declared vacant. The final vote on the amendment was taken at 6:15 o'clock in the Senate after one of the most dramatic sessions ever witnessed in either House of the Legislature. For several hours suffrage leaders and their opponents fought in an effort to gain a definite advantage. Each step by either party was contested hotly. Senator Block received a vociferous ovation when he appeared on the floor this afternoon. Woman Pins Flower on Him Crowded galleries cheered, and an enthusiastic woman friend of the amendment made her way to his seat and pinned a yellow flower on his coat. "I expect to carry out the purpose for which I returned to Charleston," Senator Block told senators and correspondents who crowded about him. "I voted for suffrage several years ago when the Legislature considered the question of submitting it to the people as an amendment to the state constitution. Last Thursday I read in the San Francisco newspapers that my vote was needed to bring about ratification of the amendment and later I received a telegram with the same information. I arranged to leave for Charleston at once." Crowded galleries were kept in order with difficulty as each phase of the battle apparently swung in favor of one side or the other. At first; occupants of the galleries took more interest in the Wheeling Senator, who was regarded as a considerable sensation by the West Virginian's owing to his importance and the fact that suffrage forces had brought him to Charleston, across the continent. Unseating of Senator Montgomery Soon, however, interest in the Senator was thrown into the background due to issues of the contest, including the action of the Senate in declaring vacant the seat of Senator A.R. Continued on Page Two, Column Two Suffrage Already Won, Says Joyous Mrs. Catt New York, March 10. "SUFFRAGE is won. The words are simple, but they thrill as few words do or can." That was the enthusiastic conclusion of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, on receipt of the news that West Virginia had ratified the federal suffrage amendment. "People who have followed the course of equal suffrage from the outside with indifference or small understanding of what has been at stake." said Mrs. Catt, "will have no comprehension of the real message the West Virginia victory carries to women. To us it means that the nation is with you, that the seventy-year struggle is over, that the women of America are enfranchised women. "And now, whatever comes out of granting the suffrage to women, it is safe to predict it never will be responsible for any offering to the general welfare except those things that have been considered well and indorsed intelligently." P.R.T. TO OPERATE ON NEW YARD LOOP Agreement Reached to Run Cars Three Months at Conference With Mayor Following a conference in City Hall yesterday morning between Mayor Moore. Thomas E. Mitten, president of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.; James S. Benn and Samuel M. Clement, Jr., announcement was made that the traction company had finally agreed to operate cars over the new loop in the navy yard for three months as an experiment. Mayor Moore, in a statement issued after the conference, said he had agreed tot he proposition that the extra cost of running the cards into the navy yard could be charged up against traction extensions in other parts of the city. The actual time when the car service over the much-discussed loop will start depends largely on how long it will take the company to lay the connecting tracks from the old loop to the new. Those tracks will cost the navy yard employes, through their association $2500, inasmuch as there is no appropriation in the Navy Department to meet the item. Following the conference in the [column cut off] FRANCE'S BULLION TO PAY U.S. IN PART Will Use That Deposited in London Early in War for American's Debt Special Cable Dispatch Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger Co. Paris, March 10 - The French ministry of finance, your correspondent learns, has agreed with Austen Chamberlain, the British chanceloor of the exchequer, to repay part of the debt owed by France to the United States out of the 3,000,000,000 francs in bullion which was deposited with the Bank of England at the outbreak of the war. That is France's first effort to free herself from her indebtedness to America. That bullion was transferred to London to cover any loads France might contract in London, but the British Government, under the new policy of financial independence from America, has waived all its prior claims to the retention of the gold. That marks one of the most im- [column cut off] London Press Strangely Silent on Wilson Letter London, March 10 THE British newspapers with one accord avoided editorial comment today on President Wilson's letter to Senator Hitchcock, although all give it great prominence in their news columns. All of President Wilson's previous utterances have been widely commented upon and the present editorial silence is so striking that rumors have cropped up that it is inspired by influential quarters, who do not wish editorializing on a delicate subject before there has been ample time to reach a reasoned and tempered conclusion. ALLIES' UNIFORMS 'PROVOKE' BREMEN Warning Issued to Officers Against Wearing Decorations in Streets Bremen, March 10 - In view of the attack on French and Italian officers here yesterday, the commander of the garrison has issued a statement urging foreign officers not to appear in the streets or in cafes in uniform with their decorations. He points out that must have a provocative effect on the population. By Associated Press Berlin, March 10. - Eight men, said to be members of a French military aviation commission, who drove into Wernitz near Potsdam, in a motorcar from Berlin today, were attacked by the inhabitants, who accused the men of poaching and summoned them to surrender. Four of the men obeyed but the others tried to escape, one of them being wounded and later dying while being taken to a doctor. Two of the others later surrendered and the fourth man escaped. A report on the incident has been transmitted to the French charge d'affaires here by an allied officer. The magistrate at the preliminary inquiry today regarding the conduct of Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia in the dining room of the Hotel Adlon Saturday night, when bottles, plates and other missiles were hurled at members of the French mission, refused to public prosecutor's application for the remand of the prince in custody, saying he considered that a prima facie case had not been made out. The commander-in-chief for the mark, however, ordered the prince detained in the Moabit prison, and it is expected a charge will be preferred against him. The imperial government has issued a proclamation signed by Premier Bauer condemning attacks on members of Entente missions. It declares that the minister of defense will act with the greatest severity in punishing excesses. "The only consequences of things like these we have experienced the last few days," it adds, "will be that the few voices abroad, will have gradually been making themselves heard in behalf of our distress and our rights, will become silent again." The chief training school for cadets at Grosslichterfelde, Prussia, through which most of the officers of the German army passed, was closed today, in accordance with the peace treaty. There was an imposing military demonstration attended by officers in gala uniform, including General Ludendorff. Paris, March 10. - Members of the allied Military Commission at Breslau were attacked yesterday by a mob, but were saved from injury by police intervention. The allied representatives were hooted and some stones were thrown by the crowd. Dr. Mayer von Kaufbeuren, the German charge d'affaires here, called on Premier Millerand today and presented [end column] FRENCH RESENT WILSON LETTER AS "IMPUDENT" Andre Tardieu Cites Big Navy Policy of U.S. in Reply to "Imperialism" Charge DELAY HERE A BURDEN ON FRANCE, HE SAYS Job Undertaken by President Is Carried on by Others While Senate Talks HINTS AMERICA IS WELCHING Explains Large French Army Is Doing Yankees' League Duty as Well as Own. Paris, March 10. - Andre Tardieu, who was a member of France's delegation in the Peace Conference, said today concerning President Wilson's letter to Senator Hitchcock: "French public opinion will be in accord with that of the government, that the reproach of imperialism cannot apply to France. It is not on the peace treaty that such a reproach can be based. The