Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-09-15
SUFFRAGE RAT|FIEDz'z 8
BY NUTMEG STATE
Only Eleven Votes Against
Measure In Both
Houses
SPECIAL S E S ST 0 \
Next Tuesday Fixed as Time for
Observation-Disclosures Warning
Ivy Gov. lIoicomb

/ Hartford. Conn. Sept. l5.-By 4
I vote Of ZIG 10 | in the House and by
unanimous vote Ct 80 in the Sen
iatc the Connecticut Legislature this
afternoon ratified the Federal SUI
fragc amendment in disregard OF
Governor Hocomii'S instructions that
l., should confnc Itself TO the spec!
| fic business Of changing the State
/ laws for new women voters and in
1rfiaacc Of his warning that lcga'
complications might cn>uc il the
mculncrs did not wait fer the ssc-
ond special session, which he called
; this noon 70 meet mex, Tuesday.
The Assembly tnea proceeded -
consider al! Scrts Of legislation under
suspension Of rulc, .and 50 rap:G:y
that some members did no: know
Hha. was happening bills we're passed
This afternoon the Judiciary
Committee held an rxte>!ded hearing
on various bills relating 10 changing
the present Inadequate period fc,
rg gg.:slclinr new voters, abolis:h!ng tie
u0nnccticut plan Of lists OF voters /"
10 be made" making election day =
legal holiday. authorizing loca. cicc-
;;cn officials 10 split UP large voting
district If necessary. this fall, SUP
stituting the cid Australian ballot
system If enough new voting ma
Irnncs can't be secured in ,inc ard
similar propositions.
ii"tll -hrsnrhcs, #ish u :Secr Az,
whoop. arlcHily joined IN by the hui
ircds Of finally triumphant and i2us-
prrseyer;n- Suffra@!Sts. adjourned III
Ii! next Tuesday NJ il O'Clock. The
leaders plan to have all controversies
matters 80 settled tha; by that ti:nc
they VIII have passed all the ncc"s-
$arv bus s;ncss and have adjourned
s;re die by noon. THEN without tcar-
ny .hcir seats they vii! he reconvcn-
cd in another special session. IT, wh:ch
Lhcy were summoned today ny ;hc
Governor.
! There hcin~ nothing else for them
% do. and ;hcr" being no serious oH-
rnS:!inn 10 the course. they w.ii pre-
rcc8 - let the Governor Earc his
way and viii again ratify the part
cuar suffrage amcn,!mcn' resolution
shat tn" Governor submits. The sa.M"
documents which he received from
Washington Is months ago. bu; with
held today.
Washington. Sept l:,.-RatIfica,i"H
nr lhn Nineteenth Amcudmcn; hy tu"
! legislature nf Connecticut ;S pro
nourccd Illegal by Miss Mary {. XII
ihrcth. OF New York. president Of Il"
National Association Opposed 20 W"-
Imam Suffrage. She bases tins claim
on \ provision in the Connecticut
! Constitution. which prevents the Leg
isIaturc from considering amy topic
nc. mentioned in the Governors cal'
for a special session. In her opjHion
! ratification in Connecticut iS "as IL
| le~al as in Tennessee.
According to Miss kilhrcth an
original suit to tcst. the validity o'
The suffrage amendment mas been in
it;atcd in Vermont and viii be pushed
20 conclusion.
1t was declared by Miss kiInrctn
that the an;isuffra-c women already
had demonstrated ;hcir numerical su-
pcr;oritl. ii tnn polls i'll the r"niina-
tinn If Srnator Moses. IN anti@uffra@-
i<t. in New Hampshire. and Fred
erick II. parkhurst, an ant!suttrag'st
in Maine. and predicted q similar re-
suit in Ncw York. where >'ffra-fS'>
are trying to defeat Senator Wads-
worth today.
t With ratification by COnre@tjcui =
day of The woman Sufl'ra@" an'"'4-
mont. suffrage leaders viii now tur's
10 he special SESSION Ct the Mary
land Legislature. which meets S"pt"n
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