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, VOL. CXI. NO. 46
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C FRIDAY .MORNING, AUGUST 13., 1920
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
! PRICE: FIVE CENTS -i
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR RATIFICATION
: III OLD TEllilESSE
Governor Roberts Declares Its
Adoption Certain From Pres
' ent Indication
CLAIMS OF ANTIS.WAKE-
, NO RIPPLE ON SURFACE
friday .Tie Thirteenth Taken
As Omen of Good Luck By
Banks of Suffragists; Con
tinned Accessions To List
1 ' of :8upporters , of Federal
Amendment
- - Nashville, Teaa 'A. , Tie
cematitteo . . eeastltotioaal ton-
. ventlone sad amenimnta of the'
; Twiwii Senate after e bearing
!; en te. Jede.. wemsB.sffrage
amendment ratification rseoletos T
' aaBoaaccd shortly before midnight -
that it weald ratara a favorable re-
port aa the freeolatloa temsrrow.
- A similar commit -..'Of tha
HaoaaT: wSlcli ""eodatt4 joJai"
' hearing with tha Senate committee,
' aaaoaacvd that it would aat report
uatll Meaday. Tbla actloa aatu
' that tha an (Trig amendment 111
not ha Suslly disposed at tomerrow
- aa e (frags laadara had pleased.
" Thara was aa Indication aa ta tha
- astura of tha report tha Baaaa
. committee weald reader, members
merely stating they desired Ubm ,
1 for. proper eoaaideratioa..
Nashville. Tana- Auk. 12 With Co-
traor Boberte declaring ratification of
tha federal woman auff rage amendment
by the Tennessee legislature tomu....r
- was certain ''unless something miraeu-
lout occurred, and suffrage leaden in
both houses - reporting further aeeee
sions to tha ranka of tha suffrage forees
. from the unpledged membership, 33-
limlam' imoaglf uffrt
: rampant.
Even contentioBi of tha sola antl-mtl-'
nVationiata that tha combination af Fri
day the thirteenth would b a "hoodoo"
to ratification fanea to cause nppis
of apprehension in tha suffrage rank.
: Tha Senate and Hoata committee on
constitutional conventions and amsnt-
tnents. to which tha ratification reeolu-
.. tloa wss referred, eondueted a joint
hearing tonight in tha eh amber af the
House at tha capitoL Proponents af
ratification wera xlveu ona hoar and
lialf for argument and similar period
allowtolihej.ppojtiol! Suffragists
in tha House gained another preliminary
- victory today bv tablinc a-JouU
tion which woajd have prohibited con
sideration aimer or. paaamga or rajmcimm
,. of tha ratification recoluUon. Tha mo
tion waa carried by a viva roc vote.
: , Under jthe- tulsa oi proeedure the
resolution would be voted npoa tomor
row first by tha Senate aad after pes
sags would go Aft tha Hobs where it
would lay one day.- uader a suspension
of the House rules, however, the teao-
lutioa mar be put to a vote immed'
. lately and this was the plan of suffrage
leaders tonight. - Speaker Todd of the
Senate, said late 'today tha reaolutioa
would be adopted by the Sonata withia
an hour after the body convenes.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Oatt, president
bf the National American Woman But-
f rage -Association, today made public
, telegrams bearing on the auff rage sit
1 patioa in North Carolina.- --
alias Gertrude Weil, president of the
Korth Carolinna branch of tha Asso
eUtion, telegraphed Mrs. Catt to "dia-
regard list of names signed to
age aent Teajiassee Legislature urging
gainst ratification. Our preapeets are
good." The aiesasge referred to a tela
gram bearing the names of aizty-three
of the 120 members of the North Caro
' lina Eoase urging rejection of ratifi
cation and declaring ratification would
be defeated la that State.
Another massage to Mrs. Catt was
from Secretary Joscphus Daniels, who
aid that while the fight lor ratification
- la - North Carolina was -eloae, auffrage
advocates were hopeful. Mr. Daniels
tated that Mrs. Daniel had gone to
; Saleiga from.. Washington "and would
- be glad to have any suggestions from
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KriRITED DEBATE BEFORE
' BOTH SUFFRAGE COMMITTEES.