treaty was judged and defined by President Wilson himself, in solidarity with the heads of the other governments, in the response addressed by them June 16, 1919, to Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation. "That was a capital document," said M. Tardieu, who recalled that it informed the Germans the peace proposed was "fundamentally a peace of justice" and that it provided "a basis on which the people of Europe could live together in friendship and equity." M. Tardieu continued: "Neither is it on the present policy of France that one can base the reproach of imperialism against her. Fault is found with us, it appears, for having more soldiers in our army than before the war. That is not our fault; our object is to diminish by all possible means our military burden. This is the situation: Doing America's Army Work "First - We asked that the League of Nations create an organized armed force as an essential condition of disarmament in the different countries. Our proposal was rejected three different times. "Second - The United States promised us their guarantee in case of unprovoked attack, as well by the Treaty of Versailles as by the special treaty between them and us - and neither of those treaties is ratified. "Third - The Treaty of Versailles imposed on the allied and associated powers a certain number of common military duties - occupation of the left bank of the Rhine, Schleswig, Danzig, Memel, Allenstein, Marienwerder, Upper Silesia and Teschen. Excepting a few thousand Americans on the Rhine, it is French troops that everywhere bear the charge alone. The treaty was to be executed by several. We are executing it almost alone. "Fourth - The negotiations in Paris had in view participation by all the Allied and Associated Powers in the occupation of mandated territories. Here, again, the United States disappeared, and to protect departments and the courts. They are established by the Legislature in such a way that they can spend what they please. If appropriations are cut beyond their pleasure, they appoint as many men as they please and then a writ of mandamus or a number of them, if needed, issues for the payment of the salaries thus incurred. The same is done in the matter of supplies. Council must sit by and see that done and has no alternative but to find the money to meet the added expenses thus incurred. In the thirteen-year period firm 1907 to 1918, both inclusive, $1.198.421.28 has been taken from the city treasury by using this system to obtain salaries and the cost of supplies. That amount was divided $1.190.687.46 for personal services and $7.733.82 for supplies. Of the personal service item, $901.265.74 was for the payment of court stenographers. The remaining $289.421.72 was for the salaried positions created by the courts themselves. Most conspicuous in that line of action have been the judges of the Municipal Court. That court was created by the Legislature of 1913 and did not begin until the spring of 1914. In the first six years of existence the judges of the court issued mandamuses totaling $258.203. 37 for positions, an average of $19.861 a year. If the positions ended with the year for which the salary has been mandamused, the drain on the city treasury would not be so great. But once a position is created, through the mandamus system, it remains until it has been Continued on Page Two. Column Six MAYOR GETS ZONE PLEA Mr.Moore Suggests Combining Work With City Planning Program Arguments for the appointment of a city-zoning commission were presented yesterday to Mayor Moore by representatives of the Philadelphia Planning Conference, which embraces thirty-five organizations interested in municipal development. A zoning commission existed under the administration of former Mayor Smith, but became defunct when Mr. Smith went out of office. Mr. Moore told the members of the conference that he would take under advisement the formation of the common, which, under the charter, he has discretionary power to appoint. The Mayor suggested an amalgamation of the projected zoning commission and the commission on city planning for which Council may provide. The suggestion was received with approbation COLBY EVIDENCE SECRET Senators Hear Testimony on Fitness of Cabinet Candidate Washington, March 10 --- Brigadier General Marlborough Churchill, chief of army intelligence, appeared before the Senate foreign relations committee today during its consideration of the nomination of Bainbridge Colby to be secretary of state and was understood to have given the committee certain evidence requested by it. Another meeting will be held tomorrow Senators said that matters under considerations were of such a nature that it was agreed unanimously not to discuss them publicly. State Department officials hold that unless Mr. Colby is confirmed by Monday the tenure of Frank L. Polk as acting secretary will lapse under a thirty-day limitation and the department technically will be without a head. L [next column] pasters to the general conference at Des Moines, Ia., denied yesterday that their campaign has become disorganized owning to pretty jealousies among the pastors themselves "We are going to send three, and possibly four pastors to the General Conference," asserted the Rev. Samuel M. Thompson, editor of the Methodist Independent, who is one of the leaders of the movement. "We have the officials guessing because they do not know the names of our candidates. We are keeping these names under cover. To reveal the name of a candidate would be fatal to out cause. Pressure would be put upon him, and within a week he would be out of the race." The Rev. Mr. Thompson said all sorts of methods were being resorted to to learn the names of the pastors' candidates. "I have been treated to dinners galore in an effort to get that information out of me," he asserted. ROBINS AND BIG THAW BRING SPRING TO CITY Continuation of Balmy Days Is Predicted for Remainder of the week Violets, robins, feminine straw hats, sulphur and 'lasses, warm breezes, sixty degrees F. and a profound disinclination to work came to Philadelphia yesterday as the first harbingers of the gladsome spring. The weather forecaster reported the sixty degrees F. as occurring at 4:30 in the afternoon. The rest of the signs were apparent to everyone. The sunshine for the day totaled 99 per cent, the weather bureau stated. Similar moderate temperatures are predicted for the next few days Citizens who left their overcoats home last Fridays and ran into a blizzard before getting back to the old homestead were wary yesterday and wore their overcoats. But as the thin red thermometric line climbed and claimed, the citizens became warmer and warmer, until at 5 o'clock it was no unusual sight to see business men carrying their coats over their arms. Best of all, however, the gouged and downtrodden householder had his first laugh since he quit taking ice last autumn, when he let the furnace go out last night. The man of the house hurled the ash sieve into the farthest reaches of the cellar and danced, informally in front of the back-breaking monster that, in the patois of the day, had his "goat." But the jubilation was not extended too long, for as soon as the m. of the h. again had reached the upper purlieus of the house his wife informed him they had better think of getting new screens, get in touch with a good iceman who would not charge too much and perhaps go downtown on the morrow and get prices of electric fans. And the old of his own, who had been protesting this many weeks against the cold weather, looked at the thermometer and exclaimed: "Gosh, it's hot!" "WET" ARGUMENTS FINISHED Washington, March 10-- (By A. P.) - Determination of the validity of the prohibition amendment and parts of the enforcement act now rests with the Supreme Court. Arguments were completed toady in appeals brought by the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Co. following the presentation yesterday of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts cases Premier Veida's position has been consolidated by the allied recognition of the Rumanian claims in Bessarabia but on his return to Bucharest a new cabinet will provably be formed, with General Averescu as premier. Averescu, as leader of the People's League which is the part of the peasants, is the most popular man in Rumania today. Mine Strikers Hoist Red Flag Vienna, March 10-- By the Associated Press.