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VOL. XXXI., NO. 114
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EMPHASISES 0. S.
VIEW ON RUSSIA
Recognition of .Wrangle
Only Divergence Between
Two Nations; Will Not
Recognize Reds
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 The
American and French governments are
in agreement in principle as to the
future of Poland and Russia, Secretary
Colby declared today in a statement
interpreting France's rejoinder ot the
American note to Italy.
His statement accompanied publica
tion of the translation of the French
note, which was delivered to the state
department August 14 by Prince de
Beam, the French charge.
France's declaration "of its opposi
toin to the dismemberment of Russia,"
is "most gratifying," Mr. Colby said,
and added:
"The response is a notable declara
tion from every viewpoint and brings
to the position taken by the United
States a striking emphasis and power
ful support."
The secretary referred to French rec
ognition of General Wrangel in South
Russia as a "divergence" between the
two governments on one point, but said
the United States was "disposed to re
gard the declared agreement of France
with the principles of the United States
as of more signifance than any diver
gence of policy involved in the specific
action of France in this respect."
' France Agrees With U. S.
Following is the translation of the
note of the French t government as
given out by the state department:
"Air. Secretary of State:
"The president of the council and
minister of foreign affairs, having
taken cognizance of th6 not relative
to Russia addressed by His I'-fCc'l1 ' C,
the Secretary of State, -to ! ' s :
lency, the ambassador c '
charged me to inform Yotfr - ..... i
that he has learned with' satisfaction
that the government of the republic is
in entire agreement with the federal
government as regards the principles
. formulated in this document.
"The government of the republic is
of the same opinion as the federal
government, concerning the present
rules of Russia. As Your Excellency
expressed it, they are not 'in power by
the will or the consent of a consider
able portion of the Russian people,
but represent a small minority of the
nation. They have seized power by
force and by trickery; during the two
and a half years that they have re
tained power, meanwhile subjecting
the country to savage oppression, the
have not authorized popular elections
On the contrary, they have put ob
stacles in the way of the creation ot
a popular representative government
based on universal suffrage. Events
have proved that the present system
of government in Russia is founded
on the denial of every principle of
honor and good faith, and of all the
usages and conventions which are the
basis of relations between nations and
individuals. The responsible heads of
this regime have frequently and
openly boasted of being ready to sign
agreements and contracts with foreign
powers without having the least in
tention of observing them. They claim
that no contract or agreement con
cluaea witn non-boishevist govern
ments can bind them morally.
Soviet Word Not Binding
"After having proclaimed this doc
trine, they have applied. They have
declared they would foment revolution
ary movements in other countries, in
order there to establish bolshevlst re
gimes. Furthermore, they recognize
that they are themselves subject to
the control of a political faction hav
ing international ramifications and
they have boasted that their promises
a of on-intervention in other countries
would in no case be binding on the
agents or this organization.
"Ail these judgments of the Ameri
can government are absolutely true
(Continued on Page Two)
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City
State
NATIONS IN WHICH
Isle of Man. . 1881
New Zealand !893
Australia 1902
Finland 1906
Norway - 1907
Denmark 1915
Mexico 1917
Russia 1917
Poland .. 1918
Ireland 1918
Scotland 1918
Wales 1918
Austria 1918
THE MARCH OF TIME
Colonial Period Under several colonial governments women voted.
American Revolution "yeomen demanded to be included in government.
Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, "If women are not rep
resented in this new republic, there will be another revolution."
In 1843 Woman's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York, arranged
by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton,. the first big suffrage demon
stration in this country.
In 1872 Miss Susan B. Anthony made the test in 1872 of voting at the
polls. She was arrested, refused to pay her fine, but was never jailed.
In 1875 Miss Anthony drafted the Woman Suffrage amendment, which
reads: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
n -J878 Amendment introduced in Senate by Senator Sargent of Cali
fornia. State Campaigns By the end of 1912 women had won the right to vote
in nine states. Wyoming (1869), Colorado, Utah and Idaho (1894), Wash
ington (1910), California (1911). and Kansas, Arizona and Oregon (1912).
n 1913 The women of Illinois won state ana presidential suffrage. In
1914, the wome,n of Montana and Nevada were enfranchised; in 1917, the
women of New York, and in 1918, the women of Oklahoma, South Dakota
and Michigan.
