The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-13
HOUSE
RATIFIES VOTE
IN TENNESSEE
Woman's Suffrage Amend
ment Passes Senate by Is
to Four-House Action De-
layed at Least Day.
wins IN N. CAROLINA
(By Associated Press)

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 13.-The
Tennessee senate today ratified the
federal woman suffrage amendment
The vote was 25 to four.
At least two hours of debate was
in prospect when the senate began
consideration of the amendment, the
speaker said, before the upper house
was called to take action on the
measure. The favorable report on
the amendment was made by com.
mittee in the regular order of bust.
ness, and consideration was expected
to begin at IL a. m.
Not an inch of available space in
the galleries or on the floors was un.
occupied.
Vote is % to 10.
A motion to table minority report
urging no action and offered as sub.
stitute for the majority report, which
recommended adoption, was carried
% to 10. 1t was the first definite in
dication Of the strength of the oppos-
ing forces. Seventeen votes are nec-
essary for ratification by the senate.
House Action Next Week.
The house was expected to delay
action until next week
Party leaders had planned to bring
the joint suffrage resolution to a vote
today in both houses, but the house
committee to which the resolution had
been referred, announced late last
night that it would not report until
Monday.
Suffrage advocates were confident
of success. They reported additional
accessions to their strength in both
houses, and said they would have
n n fha q and
10 in the house. They were en-
couraged by a prediction last night
of Governor Roberts, who called the
special session of the legislature, and
has been active in the fight for ratifi-
cation, that the suffrage resolution
would be adopted by both houses.
unless something miraculous occurs"
Still Hope Its Defeat.
Opponents of ratification, however.
continued today to predict defeat of
the resolution. They declared their
ranks were holding firm, and express
ed confidence in the outcome in the
house where, they declared, major
ity are hostile to federal suffrage.
After the suffrage resolution was
adopted by the senate. it went to the
house to lay over one day before
a vote can be taken. Suffragists said
an effort might De 10 SuSpenu
the rules in the house, bringing the
resolution up for immediate consid-
erations.
Reports we're persistent that oppon-
ents of ratification would attempt a
fillibuster. Speakers of both houses,
however, declared they would not per
NIT unnecessary delays.
RALEIGH, Aug 13-Suffrage won
the initial ballot in the North Caro-
lima legislature today, when by
vote of 7 to l the constitutional COM
mittee of the upper house favorably
reported a ratification resolution.
Suffrage leaders concentrated their
efforts today on members of the house.
whose stand was considered doubt
full. Anti-Suffragists claimed the reso-
luton would be voted down in the
house by majority of at least six.
The suffrage forces were Counting
on aid from Secretary Daniels, who
was expected to arrive from Washing
ton, to work among democratic leg
islators in the interest of suffrage.
Suffragists were cheered by the
statement last night in Washington
of Senator Simmons of this state that
while he personally was opposed to
women suffrage and was undesirous
of pressing his views on the legisla-
tors, public opinion of the world and
this nation" had settled the contro-
versy over suffrage in favor of rati-
fication"