(By A Special Correspondent.)
Kaahville. Tenn., Aug. 12. Katifiea-
UbB of the nineteenth amendment by
iha Tenesseo state legislature was pre-
WnteJtonjghtJAuhJifl, .dsbilte hj
foterie of speakers representing some
of the ablest men aad women in Too -
Beasee and in the entire aation.
: Champions of the suffrage cause were
' )Iise Williams, Democratic National com
mittee worn an from Tennessee Ed T.
Seay, leading attorney of the Nashville
tar Jadge J. A. Fowler, of Knoaville;
United States Senator K. p. McKellar,
Md former State Attorney General
Chas.. T. Ct.
On the other aide, equally aa able,
were former Federal Judge O. N.. Till
man: Congraasmaa Finia J.- Garrett;
Major E,. B. Uhlmaar poWishw of the
NashviUe Banner; Judge & F. Wilson,
of the eourt of eiril appeals, and Mist
Chsrlotts Bowe, of New York, repre
senting the National association opposed
v (Continued on Fags Twelve.)
GREAT BATTLE RAGING
TO THE NORTH OF WARSAW
Warsaw, Aug. IWBy the Associated
Press).' A groat battle is being fought
In the- vieinity-f Fultyik, about 3
'lies north of Warsaw where tha Boi
hevikl hare launched a violent at
iaek Intended to oust the Poles from
he towt "t any priee,' v; , '
Today's eornmuniqu says th - vol
antcci regiment counter attacked with
bsyoasts. Beavy fighting oa . various
other parte of the f root la reported. The
Bolsheviki are renewing their efforts
ta eroai the Sereth , Eirer, , but hsvs
ft rep.ulici siU btm, !ne, . - '
hlASSED ASSAULT
IS f,lE AGAIHST
REVALUATIOiT ACT
Long Heralded Farmers' Union
.. Ficht Against Measure
' Is Launched Lj
WANT ACT REPEALED -
AND NEW COMMISSION
. . . 4 s
More Than Eondred Members
of Union, ' Beaded Bj Dr.
Alexander, Assisted By- Col
lector Baflej, Before Finance
r Committee; Mr. Maxwell De
lirers Counter-Attack -
- Coming ia mam formation, geaeraled
by Dr. H, Q. Alexander, Presideat Stone
aad J. W. Bailey. Colleetor of Iatoraal
Bevenue for North Carolina, the Farm-
IT.:.. J.I!. M 1. - i a la.
" vuw-tieiifnvi -sir mf avrmiaaa
assault npoa the Beralnatloa Act bo-
fore the joint flaaaea committee of the
General Assembly yesterday afteraooa.
denouncing the administratiba of the
aetr demanding Us repeat' an the ap-
pointment of temporary Tax Com
misaioa repreaeatative of every class of
citisenship to administer the 1919 tax
machinery antil other legulouoa eaa
bo effected.
Corporation Commlsaioaer A. J, Mas-
well defended tha measure, meeting
argument with argument, culminating
with dramatic challenge to Mr. Bailey
who had assailed tha work of the eom
mission, to come forward aad answer
tte-nargw-that-r: Bad-at" on Time
coma before the commission and de
manded that they do the thing that be
had just arraigned them in scathing
sentences for doing. The Colleetor had
left the chamber.
No member of the committee remem
bers a stormier hearing than waa pre
cipitated - yesterday afteraooa at 3
o'clock whea more -than-100 members
of the Farmers' Vnion, headed by Dr.
Alexander aad President Btone, filed
into the Senate Chamber aad offered
the committee the Farmers' Union reso
lution demanding the repeal of the act."
The air waa tense throughout, save for
the quarter of aa hour that was takes
up by "Great Talker" Tyson, Pitt eoan
ty farmer aad philosopher, who claimed
the privilege -it tha floor, aad relia
ouished It only when Mr. Bailey re-
Quested that he be suppressed long
enough for him to make his brief ap
peal on behalf of tha fa rmera.
The Unionists came with bo in lent
to arena their ease, according to Dr.
