Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
More Legislators Join
Alabama Exile Colony;
Attend Church TO-DAY

DECATUR, Ala. August 21.-The
twenty-five anti-suffragist members of
the Tennessee legislature. who came
up a quorum of the lower house, were
joined late today by five more legisIa-
tors, 1t was announced tonight
-Four more legislators are on Ala
bama soil and are due here Sunday,
according to Representative Ball Of
names of those who arrived this
afternoon were given at Representa-
tives Whitefield. Boyd, Skidmore,
Crawford and Smith. Representatives
Russell. Rucker. McMurFay and Cheek
are due here tomorrow.
ices at the First Baptist Church here
tomorrow. each wearing q red rose in
his lapel emblematic Of opposition to
ment.'
Representative Hall previously gave
out the following. list of Tennessee
him: E. c. Howell. 6. C. Harviil.
Percy Sharpe, L. N. Whitaker, J. II.
Galbreath, J. H. Womack, r, w. Bro
tam. ]. H. Sipes, NJ. F. Long, sam A.
lays, James B. Cole. w. F. Story. W.
p. Weldon, A. 6. Keislin, George
Carey Carter. Dan wolfenburker, John
2: Vinson, w. T. swirl l. M. jackson.
w. A. Milop and c. A. Travis,
Representative Hall criticised Sc.
verely Gov. Roberts for his stand in
the suffrage fight. declaring the Ten
ments. had obtained control of several
members of the house. who wished to
vote against ratification, but were
forced to vote in favor of it at the in :
sistence of the chief executive.
hotel lobby discussions turned also
to criticism Of the manner in which
the suffrage fight before the Tennes-
see legislature has been conducted.
Charges were freely made that mem
bers opposing ratification were in-
suited" at the capitol
AS the visitors from Nashville
lounged about the lobby Of the Lyons
Hotel this afternoon they were Bit
ter I'm their denunciatfons. They
still wore red roses in the lapels Of
their coats signifying their oppose
tion to the nineteenth amendment
Accommodations for the party had
been arranged over the telephone be-
fore they left Nashville and the guests
were preparing for long stay here.
1T shall not pass" was tho new
battle cry taken up by the thirty
filibustering members.
Representative Hall tonight gave
an extended interview setting forth
eiS ASs~SS@o AoA LILO night 1IOu1 Oh
nessee.
I'm 1858 Parson Brownlow called
an extraordinary session of the ne
gro and carept Dagger legislature
and at the point OF the bayonet rat
flied the fourteenth amendment" he
said. This action was taken over
and against the overwhelming SEN
timent of Tennessee. In 1870 there
was convened a constitutional con-
vention. and to prevent a recurrence
Of such action there was incorpo-
rated into the constitution a provi-
sion that no legislature shall ever
act on a federal amendment unless
the appointment is submitted before
said legislature is elected. The nine
teenth amendment was passed in
May, 1919. This legislature was elect
ed in November. 1913.
! I'm 1916 the republican and demo-
while believing In woman's suffrage,
they believed suffrage should come
by state law and not by federal
amendment This legislature was
elected on that platform"
Representative Hall charged the
federal amendment was q blow at
states rights, and declared that it's
ratification would place in federal
hands the authority over elections.