Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
UDKTCfT PLAN
DR ASSEMBLY.
BOUND TO FAT.
Franchise League May Split
Own Organization Over
One-Day Scheme.
COMPROMISE 7 PROPOSED

Gov Goodrich's proposal to call a
special session of the legislature
when the women of Indiana assure
8 him that the Legislators will act on
nothing except the ratification of the
woman's suffrage amendment will
not result in an Immediate meeting
Of the general assembly.
The woman's Franchise league, which
Mrs. Helen Benbridge Of Terre Haute
said would obtain the pledge of the leg
klature to comply With the Goodrich@
? 5hade conditions. will not be- able tosob
tain such a pledge and may split its own
\ organization in the attempt. go
5 The Conditional session" which Good
rich proposed will, fail of naturalization
for two reasonsi0 - S'-f
l. The women Of Indiana will not
be unit in any attempt to pledge
the legislators to the Goodrich plan
2. The legislators of Indiana will
not unanimously, be bound by any
gag rule which Goodrich and his
friends may propose or endeavor to
pronulgate. ~ s
Goodrich's proposal, made after confer
ence with VIII Hays and other republican
organization leaders, is beginning to re-
act. 1t did not 'tget across for the rea-
son that 1t was too; palpably.- a. 'frame.
up to protect Goodrich from the things
he most fears insIndiana. .....-
VISIT AND REPLY So. ., ~
WE'RE 'sFRAAIEDAH ,-s e.,e<.s.. go.
81 Shortly after the pronosal was made
to the committee OF four women who VS.
tied the governors office it became known
that the visit ofs the women andsthef an
nouncement of .tlaer5ggoyernor@, had gbeeH
T. sframed" some ,tinie before it took place.
The women were sbrought to the gov
ernor's Office fpainl the head Hua1ters of
the state COMMITTEES. atythe SEVERN hotel:
When they arriFedsthey were handed the
letter which Gov GoodEc haad Gressedsto
Mrs. Benbridge, aud swhieh obviouslylwas
not prepared while she wa On. her way,
from the hotel to his, office. ,af.., sor.. q:
It was noticeable that ther committee
Of women who receiTed it WIS packed for
= that purpose Mrs. BerbIidge,. as the
head of the Franchise leugue, was, of
course, included in the party. Miss Betsy
3; Edwards of Shelhyville has a connection
with the national organization of the
\ republican party which is presided over
Ahy VIII Hays. Mrs Charles A. Butler Is
he paid representative Of the srepub-
9ean state committee in Indiana. Mrs.
ohm F. BarDhill, aayice, president. of
the Franchise. league, has always been
friendly to tSe" Goodrich organization in
the state and IS an enthusiastic worker
for suffrage above everything else. -;
DEMOCRATIC. WOMEN 20 ..,- 500
NOT ON SCENE. ..r,. -. $500 81 -.
Noticeable for their absence from the
gathering at the governors office, where
these four women attempted 70 pledge
+ the women Of the state to the governors
program, were the other members .ofsthe-
oyaouffva rom m ftfao NTre A1ica
Foster McCuIloch Of Fl Wayne, Mrs,
Richard Edwards of Peru, Mrs. r. A.
Gould Of PERU And Miss Julia Banders Of
Indianapolis. IS =, ~
The announcement. by Mrs. -Benbridge,
Immediately after the governor had pref
scented his proposal to her, that tho
Franchise league would attempt 70 pledge
the legislature to his prog ram lawas an.
announcement on behalf of the. tea que.
made by Mrs. Benbridge without the
sanction or knowledge Of the executive
committee Of the league and wholly on
her own authority. e..
1t has now become known that Mrs
Begbridge viii not have the support of
the entire league IN any such effort There
AaFe members of the league who will not
fall for" Goodrich's schemes or be-
rome the active catspaw with which he
seeks to retrieve himself from his lTSron-
ises to the women of the state as 4 who4e
'sAfUZZLE" EFFORT 80. |.;: 81 a..
HOUND TO FAIL. ~ 49,. -, -
But even in event the, women Of the
franchise league unite, as an organiza-
ton, in an attempt to muzzle' tie hgista,
ture the effort is. doomed to failure. The
senators and representatives Of Indiana
viii not be gagged by Goodrich. A ma
jorfty Of each house might be prevailed
on to assemble for the purpose OF rati-
flying the suffrage ahendment only pro-;
vided such ,teonditions+ codId' be legally:
or practically enforced. However, there