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SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1920
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VOTE Oil SUFFRAGE
TODAY IN TENN. IS
.Unexpected Adjournment x
The Lower House Defers
'AbnTInlirTbay'T
CONFLICTING CLAIMS
AS TO FINAL OUTCOME
Action of N. 0. Senate Gomes
As Unexpected Disappoint
ment; Suffrage Torces Look
To Tennes see House As Only
Hope For Women To Vote
In November
Nashville, Tepn., Aug. 17. TJnei
pec ted adjournment of the lower
house of the Tennessee Legislator to
day, after debate had beea in prog
rasa more than three houri, prevented
final action on the Federal suffrage
amendment. When suffrage opponents
suddenly moved for adjournment until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning on the
plea that members should hare more
time to deliberate on a matter of such
importance, the House fairly seethed
with excitement. Efforts to hold the
body in session, howevei, were una vail
ins;, ana the motion carried S3 to 44,
Opposition leaders said the rote was
a irt'ially correct indication of the
strength of the two forces, but the
suffragists declared no importance
should be attached to it
Vote Today Certain
A vote tomorrow was regarded in all
quarters as almost tain, as the prin
eipal speeches were delivered today
was said other addresses might be ex
pected to be brief and largely extern
poraneoua.
. Borne members took except. on to the
presence of scores of workers eirculat
ins abot't and seated within the bar
.of the Ho., e when the body waa called
to. rder and a m . .ion that it Joe
cleared brough forth a howl of pro
test, the motion at first was inter
preted t3 mean that only members of
the Senate am newspaper men would
be permitted tj remain in the eham
ber. Speaker 'Walker ruled the motion
o.ut of oner declared a House rule pro
vided or such a contingency and in
structed the eergeant-at-arms to clesr
the floor ifter a motion to suspend the
rules had failed to poll a two thirds
majority. ,
Considerable Debate.
Dobate on the motion that the
House eeneu.- in 'the action of the
Senato ! i ratifying the amendment
centered largely on the contention lhat
fhia legislature had no right to act
on ratification as a clause of the State
constitution provides that a legislature
to pass a proposed amendment to the
states by Congress. Speakers who held
the legislature could act legally point
ed to opinions attributed to W. ' I
Frierson, Solicitor General of the
I'nited States, end Attorney General
Thompson, of Tennessee, that a dec)
sion of the Supreme Court of the
t'nited States, holding void a clause in
the constitution relating to ratification
rf federal amendments, also nullified
the clause in the Tennessee eonstitu
tion.
Walker Quote Frirraon.
In this connection Speaker Walker,
opposing leader, read a letter written
- recently by Mr. Frierson in which the
Solicitor general stated that he had
not advised any one that it would be
entirely proper for the present legis
la tu re to act."
"The question si to whether having
the power to act, it ean with propriety
do so in view of the provisions of the
Tennessee constitution, .wrote Mr,
Frierson, "is a wholly different question
and one as to which J have expressed no
opinion. -
Complication Arises.
A recent ruling by the State attorney
general that a majority vote of the
members present, if there was a quorum,
and art the constitutional majority of
fifty of the ninety nine members of the
i House, nould bs sufficient for -ratification
or rejection of suffrage entered into the
discussion of possibilities today. Should
the. suffragists poll a majority short of
fifty votes, it wa said by leader of the
opposition speaker Walker' probably
would ruij that ratification had failed
fot lark of a constitutional majority,
An appeal to the houae from the ruling
of the speaker would be mad by -the
suffragists and it has considered improb
able they would be able to muster a
two-thirds vote and upset the speaker's
decision. i
Greet Interest in North Carolina.'
Great interest was. displayed tonight
in the action of the. North Carolina
Senate in defernr.it consideration of the
amendment until the General Assembly
meets in regular session in 1921. Suf
fragists had been encouraged by ad
vices from Raleigh that prospects of
ratification there wore hopeful and the
sudden termination of therflght -was as
unexpected as it was disappointing.
.: It was conceded by many suffragists
that; whether .women of the nation would
vote in the general elections in Novem
ber depended upon Tennessee. Favor'
able action by Florida wa said to be
out of the question, and all efforts to
persuade the Governor of Vermont and
Connecticut to call th Legislatures of
those States in speieal session have met
with failure. Thirty-five rJtates nav
ratified the amendment, eight have r
jeeted it and North Carolina ha post
poned action until next year. This, it
waa said, leave Tennessee virtually th
last hops: ' '.