Ther a4 tw mmej-oary
the presentation of their floeaaent, and
a present withdrawal from ue ksanng
They had planned ne apeeehmakiag, the
Mecklenburg farmer-tootor -dealarad.
They merely wished to leave the reeor
lutions aad let th i committee membo.-a
figure It out for themeelvea. The reso
lution waa read. A question waa pat
to Dr. Alexander aad ho '.aswered it,
another question and another answer,
and presently there broke aa argument
that lasted nntil past six o'clock.
a a. 1. v.ai. n.ll.
BepresentstiVs Shepherd, ;Sember of
the committee, wanted to bear Mr.
Bailey. Ho offered a motioa that he
be Invited to come and apeak, aaying
that tha Collector had addressed the
meeting of the - Unionists during the
morning, "tusking a powerful aad eoa
vincing plea for the .-epeal of the re
valuation act. By unanimous vote, in
viution waa extended Mr. Bailey to
come to the chamber and speak. Hs
cams in later aad spoke.
Meantime the atorm had broken. Dr.
Alexander had reiterated hia statement
that Tail roads, banks aad persons!
property taxes had beea reduced wa
der the revaluation act. by as high as
33 per cent and that it hsd raised the
taxes of the farmer my w per cent
Representative Bay van ted Mr. Max
well. Ha wanted him to oorae and deny
thia damning statement "I voted for
this bill last year, and I want to know
If 1 have i beea led into doing that eort
of a thing," he said. Mr. Maxwell came.
: - Mr. Maxwell Snhav;
The - arxumoBt--that the - faxmerTi
property has been doubled- ia value
while tha eoiDOrate aad poraoaal values
have shown leaser advances ia anfoir.
Mr. Maxwell declared, beeaase : taa
teal property, reassessed every , four
years, ia compared with the 1915 valua
tion, whin tha corporate ana personal
values have beea revised annually. He
effered for comparison the totals for
Hgsonal "d corpojata - proporty i
915. upob which he declared aay Juvt
eomparisoa must be baaed. Tha per
centages of increase waa equal to the
increase for . real property over the
four-year period. - --
The farmer will pay Mao taxes ana
to take care of that element yew com
plain oti I have bow aa amendment to
the measure that - will provide, for a
board of re visa 1 before whieh citizen
msj . ask .that jjita.valuatl')akaie-
duoed." X - , -' ,..-v,. i
'Have vou any promise that farm
values will stay where they are Bowf
asked Dr. Alexander. . , ,
"No more -thaw I have that factory
values and other values will stay where
they are ow,tortedJthe Commis
sioner.
"Would oa leave county eommissin-
era to pass em the final value of prop
erty under appeal V tha doetor con
tinued, .i . - , :
Mr. Maxwell said that It waa asatter
for the legislature to determine, but
personally he waa against it. The Meek.
lenburger then Went iatoa diseussicai
of his general theory of taxatioa, lay
ing dewa' the principal that property
ought to bo taxed according to ita
earning power aad not according to
lo Its market value. Ia a lull, the for-mer-philieopher
from Pitt eoonty, stock
florid faced aad with a wide flung
muitaehe arose to say aomewhat ia
behalf of the farmer.
"Great Talkes" Talk: "
Hit forefather had bought leads of
ICoBUnjod & fag. Two) '
SE1NATOR SIMMONS BTANDS SQUARELY
FOR RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENT
Aetioa of Korth Carolina Dcmacrstifl
General Assembly to ratify Federal suffrsgs amendment is decbTed by Turnif old
M. Simmons, senior Morn Carouna tfenator, to nave beea bota expedient and
wise. He urges the State Legislature frankly to yield to the inevitable. '
MAY LET POLAND
State Department Giving Se
rious Consideration To Re-
Iterated Appeals
WANT TO ENROLL ARMY
. IN THE UNITED, STATES
Secretary Colby Stadies In.
tently Problem of Beinrifor
ating. Fast Ebbing Strength
of Polish State In Compli
ance V.: :!i Message To'Ital.
ian Amjassador Recently
Woehingtoa, Aug. 12-(By the Asso
ciated Press) Moved by the reiterated
pleas for aid from the. Polish govern
ment, the War Department had under
serious consideration today the request
ef Prinee Lubomlrski, Polish Minister,
for - permission . to purchase war ma
terials from the United States.