- The strike started recently in the Mahrisch-Ostrau coal field, in the Teschen district, in dispute between Czecho-Slovakia and Poland, is spreading rapidly and reported to be taking on the character of the Communist demonstration. Red flags are flying at the pit shafts and hand grenades have been used in conflicts between Polish and Czech workmen. In all 26,00 men have struck. "SELL THAT LIQUOR"--COURT "DO SO AND GO TO JAIL" - U.S. Consider the Plight of Monmouth Country's Sheriff, Who'll Be D--d If He Does and D--d If He Doesn't--Sale Advertised for Tomorrow All Monmouth country, New Jersey, is wondering what Elmer H. Geran, the sheriff is going to do about the latest complication between states and federal officials and the prohibition law. And the populace, particularly the more thirsty element, is agog with excitement as it never has been since the days when Molly Pitcher dispensed drinks at the battle of Monmouth back in Revolutionary days The situation is indeed complicated. Sheriff Geran was ordered by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to sell at auction all the goods of Harry Michelsohn, one-time saloonkeeper, of West Belmar, in execution of the suit of a creditor, Harry D. Wethling. Geran investigated and learned Michelsohn's earthly goods consisted of 1025 bottles of wines and liquors, 500 cases of old-fashioned beer, nineteen barrels of whisky, two motor trucks and a cash register. The value of the three latter articles paled into insignificance when compared with the process list of rare old champagnes, vermuth, absinthe, gin, wines and cocktails among the bottled goods. Geran found also that a mortgage of $5000, belonging to Louis Shapiro, of Long Branch, was held on the liquor. But its really worth--well, no one would attempt to fix a value yesterday for fear he would underestimate. Devil - Sheriff - Deep Sea The law of New Jersey provides that all sheriffs' sales shall be well advertised. Volstead, however, hasn't agreed with New Jersey for some time on certain points. His federal law states that no liquor shall be sold unless the purchaser can show a permit to sell, and that never, in any circumstances, may liquor be advertised for sale. The sheriff was in a quandary. He thought it over. And while he was pondering on the situation three lawyers offered decisive, through varied, advice. Should he obey the law of his state, as he always has done faithfully, or should he obey the more recent mandates of the federal government and let dates of the federal government and let the creditors settle with Michelsohn as best they could? Wethling's attorney though it decidedly best to stand by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and made it plain that loss of his job might result from failure to do so. But the barristers retained by Michelsohn and Shapiro could not see it that way. Both painted vivid pictures of what might happen if the federal law were not obeyed. Sale Advertised - and Postponed The state law and the sheriff's habit of obeying it finally won. The sale was advertised to take place February 27 in front of Michelsohn's one-time saloon, at Sixteenth avenue and H street, West Delmar, Monmouth county, N.J. No glowing description of the goods to be sold was needed on the advertising signs. The prosaic language of the sheriff's posters, which were tacked up all over the county, was sufficient to draw such a crowd as Geran never remembered at a sale over which he presided. The lawyers' picture of federal justice became more threatening as the crowd grew. Geran looked over the assemblage and wondered if any prohibition agents were in it. That made him hesitate. He adjourned the date until March 5. That day the crowd was bigger - almost twice as big. It filled the street in front of the saloon. Again the sheriff suffered acute cold in his pedal extremities. He adjourned the sale until March 12 - tomorrow. Geran Gets Federal Warning Shapiro's attorney began to think that Geran might go ahead with the sale tomorrow, after all. So he sent one of the posters to Leo Crossen, supervising federal prohibition agent for New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and told him the whole story. Mr. Crossen wrote a letter to Geran, advising him that he was disobeying the federal law in advertising the sale and would shatter it terribly if he sold any of the liquor. Mr. Crossen did not state that, if the sheriff went ahead with the sale, he would be arrested, but there were intimations that if Michelsohn's creditors are paid by proceeds of the public auction of the liquor, it might be at the cost of the sheriff's liberty. He says he will have a man there to watch the sale. And all Monmouth county, it is rumored, will be there to see. Cardinal Gibbons Urges All Catholics to use THE MANUAL OF PRAYERS - Adv. [new column] moment Hoover's friends were releasing a letter attesting that he is a Republican of progressive type, Democratic convention delegates were being pledged for him in New Hampshire." Senator Harry S. New, Republican, of Indiana, said: "Hoover is inconceivable as the Republican candidate for President. If he had done nothing else to bar him, his unpardonable, unjustifiable and unprecedented action in supporting Wilson's plea for a Democratic Congress would be enough. Where does he stand on great Republican issues like protection or on the peace treaty? What has he said on those subjects to entitle him to the greatest honor within the party's gift? If the Democrats nominate Hoover I predict for him a worse defeat than Horace Greeley suffered in 1872. The Democrats took up that 'progressive Republican' because they thought there was a national uprising Continued on Page Two, Column Two [new column] yesterday morning between Mayor Moore, Thomas E. Mitten, president of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.; James S. Benn and Samuel M. Clement, Jr., announcement was made that the traction company had finally agreed to operate cars over the new loop in the navy yard for three months as experiment. Mayor Moore, in a statement issued after the conference, said he had agreed to the proposition that the extra cost of running the cars into the navy yard could be charged up against traction extensions in other parts of the city. The actual time when the car service over the much-discussed loop will start depends largely on how long it will take the company to lay the connecting tracks from the old loop to the new. Those tracks will cost the navy yard employes, through their a ssociation $2500, inasmuch as there is no appropriation in the Navy Department to meet the item. Following the conference in the Mayor's office, statements were issued by the Mayor, the public service commissioners and President Mitten. The statement by Mr. Mitten was in open-letter form addressed to Commissioners Brenn and Clement. It reads, in part: "After careful consideration of the matter, I am impressed with the fact that this question is of far-reaching consequence and cannot be settled, as you suggest, by temporary experimental operation. "The Stotesbury-Mitten management is always averse to entering into agreements which unduly benefit special interests at the cost of the car-riding public. "The net operating cost of the new terminal loop will approximate $40,000 per annum. There will be no off-setting gain, as additional passengers, if any, will be rush-hour business, and carried at a loss. "Every passenger carried between the city and the navy yard, during the rush hours, requiring tripper service, represents a distinct financial loss. If 100 new riders, now using jitneys, are secured for each additional trip, the added gross earning of $5 a trip will not meet the cost of running the additional car required. Wages, cost of power, with maintenance and interest on the additional car required, will alone be in excess of $6 a trip. "There can be no hope of profit by Continued on Page Four, Column Two AUTOMOBILE LAW UPHELD Pottsville. March 10. --Judge Beeh-- tel today declared constitutional the act of the Assembly authorizing the seizure on sight by officers of the law of automobiles having defaced or changed engine numbers. The ease decided was an appeal by Jere Knapper, a Tamaqua automobile dealer, in whose garage state police seized four machines. whose numbers are sad to be defaced. CHILD TRAPS INTRUDER New York. March 10. -- Charles Rey- nolds, J., at the age of three years has definite ideas about furtive young men who tamper with locks. Charley is the son of a policeman and in company with his father paid a visit to his grandpar- ents last night. While the older people were talking Charley wandered through the hallways of the hose and saw a young man tampering with a lock. Whereupon he decided that his father would be interested. When he heard what Charley , Jr., had to say, the policeman ran into the hall. A struggle ensued. in which Charley beat his small fists against the burglar and was overpowered and arrested. [new column] Copyright. 