May 23, 1919
Mr. JOHNSON of California. :Mr. President, I ask, in acCOI'dance with subdivi ion 3 of Rule XIV, that the joint resolution just received from the House of Representatives may be read twice and then be placed upon the calendar.
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Ir. UNDERWOOD. l\Ir. President, I understand it requires unnnimous consent to hnve the joint re olution considered without goii!g to the con!mittec. I will sny that I have no desire to unduly delay the consideration of the joint resolution at the proper time. It is a well-known fact that I am opposed to it, and I expect to vote against it. It ~hould be considered in ..an orderly and proper way, and I shall certainly object to its consideration until it has been referred to a committee and properly considered:
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1\fr. JOHNSON of California. It is that it may be considered in an orderly and proper way that the motion is made, and it is made in conformity with subdivision 3, Rule XIV. The desire is not at all to press the matter with any undue baste, but that, in accordance with the rule, the joint resolution may be · read twice and then be placed upon the calendar and ultimately may be taken up on motion. ·
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Mr. UNDERWOOD. As I understand it--
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The VICE PRESIDENT. This is the rule, of course. Without objection, unless the Senate otherwi e orders, the first and second reading of a bill may be by title only ; and there having been no objection, it will be read the first and second times by title and will go to the Committee on Woman Suffrage.
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The joint resolution (H. J. Res. 1) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women was read twice by its title.
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Mr. _ JONES of Washington. l\Ir. President, it seems to me that the Senate has it within its power by order to direct that it shall go to the calendar instead of to the committee, if the question of r"eference is raised. That, I understand, the Senator from California raises. The rule does not say that it shall go to the committee automatically, but unless otherwise ordered it goes to the committee.
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The VICE PRESIDENT. There has to be unanimous con
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Mr. JONES of Washington. It can not go to the committee without unanimous consent.
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The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair has ruled a number of times, and the precedents of the Senate are unvarying upon the propo proposition, that unless there is unanimous consent a bill or resolution has to go to a committee.
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1\.fr. JONES of Washington. I ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution may go to the calendar, not to be taken up for consideration to-day, but that it go to the calendar.
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1r. UNDERWOOD. I think I made it cl ar a moment ago that I am not willing to consent that the joint re olution shall be taken up in the Senate until it has been carefully and fully and deliberately con idered by the appropriate committee. Therefore, of cour e, I object.
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The VICE PRESIDENT. The joint re olution goes to the Committee on Woman Suffrage.
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