The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-24

the matters referred to IN the bill
filed by the complainants.
The ordor OF Judge Lansden TO III,
clerk OF the state supreme court fol
| lows
ut appearing in substance and IN
fact that this In suit against the
| governor OF the state of Tennessee and
other officials IN the executive and Leg
isatlYe departments of the state, you
will, without requiring bond therefor,
issue the writ or cortlorarl an prayed
| IN the foregoing petition aud also, as
ancillary thereto the writ OF superse-
deas ms prayed for In the foregoing
petition"
Antls Are Bitter.
Complninants In the injunction suits
In o formal statement after announce-
ment that the writ of certiorarl and SUI
| perscdeas had been granted and that
the governor had certified ratification.
| bitterly denounced what they chnrae-
terizcd az high handed tactics and un-
| precedentod methods" Complaint also
was made that they were not given
day IN court" despite the fact that
| all were citizens OF Nashville and easily
accessible,
at ls further pointed out that under
repeated decisions Of the supreme court
of Tennessee" the statement conta-
ued. "only orders which are affirmative
In character can be superseded and
that mn order negative In character as
was lnh lilHitilbn lH tilt ntUuffR tNhft
cannot legally be superseded, II would,
therefore, appear that the action OF the
state officials In the present case In
not oply unprecedented, but II In d.
roctly opposed 10 what have been here
toforo considered well-settled and ele-
mentary rules Of law and procedure IN
this stata. Lawyers who have
been consulted stated that they could
hardly believe that such action was
taken and acted on by Gov Roberts, ~
u appeared to them to be nt least, II
not revolutionary In character, Ia such
violation OF established law and pro-
coduro as To seem almost Incredible" /"
The house ia at u atnndaiill because OF
nhhonco Of more than thirty members
OF the nntlsuffrage forces who went TO
Decatur, Ala, last Saturday In order
10 break a quorum aud prevent what
they believed 10 he fn.l action on ratl.
tication. The suffrage members at n
meeting last nipht were understood tn
have proposed that the nhaentecR re-
turn and establish a quorum 40 the
house could 10 tQ work on state and
local mensurna both factions pledglng
themselves not 10 reopen the suffraifo
controversy This proposal, Il was said.
probably would he communltcd 10 the
antls today. but its acceptance was not
regarded In Opposition quarters here az
htoly Should the antla refuse 20 ac-
oept II ls understood the guffrngiSts
plan 10 return TO their homes, leaving
three orsfour members here 20 meet and
adjourn from day 90 day.
Most OF the suffrage workers aud
many of the antauffraElats, regarding
the ratification fight as ended 80 far an
the legislature Ia concerned have re. |
turned to THAR homes, Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. president of the Ma.
tiona Woman Suffrage Reeoclation |
Mira, Harriet Taylor Upton, vlce-chalr-
man Of Tho republican national exec
utlve committee, and officials OF the
national womnn'a party, however. said |
today they would remain IN Nashville
a few days longer, or until after In
junction hearings.