1920, by Public Leder Co. Paris. March 10. -- The French minis- try of finance, your correspondent learns, has agreed with Austen Cham- berlain, the British chancellor of the exchequer, to repay part of the debt owed by France to the United States out of the 3,000,000,000 francs in bullion which was deposited with the Bank of England at the outbreak of the war. That is France's first effort to free herself from her indebtedness to Amer-- ica. That bullion was transferred to London to cover any loans France might contract in London, but the Brit- ish Government, under the new policy of financial independence from America, has waived all its prior claims to the retention of the gold. That marks one of the most im- portant developments of the new finan- cial policy of France. Rapidly giving up home, under British advance, to expect anything from Germany, and expecting nothing more in the way of assistance from the United States, France is look- ing to herself at last as the menus of her own economic salvation. The new international loan, the pur- pose of which is to restore devastated areas, is said to be fulfilling the most optimistic expectations. And now the French ministry of finance, which hitherto was been amazingly haphazard in its methods of collecting taxation, allowing the unscrupulous to profit by their dishonesty, will become more stringent. The old system, still in vogue, of presenting two balance sheets even in firms of high repute, one for shareholders and business clients and the other for the tax collector in the collection of the income tax, will dis- appear and it will be as difficult to evade taxation in France as it is in America today. The ministry expects that the revenue from taxes will be quadrupled under the new system. ---------- ALL SECTIONS JOIN IN HOOVER SUPPORT ----- Group Backing Californian for President Receives Assurances From Many States ----- Public Ledger Bureau New York, March 10. - It is the Republican nomination for President that the group of his friends, headed by Ralph Arnold and M. L. Requa, want to win for Herbert Hoover. They so declared today in a statement following the publication of Mr. Hoover's letter to them in which he said he was not a candidate, but would be ready for service if called upon. They further said they did not believe Mr. Hoover would accept a nomination from the Democratic party. "The California group of Republicans who came to interview Mr. Hoover have given consideration to his reply and are more than ever convinced that he is available as a candidate upon the Republican ticket,' said the statement. "We can sympathize with his reluctance to inject his personality into the campaign, but have determined to re- double our efforts. In that we are enthusiastically supported by letters and telegrams from strong committees in nearly every state in the Union." {{column break}} "The only consequences of things like these we have experienced the last few days," it adds, "will be that the few voices abroad, which have gradually been making themselves heard in behalf of our distress and our rights, will become silent again." The chief training school for cadets at Grosslichterfelde, Prussia, through which most of the officers of the German army passed, was closed today, in accordance with the peace treaty. There was an imposing military demonstration attended by officers in gala uniform, including General Ludendorff. --- Paris, March 10. - Members of the allied Military Commission at Breslau were attacked yesterday by a mob, but were saved from injury by police intervention. The allied representatives were hooted and some stones were thrown by the crowd. Dr. Mayer von Kaufbeuren, the German charge d'affaires here, called on Premier Millerand today and presented Germany's regrets for Saturday night's demonstration against members of the French mission at the Hotel Adlon, in Berlin, which Prince Albrecht of Prussia is alleged to have instigated. M. Millerand took occasion to direct the attention of the charge to other similar incidents. He added that those probably would not have happened if Germany had shown greater energy in suppressing the violence's of last winter, of which General Niessel, head of the allied Baltic mission, and later the supreme council had notified Germany. ---------- EX-CROWN PRINCE A BOXER ----- Pugilist Who Is Instructing Him Says "Fritz" Has Good Uppercut Wieringen, March 10. - Friederich Wilhelm, former German crown prince, is now a "pretty good scrapper," says W. La Croix, a Du8tch lightweight, who for four months has been coming here twice each week from Amsterdam to give Wilhelm lessons. They box in a room of the parsonage where Wilhelm lives. "The former crown prince's favorite blow is an uppercut," La Croix told an Associated Press correspondent, "and he is learning how to use tit." ---------- "STARVING," SHIP FLASHES ----- Boston, March 10. - The steamship Tyee asked assistance in radio messages intercepted here tonight. The message gave position ninety miles east of Five Fathom Lightship off New York. It said:\ "Boilers disabled. Also out of course. We are starving." The steamship Northern Pacific replied to the calls, saying it could reach the disabled vessel in four hours. The Tyee a wooden steamship of 1528 tons, left Philadelphia for Fayal November 12 and left Fayal for New York February 23. ---------- $25 TOO MUCH FOR A HAM ----- New York, March 10. - A householder's refusal to pay a delicatessen store $25 for a cooked ham was sustained today by a Municipal Court jury, which returned a verdict for Robert H. Mainzer, a wealthy resident of the West Side. He deducted $11 from the bill on learning the best cooked ham should not cost more than $1 a pound, and was sued by the store for the balance. Since the suit was entered three hams have been given to him. Justice Young said the bill was outrageous and directed the store to pay the cost of the suit. {{column break}} ---------- When you think of writing, think of WHITING. - Adv. Our proposal was rejected three different times. Second--The United States prom- ised us their guarantee in case of unprovoked attack, as well by the Treaty of Versailles as by the special treaty between them and us--and neither of those treaties is ratified. "Third--The Treaty of Versailles imposed on the allied and associated powers a certain number of common military duties--occupation of the left bank of the Rhine, Schleswig, Danzig, Memel, Allenstein, Marien- werder. Upper Silesia and Teschen. Excepting a few thousand Americans on the Rhine, it is French troops that everywhere bear the charge alone. The treaty was to be ex- ecuted by several. We are executing it almost alone. "Fourth--The negotiations in Paris had in view participation by all the Allied and Associated Powers in the occupation of mandated ter- ritories. Here, again, the United States disapperead, and to protect the populations against massacres in Constantinople. Anatola, Arm- enia and Cilicia, it was again France that was called on. Refers to U. S. Naval Expansion "Therefore, I repeat, it is unjust to accuse us of imperialism. No one in France protests against the continual increase of the American navy. Our army, like the American navy, is what circumstances require it to be, and it is not France that created those cir- cumstances. It is the debate going on for months in the United States over ratification of the peace treaty that created them. Every one knows my respect for President Wilson, but I think that in his last letter to Senator Hitchcock he has been unjust to France." The Temps, commenting on President Wilson's letter, says : "Where is the militarist party in France-- of which no authentic French- man ever has perceived the existence? We have known of only one militarism in Europe at the present time. It is that of which Von Hindenburg is the symbol and Prince Joachim Albrecht one of the most discovered samples." Reds Encouraged by Letter "Mr. Wilson, " says the Gaulois, "takes revenge for the silence imposed on him by illness. In less than twen- ty-four hours he presents two docu- ments in which he affirms, in a singu- larly aggressive manner, that he has re- covered full possession of his masterly faculties. He finishes the weakening of governmental frameworks of order and discipline that he already has shaken so thoroughly. His anti-imperialist' for- mula will bring new encouragement to international bolshevism, under cover of which Germany prepares her future re- venge, which Mr. Wilson denounces, but not with the clearness and energy we expected from his fairness, if not from his friendship." The Paris Midi says the accusation of France as militaristic is "impu- dent." "Mr. Wilson accuses France of being militaristic," the Midi continues, "and at the same time Josephus Daniels, see- retary of the American navy, is the only minister in the world who an- nounces an unlimited program of arma- ment. " L'Information says: "Today there are men conscious of the evident neces- sities of France, but there is no longer a militarist party, properly speaking." U. S. - Danish Radio Service Copenhagen, March 10. --- A Danish radio commission is proceeding to Amer- ica April 8. The commission will nego- tiate with the American authorities for the linking up of a radio service between the United States and Denmark. 