Organization of the National Woman's Party When the National Wom
an's party, then called the Congressional Union, was organized in 1913 to
concentrate on a campaign for federal amendment, no action or even debate
on the federal amendment had taken place in Congress since 1887. Politicians
were opposed and political party platforms silent about the amendment.
Soviet Leader
Says Reds Have
Fulfilled Task
(ReDubllcan A. P. Leased Wire
MOSCOW, Aug. 18 Soviet Rus- .
sia's position on both the Polish
and South Russian Yronts was
pronounced "generally satisfac
tory" by Leon Trotzky, bolshevik
was minister, in ah address today
before thi Moscow soviet.
;": 'i l")!-!) !' - "" -y
u.UU'uwi iiA.V6vtu!f,.a the fund-"
amental part of their task. The
holding up of our advanced
troops before Warsaw in no way
alters the affairs, ail the more as
the Polish front is divided into two
parts military and diplomatic
and possesses two centers one
in Warsaw and the other in
Minsk.
"The peace negotiations at
Minsk are of exceptional import
ance, because they are developing
on the- unstable foundation of a
stormy movement among the
workers. Great Britain also is pass
ing through an unheard of display
of excitement among her workers
in connection with the peace ne
gotiations between Russia and
Poland.
"On General Wrangel's front we
are opening the gates wide to our
enemies, but we will assault them
in the flank and rear. The fate
of the revolution will be decided on
the Polish front. This is why we
have concentrated our forces in the
west and are only leaving p.osts
on the southern front to hold up
Wrangel's advance."
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 18. The
Ohio public utilities commission today
rerused to permit steam railroads
operating in the state to raise pas
senger rates 20 per cent for intrastate
traffic, as was permitted by the inter
state commerce commission on inter
state traffic,
The commission has no power, it was
stated, to permit any action that would
ormg about a rate superceding that
set by Ohio law, 3 cents a mile fixed by
me jfearson law, passed by the last
legislature.
The commission also refused permis
sion for a 20 per cent increase in rates
for transporting milk, holding present
rates are sutncient, and disallowed an
increase of 20 per cent on excess bae-
gage and a 50 per cent surcharge on
Pullman space. The latter two rates
come under the Pearson law
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CALLED FOR TODAY
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BOSTON, Aug. 18. Charles Ponzi
whose financial fiascos probably will
cost his investors thousands of dol
lars. will be brought before federal
court tomorrow for a hearing on the
charge of using the mails to defraud
He is still in jail.
Appointment of a receiver or receiv
ers for Ponzi was expected today, "bu
r eoerai juagc Morton announced no
action. Appointment of a receiver for
the Old Colony Foreign Exchange com
pany was deferred at the request
reditors.
About $160,000 of the assets of the
Old Colony Foreign Exchange com
pany are now in official custody and
officials ask a 75 per cent distribution
to note holders will be realized. The
assets of Ponzi's concern still are un
known, as the officials have only
Ponzf j estimate that lie has $4,000,000.
01 COMMISSION
DENIES RAILROAD
RATE INCREASES
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Chronology of Suffrage Struggle
WOMEN VOTE
191g I
Canada
Czecho-Slovakia . - 1918
Germany 1918
Hungary 1918
England 191
Holland 1919
Belgium 1919
British East Africa 1919
Rhodesia 1919
Luxembourg 1919
Iceland 1919
Sweden 1919
United States ...1920
COX CONFIDENT
SUFFRAGE WILL
BRING VICTORY
-'tnrptibttt an A." P. Leased i re J- -
canr-!!,'H '-, i.aa"
....... iu.-vij rat! ioj,uti - of
suffrage. That the enfranchisement of
women would help the Democratic pres
idential and local tickets, was pre
dicted by the governor's advisers, who
said they believed a great majority of
the women eta-nd with Governor Cox
on the league of nations issue.
Governor Cox, on receipt of the news.
issued a statement declaring "mothers
of America would stay the hand of
war." and also that the notification was
promise of performance of Demo
cratic platform pledges.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi,
leader in the Cox organization, who
came here today from New York to
arrange the governor's speaking itin
erary, said:
Our campaign plans will not be
changed as a result of Tennessee's rat
ification. They will proceed with the
league of nations aa the paramount
issue."
