Try Revive Suffrage Bill
St. Paul, April 10. Attempts to
resurrect the suffrage issue in the Min
nesota legislature have tailed.
Senator D. P. O'Neill and 13 oth
ers tried to bring the constitutional
suffrage amendment bill back to life
by voting to overturn the report of
the election committee whereby the
measure had been killed. There were
49 who decided to let the measure
rest in its grave.
The efforts of Senator O'Neill and
his small number of followers were
directed mainly to putting some of the
heretofore ardent supporters of suf
frage into the open. Senator Olai
Lende, chairman of the elections com
mittee, frankly stated that the bill
had been -killed because the drys did
not want to submit the suffrage
amendment at the same time that pro
hibition is submitted to the people.
The outcome of the resurrection at
tempts were a foregone conclusion
long before the fight was started. A
group of women, comprising members
of the Equal Franchise league, were
responsible for the attempts, how
ever.
Senator Ward of Martin county,
aroused many of the senators when
he insisted that the vote would'show
who was hypocritical on the suffrage
question. Incidentally, Senator Ward
had voted against constitutional suf
frage two years ago and was criti
cized for his "change of heart."
Several military bills were intro
duced in both houses. One to pre
vent interference with enlistments,
another to prohibit aliens from hav
ing firearms or explosives in their
possession were introduced by Senator
George H. Sullivan and Representa
tive Albert P. Pratt.
Only One Farmer Favors Measure.