.BAY GOV. COX WILLING TO
AID PERSONALLY IN FIGHT.
Washington, Aug. 17. Renewed ef
forts are being made by the Woman's
Party to get ..Governor Cox to go to
Nashville and tak a perional band la
tb fight for ratification of th federal
auffrag amendment, according to aa
announcement given oat ires it Bead-
quarter tonight, which asserted that the
(Coatiaaed a Pag Tw4
REGARDED
CERTAIN
Orders Reorganization . .
Of Immigration Bureau
Assistant Secretary of Labor Makes Order Following ' An
Investigation Said To Have Disclosed Conditions Indicating
"Utter Disorganization" of the Service; Shake-Up To In
clude Office of Commissioner Caminetti.
' Washington, Aug. 17. Reorganisa
tion of the Immigration Bureau was
Post of the Labor Department follow
ing an investigation aaid to have dis
closed conditions indicating "utter dis
organization" of the service. Th shake
up, it waa aaid atth department, In
cluded not only the office her of com
missioner General Caminetti, but also
the coastal stations and the field ser
vice. Conditions Long Standing.
Labor department officials said th
condition which led to investigation
of the bureau were of long standing.
The situation was called to th atten
tion of Mr. Caminetti both by Secre
tary Wilson and the solicitor of the
labor department Deiore wnora naa
been presented instances which they
believed showed the disorganized state
of the immigration service.
Plana Not Disclosed.
Plans of the ' department under its
reorganisation scheme were not dis
closed. Mr. Post conferred today, how
ever, with Commissioner Wallia, of the
Ellis Island station, regarding the sit
uation there due to shortage of person
nel to handle the increasing tide of
immigration. It was indicated that the
force would be increased soon to point
approaching it, sis before the war
POLISH SUCCESSES
ON BATTLE FRONT
Drive Back Bolsheviki Troops
at Several Points; No
Word From Minsk
Warsaw, Aug. 17. (By the Associated
Press). Reports of Polish military
successes came to Warsaw today while
the populntion was eagerly awaiting
rews from Minsk, where th foiun
peace delegates sre to meditate with
the representatives of the Bussian
Soviet government. The only report
of the delegates was Moscow wireless
message stating that the party had ar
rived in Munsk.
A successful counter-offensive was
aunched on the Warsaw front Monday
under the leadership of President PU-
audski as commander-in-chief.
On th northern front, wher ten
Bolshevik divisions are striking toward
th Vistula as part of the maneuvers
against Warsaw, and on the Warsaw
tront it waa announced today tnat tne
Beds have been driven back at several
points.
Polish movements, aided by heavy
crtillery, are forcing the Bolshevik
gradually to withdraw from various
places whero for days pressure upon
the capital has beea greatest. The Poles
have taken many prisoners.
REPORTS INDICATE WARSAW
STILL HOLDING OUT WELL
Paris, Aug. 17. Warsaw is holding
out well, according to the ltst news
received here tonight. The Pwles, who
were beginning to repeat their old de-
SDainng-ery of 1831, "God la too high
and France too far." fortified by the
counsel of France's expert soldiers, have
now plucked up spirits with immediate
effect.
While it is too soon to forecast, the
favorable issues of the great battle now
raging under the walls of the capital,
the Poles appear to retain the initiative
they took Saturday and continue to
hold the Bolsheviki in check. In th
southeast, on the western Bug, they
have scored notable success. Neverthe
less, the situation, with Warsaw threat
ened from three sides, undoubtedly re
mains serious and everything depends
on the ability of the Poles to keep up
their aggressive tactics.
It is considered significant in mili
tary circle that the Moscow wireless
has been bnusually silent today.
POLES CAPTURE IMPORTANT
STRATEGIC POSITIONS
Paris, Aug. 17. Tireless efforts by
the Poles to push back the invading
Bolsheviki have resulted in the capture
ol important strategic positions. Three
cays ago the Polith forces faced an ex
iremely critical situntion,, with the Re.)
center virtually reaching the outer forts
of t'o capital. On the right wing th
Soviet troops had captured .he Pultusk
Seroek br'rljrohead, driviug the Pol
from the fork where the Narew joins
the Bug.
On -Sunday, however, the Poles
launched a; counter-offensive from Novo
Georgievsk, clearing the north bank of
the Narew, and yesterday tbey recap-
tu red the Seroek bridgehead before th
Bolsheviki had time to" establish them
selves. Operations are now proceeding
against the Pultusk forte.
