Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-22
KENT "R|PPERS"
WILL Be URGED
BY REPUBLICANS
They Are Offering to Trade Votes
for Equal Suffrage for Kip
per" Support.
LIQUOR ISSUE IN EVIDENCE

Special Dispatch From staff Correspondents
Dover. March 22-LegislatoTs came TO
Dover on trains at S.33, S.5i, 9.S4, 99S
and ll.5o o'clock this morning, for the
purpos, of attending the special session
IL the Legislature, announced 10 begln
It noon today.
Governor John c.. Townsend, Jr., and
Congressman Caleb r. Layton arrived
Yesterday, but United States Senator L.
HeisIer Ball deferred his visit until thus
morning
Miss Leah Burton, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Delaware
Equal Suffrage Association, and lew OF
her associates spent last night at Dover.
Anti-Suffraglsts also were meagrely repre-
sented at the capital early today
MANY APPEALS TO GOVERNOR
Governor Townsend has received many
letters and telegrams from all parts OF the
United States from leaders OF both parties
urging him support ratl1caflon OF the
Suffrage Amendment. Among the teie-
rams received was one from the governor
of Minnesota. Others were from party
leaders, campaign managers, members os
State political committees from DDS
MONIES, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; Denver,
Col: st. Paul, MINI; Burlington, Vt;
Sioux Falls, s. D.; Socorro, New Mexico.
Governor Townsend said the indorsc-
ment of ratification by the many tele-
Grams and letters he was receiving clearly
proved to him the necessity OF favorable
action by the Delaware Legislature.
One letter received by tho governor was
from Mrs Austin +. Roberts OF Sudlers-
vile, wife OF a Queen Anne county, Md,
farmer and taxpayer, who urged nun 10
pav no attention to the appeals OF Mary
land legislators about women OF Maryland
wanting to vote She said: We want to
l,e citizens in the true meaning of the
word. It wasn't because we women OF
MARYLAND did or did not want citizenship
that defeated the amendment here, 1t was
the wet forces. We are ashamed OF our
Legislature.
Other appeals TO Governor Townsend
were sent bv Governor Shoup OF Colorado,
Governor Harding OF Iowa, Governor
Brunuuist OF Minnesota, Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation oi
Labor. and the Arizona and South Da-
kota members Of the Republican National
Committee.
SAY SUSSEX Is ANTI SUPP RAGE
A Sussex county member OF the Legs
latlIre told Every Evenings correspondent
today that nine of SusseXs ten Repre-
sentatives will vote against woman : SUI
of Sussex is thought TO be favorable 70
ratification, but has not expressed him
self
No conferences were held here last
night.
MAY CHALLEN GE SENATOR HANDY.
State Senator Wallace Handy of Mil
ford was among those arriving toda"
Sutfragists. according TO rumOrs. conteIn-
plate questioning his right to SIT IN the
Senate because he recently was appointed
.,Iperintendent of elevators in the Capitol
Building at Washington. His friends say
he could be more properly classed as
Federal employe than Federal official.
NOT LIKELY TO BE UNsEATED.
The Senate is Judge of the qualification
of it's members, and in permitting hIm TO
retain his seat 1t has precedents. notably
in the Jester and Marshall cases. Repre-
sentative NJ Howard Jester and Senator
Georoe W. Marshall served IN the Legls-
lature when they held Federal positions,
and Representative Them ls Y. Cooper
did likewise.
Senator Handy does not fear oustiDg, .
II would require two-thirds vote to un-
seat him. Woman suffrage would not be
benefited bv excluding him from the
Senate because the Federal Amendment
has "a be ratified by the vot Of at least
nine Senators, a majority OF the constltu-
t;onal membership of IL. Although Sena-
tor Handy opposed woman suffrage at
the last regular session of the General
Assembly, be is reported to favor 1t now
DELUGE CONTINUES.
Later kilograms favoring woman sui
frage received by Governor Townsend
were from Governor Campbell OF Anzona
Governor Stephens of California th'
chairman Of the Minnesota Republican
State Central Committee and the Secre
tary of the Vermont Branch Of the Nationa
Woman Party.
kilograms advocating suffrage als'
were received by the governor from th'
following Republican State chairmen
Burt ID Cady. Michigan: q. J.. Llndquist
Minnesota: Rush ID. Holland, Colorado
Albert NJ. Eames, Arizona; also State
Attorney. f. w. Gibson, OF Vermont.
SUSSEX MEN MAY CHANGE.
Republican advocates OF woman
outrage say the Sussex county repre-
sentatiyes viii change their attitude from
unfavorable to favorable when tbs
screws arc put on them,
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