After successive conferences yester
day and today, between the Polish
minister aad Secretary Colby, tha State
Department also took up the problem
of fading-meaae of reinvigorating the
fast-ebbing strength of the Polish stats
and thereby of fulfilling the assurance
of support ta the Poles contained in
the recent American note to the Italian
ambassador. -
Wsnt to Enlist Army. ,
- Polish oflieia Is here sxplsiued today
that ia addition to the desire for war
materials they were most saxious to
cbtaia authorization of the ' Daiied
Stateo to permit recruiting by Poles
U America lor the -Pollen army. It
waa said that hot only had many of
fers of enlistment been received by the
legatioa from Polish citizens, resident
in the United States but many offers
had some from former Americas vet
erans ef the world war. .
Whilt a statute forbids enlistment of
armed expeditions in the United States
or some officials claimed the Presideat
had authority to suspend operation of
the law under his war time powers. The
raising of recruits by Poland- undsr the
leadership of Padsrwskl before the
United States entered the war, it was
recalled, waa agreed to by the Americas
government and large numbers of
Polos, enlisted to fight under the allies
were removed from the United SUtes
and trained in Canada and abrooaV -
Minister Leaves for Post. .
In order that the United SUtes govH
erament but keen in ' more intimate
touch with the developments in Poland,
Hugh Gibson, American Minister to
Poland, who has been homo on leave,
will depart tomorrow for his .JoetJn
Warsaw. Mr. Gibson will be accom
panied by Warrea B. Bobbins, acting
chief ef the division of Mar Eastern
affairs, who has been temporarily as
signed aa chancellor of the legation. (
The official communique announcing
the intention of the French government
to recognise as a defaeto government,
that represented by General Wrongel
ia Southern Russia was received here to
day in official circles.
Administration officials Consider the
French oteo as logical in view of tha
formal succession of General Wrangel
ta the authority 4f Admiral Kolchak
nd the Omsk government which was
recognised by bota Jrocn ana ureal
Britain. " ' ' ,
Action Not Inconsistent. .
Without foreshadowing a aimilar step
by the United States, officials declared
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conventina ta urging special seska f
SALARY BILLS ARE
Crisp Introduces Oriia Set While
i W. 0. Saunders PutS-lai
itnz Another , - L -
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SUFFRAGE REMAINS V
- MATTER FOR LOBBIES
Third Day's .Work Tor Lower
Eonse Passes Calmly Enough
and Sees Committee Bill
Submitting - Oonstitntional
Amendment Passed and On
Way to Senate Por Vote
The third day's work of the lower
branch of the General Assembly found
the' committee hall submitting the eon
stitutlonsl , amendments to - the voters
thia fall posted aud on its way to the
Senate. There were seventy-eight votes
cast for and twenty-four east sgainst
on final roll call yesterday morning.
Otherwise,'' the session was rather
tame. True, Crisp, of Dare, offered
bills raising the salaries of all the Bute
officers, some one else 'offered -one to
make Major W. A. Graham, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, a member of the
council of State, and Bepresentative
Bryant introduced the school bills but
the burning question suffrage eon
tinned to hold the center of 4he-etsgei-
It-waersctTcally a solid Bepubliean
vote against the amendment bill. The
lona two Democrats noting against-the
proposal were Browi, of Pitt, and Shaw.
of Scotland. There were several who
have answered the . roll eall who -did
not vote at alL Col Benehan Cameron
etill peeved over the fifteen cents limi
tation, voted "No on the first roll call
ana, later, after Conference with Bep
resentative Harry Grier, changed" his
vote to the' affirmative.
Crisp Fata la Salary Bills.