Governor Cox was visited by a- dele
gation of women suffrage workers.
headed by Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of
the National Woman's party. He was
thanked for his efforts to secure rati
fication in Tennessee and posed with
them for moving pictures.
Conferences with Senator Harrison
kept Governor Cox busy almost until
his train left tonight for South Bend,
Ind., where he speaks tomorrow before
the Indiana Democratic Editors asso
ciation. A new speaking engagement which
is expected to bring Governor Cox and
Senator Harding together for the first
time during' the campaign was an
nounced today. Governor Cox accepted
an invitation to speak here August 31
on "presidential day" at the Ohio state
fair and it was announced Senator
Harding also would talk.
Senator Harrison also announced ten
tative plans for the governor's western
trip in September. It will start Sep
tember 2 or 3, Senator Harrison said.
and will be "a swing around the circle
into every western state," taking about
three weeks. The tentative route calls
for travel first through the northern
states, then the Pacific states to Lower
California and return through south
western states. Two principal addresses
daily are contemplated, with numerous
rear platform speeches and automobile
side trips.
anal me league or nations issue Is
to De pressed by Governor Cox ann
also by other Democratic speakers was
indicated by a request the governor
made today to Senator Harrison to have
special seats reserved at all meetings
for former soldiers and their friends
In arranging for the governor's west
ern trip, it was decided not to use a
special train, unless absolutely neces
sary. The governor and his party will
have cars reserved for the trip, how-
SENATOR JOHNSON TO
STUMP FOR HARDING
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug.,19. Sena
tor Hiram W. Johnson will make a
speaking tour through eastern states
in behalf of the candidacy of Senator
Warren G. Harding, according to an
nouncement tonight at the western
headquarters of the republican national
committee. The committee quoted a
leter from Senator Johnson in which
he fsai'd :
"My hope and expectations are to
spend October in intensive work in
gehalf of our candidate in the doubt
ful states in the east."
SENATOR CUMMINS HAS FLU
DES MOINES. la.. Auk. 18 United
Slates Senator A. R. Cummins is suf
fering from a mild attack of influenza,
and. while hin physician has ordered
that lie remain in bed and that no
visitors be admitted to his room, mem
bers of the family paid tonight his
rapid recovery was expected.
Within seven years every political party had included in its platform
an equal "suffrage plank, President Wilson had publicly appealed for the
ment had been passed by both houses of Congress and ratified by 36 states,
while political leaders vied with each other for the credit of the victory.
The National Woman's party from the beginning adopted the policy of
holding the party in power responsible for the fate of the amendment and
brought pressure on that party through the political power already in the
hands of the western women.
Most spectacular of the demonstrations was the picketing of the White
House, which began in January, 1917. and lasted until November, 1917. Dur
ing the picketing between 400 and 500 women were arrested for the- crime
of reminding the president of his responsibility for their enfranchisement
and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three days to seven- months.
These arrests were later declared by the District Court of Appeals to have
been illegal.
In 1918, January 10 Two weeks after the last pickets were released from
jail, and one year from the day the first picket line went out, the federal
amendment passed the Lower House of Congress.
In 1919i June 4 The Senate passed the amendment with two votes to
spare. The House had repassed it on May 21, 1919.
In 1919-1920 Special sessions of 29 legislatures had to be called to se
cure the necessary 36 ratifications. In all but five of the 36 states campaigns
upon either the governor or the legislatures were necessary.
In the first month after the passage of the amendment by Congress,
nine-states ratified, Wisconsin, Michigan. Ohio, New York. Illinois, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts and Texas.
The three states which ratified within a few hours of each other on
June 10, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, fought for the honor of first
place on the ratification rolls.
Kansas, the first full suffrage state to act, set a new record on June 16.
The members of its legislature, at their own suggestion, paid their expenses
and met without salary in a special session. New York was the second
state to meet especially for this purpose, and then Texas, desiring to be the
first southern state to act, met in special session on June 28.
The half mark was passed by the ratification on November 1 of California.
The most difficult campaigns occurred in the last few states, particularly
in New Jersey, West Virginia and Delaware. The opposition resorted to
every possible device to defeat ratification or to substitute a referendum.
