Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-13
TENNESSEE LIKELY. TO BECOME NEEDED 'TIRTY-SIX' TODAY Vote is to be Taken in Both Legislative
 Houses NORTH CAROLINIANS TO RECEIVE MESSAGE Opposition in Tennessee May Attempt to Break Quorum as Last Re-
 sort in the
 Fight

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 12.-With 'Governor Roberts declaring ratifi- cation of the federal woman suffrage amendment by the Tennessee legis- lature tomorrow was certain "unless something miraculous occurs," and suffrage leaders in both houses re- porting further accessions to the ranks of the suffrage forces from the unpledged membership, optimism among suffragists tonight was ram pant.
 Even contentious of some of the ant -ratificationists that the combi- nation of Friday the thirteenth would be "hoodoo" to ratification failed to cause a ripple. of apprehsn- sion in the suffrage ranks.
 The senate and house committees on constitutional committees and amendment, to which the ratification resolution was referred, conducted a joint hearing tonight in the chamber of the house at the capitol.
 Proponents of ratification were given one hour and half for argu- ment and similar period was allow ed the opposition. Suffragists in the house gained another preliminary victory today by tabling a joint res olution which would have prohibited consideration of either passage or rejection of the ratification resolu- tion. The motion was carried by a viva voca vote.
 Suffrage opponents apparently were satisfied with the size of the ma iority since only three members, two less than the required number, de- manded roll call.
 Under the rules of procedure the resolution would be voted upon to- morrow first by the senate and af- ter passage would go to the house where it would lay one day. Under a suspension of the house rules how ever. the resolution may be put to a vote immediately and this was the plan of suffrage leaders tonight. Speaker Todd, of the senate, said late today the resolution would be adopt ed by the senate within an hour af- ter that body convened
 The constitutional majority in the senate necessary to ratify is IF. The senate has B members, in the house the majority is 50. The total mem be1ship is 99.
 The most optimistic suffrage poll of the two houses tonight claimed "A votes in the senate and sixty in the house. Yesterdays high water mark of the canvassers was IS in the senate and 53 in the house.
 Miss Sue White, in a statement tonight, declared that as predicted by the woman's party at the begin ming of the campaign, ratification in Tennessee was not going through au- tomatically. "The position is stub born and is yielding but slowly" she said "but should an effort be made to break quorum tomorrow, as is now being rumored, it will be taken simply as another indication of the lengths to which the opposition is willing to go to delay final vote.''
 Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 12.-The fight to make North Carolina the thirty sixth state to ratify the federal suf- frage amendment will be on in earn est tomorrow. when Governor Bickett is scheduled to deliver a special mes sage urging such action by the ex- traordinary session of the legisla. ture.
 Anto suffragists tonight were con ident they would defeat any move directed towards ultimate ratification They claimed sufficient votes in the lower house of the state assembly to end the life of the ratification resolution and to have few votes to spare.
 Meanwhile, supporters of the cause were pressing strenuously in an eff fort at defection in the ranks of the democrats who have declared against nationwide suffrage proposal.