2 PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, [THURSDAY] MORNING, MARCH 11, 1920 SIMS SAYS NAVY DELAYED WAR'S END ------------ U. S. Inefficiency Cost 500,000 Lives, $15,000,000,000 and Many Ships, Tells Senators -------------- DANIELS IGNORED HIS PLEAS -------------- Secretary Wanted to Send Destroyers to Arctic Instead of to Fighting Zone ------------- Public Ledger Bureau] Washington, March 10] [Rear Admiral William S. Sims today translated into actual figures his charge that the inefficiency and delay of the Navy Department had delayed the end of the world war.] [The cost to the United States and the Allies, Admiral Sims testified, was 2,500,000 tons of shipping, 500,000 lives and $15,000,000,000. He based his figures on an estimate that with full participation on the part of the United States navy at once the war would have ended by August 1,1918, but into his recital he wove a mass of documents - official cablegrams from his office to the Navy Department and replies thereto - that showed the tremendous effort that he made to impress upon his superiors the need of immediate action.] ["If the tonnage lost in 1917 had been saved by the prompt co-operation of the navy" he said, "America could have had 1,000,000 men in France at the beginning of 1918 instead of 300,000." He estimated on the basis of what happened when the American forces did arrive a victory could have been achieved by July, 1918, if the tonnage had been preserved.] [Six months after the United States entered the war, the admiral said, the department adopted many of the policies he had urged from the first.] A flood of messages, at almost daily intervals, detailing the situation as obtained by Admiral Sims from members of the British admiralty and other allied officials drew from the Navy Department inquiries as to the advisability of sending destroyers to the Arctic and the rejection of the convoy system, the eventual adoption of which destroyed the submarine menace. Letter to Ambassador In a letter to Ambassador Page on June 25, 1917, he made most of the assertions that brought the present investigation, reviewed the entire situation, quoted from messages exchanged with the department, and closed [with] the statement that the "war will be won or lost within the next few months" for "if the shipping losses continue at the present rate it must be lost because the Allies cannot win." Quoting from the official correspondence Admiral Sims showed that it was a month before he was notified by the Navy Department that ultimately thirty-six destroyers were to be sent, the "first messages giving me any intimation as to the extend of the forces they intended to send." Finally on June 24, the admiral said he received "the first statement of any policy and the first definite information about the department's plans that I had [not received." The message came, he] testified, only following a message from Ambassador Page, directed to the attention of the President, was sent when Admiral Sims placed the extreme gravity of the situation before the American diplomatic representative. That message contained the following passage: "Another thing that the department recognizes is the necessity of sending all anti-submarine craft which can be spared from the home waters into active European waters, and when such craft become available will send them." "In view of the situation described in my dispatches," said Admiral Sims in reference to that passage, "it is needless to say that I was wholly unable to understand the statement in this message as to the nature of the very heavy demands upon the department for active operations of most important kinds elsewhere than where fighting at that time was only going on." Had Changed His Opinion From the very first report that Ad- [end column] EUROPE GIVES UP HOPE U.S. WILL RATIFY TREATY ---------------- Allied Governments Decide to Proceed With International Problems, Trusting That Some Day America Will Enter League of Nations --------------- By CARL W. ACKERMAN Special Cable Dispatch Copyright, 1920 by Public Ledger Co. London, March 10.--Europe has long since given up hope of American ratification of the Versailles treaty. Europe is convinced that until after elections in the United States it will have to go it alone in solving economic problems and in considering political questions excepting, perhaps, those involved in the peace treaty. The result is that, despite depression among the liberals of Europe and glee among reactionists, the governments themselves have decided that they must push ahead with the great international tasks, trusting that America will some day see her way clear to international co-operation. England, France and Italy are doing the best they can to bring about economic understandings, but that task is gigantic. Compromise Not Satisfactory Judging from opinions which I hear about the economic manifesto or memorandum, it seems doubtful whether even that agreement, which is another compromise, will be satisfactory either to central Europe or the Allies. France is so decidedly opposed to the [economic] policy of England and Italy toward central Europe that these nations have had to reach a [dissatisfactory compromise.] A reply by Bonar Law in the House of Commons to Commander Kenworthy may be considered significant. Mr. Law stated that while the Supreme council's decisions were as published, still it was hoped that representatives of all countries would have further opportunity for examining the questions at an international conference. That may be accepted as an indication that the allied powers intend to continue the economic conferences indefinitely in the hope that ultimately a workable and successful program will be evolved. Europe Has Faith in League While the Senate is on the verge of executing the League of Nations, so far as America is concerned, Europe is each day showing more confidence in the league. Already several European governments are asking the league to undertake important international work. The meeting next week in Paris, on Russia, will be followed later by a conference on economics, armaments, poison gas, naval programs, etc. Some of the league's European defenders believe they can get the league at work on these important questions and demonstrate to America what results are possible. That may have a good influence upon the situation there, because I have met no one in Europe who does not want and does not expect America eventually to be a member. The Situation When I asked an official today what prospects of success faced the council's economic manifesto, he said: "The situation is like this: I have the [only] clothing store in town. Everybody wants a new suit, but I have not enough to go around. Then comes a stranger. He must have a suit or freeze. But he has not enough money. He says he can pay for the suit if I will help him get a job. But I cannot help because my partner will not let me. Still, he wants the suit, and I promise to do my best to give assistance." Although he did not apply his story, it is obvious that he meant that of the three great allied powers England has the store, with France and Italy as partners. Germany wants a new suit, but asks for a loan and aid in getting to work. The French partner holds back, so the others do the best they can without driving the customer away and without destroying the friendship of the partner. ----------------------------------------------------- Old Guard Voices Opposition to Hoover --------------- Continued From Page One in his favor. What happened? Both Republicans and Democrats turned from him in disgust. I am firmly convinced that will be Herbert Hoover's fate as a Democratic nominee." Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, who was a Roosevelt progressive, said: "Hoover's letter contains nothing in my mind that converts him into Republican presidential timber. He concedes a Republican past, similar to my own, but is vague about his present party affiliations or inclinations. Republicanism of more categorical fiber than Herbert Hoover's will be required at Chicago, I fear, to entitled any man to be the party's standard-bearer in 1920. Kansas Republicans are for Wood. Our farmers will never forget that Hoover was the man who kept down the price of wheat during the last three years." Senator Medill McCormick, of Illinois, another Roosevelt Progressive, though that Mr. Hoover's letter presented "too nicely balanced points" to justify any comment upon his part. Senator McCormick's brother, ex-Bull-Mooser Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, also begged to be excused from discussing the letter. Senator Miles Poindexter, of Washington, another Progressive Republican, thought that as "a nominal presidential candidate" there was nothing suitable he could contribute to the discussion of Mr. Hoover's pronouncement. Senator James E. Watson, Republican, of Indiana, said: "Hoover is an elegant gentleman who rendered meritorious war service, but that does not entitle him to expect the Republican nomination for the presidency. Why does he persist in applying meaningless adjectives to his political status and refusing to say what kind of a Republican he is? What do words like 'independent' and 'progressive' mean in these troublous times? No, Hoover will not do. The Republican party contains too much first-class Republican material, proved, tried and able, to make it [necessary] for us to nominate an 'independent' or a 'progressive' at Chicago." Senator James D. Phelan, of California, a Democrat from Mr. Hoover's own state, said: "Mr. Hoover makes his position [end column] ------------------------------------------------- [-orable] action by two more states is required to make the amendment effective. Special sessions of the Legislatures of Delaware and Washington will open March 22 and are counted on by the suffragists to ratify. --------------------------------------------- DELAWARE "ANTIS" TO FIGHT ------------------ Special Telegram to Public Ledger Wilmington, March 10.--An energetic campaign is being planned by the women of Delaware opposed to suffrage, it was announced today by Mrs. Henry P. Scott, who is the active head of the anti-suffragists in this state. Mrs. Scott said that national suffrage leaders will combat the efforts of the suffragists. One of the chief demands of the anti-suffrage forces will be the submission of the amendment by referendum. ---------------------------------------------------- Kentucky Speeds Full Suffrage Frankfort, KY., March 10.--Women of Kentucky would be permitted to vote in the 1920 presidential election, regardless of whether the federal women suffrage amendments is operative by then, under provisions of a bill passed by the lower house of the Legislature last night. A similar bill is pending in the Senate. --------------------------------------------------- SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE SHIFTS CONVENTION --------- By CONSTANCE DREXEL Special Telegram to Public [Ledger] New York, March 10.--Owing to the eleventh-hour change of date and place of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress, the list of American women delegates, previously announced, was changed by the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association today. The congress was scheduled for Madrid from May 2 to 8, but, owing to religious difficulties encountered, it was transferred to Geneva from June 6 to 12. Only seven of the twelve delegates were elected today as follows: Mrs. Maud Nathan and Mrs. Halsey Wilson of New York; Mrs. Jacob Bauer, of Illinois; Mrs. Descha Breckenridge, of Kentucky; Mrs. W.E. Barkley, of Nebraska; Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, of Colorado, and Mrs. Charles F. [end column] ----------------------------------- D'ANNUNZIO SENDS VENETIANS WARNING --------------- Threatens to Use Warships if Troops Prevent Passage of Fiume Children to Italy ------------------ Fiume. March 10.--Gabriele d'Annunzio the insurgent leader, has issued the following statement: "I read in the newspapers the incredible piece of news that the command of the royal troops in Julien Venetia prohibits the passage of the poor children of Fiume into the kingdom of Italy, while more than 7000 Viennese children are today housed with tenderness under the Italian roofs "I will not tolerate this infamy. I am preparing the roughest-edged tool to brand it. Besides caring for Fiume's famishing children on one of my ships I shall land them at Venice, ready to fire on whosoever dares to obstruct me in undertaking this legitimate reprisal. Yes, now commences war. " Several weeks ago more than 200 Fiume children were taken to Milan. At that time General Caviglia, former Italian minister of war, said he had opened the doors to children taken to Italy for humane reasons. General Caviglia now is making a tour of inspection along the armistice line. A letter has been received by D'Annunzio from Said Zagloul Pasha, the Egyptian Nationalist leader, expressing their "common aims for emancipated humanity." ---------------------------------------------- Telegraph Briefs Cleveland.--Roy E. Faber, postmaster at Rittman, was placed under arrest by federal officers charged with the theft of $5000 from a registered mail pouch. The resignation of Harry L. Davis, serving his third term as mayor of Cleveland, was announced last night to take effect after the April primaries. He is a candidate for governor. ------- Louisville.--A co-operative store will be opened here March 20 by employes of the Louisville & Nashville railroad company. Any railroad employe may obtain the privilege by purchasing one share of stock for which he will pay $10, with a limit of five shares. A saving of thirty per cent is estimated by its promoters. ------- Chicago.--The Chicago Medical Society announced fees charged by its 7000 members would be increased from $3 and $5 for calls to $5 and $10 and from $150 to $200 and $250 for appendicitis operations. ------- Gallipolis.--A section of the Ohio State Hospital, partly destroyed by fire Tuesday, was set on fire again, yesterday. Investigation of the State Board of the deaths by suffocation of eight inmates Tuesday revealed oil- soaked blankets under the floors. ------- New York--Conversation by wireless telephone between passengers in a navy "blimp" and a motortruck stationed at Broadway and Forty-second street during an exhibition flight over the city yesterday was heard by persons standing around the truck at a distance of ten to fifteen feet. Through Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association has presented to the prince of Wales and the king of the Belgians bronze medallions in commemoration of their visits to the grave of the former President at Oyster Bay. -------- Washington--Congress was asked again by Secretary Daniels to appropriate $8,500,000 for the repair of war ships. The secretary said he had expected Congress to act promptly, and consequently had omitted the appropriation from the regular estimates for the next fiscal year. [end column] ---------------------------------------------- THE steady leader in sales at these and many other prominent places is not an expensive, straight Turkish cigarette--but the "just-enough- Turkish" blend, Fatima. The Proof -------------------------------------------------------- [DEMOCRATIC] SPLIT ON TREATY GROWS ------------------ Conference, Said to Speak for 20 Senators, Seeks to Eliminate League Issue ---------------- Public Ledger Bureau] Washington, March 10] Efforts [at] compromise on Article X of the [League] of Nations were unavailing today when Republican reservationists and irreconcilables discovered that Democratic senators, principally those who face an election next year, were launching a movement to eliminate the peace treaty and league as an issue in the campaign by [ratification] in some form, and if they fail in that, they aim to attend the Democratic national convention in San Francisco and prevent any plank in the platform which might serve to make the treaty a party issue. The growth of this sentiment developed this afternoon when ten senators, including Hoke Smith, of Georgia : J.C.W. Beckham. of Kentucky ; Robert