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Having already offered bills to in(
BROUGHT TO HOUSE
of tho tfnst!tntluBBpBTOosugar market, foreshadowed by
officers to M.00Q, barring
raise to
5,000 for th
the 'Attorney General, Bep-
resentative Crisp yesterday offered
several new salary bills which went to
the Ssjarles and ' Fees committee for
eonsideratioa with the prospect that a
sub eommitUe will hsndle the matter.,
The judges of the Supreme Court. Mr
Crisp would raise to -..6,500. the same
salary as allowed the governor. ' The
salariea. of-tho-Gommissioner OfAgrl.
culture, Insurance Commissioner, Com
missioner of Labor and Printing sad
tha members of the Corporation Com
mission Mr. Crisp would miss to. five
thousand dollars per annum. . The Su
perior eourt Judges he would raise to;
13,000 per annum and leave them the
1,500 traveling expense allowance and
the 100 'compensation additional - for
each extra term- of eourt over which
they preside.
The salary of the librarian of the
Supreme eourt would bo - raised - from
2,000 to 200 under another bill of
Mr. Crisp which would also raise ths
compensation of the assistant from fir
teen dollars per week to one thousand
per annunw- -
' Sauadera Propoeea Amendment. ;
; Still anothsr Amendment to the eon
itltution wss proposed in a new bill
Introduced' by Bepresentative W. 0.
Eounders intended to raise the pay of
somObodr else the 'legislators them
selves. - Mr. Saunders and a number of
hia colleagues believe that the members
ourht to receive at least are Hundred
dollar per annum for their aerviee to
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HELP DEMOCRATS IN NATIONAL
ELECTION
SUFFRAGE, SUMMONS
BIGKETT TO ASK
Wilt Read Message To Joint
Session of House and
'Senate
WILL URGE RATIFICATION .
OF FEDERAL AMENDMENT
In Spite of Bound Bobin,. Suf
fragists Continue. Confident
' That UgislatnrejWfll Abide
By Party's Platform In State
3d Nation; Signers Tele.
gram Expected To Drop
Casting aaide his determination to ap
pear no more In peraon before tts'North
Carolina General Assembly during hia
term of office, Goveraor T. W. Blekett
wJU go before the two houses meeting
In joint session this morning at 11:S0
to urge the special esssioa to ratify tha
Susan B. Anthony amendment, conferr
ing upon the women of tha United States
the right of suffrage.-; r r -
Barrlng all pressure, declining to see
either the antia who would, urge hia to
send his message If it must go, and the
ratifleationists who would Urge him to
appear in person, and weighing the
question in the balances of hia own
judgment, the Governor yesterday morn
ing made np his mind to go in person
to speak his mind on the qujUoathst
:so"giUterThatale.. - ..
Until tha Farmers' Union appeared
eamaase before the Finaaoo Committee
reeterdav afternoon, there waa no room
for aught but the round robin that
went to Tennessee Wednesday night.
pledging tno deatn or mo amenameni
in North Carolina. Jubilation rampant
held sway in the camp of the sntU. The
raunsationuts wots susnt, loosing wun
ansoneern upon the turmoil in the ro
tunda of the espltol where an army of
anti women dispensed pale red ribboae
and propaganaa.
r - Will Ther flthekt
"WUl they stlckf" wss stiU the most
ssked, and the most variously answered
uestion among the mgislatora. Witt the
"Big Four" some to Raleigh to put the
meadmenl across I ranted seeoaa
among the Queries. - ' '
Of rumors there wss tha usual orop
thst develops in a situation of nn
certainty as hang over the fate of
the amendment On one hand; it eould
ho heard that there had been attrition
In the ranks of the slgnsrs of the round
robin, that Frank Unney, Bepubliean
leader, had already pried loose the six
Bepublicans who had signed thst ths
entire Bepubliean strength in the house
would go with the rstiflcstlpnists.
Of jiressuro f romwithWut, none has
developed in the ranks of the rttifi ca
tion iitS. - They are content to wstcs
wfth equanimity tha sbsllutlon in the
eamp of the antis, to view calmly the
abandon of joy that reigns wherever
two of the opposition are gathered to
gether. If they have plans of bsttle, they
declare thst when the time Is ripe there
will bo action, but until the time does
ripen, they wilt sit steady in the boat
and look on.
