The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-04
Mrs. Carrie c. Gait, in Master
Iy Address, Points Out
Ants Methods.
HAS ENOUGH PLEDGES
Shows That Federal Consti-
tuition Has Nullified State
Provisions.

The "Tennessee Constitutional
League was pictured as the lnstrU-
ment OF a little band OF New York
reaetlonaries who were trying to
ehised forever by Mrs. Carrie Chap.
man Gait, president OF the National
Woman's Suffrage association, In a
surfing appeal for ratification OF
the suffrage amendment In this city
today, 80
Mrs. Gait spoke at the Hotel Pat.
ten az "a luncheon rendered her by +
the chamber OF commerce. She had
an audience OF fully 200 representa-
tive men and women, who eheered
her as she made point after point In
her spirited attack on the antlsuf.
traqe aaltators,
.Iennesses ls an international
use," she told her hearers. I'VE
isvs enough pledess now TO ratlty
the men viii keep their pledges"
Mrs. Gait showed eonelusIvely
tnat the federal Constitution multi.
tied the state provision upon which
'',he antlsutirage leaders are basing.. {.
Ihe meeting was presided over by
Mrs. Mary Giles Howard, Among those
VINO made brief speeches of introduce
ton were Mayor A. w. Chalnbllss. who
called called her % one Of the worlds trst eiti..
OF the Chattanooga Women Voters
league, Mrs. George II. Milton, presi-
Gent OF the tennessee Women Voters
leasuo; representative Charles Linn,
eiu MISS Mhrgafet Schuler, press rep
resehtauNe OF the national association
Mr.. Llnn's Message.
Representative Linn brought hack a
message from Senator IISrSiny whor,
he hsS renep,,v e..e"r nce" auh sruans, nh whoml
him to use whatever mnuUneo ha c"uid
to aid the passage OF tho ratiicntion,
I'VE little care whether IL ia n demo
cratic or republican Legislature that
ratifies," Linn declared the candldnie q
told him. "rhe big thing is TO let the
women vote" Linn. however. warned
the women that "a politicians promise
is like a pie crust--it is like plat. 1.
get In on"
Tenne.sss /. aa,,,s,aroo,d
.,co. =.
aennesseo IL now national battle
gronnu, MRS; Gait said. You may
MINK the legislature IN local battle,
put u IL really an International battle.
Seorssar,a,iyes o yrs e d6 enough r senators a9o
va,lon-lt thls were anything but the
tnirty-siNth state But evil forces are
at work among US.
Ehe question innnitelY greater
lhan q state question. u u bigger than
party question, mere IN Tennessee tne
do not live In Tennessee,
Their way is to put Few publicity
seeking women IN the hmeliHht, While
they themselves work IN stealth, " ~
llke the clown n INC circus VINO ~
tlhcts tne' ctownS attention, Whle .ne
peIiormers IN the three rings 10 uh'
noticed n,
nope tpe Tine VIII come Mpen
America can say that Whatever pledges
ms niuhsns kNs W,n w. NIL msps' & nut 49,,
" ny, wv n...' 'nls ',''s w." 'ag W.
the thirty-sixth ana NECESSARY ,, s sa'g'. ~
y wouiu say .na. u was ~ 9I,ed y,ed pu aut
shouting, Tor We nave the pieases, nu.
the most interesting part OF the drama
In that which Ia going on IN secret. ana
not In public.
ut has recently been said In thc
press that an organ'saton nas pson
Harding to leave Tcnnessoe alone. The
organization calls itself the Tennessee
Constitutional league II claims that
a majority of tho legislators are not
pledged 70 suffrage: This Is nothing;
league. was formerly the Mems Anti
wnn,an susyraea iearue.' Il had head
nvsrtera i'm Nav York where IL fought
bitterly 10 beat suffrage for women N
mat etate ~ = , r.a.' ,horn AS,er IL de.
t.a, s iv, !, nhnggcd IT, name 10 the Amer
IN, I'M ~ OVERWHELMINGLY, vmi Ieng,ie,
ioan 1ons.i.u.,o""a .sor, Nav York
sonc arTa. ~ ,h,a group. to or
canls Can',s '''' a mems cons,itutionai league
In Tennessee. ana @ ,hey ,n,n rv1 ,ho,r hands,
Ing men wiliihk 70 pihy l"to hsh,rd the
They 40 NOT hppohr "" ~ cav
opposition, put Wnsh 'n0s s,ch .s have
and Harding messakes su" va,, NAV
know Il is this little band OF oeter.
mined New York reRctlonaries VINO a'e
behind t."
Mrs, Gait then read TO the sathe,s
the message which she ana M,s s.nstnr
Harding and the two national commw.
tee chalrmen. She descrlbon n,..
in Tennessee. The message, when wa
,o,,ndlv appiauded, appears elsewhere
~ .nas % NewS.
"you can't fool eome Of the people
ali ~ the time, and all OF the peopl.
some ~ the time, hut you cannot iooi
ali the people all the time. Hne n,ns urnm
u MI, .unovyn remark. THAT In where
,nn ,rouble lies. The opponents OF SUI
t.sxe are trying to fool the people OF
,rcnnessee about tho state constitu-
tion.'
ga .cbooiboy or achooigirl can un-
a." the suffrage leader 40.
cIared mot every lawyer II good
cons,itutionai lawyer. we suppose thai
a iawver. understands the law, but "
4. not niwavs 40, A good railroad or
20 a.,ats fawyer IE proficient In his
sperlaitv and little else. He - often
,,nr,, isncra NJ on tho constitution. There
T.. a. r,iiI ybIch n lawyer will not con-
,o., No hIIl pnssed hy n legislature In
,,JiI NOT tyy 10 find some
v., ~
.'ii wore n lawyer IN Tennessee ]
,,.n,,ia ,yant nnv onInion 10 be the kind
~ nm oplnion that would he sustained
a., d. co,iris Some don't care about
~ 'ns n uU,'' hta iawvcrs have made
,hnir ,Sc"rd slnnlv hy lighting the law,
ard .rnrnessoe has her fun quota Of this