L. Owen, of Oklahoma ; F. M. Simmons, of North Carolina, and J. O. Walcott, of Delaware, met in Senator Owen's office. Democrats who attended the conference clothed it in the greatest secrecy. It was acknowledged that all those present would not support the announced program of deserting the President. The intention of the conference, it was said, was to see what support could be obtained from among those who have heretofore been the stanchest supporters of the President. Twenty Democrats in Revolt The more optimistic proponents of the latest Democratic revolt said they were assured the support of more than twenty Democratic senators. Others at the conference said the movement had not yet reached sufficient momentum to bring about ratification of the treaty, but that they were convinced a majority of the Democrats would not stand by the President in his position that the treaty must not be ratified unless every "i" is dotted and every "t" crossed just as it was when the President returned from Paris. The immediate result of the Democratic move was to stiffen the backs of the Lodge reservationists, more especially since there were indications that the irreconcilables, led by William E. Borah, were once more to warn Mr. Lodge that they would not support any modification of Article X. Senator James. E. Watson, of Indiana, who has been endeavoring to reach an agreement on a modified Article X with Mr. Simmons, announced later in the afternoon he would not offer the substitute to the Lodge reservation which was made public yesterday. Mr. Hitchcock passed an active day conferring with his colleagues, aiming to hold enough in line to balk the aceptance of a distasteful compromise. He reasserted the compromise movement would fail, although he conceded a considerable number of Democrats were ready to vote with the Republicans. The only element in which any hope of reaching an adjustment remained was among a small portion of the mild reservationists, who were still at work on a modification of the Article X reservation which they hoped might prove acceptable. Treaty Attacks Uninterrupted Conferences and discussions outside of the Senate went on in such numbers that on the floor there was virtually no interruption to two set speeches on Article X from the Republican side by Senator Medill McCormick, of Illinois, and Senator Miles F. Poindexter, of Washington. Both attacked the position taken by the President in his most recent letter to Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, and said that the ratification of the League of Nations without reservations would be an impossibility. The Republican leaders hope to reach a vote on the "heart of the league" Article X, by Friday, although events may bring a decision tomorrow. Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas, Republican whip in the Senate, sent out word today to all Republican absentees that their return by Friday was highly desirable. In the event that a vote on Article X can be reached by Friday, the final rollcall on the ratification of the treaty is expected to take place on Saturday, when the treaty will either go to the President in a form that he says he cannot accept or back to the pigeonhole to which it was sent once before. ------------------------------------------------------------- Council Powerless Under Mandamus ----------------------- Continued From Page One [abolished in some subsequent year.] As far as can be found no job, thus created, has been abolished. And so the cost goes on from year to year. Another point to be carried in mind is that many of these positions were mandamused after half of the year or more had passed. Thus, the continuing annual cost of these positions amounts to more than double the original mandamus. On that ratio, the positions created by the Municipal Court alone would mean an annual expenditure of more than $300,000, or two cents or more on the annual tax rate. The salaries mandamused by the Municipal Court are as follows: 1914............................. $ 21,254.37 1915............................. $ 8,812.51 1916............................. $ 1,361.82 1917............................. $ 4,279.41 1918............................. $120,086.75 1919............................. $102,408.71 ------------------- Total........................... $258,203.37 Officials of the Municipal Court make the point that the 1919 mandamuses were for stenographic services given the court. In other years they were for clerical salaries. The totals for the other courts are moderate when compared to the Municipal Court. Their share of positions, created by the mandamus system is divided as follows for the thirteen-year period: Common Pleas Courts..... $5,424.52 Quarter Sessions.............. $2,435.40 Orphans' Court................. $1,264.38 ---------------- Total.................................. $9,124.30 The item of $901,000 and more for stenographers' services that was mandamused is for payment of stenographic reports of court trials. The plea has been made from the city solicitor's offices and the courts in years past that the item is variable and cannot be estimated each year, because of the great deviation in the amount of work required each year. But scrutiny of the records shows that the amount has been around the average of $70,000 a year. Based on an average an amount could be included in each year's budget so as to obviate the cost of mandamuses. For many years Councils made an effort to overcome the mandamus evil as it exists in the salaries of court officers. But the law has always been on the side of the courts. During the term that Joseph P. Gaffney was chairman of the councilmanic finance committee, he made many protests against the system. Always this was without avail. On several occasions, when court and county offices were under consideration, he remarked: "Well, we will have to give them what they ask, I suppose. If we don't they'll just mandamus. The Legislature gives them that power and we can't help it." On several occasions the demands have been so brazen that the Councils have refused the money simply to leave the responsibility for its expenditure entirely upon the courts. The figures as given show the result. During budget sessions the judges of the courts do not even appear before the finance committee to explain the need of position. The positions are needed, they send word by clerk, and that is all there is to it. Otherwise Councils were left to work in the dark without any check on those expenditures. -------------------------------------------------------------- Polish Troops to Return to U.S. Warsaw, March 10.--Plans have been completed for the transportation to the United States of 3000 of General Hallar's troops, most of them naturalized Americans from Poland, who enlisted in the United States and fought in France and were brought to Poland after the armistice was signed. Poland has agreed to transport the men to Danzig, where they will embark on the steamship Antigon at the American Government's expense. -------------------------------------------------------------- J.E. CALDWELL & CO. 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"In view of the situation described in my dispatches," said Admiral Sims in reference to that passage, "it is need- less to say that I was wholly unable to understand the statement in this message as to the nature of the very heavy demands upon the department for active operations of most important kinds elsewhere than where fighting at that time was only going on." Had Changed His Opinion From the very first report that Ad- miral Sims sent to the Navy Depart- meant four days after he arrived in Eng- land he stressed the importance of cen- tering naval operations in the eastern Atlantic. His dispatches and testimony revealed that this was a reversal of his previously held opinion. He vigorously opposed the department's plan to send destroyers to the Arctic. Explaining that his recommendations many times were made after conferences with the allied naval commanders, the admiral said the failure of the depart- meant to keep him properly informed as to its plans and policies was a source of great embarrassment to him. Instead, most of his information regarding Amer- ican naval plans, he said, was obtained accidentally at the British Admiralty or through visiting armed guard officers. In response to messages asking for destroyers Admiral Sims received one cutting down to six the number of de- stroyers previously promised, telling him that "there are no other small craft available." And "in regard to convoy, I consider