In alarm over what might happen if
the Big Four were to come to Balelgh
ahtis dispatched telegrams lavishly
yesterday to the personnel of ths quar
tette, urging them to remain away from
Raleigh. If ther had replies, they did
not give them oift. From the Big Four
themselves eomea no word of what
their Intentions msy be. The ratiflea
tionists, again, are- worried about what
they will do, and expect developments
esrly next week thst will turn the tide
of battle. '
SUGAR SPECULATORS GET
CAUGHT ON MARKET SLUMP
Holders of Large Stocks Pear
i They; Have Overstayed and
Prices Drop
Ksw York. Aug. 12. Heavey deeressea
movements during the post fsw dsys
took place today. One large dealer re
duced his priee list on fine granulated
from CI to a fraction over 17 eents per
pound and raW sugar sold on a basis ef
13.04 eents which wss 10 cents per pound
loss than the high level of three months
ago; , ' -:
A pronounced weakness in raw sugar
bsgan early in the wet x, woticeaoie in
future contracts on the exehsnge and
in the spot market. - "Second hand"
sugar, or speculative stocks, have beea
offered for some days st 18 cents 'per
pound for fine granulated, but no weak
ening on the' part of refiners wss in
evidence nntil today. . '
Holders f large- stocks of sugar ex
pressed the fesr thst they had over
stayed -their' market. Dealera declare
tha present weakness is d us to laek of
demand for refind sugsr, free offering
from all parte of the world aad a. feeling
of nnrest throughout ths trade, lack of
demanding indicates that heavy pur
chases early la the season were not
entirely for immediate eoneumption. '
AIKPLANK HITS FLAGPOLE t
ONS OCCUPANT INJURED
;' Garden City, N. Y, Ang. 12. Lieut.
Lewis .McFadden wss seriously Injured
In the wreck of in army plane whieh
hit a flagpole in making a descsnt at
Mitchell field yesterday, it was learned
at tha Post hospital todsy. Captain
Albert W. Btevens, who new here from
Hampton Boads, Va, with Lieutenant
I McFadden on an official pi
Ijjip. wm Slightly braised
photographing
fSUFFWDAY
BY RATIFICATION OF
POUSH PEACE MISSION '
EX KOUTE TO WARSAW
Aag. lte-aSI a. m.)
Th Polish pvaco mtasira is said to
bo am its way hack U Warsaw. Ro.
ports recotved here indicate that the
dsisgatlen la Boaaiag thsaogh towaa
and vlUagea aecapled by Bolsaavlk
foroea. th local Jewish pariah
aopnlatUaa are sold t ho already
sitting aa aovtet and osmmaamta
govonuaoBta. .
Senator Simmons Declares
-There Can Be No Danger
From Adopting Suffrage
Ksws aad Observer" Bursou, :
03 District Kat. Bank Bldj.
(By Special Leased Wire.) ,
Washington, Aug. IS. Senator Sim
mons issued a statemsat from his office
at the National capital today frankly
advising tke Korth Carolina Legisla
ture to yield to the inevitable and
ratify the Federal suffrage amsadmeat
Hs ssys that ha has always been and la
still r opposed to woman auffrage but
that tha public opinion of ths world
sad the nation has settled the question
saa that ultimate ratification m in
evitaoie.
He tells the Legislature that Demo
cratic leaders at Washington had
agreed that if the women were permit
ted to vote this year they would nat
urally sympathise with the attitude ef
the Democratic party on certain ques
tions involved 1 this years campaign
and for that reason Democrats favored
final actloa before Ue eleetioa while it
was believed - Bepublieans preferred
postponement.
Reiterates Farmer Stateasent
The Senator's statement today is
practically a reiteration of aa inter
view ho gave the proas when the Korth
Csrolinn Bute convention met in ' Bal
eigh last Spring. He felt soatt rained
then to aay what he did because ha had
opposed in the 8ennte tha submission
of the Ttderal auffrage ameadment to
the State Legislatures for ratification.
He reiteratea that statement because
he has not changed hia views .an the
subject. He does not hesitats to re
affirm hit belief that the notion of the
convention aadsr the circumstances was
both expedient and wiee.
