The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-04
QUESTION NOW
IS UP TO COLBY
Governor Certities to Wash
ington Copies Of House Jour-
nal on "NonConCurrenCe"
ANTS MAIL DOCUMENT

| Nashville Sept. l.-Tennessee 4
awaiting with keen interest Nthe an
nouncement from Washington Of tn
receipt there by Secretary OF Stat
Colby OF Gov. A. II. Roberts certifca
ton Of the house OF representative
recent action, when II undertook I,
reconsider the suffrage ratification reso
luton and reject 1t by non concurrinI
In the senate's action.
The certification, according to anti,
ratihcation leaders, was mailed at II
O'Clock last night
Text Of Antl's Plea.
The certifcation read:
II A; II. Roberts. governor OF the
state OF tennessee, at the request OF
the house of representatives of said
state,a-do hereby certify that the at
tached paper is full. true and cor
rect copy OF transcript OF all entries
appearing on the journal OF the house
OF representatives OF the state of Ten
nessee. on the respective dates therein,
relative TO the action of the said house
OF representative upon senate Joint
resolution No. ], pertaining to the Nine
teenth amendment to the Constitution
binary session OF the sixty-first gem
eral assembly OF the state OF Tennessee,
constitutionally called and convened at
the capitol at Nashville on Aug. 3, 1920,
ana do further certify that John
Green Is the clerk OF the house of rep
resentatives, and that as such he is
the custodian of the Journal of said
house OF representatives, and under the
constitution and laws of Tennessee has
authority to make copies OF said Jour-
nal, and to certify to the correctness
OF the same, and that his signature
thereto Is genuine.
In witness whereof, have hereunto
signed my name as governor OF the
state OF Tennessee, and have affixed
hereto the great seal of the state OF
Tennessee, at the capitol, In the city of
Nashville, on this, the 3rd day of Sep
TENDER. 1920.
"A. II. ROBERTS,
Governor Of the State Of Tennessee. 4"
In addition the governor also sent
Secretary Colby a certifcatlon of the
senate journal showing the message
from the house, reciting the reconsid-
GRAFTON and Inconvenience.
transmission Of the Journal to WASH
ington was not regarded last night by
the suffragists as affecting the validity
OF the PROCLAMATION previously by Sec
rotary Colby OF the ratification OF the
Nineteenth amendment They pointed
out that Gov. Roberts did not certify
what action the house had taken or
as to legality or effect, but merely that
the papers attached to his certifcation
were a correct copy OF the journal on
the day mentioned therein.
The anti-ratifcat ionists, however.
were Jublliant because they in
terpreted the sending of the statement
OF the houses action to Secretary Colby
as meaning that this record would be-
come part Of the evidence that la
to be used in the courts to overthrow
the validity of the suffrage amend
ment's ratification by Tennessee.
In transmitting the papers the gov
ernor merely attached statement that
the attached paper is a fun. true and
correct copy or transcript, of all entries
appearing on the journal" upon Tues
day and that the clerk had authority
to take and certify to the correctness OF
the transcript which was sent.
Local suffragists feel confident that
the ratification will stand in the courts
A reception was held yesterday after
noon in the library OF the capital. ana
the local women who were active in
the fight to secure suffrage, presented
each member OF the legislature wao
voted for ratification with a gold knife.
The knives given to the senate mem
bers had engraved upon one side ITO
the immortal twenty-five" Those given
to the house members bore the inscrlp-
ton TO the immortal fifty" Each
knife had on the reverse side "Tennes-
see thirty-siv." Gov. Roberts, albert
Williams, superintendent OF public In
and Col. Luke Lea were pres
ent with like presents for their efforts
in behalf of ratification.
BY Joint agreement OF the two houses,
the special session of the Tennessee
legislation will stand adjourned until
1890 o'clock this afternoon.