A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE Printed for the use of the Committee on Woman Suffrage WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1913 WOMAN SUFFRAGE. MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1913. COMMITTEE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE, The committee met at 10 o'clock a. m., being called to order by the chairman, Senator Thomas. Present: Senators Thomas (chairman), Owen, Ashurst, Sutherland, Hollis, Ransdell, Clapp, and Jones. The CHAIRMAN. The committee has met for the purpose of considering S. J. Res. 1, which is as follows: Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, shall be valid as part of said Constitution, namely: "ARTICLE "SECTION 1. 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. SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this article." 66 This hearing will be devoted to a discussion of the question of equal suffrage by those who are opposed to the measure, and I will call upon Mrs. Dodge, who, I think, is the lady in charge, representing that side of the proposition. The committee will sit for 2 hours, which time will be devoted to Mrs. Dodge and those whom she may have assigned to speak, after which, for about 20 minutes, the committee will hear from Mrs. Hale, and then take a recess until Monday at 10 o'clock, when the other side will be presented, and the day will be devoted to that side of the question. The committee is ready to proceed, and the Chair would be glad if Mrs. Dodge would inform us who the speakers are and the time which it is desired they should occupy. STATEMENT OF MRS. ARTHUR M. DODGE, OF NEW YORK, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSED TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Mrs. DODGE. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, before starting the arguments on our side by the two or three speakers I shall introduce, I should like to read a short statement of the national association which I represent, as it is a comparatively new organization. 3 |