It ia known hero that the Senator
felt it necessary to issue his statemsnt
today on woman auffrage beeaase of ths
many lmportuaitiea of fnends la Korth
Carolina that hs use his influence in
persuading the Legislature te ratify
suffrage while It ia now in session.
Mo Fsar of Raco laeae
The Senator haa no fear that the
ratification of woman auffrage will In
ject the race issue into North Carolina
polities. Woman suffrage will not
change tha negro auffrage situation in
the State. According to the Senator's
view no white man or white woman la
North Carolina need lose n wink 1 of
sleep on that aeoro.
"If this ameadment should he rati
fied, the North Carolina constitutional
amendment of 1900 would operate to
disfranchise' negro women to the same
extent and in tha asms way as it now
disfranchises aesro men." said tha
Senator. "The educational teats of this
amandment have for SO years effectually
eliminated negro men from politics is
North Carolina. Why should nero
women who, if enfranchised, will be
subject to the same testa, fare better f
If the Korth Carolina amendment
should bo held unconstitutional and in
operative, of course, regardless of what
msy happen with respect to the womaa
suffrage amendment, we would be con
fronted in Korth Carolina by uareo-
stric ted, negro suffrage. Mo . aetioa of
Ue Btate or nation with regard to the
woman suffrsgs amendment, would
change or affect thia result-"
"la short," he said. ?if the Korth
Carolina constitutional amendment
steads wo are in no danger from the
negro question, either male or female.
If it fails by action of the courts, we
will have again to meet and solve the
question of snrestricted negro snf-
irsge.
Coald Easily Bomady SMnatleu
When asked bow that situation would
be met and remedied, should it arise,
he answered:'
"Manifestly by simply eliminating
the so-ealled 'grandfather clauae,
which it ia claimed is unconstitutional,
but which in no way abridges negro
suffrsgs, aad re-eascting the educational-
provisions of that amendment
which have beea pronounced constitu
tions! by the Supreme Court "of the
United States, and which, in Missis
sippi, South Carolina, aad for nearly
20 years in North Carolina, bars proved
efficacious in the elimination of the
negro aa si political factor."
"Undoubtedly," ha added. In such a
contingency- publia-sentiment in sup
port of immediate action la thia behalf
would bo overwhelming." With a smile,
he farther added:
. If thia unfortunate contingency
ahould happen it would bo comforting to
have a - Democratic; administration is
Washington. ,
Ths necessity for -the North (pro
line Legislature to ratify Woman suf
frage so as to make It incontestable"
aad to reader the presidential eleetioa
flawless ia pointed out in an editorial
from tha Washington Star, from which
it will bo seen that Tennessee's ratifl
catlon .will not relieve North Carolina
from the responsibility of ratifying:
. May Contest Tennessee ,
"Tennessee will vote, it ia etated, to
morrow oa the Anthony ameadment. If
the decision is favorable to ratification
tha thirtr-sixth State will be regis-
L r'lj JtCentlnoad on. Pago Two),'
NEGRO QUESTION
IS HOT INVOLVED
REQUESTS
SIMMONS APPEALS
TO LEGISLATORS
"Public Opinion of The World
and This Nation" Has Al-.
ready Settled Question !
STATE CONVENTION IN
PLATFORM ACTED WISELY)!
Senior V. 0. 8enator. Ia Ues',
j ; sage ' of 'r Utmost Sincerity
Speaks Clearly and UneqiriY.
iocally Jbr-Jtatiiicatioa of
Suffrage Amendment Be
( cause He Believes It Bight
" j- rr ' ' ' '-' t
Waahingtoa, Aug. " 1!. Though de-" 1
elarlng himself both personally opposed
to woman suffrage and andoeirous ef
pressing hia views apoa North Carolina
legislators. Senator Simmons, ef -that.
8tate, in a statement tonight declared
that "public opinion of the world aad
this nation hsd settled the contro
versy over the subject in fovor of rati,
fleation. The statement, which touched ,
upon the eituatioa in North Carolina,
where the Federal auffrage amendment
haa been put before a special session
of the Legislature, waa sought by the
suffrage 'supporters as aa aid in the
fight they are now making.
