Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01
TENNESSEE VOTERS
To HAVE FIELD DAY
Numerous Elections This
Week-Question of Ratify-
ing Suffrage Amendment
May Be Decided.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NASHVHIE Tenn

! Special Dispatch TO The Star.
| NASHVILLE. Tenn, July 81
iThursday, August 5, will be a field
day for the Tennessee electorate. The
democratic party will hold a primary
for governor and for railroad COM
missioner from middle Tennessee. The
| republicans will hold a gubernatorial
primary. The democrats of the third
and eighth districts will hold con-
Sressional primaries, while the re-
publicans in the first district will hold
congressional primary. Both par
ties are holding legislative ,primar ies
in all the counties where either has
more than one candidate in the field.
Also there are Legislative elections in
fourteen counties where special cleo
tons have been called for filling va
cancies in the present legislative body
which is scheduled to meet August 8
in extraordinary session to consider
the ratification of the suffrage amend
ment to the Constitution. In all
counties of the state county officia Is
for the next two years are to be
elected. Several members of the jul
dietary are also to be elected and.
finally. state commi tt eemen are to be
chosen.
The Candidates.
Cand dates for the democratic nomi-
nation for governor are:
A. H. Roberts. incumbent; w. X.
Crabtree of Chattanooga and e. L..
Writ. an editor of Cookeville.
Candidates for the democratic NOM
lnatlon for railroad commi ssone
from middle Tennessee are: George
Nelch. incumbent. and II. X. Bryson.
former commissioner of agriculture
under Gov. Tom Rye
Republican candidates for governor
are: Jesse NJ. Littleton. former mayor
or Chattanooga; Maj. c. r. Evans of
rhattancoga. nephew of H. Clay
Evans, former pension commissioner
All Taylor, brother of former Gov
and United States Senator Robert L.
Taylor, and John Q. Eaton of Mem
phis.
Republican primary for first district
representative: Sam r. Sells, incum-
bent: Lieut.. Carroll Reece
democratic primary for third dis
trlct representative: John A. Moon,
incumbent; Joe V. Williams of Chat
tanooga.
Democratic primary for eighth dis
trlct representatives: Thetus w. Sims.
incumbent; Capt. Gordon Browning of
Huntingdon
Suffrage Amendment mt Stake
In anticipation of the approaching
extra session OF the Iegislai GOV.
Roberts has issued a proc latiou
calling special elections in three SEN
atorlal districts and among the con-
st1tuents of ten members of the low
er mouse TO NIL vacancies declared by
the attorney general of the state to
exist as result of deaths, resigna-
tons and acceptance of other Offices.
Accepting the Tennessee law Civ
ing women the right to vote in mu-
nicipal and presidential elections as
a tft,
the suffrage amendment may hinge
upon the result of these special cleo
tons. While the Tennessee law car
ried in the senate with not a vote
to spare. seventeen votes being re-
quired and seventeen being given the
| bill, none of those voting for the
measure are included in the list of
those whose seats have been declared
. vacant. and unless there has been
some change of sentiment among the
! seventeen senators the amendment
should get at least seventeen votes in
the senate. 9@e "a ar
In the lower house a constitutional
majority is fifty. and the Tennessee
law in the house received fifty-four
| votes to thirty-two. Five of the ten
clared vacant voted for the passage
of the bill. leaving woman's suffrage
with one less than the necessary vote
as matters stand before the election.
Both suffrage and anti-suffrage
/ amendment workers are on the scene
/ and very active. The former are led
! by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, and
, claim to be confident of victory. Those
opposing the ratification of the
amendment are working more quiet
ly. basing their fight here practical
ly entirely upon the question of
states rights. and making the most
of the provision in the state consti-
tuition which undertakes to prohibit
vote by legislature elected prior
to the submission of a constitutional
amendment. W. E. BEARD.