Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
Walkers Motion Is Only
Thing That Defers a
Complete Victory.
SPEAKER LOSES PRIVILEGE
OF CALLING 1T UP HIMSELF
House Forced to Remain in Ses-
sion Over Saturday by Rat
ifcation Supporters.
BILL is NOT OUT or WOODS
VIII Sue Out Writ OF Injunction
Restraining Governor Roberts
From Certifying.
Try Assoc.a,eh rre,s

NASHVILLE. TENN. August 90
8Sunragists tonight regarded any at
tempt OF the opposition TO force the
lower house OF the Tennessee LcgIs-
laturc to reconsider its action in rat
flying tho woman suffrage amend j.
inent as hopeless. and leaders were
claiming that tomorrow night would
see the last obstacle to ccrtlication
OF the measure TO Washington swept
away.
The only thing that stood IN ,ha
way of a clean-cut victory ton!gh,
was the WALKER motion TO rcconJider.
recorded on the House journal
Speaker Seth Walker. oppos!tio..
leader. changed his vote Wednesday
from nay 10 aye" on the rol, call
to adopt the ratification result. in
order that he might move reconsid-
cratIon and have the sole privilege
OF calling IL from the journal during
the next two days. His time limit
expired today, and. with his failure to
act. any member who voted aye" on
ratIhcation now has the privileg. OF
calling 1t up. This tho suffrage
leaders announced they intended to
do tomorrow and they planned either
atIvc vote.
Whole Question II Settled.
1 Attorncy-Gcncral Thompson and
other pavliamentarians hold that
Speaker Walkers failure to &C; to-
day settled tho question of recon-
sIderation and the resolution was
now ready for cngrossing and cor
tincat!on to Washington. Others.
however. including leading sumra-
gists. maintained that the motion
stood on the journal as a matter of
record and unacted upon, and shat
TO remove all doubt 1t must be dis
posed OF.
1t was with this object In view that
the sunragists today, by vote #
40 to -. defeated a motion OF the
Opposition TO adjourn until Monday
afternoon for the usual week end re-
cca, and forced adjournment only
| until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
seldom in recent years has either
house OF the Legislature held ses-
sion on Saturday. Action on :he
Walker motion WAS planned as soon
as the order of business would per
nit.
Mr.. Walker last night declared he
had enough votes pledged to force
reconsideration today. and have he
House rcscind It's action in ratifying
the amendment, but when an oppo-
sition leader moved adjournment un-
I'll Monday. IL was taken as an ;ui.-
cation that the Speaker was not sure
| Iof his ground and defeat of the mo-
ton. by tho same majority cast for
ratification Wednesday before he
changed his own vote to aye" con-
iirmed this supposition.
Had to Win Over Only Two.
Walker. however. had chance to
win on the vote planned tomorrow
| on this motion for reconsideration
should be persuaded At least two suf-
|fragists to desert their leaders. Since
| he is recorded as voying aye" he
could himself call the motion from
the journal and after it's adoption
move that the house reverse itself on
ratification. Suffragists. however, did
not fear break in their ranks and
were confident they would dispose OF
| the Walker motion as they had
planned.
Should the opposition be success
full it was regarded certain Attorney
General Thompson's opinion that
Walkers failure to act today had set
tied tho question of reconsideration
would be made by the suffragists as
basis for vehement protest.
victory for tho suffragists tomor-
|row, however. docs not mean that
the question OF ratification by Ten
fnessec is out Of tho woods. Judge
Joseph Higgins. of Nashville, presi-
dent OF the Tennessee Constitutional
League. stated today that il the suc-
cess of suffragists in tho House is as
|surcd. he is prepared TO sue out a
writ OF Injunction restraining Gov
ernor Roberts ana the Secretary of
State from certifying the measure to
washington on the ground that ac-
tion by this Legislature was in violas
tion OF the State Constitution. Tins Is
regard In many quarters as presag-
ling lengthy litigation, for the opinion
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