Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08

of the principle of universal suffrage.
II you cannot hold the members
of your party faithful to the party's
pledges before election, the country
will doubt your ability to carry out
YOUR pledges il you should be elected
to the presidency. $780,
This ID to notify you that out of
twenty-six democrats in the state
senate only eight are pledged to
ratification and out of seventy-three
democrats in the house only thirty
four are pledged to ratification; that
out of seven republicans in the
state senate only three are pledged
to ratification and out OF twenty six
republicans in the house. only eight
are pledged to ratification. And 1
would further notify you that many
of the unpIedged members have said
they will stand by the decision OF
their party caucus.
Tennessee is the showdown of
your sincerity in this matter Any
thing less than immediate action
resulting in ratification by Tennessee
will be accepted by the thinking peo-
pie of the country at it's face value
of 100 per cent campaign bunk. The
people have had sufficient Of sympa-
thetic words on this question from
POLITICIANS OIL Uotu TIC Oiu pAItIe
Hays PFenaises Aid.
NEW YORK, August IA two-hour
interview with Will H. Hays, chairman
of the republican national committee,
left a delegation Of thirty-three Con-
necticut sunragists mot fully satisfied
with the attitude Of the republican party
on the Anthony suffrage amendment.
which they declared they wanted passed
by the thirty sixth state Gin time for
n in
ber."
Connecticut women, said a state
ment issued by Miss Katharine Lud-
ington. leader of the delegation, after
the interview. are going to wait for
results.
In the course of the interview Mr..
Hays declared that he and the re-
publican party were in full accord
with the wishes of the Connecticut
suffragfsts. He promised to address
a personal plea to Gov. Holcomb.
urging the calling OF special session
to consider ratification.
IF the voters Of Connecticut are
! to be called upon to support the
republican party this fall on the
ground that it is republican and on
the merits of republican policies. then
proof should be given that it hon
orably supports those policies" Mrs.
Ludington said. IF the Connecticut
leaders can play free hand without
interference from the national COM
mittee. the party faces the alternative
OF either admitting powerlessness and
disintegration or being an accomplice
in the states attitude of reputation"
Chairman Hays, in the course of his
reply. declared the suffrage issue is
one that "can properly be settled
soon" and expressed the opinion
that the demand for a speedy settle
ment was due to many other Ques-
| tons awaiting solution. A special
Legislative session is a small price
to pay for a clearer political atmos-
phere,'' said the chairman.
North Carolina solsns GstAer.
! RALEIGH, N. c.. August with
the general assembly of North Caro-
lima to convene in special session at
noon next Tuesday, a large number
of the legislators and others who
will attend the meeting have already
reached Raleigh and the hotel lob
bies were abuZZ with conversation
this morning, woman suffrage appar-
lently being the chief topic of dis
lcussion. Each train arriving here
today brought in large numbers of
Visitors and the hotels are rapidly
filling.