that American ves- sels having armed guards are safer when sailing independently." That was signed Daniels. "When this message came in," said Admiral Sims, "I realized once more that the department did not appreciate the situation or such a message would have been impossible." Admiral Sims did not carry his testi- money today beyond a date in the latter part of June, 1917, and when the com- mittee adjourned he still had much of his prepared testimony to read. Boers May Desert Britain Fate of Smuts Government Being Decided in Elections London, March 10. — Parliamentary elections taking place today in South Africa will, it is believed, decide the fate of the government of Jan Christian Smuts, which is contending against a strong Dutch Nationalist element aided by the Labor party. The result may decided whether the Cape Colony, the Trans- vaal, Orange Free State and Natal are to continue British or will attempt to form a South African Dutch republic under its own flag and with an elected president. Anti-British forces have recently been strengthened by many influenced by charges that Yorkshire spinner have been profiteering at the expense of South African wool growers. The high cost of living has also been a campaign issue, and the racial longing of the Boers to be rid of British domination has been played upon. Present conditions are viewed with concern because of the atto- tude of the Labor party, this being the first time the anti-British Boers have been joined by any part of the British population. "a nominal presidential candidate" there was nothing suitable he could con- tribute to the discussion of Mr. Hoo- ver's pronouncement. Senator James E. Watson, Repub- lican, of Indiana, said: "Hoover is an elegant gentleman who rendered meritorious war service, but that does not entitle him to expect the Republican nomination for the presi- dency. Why does he persist in apply- ing meaningless adjectives to his politi- cal status and refusing to say what kind of a Republican he is? What do words like 'independent' and 'progressive' mean in these troublous times? No, Hoover will not do. The Republican party contains too much first-class Re- publican material, proved, tried and able, to make it necessary for us to nom- inate an 'independent' or a 'progres- sive' at Chicago." Senator James D. Phelan, of Califor- nia, a Democrat from Mr. Hoover's own state, said: "Mr. Hoover makes his position clear. He does not want 'machine' sup- port. He has liberal and progressive principles, which are very dear to him, and he stands by them. If a party adopts such principles, he is willing to serve it. He scorns the Reactionaries and the Reds. He thus, I think, best represents American sentiment today. I know he is far from being an Anglo- phile. He knows England as he knows other countries, which cannot be said of his detractors. Those who fear Brit- ish machinations, I am quite sure, need not fear Hoover." Suffrage Ratified by West Virginia Continued From Page One Montgomery, on the ground that he was no longer a resident of West Vir- ginia, but not lived in Illinois, de- priving him of vote that would have defeated ratification. Also of great in- terest was taking up and adopting of the ratification resolution of the lower House, without amending the Senate rules, one week after the Sen- ate's vote defeating its own resolution on the same subject. The Senate Chamber presented a colorful picture with yellow flowers and ribbons as the scheme. Each Senator had taken to his desk as many chairs as could be crowded about it, the majority being occupied by women. Every available inch of space of the chamber was utilized for spectators. A few minutes after adjournment, hundreds of men and women began a demonstration in the corridors, many of them having concealed tin horns about their persons. First Clash Over Montgomery The first fight of the day was over the report of a part of the committee on the privileges and elections on the question of Mr. Montgomery's right to a seat. It was not made clear whether it was a majority or minority report. It recommended that Mont- gomery's seat, having been vacated by himself, be declared vacant by the Senate. By a vote of 16 to 12, that was accomplished. Ratification forces then surprised their opponents in proposing to adopt the House resolution without amending Senate rules to reconsider its own reso- lution rejecting the amendment. The opposition had made its principal fight on that issue and raised a point of order. Senator Harvey Harmer, leader of the suffragists, and Senator Gribble, the opposing leader, debated the ques- tion, and when appealed to the presi- dent declined to rule on the point, but submitted it to the Senate. Senator Harmer was sustained by a vote of 15 to 14, and then the House resolution was adopted. West Virginia is the thirty-fourth state to ratify the amendment. Fav- Shifts Convention By Constance Drexel Special Telegram to Public Ledges New York, March 10.—Owing to the eleventh-hour change of date and place of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress, the list of American women delegates, previously an- nounced, was changed by the board of the National American Woman Suf- frage Association today. The congress was scheduled for Madrid from May 2 to 8, but, owing to religious difficulties encountered, it was transferred to Geneva from June 6 to 12. Only seven of the twelve delegates were elected today as follows: Mrs. Maud Nathan and Mrs. Halsey Wilson, of New York: Mrs. Jacob Bauer, of Illinois: Mrs. Descha Breckenridge, of Kentucky: Mrs. W. E. Barkley, of Nebraska: Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, of Colorado, and Mrs. Charles F. Spen- cer, of Kansas. Eight of the twelve alternates also were chosen as follows: Mary Gray Peek and Mrs. Hendricks, of New York: Mrs. J. G. Munro, of Massachusetts: Mrs. Cordelia Sever- ance, of Minnesota: Mrs. H. O. Gar- very, of Kansas: Miss Frances Healey, of New Hampshire: Miss Dorothy Reh- field, of South Dakota, and Mrs. Helen Lippincott, of New Jersey. Other delegates will be selected as soon as more names are received from the far-western states. The party is booked to depart May 19 aboard the Royal George. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, will preside. Ukrainia will send delegates and Greece has made application to join the alliance in time to send delegates. Uruguay and Argentine will be repre- sented. NEW COALITION IN CHINA Eight Provinces Form League to En- force Peace Between North and South By Associated Press Shanghai, March 10. -Warfare has broken out in Honan province because of the effort of the Pekin government to appoint Wu Kwang-Hsin governor of the province to supplant Chao Yi, whose forces are opposing those of Wu Kwang-Hsin. This and the outbreak of hostilities in Kwantung province, where fighting is proceeding between southern factions, has brought to light a league of eight provinces- Fukien, Kiaugsu, Chihli, Honan, Szechwan, Hupeh, Shantung and Kiangsi- aiming to effect peace by uniting against the militarists both of Pekin and the south and forcing dissolution of the parliaments at Can- ton and Pekin. The Kwangtung warfare is the out- growth of an attempt by the governor of Yunnan to send a new commander of the Yunnan troops in Kwangtung. The new commander is bombarding Shieu- chow, about 118 miles north of Canton. BRITISH MINE STRIKE VOTED London, March 10. -The national conference of coal miners today declared in favor of a general strike to enfore the demand for nationalization of mines. The decision of the minors will be re- ferred to the special trades union con- gress, meeting tomorrow. Opinions ex- pressed by leaders give rise to expec -tation that continuation of constitu- tional means for achieving the end de- sired, will be decided upon. The labor party became entirely di- associated from the government in ad- ministrative work with the resignation today of George J. Wardle, parlia- mentary secretary to the ministry of labor. Mr. Wardle announces that he retires of ill health. President at Oyster Bay. Washington - Congress was asked again by Secretary Daniels to appro- priate $8,500,000 for the repair of war ships. The secretary said he had ex- pected Congress to act promptly, and consequently had omitted the appro- priation from the regular estimates for the next fiscal year. Senator Medill McCormick, of Illinois, and Senator Miles F. Poindexter, of Washington. Both attacked the position taken by the President in his most re0 cent letter to Senator Gilbert M. 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