Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-26
CONTESTS WILL BE HEARD TODAY BY
 FULL COMMITTEE All Preliminaries for Opening of Convention Monday
 Arranged.
GEORGIA AND MISSOURI
 DISPUTE DSTATES
Recommend That Future National Committees Have One Man and One Woman From Each
 of the States.

AudlCOrlum, San FfanclScO, June 20. The Democratic Natona! Commit tee today decided to postpone con- sideration of the Gerogia and Mis- souri contests until tomorrow morn ing, after clearing away all the prelimnaries for the opening of the national convention next Monday I, was the plan of some leaders to have the contests heard by sub committees. Sentiment, however was strong for consideration by the full committee and a roll call was de- manded.
 The vote resulted 26 to 20 to have the full committee hear the case. The votet by states was as follows:
 Yeas-Alabama Arizona, Califor- mia, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Vermont, West Virginia, Wiscon- sin, Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Porto Rico-26.
 No--Deleware, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wash ington, Wyoming-20.
 The Georgia contest involves 28 votes, while in Missouri the ques- ton is whether Senator James A. Reed opponent of the notional ad- ministration and the league of na- tions shall be seated in the face of his rejection by the Missouri state convention. Reed was reelected by the fifth Missouri district after his rejection by the state convention, but it is claimed the action was il- legal. The committee decided to seat R. R. Turner as delegate at large from Oregon who has been named by the state committee to fill vacancy caused by death.
 An important action by the com mittee was the unanimous adoption of a recommendation to the national convention that each state and terri tory be representated in the national committee by one man and one wo- man.
 The committee decided to give the Panama Canal Zone representa- ton in the convention.
 Auditorium, San Francisco, June 25.-The Democratic National Com mittee today unanimously agreed to send a telegram to the governor of Tennessee, urging a special ses- sion of the legislature to ratify the federal suffrage amendment.
 Following the telegram sent to the governor of Tennessee by unan- imcus vote directed me, as chairman of the committee to send you the following message:
 "We most earnestly emphasize the extreme importance and urgency of an immediate meeting of your state legislature for the purpose of rati- flying the proposed nineteenth amend ment to the federal constitution The eyes of millions of women through out the country are turned toward Tennessee as the one state that can and will enfranchise them prior to the November election by becoming the thirty sixth state to ratify the suffrage amendment. We trust that for the present all other legislative matters may if neces- sary he held in abeyance and that you will call an extra session of the legislature of your state for such brief duration as may be required to act favorably upon the amendment Tennessee occupies position of pe- culiar and pivotal importance and one that enables her to render ser vice incalculable value to the wo- men of America. We confidently ex- pect, therefore, under your leader ship and through the action of the legislature of your state the women of the nation may be given the pri- vilege of voting in the coming presi- dential election.