In West "Virjinia the amendment was saved by one vote, that of Senator
Bloch, who rushed from California by
Thousands Pay
Last Respects to
Ray Chapman
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CLEVELAND. Aug. 18. Ray
Chapman, premier shortstop and
star infielder of the Cleveland club,
will be buried Friday. At the re
quest of the family, the body will' ;
. intli"ii tte.' ' The 'paHbettrf 'V-6
c-" " r '--t eod. us'ur tt"
' " ; . -w :snc - :. 3 i
. . ...ji received " cru
cial recognition from Cleveland to
day, when' flags on the city hall
and court bouse were flying at
half mast.
A large crowd of friends and ad
mirers was at the depot when
Chapman's body arrived today.
Mrs. Chapman, accompanied by her
parents. Manager Speaker and Joe
Woods' of the Indians, and several
others, was on the same train.
Hundreds of messages of con
dolence were received today.
Among them were messages from
Governor James M. Cox and B. B.
Johnson, president of the American
league. - y
Fifteen 'thousand men, women
and children, tonight had con
tributed 10 cents each to the
"flower from a fan" fund. One
third of the contribution for a
floral design and the balance will
be placed in another fund being
raised to erect a memorial for
Chapman at League park.
Manager Speaker declined to
night to make any statement re
garding the accident. He denies
making any statements in refer
ence to Pitcher Carl Mays, who
threw the ball which struck Chap
man. METE
GIVES WORLD NEW
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
ANTWERP, Aug. 18. The breaking
of one world's record the 110-meter
hurdles which had stood for 12 years
and the scoring of points by 10 na
tions in four final events were fea
tures of the fourth day in the track
and field sports in the Olympic games
today.
The record was made by Earl Thom
son, representing Canada. He was a
former Dartmouth college star, and the
American athletes claim some credit
lor nis prowess. Thomson went over
the hurdles, in 14 4-5 seconds. The
old record, both Olympic and world's
was 15 seconds, which F. Smithson es-
taousned for the United States in the
Ulympic games in London on 1908.
II. L. Barron of the Meadowbrook
club, Philadelphia, who was second
and Fred S. Murray of the New York
A. C. were the runners who forced
Thomson to extend himself Thomson
was an example of the perfect hurdler
today, with a stride over the hurdles
lully 10 feet apart in the last 50 yards,
where he gained ground in his greatest
lead.
W hiln Italy, Canada. Finland and
Sweden won all four first placds to
day, the consistent performances ' of
the Americans gained them three sec
ond places, two thirds, two fourths, one
fifth and one sixth, a total of 32 points
Sweden came next with 15 and Finland
third with 12. These three nations now
are leading in the point honors, with
England fourth.
Aside from the consistency- of the
Americans, there was nothing espe
cially noteworthy in today's perform
ances. The shut-out of Americans
from first places were decisive. In the
110-meter hurdles Thomson led Barron
two yards. Also in the shotput
the deefat was noticeable. P. J. Mc
Donald of the New York A. C. cham
pion in the Stockholm games in 191::.
was able to get out no Letter than
fourth and that was obtained with a
put made in the elimination trials
Tuesdai
special train to turn the scales.
HARDING ILL
PLEASED WITH
SUFFRAGE!
" : ia:
tz.Jiv t nation sif-rUant i ma-'
t.eriat and ir;rwrnssntatr.rAir; wer :
advocated by Senator Harding today
In two speeches. He spoke first to
American Indians, who brought a plea
for extension of their racial rights.
He replied that the Unfed States might
do well to bestow "Democracy and hu
manity and idealism" on the contin
ent's native race rather than to "waste
American lives trying to make sure of
that bestowal thousands of miles across
the sea." i
The second address was delivered to
the local Lumbermen's association and
was a plea for a forest conservation
policy that would msure a timber sup
ply to meet domestic needs and thus
raise the standard of American hous
ing conditions.
Word that the Tennessee legislature
had ratified suffrage was received by
the nominee with satisfaction, and h
tssued a statement declaring his grati
fication that women would be given
the ballot in November.
One of the Nominee's most carefully
prepared speeches since he accepted
the nomination is to be delivered to
morrow to members and former mem
bers of the Ohio legislature. It has
been indicated that the address was
considered one of the most important
of the campaign.
