“There is every reason to believe,” said Mrs. Gilson Gardner commenting on Mr. Henry’s glib change of front, “that the Party leaders have met and studied the Democratic returns from the campaign States.” On January 12, the Resolution on the Susan B. Anthony Amendment was debated for over six hours in the House and voted upon the same day. One hundred and seventy-four votes were cast for the Amendment, two hundred and four against it. Forty-six members were recorded as not voting. Of the forty-six, twelve were paired in favor, and six paired against it. The Amendment thus failed by seventy-eight votes of the necessary two-thirds. It is a favorite trick with politicians to bring up the Amendment in the short session of a dying Congress. They can vote no and still have a chance, in the new Congress, to redeem themselves before election. The _Suffragist_ of January 23 quotes some of the reasons for opposing the Amendment: That Woman Suffrage cannot be supported because of a man’s respect, admiration, and reverence for womanhood. That five little colored girls marched in a Suffrage parade in Columbus, Ohio. That women must be protected against themselves. They think they want to vote. As a matter of fact, they do not want to vote, and man, being aware of this fact, is obliged to prevent them from getting the ballot that they do not want. That the ballot would degrade women. That no man would care to marry a Suffragist. That women do not read newspapers on street cars. That women do not buy newspapers of Ikey Oppenstein, who keeps the stand on the corner. That no man would care to marry a female butcher. That no man would care to marry a female policeman. That Woman Suffrage is a matter for the States to determine. That Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch once marched in a procession in which she carried a banner inscribed, “One million Socialists vote and work for Suffrage.” That Inez Milholland married a Belgian and once referred to a cabinet-officer as a joke. That women fail to take part in the “duty of organized murder” and might therefore vote against war. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART TWO 1915-1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WOMAN VOTERS APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO CONGRESS