The evening world., 1920-08-26
SUFFRAGE PROCLAIMED
!, TO ENTIRE NATION BY
SECRETARY COLBY
Continued From First Pase)

suffrage headquarters on Jackson
Place, across. tho street from the
State Department. As dawn WAS
strealxing the sky they decided II was
time to retire, no word having come
from tine Secretary Of State.
Snatching a few hours OF rest, Miss
Alice Paul, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker
and others were in the corridors of
! the State Department at o'clock
for the ceremonies. Inquiries of at
taches OF Mr.. Colby's office were met
by evasive replies as to the where
abouts of the Secretary OF State and
the Tnnessee crtihcat. They. waited
outside Colby's o;ce anxiously until
10 A. M, when Mr.. Colby tripped
down the hall and as he was met
by the group Of women with expect
ant faces, he suavely raised his hat
and wished them Good morning"
''where Is the certificate and when
will you signH was the frst question
put to Colby.
'Oh. II arrived last night and
issued the proclamation at 8 O'clock"
was the response.
As the women gasped with surprise
the reporters for press associations
rushed wildly for the press room to
telephone the information that they
had been ''scooped" by the astute
Secretary of State.
The millItants, who had brought
with them a pen with the suffrage
cloors entwined, with which the his
toric document was to be signed.
turned red with anger.
I'VE were invited here to be present
at the ceremonies and have our pic
tures taken" they retorted.
, ''Well. said I would issue the pro
. clamation the minute the Tennessee
paper got here, and kept my prom
: ise," said Colby.
. The women turned on their French
a heels and abruptly left the State DE-
a partment and Mr.. Colby went to hie
4 desk, the suffragists leaving one ol
s two "sentlnels" on hand to watch de-
q velopmehts.
i Underneath the chagrin which SOM
| OF the National Woman Party repre-
= sentatives felt as the old ''Feud" be
tween the militants and the conserva
dves, the latter now merged into TN
( League OF Woman Voters.
= The League of Woman Voters ha.
staged a mass meeting to celeibrat
ratification at local theatre tonight
The militants have left this affai
Q severely alone. They had expected L
a beat the group headed by Mrs. Cat
n to It by Getting in the picture" a
!, the State Department.
4 Scene number two in the coined.
was enacted at 11.30, when Mrs. Car
= rie Chairman Gait Mrs. Harrie
q Taylor Upton, Miss ChaT Williams
Gov. CoX's personal representative II
c the Tennessee ratification fight
5 Miss Constance Drexel and Mrt
}, Helen Gardner. Diplomat" of tn
:, conservative group, arrived at tn
State Department to pay their re
T. spects to Secretary Colby. They wer
= uShered in.
IL A sentinel OF the militant grou
showed considerable excitement an
there was a furry as she got In teae
phone communication with Mis-
L. Paul, who had retired to her head
IA quarters with her staff"
After some more negotiations som
ie one attached to the Secretary {
a. States office sent word to Miss Paul
Of office that Mr.. Colby would like
% have her party return to the stat
Department, presumably to be photo
ID graphed with the Secretary In re
as enactment of the historic proclama
ct tion scene. Within n few moment
Miss Pauls party stepped from II
'e elevator near Colby's office as II
n. group headed by Mrs. Gait came OF
+. OF the Secretary's office and pause
for a few minutes to answer quei
tions OF newspaper men assemble
cO outside. The atmosphere became ele'
OF trio as the two groups came in proI
- Unity to each other Miss Paul ar
her faithful hand retired in the d
ts rection OF the elevator until Mrs. Ca
" and her lieutenants had disNppeare
as 'F'or goodness sake, what does NJ
Colby want with us?" asked Nj
IL Paul OF her sentinel" who had te
ne ephoned Colby's messages. The
IN was q wait and then the word can
ha that Mr. Colby would see the mil
|, tants In room 112 OF the State d
" partment.
". awe don't want 20 see him; '
an want TO be photographed" said Mi
"a Paul with some heat,
N There was some more manoeuvrin
IN and then Miss Paul took the elevWt
ELF for the ground floor. made her WI
-. outside and back to her headquarte
. on jackson Place, her followers r