The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-24
Ratification
Nozc Completed
Formal Notification to Secre-
tary Colby Not Necessary,
According to Legal
Opinion.
tnY John 3. raullAl

Warrington, Aug. 2a.--After s.v.
,sral says o. gloom over lmpendIna
.Sua, sntanulenient which thro atened
10 delay the eonsumt,atlon ~ rs.,'
heatlon indefinitely suffraos isaser.
y washington were anthused Mor.
say afternoon by the recolpt az IN.
onStai and confidential opinions trnr,
mon ianAl officers of the aoverrrsert
tnat ratification ot the Ninetoenth
snInens stris,Ia !, an accomplished fact.
,saue u not officially before ths
easi authorities here and the lnfor.
ma, iuilnu 10 merely antlelpatorv
arc tor the purpose Of clearlnu fhe
atmosphere OF the confusion arlslno
CUT OF developments In Tennassae.
IN support OF The viewpoint that am
eiai certlflcation from the secretary Al
state Of Tennessee would be merely
concession to custom and practice and
not requirement OF law Article " ~
the Constitution describing procedure =.
70 amendments IL cited as follows:
The congress whenever two.thlras
OF both houses shah deem u necessary
shall propose amendments 10 tho con.
sttutlon or the application OF the ier,s.
htures Of two-thirds Of the severa,
states shall call convention for pro.
posinE amendments which in either ease
ahsi pe NHilo TO all intcnts and pur.
s pvaws - part or this Constitution. When
ssnluish ~ the legislatures OF three
,out ,'1 thA os the several states or hy con-
Nohtl1ns ~ thrce-fourths thereof IA ans
ono or the other mode bf ratlncatio,,
inny 10 proposed hy congrVss. proyidea
th.st 40 amendmeat which may 80 mace
PRIOR 70 tho' NrRr ono thousand ulehS
tnu''i '',,,'oi 81 hhn eisht shall in any manner
aueVt the hrut and fourth riapnes In
the ninth section Of the fourth artleh.
and that no state without tts consent
shan be deprived sef its equal suffrage
II ls not iikely that Secretary az
state Colby viii take official eegnlzance
OF MGR. newspaper reports that Ten
nfssee he's by action OF Its leeisl.t,,re
become tho thirty sixth state hnt n
he receives notification from Gov. Pnb-
olts, II Il be only letter or TELEGRAM
under the ruling cited ne may leeaUy
iesde his PROCLAMATION that the ner@s.
sNty thhty-slS states have acted af.
opposed 20 suffrage assemp.ed 20 act
restraining order from tho Dis
'ret OF ColImbi7 courts even before
the Tcnnessee leaisiature met, 10
prevent the secretary Of state frena
hesira proclamation on Tennes-
~ ' sfNAfNNfs w WV RENtAsIW 3ENAln0
laiuneton the so-eFiicd referendum
elause in tire state constitution was
cited, The federal court disnalssea
this pstlllon and the read Ia now
clear for the loup aWsisea proeIama-
tlen. Legal authorities of the gov
eminent who have kept up with the
many HianeuvEra Of tha "aasIs" IN
Tennessee say that most Of their
proceedings are obVleusly based on
misapprehenslon Of the law, As
matter Of fact these legal eHieers
hold Gov. Roberts can take the aues.
ton directly TO the United States
supreme court " necessary as u Ia
purely federal question aNd rot
one 20 be settled by state courts.
As the result OF this opinion from the
lsghcst authority, sufrage leaGers IN
Nashinston. said that for the frss time
hey feel they are entirely "out Of the
woods" From now on they expect
O have only n massive interest Ia the
arious ierai mancuvers OF TIE 'antis'
4 Nashville