New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
Democratic National Com.
mittee Appeals to Gov
ernor to Call a Special
Session for Ratification
Reeds Credentials
AS Delegate Filed
All Contests Will Be Heard
in Executive Session:
Georgia Case ON To-day

AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO.
June 25.-The Democratic National
Committee to-day unanimously agreed
to send telegram to the Governor of
Tennessee urging a special session of
the Legislature to ratify the Federal
suffrage amendment.
The committee met late to-day to
make up the temporary roll Of dele
gates, to consider contests and to dis
pose of other business preliminary to
the opening of the convention next
Monday. Homer S. Cummings, chair
man of the committee. presided. Prob
ably the largest number of women
that ever attended a meeting of the
committee was present.
Among the early arrivals was SEN
ator James A. Reed, who claims seat
IN the convention as delegate from
the 9th Missouri District. Representa-
tives of the two groups of delegates
contesting for Georgia's twenty-eight
seats also were on hand.
Suggestion Is Applauded
There was vigorous applause when
Chairman Cummings suggested the
sending of a telegram to Governor
Roberts of Tennessee, urging him to
call special session of the Leris-
lature to ratify the Federal suffrage
amendment. The suggestion was unan-
lmously adopted.
=, Following, is the telegram sent to the
Governor Of Tennessee:
Governor Albert II. Roberts. State
Capitol. Nashville, Tenn.
The Democratic National Com
mittee, at its meeting held today.
ny unan1mea$ vote, directed me, as
chairman OF the committee, to send
you the following message:
we most earnestly emphasize
the extreme Importance and urgencv
OF an immediate meeting of yoM
state Legislature for the purpose ST
rat Fying the proposed Nineteenth
Amendment to the Federal Constitu-
tion. The eyes of millions of women
throughout the country are turned
toward Tennessee as the one state
that can and will enfranchise them
prior to the November election by
becoming the thirty-sixth state to
ratlfy the suffrage amendment.
Extra Session Is Urged
eve trust that for the present all
other legislative matters may, if
necessary, be neld in allegiance and
that you will call an extra session
of the Legislature of your state for
such brief duration as may be re-
quired to act favorably on the
amendment. Tennessee occupies
position Of peculiar and pivotal i'm
portance and one that enables her to
render a service of incalculable
value to the women of America. We
confidently expect, therefore, under
YOUR leadership and through the &C.
tion of the Legislature of your state,
the women of the nation may be
given the privilege of voting in the
coming Presidential election"
Minutes on the death of Roger Sulli-
van, Illinois; John 7. McGraw, West
Virginia, and William J. Stone, Mis-
souri,, were adopted by rising vote.
The committee approved the execu-
tlye committees report on temporary
officers of the convention, which rec
commended that Homer S. Cummings be
the temporary chairman of the conven-
ton
An incident at the meeting was the
presentation of gold badge to John I.
Martin, of Missouri. temporary ser
geant-at-arms Of the National Com
mittee.
Reeds Certificate Presented
There was a buzz through the COM
mittee room when Francis M. Wilson,
United States District Attorney for
the Western District of Missouri, pre-
sented the certified action of the
Democracy of the 5th Missouri Dis
trict," in electing Senator Reed a
delegate to the convention. He asked
an opportunity to present the facts
to the committee and was informed
that he would be heard at the proper
time.
On the suggestion of National Com
mitteeman /. B. Dockweiler, Of Cali
fornia, the convention will be asked
that when it adjourns Monday it be
until 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, to
permit the visiting delegations to take
steamer excursion Tuesday morning.
The committee adopted without dis
cussion a resolution to be submitted
to the national convention, providing
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