Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-19

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 1S-The amend ment exLeuGIle e4uaI suffrage 10 @Aii4er- Ican women Mas raiaeu today Tor L- c-uslon n the leuor~4 construction, t4le lovyer house Ot Ie----~ssse -eeis4-- Ldre young, 0v tO 10. u cOlleGr Al the senate resolution aGULteu rrIOayi -0 lO
 Action of the house made Tennessee the lnlrty si1m state IU appro,e tie amendment Wu4ch Iackeu tV4lI5lit on-y l0rmai certihcatIon py secretary Co.p! oI the state department to N~--lplete It. acceptance by Jue llatIon.
 mere Is still q posslDil-. that the house may rescind US s,--4on. Al the last moment Speaker u-ker, leauer O. the anti-sunrage IO4cls, c-4e>ngeu his SoLe from no iu .-. .~r pdN 4ll5 tHe wa! Tor a motion lJ i-coHSlutr. Onuef house rules lle c,ln present such mo Ilon within the neAt LWO legislative days
 snou4d todays $ vote be connrmed or the house tau to take 1ur.ner acton before adjournment Frlday, millions ol women Wl!I De free under the amend ment to vote in the presidential eIec- tlon next November. Only SuEcessIuI litigation contesIng the legal right O. this legislature to ratify the section could prevent them. Steps for sucn
  constitution involved already have been taken by the Tennessee constitutional League.
 Ninety six of the ninety nine members of The house were present today ana the alignment, until a vote on occur renee was taken, was a tie, each fac non polling IS votes on q motion by MT Walker 10 table the resolution. On the ballot for concurrence the lineup was 4g to 47 until the speaker changed his vote. This apparently would give the sufragists an advantage Of only two votes but their leaders declared tonight that members in favor of suffrage, who were absent today, would arrive prob ably tomorrow morning.
 The motion to reconsider may be car ried by a majority vote of the members present and since Mir. Walker can act without q moments notice, the suffra- gists planned to be on hand in fuIi force during the next two days
 The end came suddenly Debate on The motion to concur had bee ia pro- gress little more than an hour and there was no indication a vote was inn ninent- when Speaker Walker called Representative Overton to the chair and took the floor to reply to sufraglst who had charged that special interests were at work 10 defeat ratification.
 The battle has been won and the measure has been defeated" MT. Walk er said. Il resent the iniquitous re- marks that special interests are here alone against this measure. resent rnis on behalf of the womanfood that is both for and against suffrage.
 ..I move that this measure go where it belongs, to the table"
 Instantly the chamber was in an up rear. Mir. Overton odered the roll called and clerks tally showed Q tie, s 10 iS.
 MT. Overton. who occupied the chair during the remainder Of the session or dered a second roll call. which showed a .fe Of 4S to AS and the Speaker de rlared the motion lost for want of a majority.
 Instantly the anti-suffragists demand ed a vote oa the original motion to concur in the senate action If an other tie results it means rejection ot the amendment.
 The vote at the outset was on parti- san lines when the name of Representa- five Harry T Burn. republican, was called he voted aye The opposition then virtually conceded defeat for MT Burn had voted with them to table the resolution and his change gave the sui fragiscts the needed majority.
 The stand of other members was un- changed until the name of Represents tive B P Turner. democrat. was reacR- ed and he passed. Instantly there was a shofit of satisfaction from the antis- He had voted against the motion to table and his failure to vote again balanced inc opposing forces, but just before inc end of the roll call, Mir. Turner re- 1uested the clerk to record him as vot- ing aye
 MT. Turner had said repeatedly that he would neither vote for no ragainst ratification unless if was evident that his vote was needed hut in that event -r7uid vote for tn amendment.