The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-19
Charge against
Burn RidicuIed
BY His Friends
Mrs. Leslie Warner, Repre-.
sentative Hanover and Mai.
Daughtry Make Denial.

Nashville, Aug. ia. P.)---Charges
or attempted bribery In connection with
the ratification yesterday Of the woman
Suffrage amendment by the lower house
OF the Tennessee legislature were made
IN two affidavhs published today by the
Nashville Tennessean and the Nashville
| Banner The affiiants alleged that Rep
resentative Harry T. Burn, OF McMinn
! county, republican, who voted with the
| suffrage opposition to table the ratifi-
cation resolution and then switched to
the suffragists on the vote to concur
In the action OF the senate was ap-
preached just prior to the roll call on
the motion for concurrence A single
vote decided the issue in favor of suf-
frage.
The affidavits were purported to have
been made by c.. c.. Wallace, judge OF
the city court OF Lewisburg, and Ennis
r, Murray OF Nashville. general agent
for the Federal Eand bank. OF Louis
vile, Ky. They claimed to have heard
several persons, including Representa-
tive Joe Hanover. OF Shelby county.
and Mai C. L. Daughtry. secretary to
Gov. Roberts, insist to Burn that he
change his vote. According to MUIR
rays affidavit. they told Burn that
they would give him ANYTHING in the
world he wanted and that II would
make him the biggest man in Tennes-
see. and Understood Hanover 40 say
1t would be worth ten thousand dollars
to him."
"These mem Hanover and Daughtry.
were very persistent and urgent in try
ing to change the mind or vote of young
Mr.. Burn" said the affidavit attributed
to Judge Wallace, 'and Mr., Hanover
made the statement to Mr.. Burn that
II he would change his vote that he
could get anything he wanted. And In
M WI q
made mention by Mr.. Hanover words to
this effect: That It would be worth ten
thousand dollars to you"
Both Enter DenIais.
Representative Hanover In state
nlent declared the charge was mo more
than a clumsy effort to blackmail or
embarrass friends and supporters Of the
rights of our women"
He only urged Burn to vote for rati-
fication, he said. and Daughtry did no
more than this.
Major Daughtry declared he heard the
conversation between Burn and Han
over 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 con-
sideration for his vote"
Mrs. Warner Resented Charge.
Mrs. Leslie Warner, of Nashvlllei who
said she was present. issued statement
similar to that of Daughtry.
Representative Burn in communi-
cation to the house this morning. which
was ordered spread on the Journal Bit
terly resented the charges. declared
them utterly false and explained that
he had changed his vote because Of his
conviction that Justice !, demanded Il.
81 know that a mothers advice is
always, safest for her boy to follow
ne said. and my mother wanted me TO
vote for ratification"
II desired that my party, in both
state and nation say that It was re-
Dublican from the mountains of East
Tennessee who made national woman's 8
suffrage possible at this date: not for
any personal glory but for the glory Of
his party"
Representative Burn is only "a years
old and is the youngest member OF the
legislature.
Suffrage leaders generally ridiculed
the charges as preposterous and many
members of the opposition expressed
similar views.