Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-29
SEE DEMOCRATIC
BID TO WOMEN
Administration Plea for Vote
Ratification in Tennessee
Held Final Play.

The plea. Of the democratic admin.
istratian to the Governor OF Tennes-
see to call q special session of the
state legislature to ratify the woman
suffrage constitutional amendment
and the governors acquiescence. is
regarded here as a final play on the
part Of the democrats to win the
women's votes in the coming election,
Although it is not possible yet tc
say with certainty what the Ten.
nessee Legislature Is going to do. the
women are claiming that the victory
is in sight and that Tennessee will
make the thirty-sixth state needed
to complete the ratification of the
constitutional amendment. SO that the
women the country over may vote in
November.
The Fight for Ratification.
Thirty-five states have ratified the
suffrage amendment. OF these states,
the Legislatures were republican In 2s
and democratic in 5, and in states
the legislatures were divided between
the two parties. The governors were
republican in "a of these states and
democratic in IL.
The suffrage amendment has been
defeated in eight states. Seven OF
these states were democratic and one
republican. In five of the states the
amendment has not been acted upon.
including Tennessee. The other four
states are Connecticut and Vermont.
republican. and Florida and North
Carolina, democratic. The republican
governors in Connecticut and YER
mont have been adamant in their OPP
position to calling special sessions
of the state legislatures to take up
the consideration of the sunrage
amendment. The suffrage batting aver
age, therefore, is very heavily in favor
Of the republicans. aim republican
leaders.
BURLINGTON, VT, June 29.-Gov.
P. w. Clement states that report at
San Francisco that he was to call
special session of the legislature TO
consider ratification of the suffrage
amendment is not true. He said:
Senator Harding has not asked me
| to call a special session to consioer
ratifyihg the suffrage amendment !
am not contemplating at the present
time any such action"
VIII Advise Ratification.
RALEIGH, N. c.. June 2s.-Replying
| to a message received from President
Wilson last Thursday regarding the
ratification of the Anthony suffrage
amendment, Gov. Beckett. in a letter
to the President, reiterated his pur.
pose of advising the coming special
session of the North Carolina legisla-
ture to ratify promptly the amend
ment. -,
| Gov. Bickett's letter to the Presi-
dent follows:
II have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your telegram in regard to
the suffrage amendment. While the
telegram does not seem to call Tor a
reply, 1 deem it proper to say that
on March Is of this year l gave to
the press a statement that while
was not personally. impressed with
either the wisdom of or the necessity
for woman suffrage in North Carolina,
1 recognize its coming as inevitable.
and would advise the special session
of our general assembly that the
sensible and graceful thing to do
would be to accept the inevitable and
promptly ratify the amendment. This
is still my purpose.
| ATLANTA, June 29.-The proposed
am endment to the state constitution
giving women the right to vote was
killed in the senate yesterday. The
vote was 10 to Is.