The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-19
Proud of Opportunity
To Free American Women
From Political Slavery
Representative Burn Resents
>lntimated AspersionS on
His Good Name.
HE EXPLAINS HIS VOTE
House Adjourns Until Friday
Without Taking Action on
Stz-rage Question.
1sY Q, 2, MILIoN, Or, Special Cor

tsY G. F. MILTON, -JR., Special Cor.
respondent OF |. N. So
Nashville, Aug. l9.-As soon as the
house opened Harry Burn rose ano
made stRtement on his vote for SUI
frage. His vote won for suffrage. He
attributed his vote to his mothers ao-
vice. His statement follows:
II desire to resent In the name OF
honesty and justice the veiled intima =
tion and accusation regarding my vote
on the suffrage amendment as indicated
by certain statements. And It is my
sincere belief that those responsible Tor
their existence know there is not
scintilla of truth in them.
Il know they are false. and l feel
that my association amongst you has
enabled you to know me well enough
that you unanimously join me In re-
senting same.
state that changed my vote In favor
OF ratification because:
"First--I believe in full suffrage as
a right.
and legal right to ratify
"Third-l know that motners ao-
vice is always safest for her boy to
follow, and my mother wanted me TO
vote for ratification.
.'Fourth--I appreciated the fact that
an opportunity such as seldom comes 10
moral man-to free American NV wome"
"Fifth-I desire that my party. IN
both state and nation. might say that
n was a republican from the noun.
tains from East Tennessee. the purest
Anglo Saxon section in the world, VINO
made national woman's suffrage pos,
sible at this date not for any personal
, glory. but for the glory of his party.
Cox Invited.
Tha hnuca adOptpn n resolution al
ready passed by the senate inviting
Candidates Cox and Harding to ad-
dress the general assembly ION .polit-
ical issues" on separate days before
The house adjourned at noon until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning without an
effort being made to have 1t reconsiaer
its action Of yesterday in ratifying the
federal suffrage amendment.
Nashville. Aug. 19.-"Watchful
waiting" is the suffragists policy now.
No inkling has yet been gained OF
nlans of the antis for reconsideration
of the ratification of the Nineteentn
amendment by the Tennessee house OF
renresentatiyes. After the eyelash
finish Wednesday, when ratihcation
came by 40 to AZ, one less than con-
stitutional majority, Speaker Walker,
anti. leader, changed his vote from
mo" to AYE" and moved reconsio'
=, Grafton.
His vote gave the resolution a con-.
stitutional majority. His move 10 re-
consider was entered on the journal
and makes it within his power TO-DAY
or tomorrow to call up for reconslo-
Grafton at any time he desires. These
two days no one else can call 1t up.
After two days, Speaker walker
loses his sole right to move recon-
sidetatjon, and any member can 90
80. The probable suffrage tactics VIII
he to cali 1t up the first thing on the
third day, table the reconsideration
motion and thereupon prevent the
house from reversing its action on
ratification. Legislators recalled that
in the history of the house a measure
had never been successfully called up
FOR reconsideration. There were al
ways a few members who would vote
against reconsideration. no matter
how hard they had fought against the
original bill, it was claimed
Runors Of corruption.
There are persistent rumors in cir
culation that charges will be maze on
the floor of the house by anti Leaders
that the bribery of member OF the
house by suffrage forces was respoh
sible for Yesterdays ratification. Anu
lenders claim they will ask thSmatter
to be referred to an investigating
committee. The charge is looked upon
with little fear by ratificationists, VINO
claim they have similar matter pI
thtir own to present.
The name of Representative Harry
Burn, the republican who changed nus
vote from the anti ranks. on the motlou
10 table, to the suffrage ranks on rati-
oation is that psed nrierS by 'ne SnlsS was all
legged in afiidavits that Representative
Hanover. ratification floor leader hao
offered him a large sum. HANOVER ue-
clared that "these affldavits are false IN
letter and in spirit. decline 10 DC
blackmailcd" Burn declared that be
fore / saw these affidavits / had al,
ready heard they were in existence ana
that they probably would be USED IN
some effort to coerce me INTO cnang-
slider or i'm some other way TO inJure
or defeat the cause of woman suffrage.
Persons who overheard the conVersa-
tion between Hanover and Burn were
indignant at the charge of the anti
suifragists. ....,
Legal Steps.
Legal steps are already being taken
TO prevent Secretary of State OF Ten
nessee Stevens from certifying TO the
federal secretary of state the fact of
ratification In event the antis ian TO
block suffrage by reconsideration,
papers will Immediately be filed in some
state court to tie up the amendment
Judge Joseph Higgins. president OF the
Tennessee constitutional league, has
prepared the papers.
There Is no diminuition OF the inten-
sity OF the struggle. The antis have
arranged to have hundreds of telegrams
sent TO every member who voted for
ratification. protesting against his vote
on the other hand even greater num-
her is coming from friends Of suffrage
throughout the state TO the men who
aided them. Every suffrage member Is
on the watchout for an anti attempt TO
reconsider when some of the suffrage
forces are out Of the room. II is ru-
moFed also that-4Nalker will hiring up
his reconsiderat.aD motion this morn.
ing Immediately after charges Of brib-
cry have been made, hoping to put II
over then.
walker refuses TO make a statement
Il have mo statement TO make until IL
is all over" he declared. and that will