The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-03
TENNESSEE'S DISGRACE.

TENNESSEE'S DISGRACE.
Tennessee's house of "misrepresen
tatives" will go down in history will
an unsavory reputation for it's meth
DDS of dealing with the woman stuff
rage amendment. 1t almost make.
one disgusted with our American sys
tenn of state government to realize
that such actions as have been pulled
off" in Tennessee can be transacted
here in the name of "self-govern-
ment."
1t is difficult to conceive anything
more un-American, more un-manly
or more unjust than the action of the
minority of the Tennessee house of
representatives in this case.
After using every subterfuge and
unscruplous deal that could be put
across to defeat woman suffrage, the
minority lost and then began series
of the most disgraceful actions re-
corded in legislative annals in long
time, if ever equaled
Realizing their defeat the Sound
rels ran away in the night to Ala
bama where they remained in hiding
like criminals (Which they are at
heart) until they saw an opportunity
to sneak back and have majority
after the suffrage advocates, who out
numbered them, had gone home They
returned and the speaker, who has
shown himself to be a craven tool of
special interests, ordered the ssarrest"
of enough members to form quorum
and then the minority, which became
majority because of the absence of
many members, revoked the action of
the majority and tried to "expunge
from the records" the vote by which
suffrage was carried.
The entire proceeding was farcical !
as well as disgraceful. 1t was too.
late as the act of the legislature rati-
flying the constitutional amendment
had been certified by the governor and
officers of the legislature and had
been proclaimed by the secretary of
state and became a part of the consti-
tition. If minority can convene in
legislative halls and "expunge from
the records" the work of legal ma
jority after the act has been consum- !,
mated, then every constitutional /
amendment now in force can be wiped S
off the books
Without going into the merits or
dement's of the woman suffrage :
which have nothing what (
ever to do with the disgraceful action /
OF the Tennesseeans, their actions >
were disgraceful in the extreme.
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Another warning to strengthen the 4
laws prohibiting foreign immigration T
except of men and women known to
be honest and honorable, comes from a
Chicago, where ~ men are to be II
hanged on the 18th and 14th of this .
month, for bestial crimes and wanton o.
dllings. Of the IL men who will be tt
Executed only one has an American II
lame. The other IL are from south q
IN Europe. No doubt they were l.,
or sons of criminals. Had f.
hey, or their parents been excluded an
rom the United States, II murders A
you'd not have been committed in this inc
ountry. We need a more rigid ex- 70
fusion of foreigners if we are to have
etter social conditions. Or
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There is a rank discrepancy in the wr
cures given by National Treasurer DO
pham, of the republican committee, sly
nd the state treasurer of the party ~ y =
Oregon. Upham stated, under en-,
ath, when denying the charges made rs!
7 Governor Cox, that the committee moi
I'd received $2,225 from Oregon. The pa
asurer of the republican committee al
Oregon states that he sent Upham lat
ore than $4,000. The voters want pre-
know who lied. gin
ma
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Il nave never seen as complete and dro
II arranged plans for caring for a raw
Inference and looking after the COM e
It of the delegates as that being ern
.ried out in Moscow. We are GER ret
My indebted to Brother Perry for Ho,
splendid work he has done. Mos Far
Y ought to be proud of its Method to
nastarv This statement was made cial
a member of the present Columbia do,
5er conference. We endorse his Nav
tements. KIN