Senator Simmons repeated what he
had aaid to the North Carolina State!
Democratic convention this spring, that'
a defeat for ratification in North Caro. ,
linn "would not defeat but, ealy delay
the final result," and that it is the tea- -oral
opinion of the Democratic loaders
in Washington that "if women were
permitted to vote thia fall they would
naturally sympathise with the Demo
emtio party's attitude On certain lead
lag queetions involved In thia yeat'l
national eampaiga." , :
, No Change in Position I
Senator Simmons' statement follows I
"I have always been and still am ep
posed to a womaa auffrage. Isr the
interview X gave the press immediately
preceding the meeting of the Demo
eratio State convention I emphasised
this fact and confined my observations
to a statement of the oustanding facts
at the situation with rsspset to thst
queaion ae understood and interpreted
by me aad as reflected in the diseus.
sions and opinions of leaders of both :
parties at Washington. The aubetaaee
ef that sta tomcat, in brief, was as fol
lows! "That it wss generally eoneeded Tny
leaders ef both political parties at ths
national capital that the public opinion
ef the world and of this country hsd
settled the question of equal female
suffrage, aad that the ultimate ratifies- :
tion of the proposed suffrage amend-,
meat was inevitable j that while favor
able action by North Carolina at the ad
journed session of the Legislature
would consummate this eventuality in
time for women to vote in the ap-. ?
p reaching national- election, unfavor
able aetioa by it In this regard would
aot defeat, but only delay the final re- .
suit t that ia these conditions the only
remaining question was whether female
suffrage should bo conferred now or ,
later. Ia thia connection I also stated
that it was generally agreed among the 7 "
Demoeratie leaders at Washington thst
if the womsn were permitted to vote
this year, they would naturally eym
thise with the attitude of the Demo
eratie party oa certain leading quee
tions involved in thia year's national
campaign, nnd for that reason Demo
crate favored final action before the
election, while it was believed that the
Bepublieans preferred postponement.'
Convention Acted Wisely 1 ,
With these statements intended to
represent whst I regarded as the na
tional viswpoint of this question, I
left the-matter- with, the convention
without effort to influence its decision.
I was constrained to make thia state-'
ment beeaase of the fact that I had op-
posed nad voted against submission of '
the amendment, and I felt that my duty .
to my party and my constituents re
quired I should frankly state my un"
derstaading -of ths situation aa devel- '
oped in the process of ratification st,
wall as ths viswpoint of national lead-'
era npon the subject la the light of
ditioaa. Nothing has occurred sines .
that statement- to change' the ossentlsl . .
facta of the situation as I then saw and
presented them, nor to call for nay ,
change of modifies tion in that state
ment. "I do not know to what extent, It
any, my statsment Influenced the se-
tion of the convention, but I do not "
hesitate to soy thst I believe ita aetioa
under all the circumstances waa both
expedient and wias. I have no deeire -to
press my views upon the members of
the Legislature now in eession. Their 2'.
srtlon - upon thu " recommendations of '-'
our State and national conventions is a '
matter for the determinstion of each . '
Individual member of that body, Ad- 1 ..
mittedly, it is In. Its membership, one
of the strongest legislative bodies ever
assembled In the history of the State,
snd they will. I am sure, in the deter- -mlnation
of this question, act with due
regard to what they consider their duty
to their constituents, the nation aad
the party they represent.", ',
ANNOUNCES CENSUS FIGURES
. FOR NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS
Washington, Aug. 12. Census figures .
for North Carolina towns wera announc
ed today as follows: Creedmore, 892 1 .
8tem, 843; Stovsl, 41s; Manteo, 39.
" -; Coversor Lowde To Speak. -
Chicago, Aug. 12 Governor Frank 0.
Lowden, of Illinois, defeated eandidate
for the Bepubliean jtresidential aoml-'
nation, will bo one of the speakers in
Senator Harding's eampaiga, it was aa
nouneed at Bepublicaa headquarters