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The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
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The U.S. Senate committee favorably reports on the Susan B. Anthony amendment to grant women suffrage through constitutional action, noting women's equality in citizenship and capacity for franchise. The committee is mostly composed of western senators.
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Among other things, the committee in its report says: "They (the women) are citizens in all other respects. Together with the men they constitute the people. In patriotism, intelligence, devotion to welfare of the government and in capacity for franchise they are in no wise inferior to men." It is a fact worthy of note that the committee submitting this report is composed mostly of western senators.
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United States Senate
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favorable report on the amendment
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The committee to which the matter of amending the constitution to give women the right of suffrage was referred reports favorably on the Susan B. Anthony amendment proposing woman's suffrage by constitutional action. The report states that women are citizens in all other respects, constitute the people with men, and are equal in patriotism, intelligence, devotion to government welfare, and capacity for franchise. The committee is mostly composed of western senators.