Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-25

any notice whatsoever to the COM
plainants or their solicitors, all of
Whom live in Nashville and were
easily accessible" the statement said.
although the rule of law generally
and as stated by competent authority
and the rule of professional ethics and
courtesy always require that notice
pc given counsel of the intention to
apply to An appellate judge for the
writ Qf slIpersedeas. -...
Lawyers who have been consulted
stated they hardly believe that such
action was taken and acted on by
Gov. Roberts, as it appeared to them
to besat least, if not revolutionary in
charaeter, in such violation of estab-
a .in,ea+ law and procedure as to seem
Gov. Roberts would make no state
ment. but suffrage leaders regarded
the battle ended SO far as the legisla-
ture and the state are concerned. and
prepared to leave for their homes.
Inere was general exodus of the
the suffrage majority Saturday de-
cared the lower house of the leeisla-
tuFe IN session with only. ffty,ane
members, filed a motion on the ioiir-
r nai mat ratification by the: house be
loiha resolution of ratification re-
turned to that body for enerossine
The state law stipuiates sixtVcsix
MEMBERS as quorum for the, house
put the sunragists declared state laws
o,u not Apply to ratification, as the
questlon vas one of federal and NOT
state jurisdiction.
Feast on Watermelon,
DECATUR, Ala. August 2s-E;,;.
clustering members of the Tennaasaa
legislature who came to Alabama in
"a attempt to block final action by
ene tennessee house on ratification Of
tne SURFACE amendment toasted ON
yesterday afternoon with
we've miles OF the Tennessee state
IN e ana last night were guests of
ho< nor at a banquet at Athens Col
lesA q female school.
IA o ieelsiators went on the invita- .
tionA of the citizens of Athens and
wereA accompanied by w. T. Saunders.
demon TsIic national committeeman
In "a speech at the BANQUET Renre.
sentative Hall, leader Of the insurg-
ent lawn 'akeEs, declared that tby the
spirit of the thousands who died in
the civil war apd by the memory of
those who sleep beneath the peoples
in Flanden Held to make and keep
to you that. this will not become =
a overnment. but a union
composed Of 4 ndestructible states and
that the Suan B. Anthony amend
ment will be a sfeated."
Speeches als1 were made by other
visiting leEislatA rs.
CerruptN m Charged.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. August Is
ExonaE1tlng the pa sopie of Tennessee
from all responaA oihty of having
Pis .he,5 stales Of ml
James s. Pinckard \of Montgomery,
president of the SoIA bern Women's
League. decl;A red that anti
suffragists met their dA eat with col
ers flying and the statea rights BAN
I'VE were beaten. not by the will of
the people. but by forceR which ran
rough shod over the people, The prin-
ciples for which we fought are i'm
mortal. We shall continue o defend
them in future with the haAlot that
tihued.
The ratification of this amenA lime nt
means more than the defeat ca the
anti-sufRragists." she said. TT M cans
the defeat Of the people Of the na\ ion
by methods of corruption too a is
graceful to be chronicled here. pa u
enter politics for the purpose OF
purifying it..
IF the history of the methods by
which ratification has been forced in
Tennessee could be impartia1ly writ
ten, it would make a black page in
the history of politics of that state.
During my stay there of five weeks I
became more convinced that in this
campaign the voice of the people was
silenced by ambitious politicians and
radical women, who would sacrifice
principle and honor to gain control
and force upon the people legislation
to which they were unalterably OPP,
posed
Il had personal knowledge that
votes were offered for. sale"