Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-20
SAFE
IN TENNESSEE.
Antls Fail to Muster Votes
to Reconsider Rati-
ficatiOn.
FACING DEFEAT,
MAKE NO MOVE
Speaker Walker and His Crowd Per.
nit Adjournment Without Submit.
ting Motion to Reconsider and
Time Limit For RECALLING Vote Ex.
p'res-suffrasists Show Strength
on Test Votes.
By Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 20.--Suffrage lead
ers forced adjournment OF the Ten
hessee house today before Speaker
walker made any motion to recon-
slder the ratification of the federal
suffrage amendment.
Opponents thus lost their right 70
oiier motion to reconsider, but the
suffrage forces plan to make sncb
ihotion tomorrow and then toi tabia
IL thus making impossible any furth-
ef parliamentary tactics to reconsider
tne houses original action.
The motion to adjourn was offered
oy suffrage leaders and carried bv an
overwhelming viva voce vote
Failure of Speaker Walker to move
~ reconsider was taken as an in
oicauon that the opposition had not
secured enough pledges to rescind
the ratification action.
Inc anti -suffragists sought to havA
the house adjourn until Monday hut
the sunragists voted their motion
aoWn, the movement being defeated
40 to A. - -
Change Of Plans Sudden.
Frlor TO the session Speaker wal
her who changed his vote from nav
TO aye"so he would be in position tn
move reconsideration, said he would
make motion that the house res.
cind it's action. His privilege "a
90 SO under house rules expires 10.
night.
-FOUR thousand persons last nixht
atended an anti suffrage massmeet-
ing, at which Speaker Walker OUT
lined plans of his faction for the snf.
1rage battle in the house today.
The Davidson county grand furx
which. yesterday was instructad Nv
Judge ]. d. 3. Debow to inyostirate
eharges that improper attempts had
peen 9 made 10 influence legislators IN
tne,r consideration Of the suffrage
question, was expected to continue
nearing OF testimony today.
Scandal FizzIes.
The affidavits published BY the
Nashville Tennesseean and the Nash
vile Banner alleging corruption
among the legislators were purporte.i
to have been made by C. 6. wallace.
Judge OF the city court OF Lewisburc.
Tenn, and Ennis E. Murray of Nash
vile, general agent for the FEDERAL
land bank Of Louisville, KY.
They alleged they had heard sew
eral persons. including Representa-
tive Joe Hanover Of Selby county
and Maj. c. L. Doughty, secretary to
Governor Roberts, insist to Burn that
he change his vote.
According to Murray's affidavit.
Burn was told that they would give
him anything in the world he wanted
and that it would make him the big
gets man in Tennessee and I under
stood Hanover to say it would be
worth $4,000 to him.
The affidavit attributed to Judge
Wallace said Mr.. Hanover made the
statement to Mr.. Burn that II he
would change his vote he could get
anything he wanted and in the
moment Of excitement there was
made mention by Mr.. Hanover words
to this effect, that it would be
worth $4,000 to YOU"
Just Used Little Talk.
IlcpISSciltdllF0 hanover 1SSuOQt d
statement in which he described tina
charge as mo more than a clumsy
effort to embarrass friends. ard sup
porters of the rights Of our women"
He declared he had only urged Burn
to vote for ratification and that Mai.
Daughtry also did no more taan this.
Maj. Daughtry declared he had
heard the conversation between Burn
and Hanover and that Hanover did
not at any time intimate to Mr. Burn
that he would be paid any amount
of money or that he would be given
any other consideration for his vote.
Mrs. Leslie Warner of Nashville,
who said she was present. ISSUED
statement similar to that OF Maj.
Daughtry.
Took His Mothers Advice.
Representative Burn, In his cora-
munication to the house, declared
he had changed his vote in favor OF
suffrage because OF hts, conviction
that justice demanded 1t.
81 know that mothers advice is
always safest for her boy to fol-
low" he declared. and my mother
wanted me to vote for ratification.
II desired that my party In both
state and nation might say that It
was republican from tho mountains
of east Tennessee who made national
woman suffrage possible at this iate."
Woman of 101 Years Prepares to Vote
BY Associated Press.
Boston, Aug. 20.-Miss Annie Stone,
aged 101 years, has registered for
the right to go to the polls in Mo-
vember.
At the home for aged men and
women, where she is an inmate. she
expressed a lively interest in the ma
tional campaign. She enjoys good
health and up to three years ago was
active as a writer. She was morn At
Bangor, Maine.
Condition of Cummins Unchanged.
BY Associated Press.
Des Moines, Aug. 20.-The condf-
ton of United States senator A. b.
Cummins, i'll of influenza, was un-.
changed this morning, members OF