The suffragists, wearing their yellow badges, started a great demonstration immediately after the vote was announced. Speaker Walker, who voted against ratification, changed his vote to favor ratification. This was done in order to give him the right to vote for a new consideration of the resolution. The reconsideration motion must be made within two days. Walker’s change of vote made a total of 50 to 46.

The vote in the house came when an attempt to table resolution had been made. Speaker Walker moved to table the vote. On this the vote was 48 to 48, and the house went into an uproar because the decision was tied. A second roll call also tied. Then the speaker announced that the vote could not be taken on the original resolution providing for ratification. When order had been restored the clerk began to call the roll slowly and the onlookers held their breath. The vote was announced as 49 for suffrage and 47 against. The house was in confusion when Walker said, “I change my vote.” The made the result 50 in favor of suffrage and 46 against it. Walker is an anti-ratificationist but changing his vote has gained two days during which a re-consideration may be had. The anti-suffragists immediately will begin working for getting a reconsideration and will attempt…(Continued on Page 6)