Mr. Taggart, coming back to the attack: You didn’t defeat a single Democratic Member of Congress in a Suffrage State.
Miss Paul, quickly: Why, then, are you so stirred up over our campaign? (Audible murmur from Republican left wing).
Mr. Webb: I move a recess of this committee for one hour.
After the recess Miss Paul rose to introduce Helen Todd of California.
Mr. Williams put the following question to her:
Miss Paul, would you state to me the names of the candidates for Congress which your organization opposed in the State of Illinois?
Miss Paul: We conducted our campaign only in the nine States in which women were able to vote for members of Congress. In no way did we participate in the campaign in Illinois.
Miss Paul then introduced Helen Todd. After Miss Todd had spoken, Frances Joliffe and Sara Bard Field spoke.
Later Alice Paul said:
In closing the argument before this committee, may I summarize our position? We have come here to ask one simple thing: that the Judiciary Committee refer this Suffrage Amendment, known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, to the House of Representatives. We are simply asking you to do what you can do—that you let the House of Representatives decide this question. We have tried to bring people to this hearing from all over the United States to show the desire of women that this should be done.