The Indians represented the society
of American Indians and several camn
arrayed in tribal feathers. Their
spokesmen. Dr. Carlos Montazuma of
Arizona, and Frank G. Smart of Wis
consin, told the senator that their peo
ple were oppressed and mistreated and
asked that he use his influence to give
them a greater voice in National af
fairs. I thank you and I will agree," "said
the senator, "about one basic princi
ple, and that is that the American In
dian is as much entitled to as square
deal as any one else. I would like to
think, while we are talking about de
mocracy and humanity and idealism,
that this republic had far beter bestow
on the native Americans whose land
the white man took, rather than waste
American lives trying to make, sure
of that bestowal thausands ot miles
across the .sea.
"I believe in the policy of promoting
the ideals of democracy i'n America,
first, and the American Indian is just
as much entitled to that which right
fully comes to him as any other citi
zen." Yesterday the Indians called on
Governor Cox, and in addressrtig Sena
tor Harding today, one called him
"Sentor Cox." Senator Harding joined
in the laugh and said:
well 1 done Diame you he is a
pretty live fellow."
Senator Harding addressed the lum
bermen at a picnic, devoting his ad
dress to timber conservation.
ghicagTdelegate
WILL SUPPORT COX
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO. Aug. 18 H. L. Ickes, one
of Illinois eight delegates-at-large to
the Republican national convention
that nominated Senator Harding, to
night annouced he would support Gov
eror Cox, Democratic nominee.
Mr. Ickes was instructed at the con
vention for Governor Lowden and on
the final ballot, when Senator Harding
was nominated, he voted for Senator
Johnson.
"I shall continue te affiliate with
the Republican party," his statement
said, "but I cannot in good conscience
biipport a candidate who was not the
real choice of , his party."
Ill
A ction of
Assembly Will Give
Million Women Vo te
In Coming Election
(Republican Associated Press Leased Wire)
NASHVHILLE ; Term., Aug. 18 The amendment
extending equal suffrage to American women was ratified
today for inclusion in the federal constitution, the Ten
nessee house voting, 50 to 46 to concur in the senate reso
lution adopted Friday, 25 to 4.
The action made Tennessee the thirty-sixth state to
approve the amendment which lacked tonight only for
mal certification by Secretary of State Colby to complete
its acceptance.
There is still a possibility that the house mayTescind
its action. At the last moment Speaker Walker, anti-suffrage
leader, changed his vote from "nay" to "aye," pav
ing the way for a motion to reconsider. Under house rules
he can present such a motion within the next two legisla
tive days.
Should today's vote be confirmed or the house fail to
take further action before adjournment Friday, millions
of women will be free to vote in the presidential election.
Only successful litigation contesting the legal right of this
legislature to ratify the section could prevent them.
Paris Reports
Warsaw Safe
From Soviets
Republican A- P. Leased Wire
PARIS, Aug. 18 Warsaw seems
to be saved from the bolsheviki.
President Pilsudski's armies are no
longer fighting a defensive battle, te
S and" ttvr bold nffensive -on I., a.-,
f wings lias n-, - J the f;rs-t eb
S jeetives.. TP ' " t -'V tr te ,
i pausinK bf;if a.MTj n ; to de
; .vUh? their &eet.s.
The offensive on the left wing
is being led by the French gen
erals, Henry and BUllotte, and has
yielded important results. It has
once more put the Poles in pos
session of the key to the Warsaw
defenses the fork between the
Narew and Bug while the forces
advancing toward Mlawa, which
have reached Tsiechanoff, 12 miles
south of Mlawa. will force the
bolsheviki marching toward Plock
and Tohrn to beat a hasty retreat
and reopen the direct railroad to
Daniz. But the maneuver on the
right between the Vistula and Bug,
is more interesting from the strat
egic viewpoint, because it threat
ens the communications of the
main bolshevik forces. The move
ment has gained rapid headway
and driven the bolshevik back all
along the line toward Brest
Litovsk, distances varying from 25
to 50 miles.
JEROME-UNION STAGE
ATTACKS COMMISSION
PRESCOTT, Ariz.. . Aug.,18. The
Jerome Union Stage Co., through coun
sel, todaj issued a lengthy statement
claiming, among other assertions, that
the corporation commi'ssion had at
tempted to evade contractural rights
by its order to bonding companies not
to write indemnification policies for
the company. The statement proposed
that the whole issue be submitted to
the courts for adjudication.
