Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-22
ANTS FLEE STATE ;
IN ORDER TOKEEP
FROM TAKING VOTE
TDIsrosAI. or FiNM. TECmNiCsIi.
MENT OPPONENTS
c[RT|F|CAT|0M PREVENTED
t;o,rrnar and Other Officials Forbidden
10 Certify 20 Washington That
Ratification Has Been
Completed

81 Assoc aicd PFsas
NASHVILLE. Aug. u. = AL.
thuurh Tenncssee's ratification VI
the federal wonsan suffrage amend.
mcnt stood on the legislative rec
ord Ut the lower house ~ the lcgis-
lnturc tonight az finally confirmed,
snarl IL legal and executive tech.
nicalities remain tu he disposed o.
before the action can be certified.
Suffrage supporters who had
ridden rough shod In the house dur
Ing the day oyer every obstacle
thrown In their way. claimed full
legislative triumph. They declared
that only temporary Injunction
secured by the antis prevented I'm
mediate ccrtification TO secretary
Colby al Washington. un the other
hand, Speaker walker. leader of
the opposition. aud scores ~ his
li.utenants said the suffraEists had
ruined their causc and that even
should the courts eventually hold
ratification legal. the litigation
would ~ delay a flnal decision that
the amendment would not figure
IN the November election. unless
some other rtate ratified H.
Leave state
the hausc opposed to suffrage were IN
Decatur, Ala, cvadlng service IN the
hours. for the avowed purpose Of pre-.
venting nm action IN the state unsn q
new legislature shall have been en-.
acted Ia Novembsr. They hurried
acfw'- the state line In body early TO
day before the house convened. Tbs
restraining order, granted by Judge
i.anrfurd of the chanccry court. u re.
'urnablc In five DAYS.
II was issued on an application con-
tending that under the state constitu.
tion this legislature has no power 10
pass un the suffrage amendment. Gov
ernur Roberts aud other officials wers
forbidden 10 certify to Washington
that ratification had been completed.
aud speakers of the senate and house
restrained from taking any action to-
ward ratification until the matter IA
heard by the court.
Lack Quorum
when the house met this morning.
all the sulfragisls ana a sprinkiing of
the opposition members were In their
eats \ roll call showed 80 members
present. seven short of quorum.
Speaker Walker declared a recess AMI
ordered the srrgetntatarns - arrest
ttiHfNtefA
The official reported that none of the
mis dng members lppcarcd 10 be In the
City
r. y. Rlddick. the suffragist floor
leader. declaring that action on this
uffrage amendment was not q state.
but federal matter. and that the state
laws ~ regards - anr ma ~ the house
did not apply. moved that the Walker
motion Tor reconsideration be called
.iun The journal and acted upon.
speaker walker requested him 20
put ~. inuti.sn IN writing. that it
night h sprcad un the journal.
\ RECESS "i few minutes followed.
" hic I.iddlrk was tIanscribing his mo.
tiun. aud In TIL meantime the intunc.
tiun pruhihiiinv reTiification was served
On the speaker.
Motion l. Amended
l;iddick finally offered the motion
~ amended ~ To- provide that ths
house reconsider IL ratification of the
suffrage meaSur"
Iie DECLARED that On q federal matter
the state constitutional quorum wa,
not necessary. aand that the members
present had right 10 act
Walker ruled the motion out Of OF.
der fur lack e quorum. and added
that the injunction Jus; served upon
him also stood IN the way.
On an appeal ih. house failed 10 sus.
tain the ruling and Walker called Rep.
r.arntativc l". ,,llr. snffragis,. 10 the
chslr