During this discussion, Mr. Pou, the Chairman, made the following statement:
I want to say in conclusion, Mr. Speaker, that this is no proposition to pack the Committee for a particular purpose. The friends of this resolution have distinctly stated time and again that they do not expect action at this session of Congress (first session of the Sixty-fifth Congress). The appointment of a Committee only is asked; but after this Committee is appointed, in the next Congress they expect to go before the people of America, and if the returns justify, then in the Sixty-sixth Congress, they will ask for Congressional action.
This boiled down meant of course there was no intention of passing the Suffrage Amendment before the Sixty-sixth Congress. However, the Administration was to reverse its policy on this point less than three months later.
The House Suffrage Committee was created by a vote of one hundred and eighty-one yeas and one hundred and seven nays.
PART FOUR
VICTORY
“The vast and beckoning future is ours.”
The Suffragist.