Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-26
DEMOCRATS WILL
URGE TENNESSEE
To RAT|Fy THE
"UFF AMENDMENT
National Committee Votes
10 Wire Gov, Roberts to
Call a Special Session of
te State legislature.
CUM MINGS IS NAMED
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Reeds Case Presented But
Not Acted Upon; Many
Women On Hand TO Take
Initial Political Plunge.

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Auditorium, San Francisco,
June 25.-The democratic national
committee today unanimously
agreed to send a telegram to the
governor of Tennessee urging
special session of the legislature
to ratify the suffrage amendment.
The committee met late today to
make up the temporary roll OF
delegates, to consider contests and
to dispose of other business pre-
| limlnary TO the opening of the con-
!vention next Monday. Homer s,
Cummings. chairman OF the COM
mittee, presided. Probably the
largest number of women thar
/ ever attended meeting of tn
committee was present.
| Among the early arrivals wl.S
Senator James A. Reed, who claim
ed seat in the convention as a
delegate from the Fifth Missouri
! district, Representatives of the
two groups of delegates contesting
! for Georgia's twenty eight seats
were also on hand There was
vigorous applause when Chairman
Cummings suggested the sending
of telegram to Governor Roberts
of Tennessee urging him to call a
special session of the legislature to
lratify the federal suffrage amend
ment.
Committees Report Accepted.
The suggestion was unanimously
adopted.
Minutes on the death of Roger
sullivan, Illinois; John T. McGraw,
West Virginia, and William j.
Stone, Missouri, were adopted by
u rising vote
The committee approved the
lexecutive committees report or
| temporary officers OF the conven-
! tion which recommended that
Homer s. Cummings be the tenn
porary chairman of the convention.
A peasant incident of the meet
ing was the presentation OF a gold
badge to John |. Martin OF Mis-
souri,, honorary sergeant at arms
Of the national committee.
There was a buzz through the
committee room when Francis NJ.
Wilson, United States district at
torney for the western district OF
Missouri, presented the certified
action of the democracy Of the
Fifth Missouri district" In electing
Senator James A. Reed a delegate
to the convention. He asked an
opportunity to present the facts to
the committee and was informed
he would be heard at the proper
time, 1t is understood the seating
of Senator Reed will be considered
by a subcommittee
Proposes Steamer Trip.
On the suggestion of National
Committeeman |. b. Dockweiler OF
California the convention will be
asked when 1t adiourns on Monday
that it be until o'clock Tuesday
afternoon in order to permit the
visiting delegates to take a steamer
excursion Tuesday morning.
The committee adopted without
discussion a resolution to be sub
mitted to the national convention
providing that hereafter each state
and territory be represented in the
national committee by one man and
one woman to be selected accord
ing to state laws or party rules
where no state law covers the cleo
ton of national committeeman,
The resolution also provided that
the woman committeeman to serve
the next four years be selected by
the state delegation to the present
convention, If the resolution Is
adopted.
Telegram to Governor Roberts.
Following is the telegram sent
to the governor of Tennessee:
Governor Albert II. Roberts, State
Capitol, Nashville, Tenn:
The democratic national COM
mittee at its meeting held today
by unanimous vote directed me, as
chairman of the committee, to send
you the following message:
We most earnestly emphasize
the extreme importance and ur-
gency of an Immediate meeting of
your Legislature for the purpose of
ratifying the proposed nineteenth
amendment to the federal consti-
tuition. The eyes of millions OF
women throughout the country arc
turned toward Tennessee as the one
state that can and will enfranchise
them prior to the November elec-
ton by becoming the thirty-sixth
state to ratify the suffrage amend
ment We trust that for the pres-
ent all other legislative matters
may. If necessary, be held in abey-
ance and that you will call an ex-
ira session of the legislature OF
your state for such brief duration
as may be required to act favora-
bly, upon the amendment. Tennes-
see occupies position of peculiar
and pivotal Importance and one
that enables her to render serv-
ice of incalculable value to the
women of America. We confident
ly expect, therefore. under your
leadership and through the action
of the legislature Of your state the
women of the nation may be given
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