LATE TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
GILA HAS POPULAR OFFICE
GLOBE, Ariz.. Aug. 18 Seventy-three candidates from Gila county for
state and county offices had filed their declarations as candidates at mid
night. Of this number, 58 are Democrats and 15 Republicans. Nine of this
number are In the race for justice of the peace of the Miami precinct.
PROHIBITION CLAIMS VICTIM
ST. LOUIS, Aug. IS Financial difficulties are believed to have prompted
the suicide of Otto F. Stifel, former brewer and horseman, the Republican
congressional candidate from the Eleventh district, who shot himself at his.
home near Vallev. Park today.
A note Stifel left was prefaced by the statement that it was for "the bene
fit of the public and my creditors."
"It is a brief review of how I came to get into a financial jam," the note
continued. "Prohibition Is the main ," here the writing became indistinct.
FEDERALS NEAR MEXICAL
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 18 Fishing boats arriving here today from the
Lower California coast reported that several hundred Mexican federal troops
were expected to arrive late today at Enzenada, principal port of the northern
district. They also reported that all but a few of Governor Cantu's troops
had been withdrawn from Enzenada to Tecate, just across the line from San
Diego county. The garrison is said to have numbered about 300.
RAINS HALT FOREST FIRES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 While rains in Washington helped fire fight
ers to control the worst of the forest fires in that state, high winds in Mon
tana and Idaho fanned the fires there.
TEACHERS RETURN AS STOWAWAYS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 Modishly attired, but listed as "stowaways."
Miss Mildred McGruder of a Missouri town, and Miss Eva A. Tranger of
Philadelphia, school teachers employed by the territorial government of
Hawaii, arrived on the army transport Sheridan today.
CANTU QUIT YESTERDAY
MEXICALI, Lower CaliUrnia, Aug. 18 General Luis M. Salazar suc
ceeded Colonel Esteban Cantu as governor of the northern district of Lower
California at 6 o'clock tonight.
COAL CONFERENCE QUITS
CLEVELAND, Aug. IS The joint scale committee of operators and miners
of the central competitive bituminous coal fields comprising Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois and Western Pennsylvania; adjourned sine die shortly before mid
night without rt-aching any agreement after having been in session five days.
M. P. PASSENGER HELD UP
ST. LOUIS. Aus. Is Four men held up Missouri Pacific passenger train
No. 5 from St. Louis to Little Rock on the outskirts of this city shortly nfter
S:30 o'clock tonight and escaped with four pouches believed to have contained
registered mail. "
Tennessee
Will Test House Ruling
Steps for such a test of the provision
of the Tennessee constitution.; tafifolw r
already have-,beea..ta,kn y th Tr
nessee constitutional t . ''
Ninty-six'of the, S3 members of t
house were -'present: today UiwI vt
alignment, until '-vote on concurrence
was taken, was & tie, each faction
polling 48 votes-on a motion by Mr.
Walker to table the resolution. On the
ballot for concurrence the line up was
49 to 47 until the speaker changed his
vote. This apparently would give suf
frsrist an advantage of only two
bot their leaders declared to
t tv-t members in favor of sut
. -,Lo were absent today, would
Jat. ie probably tomorrow.
The motion to reconsider may be
carried by a majority vote of the
members present and since Mr. Walker
can act without a. moment's notice,
suffragists planned to be on hand in
full force the next two days.
Suffrage leaders said they expected
no delegations, but as a precaution
were tightening their lines tonight,
while opposition leaders were waging
an active campaign to increase their
strength.
The end came sddenly. Debate on
the motion to concur had been in prog
ress little more than an hour and thers
was ho indication a vote was imminent
when Speaker Walker called , Repre
sentative Overton to the chair and took
the floor to reply to a suffragist who
had charged special interests were at
work to defeat ratification.
"The battle "has ! been won and the
measure has been defeated," Mr. Walk
er said. "I resent the iniquitious re
marks that special interests are here
alone against this measure. I resent
this on behalf of the womanhood that
is both for and against suffrage.
Motion to Table Tied
"I move that this measure go where
it belongs, to the table."
Instantly the chamber was In uproar.
Suffragists clamored for recognition
while a chorus of "second the motion"
came from the antis. Mr. Overton,
however, refused to recognize any one
and ordered the roll called. The result
was in doubt on unofficial tallies. An
appeal to the clerk developed that his
tally also showed a tie, 48 to 48.
Pandemonium reigned. Members