The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-05
Persistently Rumored in Day.
ton He Will Address LegisIa-
ture Personally, Seek
ing Ratification.
HARDING WIRES LEADERS
Republican Nominee Renews
Pledge Of Aid to Suffrage
Workers--Stirs @. o. p.
Solons.

DAYTON, o., Aug. Sit Is per-
slstentiy rumored here today that
soy Cox has under consideration a
plan to make flying trip to Ten
nessee In behalf OF suffrage.
The plan, according to reports,
10 that the democratic candidate
VIII address the legislature before
has q chance definitely to refuse
TO ratify the Susan q. Anthony
amendment.
Gov. Cox had another conferences las
night over the Tennessee situation, II
which he was told that the chances o
ratification were practically null un
less some action was taken. He mad'
no announcement as to the conference
1t Is believed that the nominee will
await the arrival Of Chairman Georg,
White before making public the step.
he proposes to takel He ANNOUNCED
however. that he would take fur al
steps to aid ratification but gave M
mixing OF the character Of steps ht
iad' in view.
Harding Gets Busy.
Marion, o., Aug. 5.--Further In
nuence for ratification Of the wom-
ans suffrage amendment by the
Tennessee legislature was cxerted
today by Senator Harding In tele-
grams to republican and suffrage
leaders at Nashville.
To State Senator John C.. Houk,
Ol the TeDuDttean state COM
mittee, the nominee wired as follows:
With the approach of a decision by
the general assembly of Tennessee on
the matter OF ratifying the suffrage
amendment to the federal Constitution.
I would like. to be advised as to poll of
republican members. l cling to the be-
lief that the Tennessee republicans are
In position to serve both party and
country by. effecting ratification. Will
welcome advice as to whether / can
aid In securing this act of justice to
the women citizenship of our nation"
Answers Mrs. Catt's Appeal.
He also sent a telegram of encourage
ment to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait.
president Of the National Womans Suf-
frage association, in response to a joint
George +. Milton, president OF the
Tennessee League of Women Voters.
The message to Mrs. Gait follows:
sYour TELEGRAM received. No
encouragement Is voiced from here.
On the contrary we are continuing
TO encourage the republicans Of the
Tennessee general assembly to Join
cordially In the effort to eonsum.
mate ratification"
Correspondence and more political
conferences occupied Senator Harding
most of today, although he set aside
time In the afternoon to receive a dele
cation from Ohio State university and
to visit as guest of honor the re-
union here OF Civil war veterans or the
old Fourth Ohio infantry.
1t was said at Harding's hearquarters
that today's kilograms to Tennessee
were sent after republican nationdi
headquarters had made a canvass of the
suffrage situation at Nashville and had
reported In detail to Senator Harding.
Previously tife nominee hHd refused
to take direct action in the absence OF
definite word regarding the basis of the
opposition among Tennessee legislators.
He made public today the. following
telegram sent to the Harding and Cool
idge club at Washington, D. c., In re-
sponse to an appeal for help before the
national committees data had been COM
pleted:
you can understand why cannot
consistently urge Tennessee Legislators
to vote for ratification without knowing
their reasons for such committals as
they may have made. The. situation is
being reported to national headquarters,
where 1t will be given attention at
once"