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Example sentences for "suffrage bill"

  • On one occasion he and his little group of supporters talked for hours about a Bill dealing with "verminous persons," because it stood before a Suffrage Bill, and he thus succeeded in preventing our Bill from coming before the House.

  • In the first place the presentation of a woman's suffrage bill is not received favorably; the Republicans and Democrats struggle for control of the legislature, the majority one way or the other never being large.

  • The present Liberal government needs only to treat the matter seriously; then a woman's suffrage bill will be passed.

  • In 1916 no suffrage bill of any kind was presented to the Legislature by the State Association but it turned its attention to congressional work.

  • Mr. Riggs said his eagerness to pass a suffrage bill was to do justice to the women of Arkansas and to keep a promise to his mother that if he ever was elected to the Legislature he would introduce and work for one.

  • In 1918 they declared for the Federal Suffrage Amendment and a majority of those elected pledged themselves to vote for ratification, if it came before the Legislature, and did vote for the Presidential suffrage bill.

  • In June, 1915, the Equal Suffrage Party made its first effort to sponsor a suffrage bill in the Legislature.

  • The Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs has been a great educator.

  • There was an attempt to keep count of the ballots according to parties, but it was not entirely successful and there was no way of correctly estimating their political complexion.

  • Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  • In 1877 a bill was passed placing the entire management of this Woman's Reformatory in the hands of women.

  • After the nominations for the Legislature had been made, letters were written to candidates of all parties to ascertain their attitude toward the Municipal Suffrage Bill.

  • He was willing to introduce a suffrage bill, but as the Republicans were in the majority it was thought best to have this done by John Day Smith, the leader of that party in the Senate.

  • For seven years we had had a majority in the House of Commons pledged to vote favourably on a suffrage bill.

  • In the spring of 1904 I went to the annual conference of the Independent Labour Party, determined if possible to induce the members to prepare a suffrage bill to be laid before Parliament in the approaching session.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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