The Bolsheviki in their retreat
abandoned considerable, bocty which h
not yet been Inventoried, Operations
by the Polish right against th Vieprt
and the middle Bug continue according
i plan.
NCOMPLETE RETURNS
TrTOMTR!MArTnprMISSTM368T62 to (2.o5V23. ' . 1
Memphis. Tenn- Aug. 17 Incom
plete and unofficial returns compiled by
th Memphis' "CommeTeTar-Appeal p"to
10 o clock tonight on today s Democratic
primary in Mississippi congressional
districts ar as follows s
First district Six counties give Rep
resentative Candler, 3,036; Rankin, 3,-
853 r Magrader, 25!) j Berry, 1,479, and
Btribling 153.
Second district Five countie give
Lowerey, 1,128; Mahon, 071; -Anderson,
532; Crura, 281 ; Jon, 18; Owens, 64
Feorth - district Bus- eon a tie giv
Busby, 1,379 j 'Representative Bisson,
Km .... - ..-
checked immigration and th staff was
reduced.
first step in th reorganization were
taken by Assistant Secretary Post on
July 21 when Commissioner General of
Immigration Caminetti waa ahorn of
th authority which ha had exercised
for some tin past of making recom
mendations in appeal and warrant
ease passing through his hands. Th
department contended that only the
Secretary of Labor and the assistant
secretary were empowered by law to
exercise judgment in such eases.
Prepared Measoraadaau
On August 14 memorandum was
prepared by Secretary Poet inquiring
into the "cause of and remedies for
th disorganized conditions in the Bu
reau of Immigration and it consequent
inefficiency." Certain "undesirable"
conditions prevailing in th bureau were
ordered remedied' immediately. These
included, besides th enforcement of
th decision affecting the transfer of
judgment over appeal and warrant
ease from the commissioner general of
immigration fb the secretary or assist
ant secretary of labor, "the excessive
freedom of access to the immigVatioa
bureau during working hour of per
son not officially connected with the
bureau."
S
U. S. Athletes Win Places In All
But One Event In Olym
pic Games
Olympil Stadium, Antwerp, Aug. 17-
(y the Associated Press.) The pro
gress of athletic advancement through
out th world was demonstrated' today
by th wide distribution of honors in
the third day's contests in the seventh
Olympiad.
ror lot nrst time in these gsmes.
th American athletes failed to win one
of the six point scoring place when
all four who qualified for th 5,000
meter race failed to finish. In all the
other finals and qualifying rounds today,
however, the Americans were placed,- in
several eases alter sensational per
formances against the strongest foreign.
competition.
New High Jass Record.
B. W. Lsndon, of th New York A. C.
won the high jump with a new Olympic
record of 1.931-2 meters, although
it wa announced he had made MH
metres until a sag of th bar wa re-
measured. Three other Americans were
nlaeed in this event. .
In the elimination for finalists in the
shot pnt and. broad jump, two Americana
qualified in each event, although legiti
mate hard luck interfered with their
performances in th latter event. The
shot putters, misunderstanding the
French officials, put the (hot a long
time before discovering it was just
warm up and later some of them did
not do o well aa in th practice In
th -broad jump th negro, 8ol Butler,
of Dubuque college, the American
record-holder, pulled a tendon in his
second jnmp and was unable to qualify
Qualify For Hardies.
Three American also qualified for the
finals in tae 110 meter hurdles, in
which one of them is expected to run
second, aa Earl Thomson, representing
Canada, is acknowledged the best in
th field, unless on of the Americans
rises to unexpected height and nose
out th Canadian atar-
Th most sensational and pleasing
performance of the day waa that of the
half milen in the 800 metres final, which
Earl Eby, of the Chicago A. A, almost
won and in which Lieutenant D. M.
8cott, U. 8. Array, and A. B. Bprott, of
th Los Angeles A. (".. finished fifth snd
sixth after a terrific race. A. O. Bill,
of England won by a yard, due partly
toth" Tact that EPywas -watebtng- the
expected winner of the race, B. O. D.
Rudd.'of South Africa, who faltered at
the tape while Hill slipped through unobserved-
-
Th Americans admitted Hudd was
not quite in his best form.
The American tug of war, team was
qnick'y outpulled by 'their Englith op
ponents, but has a chance for re-entry in
ease England wins under the rule
which permits all teams defeated by
th winner to -compete for second
plaee.
RECOMMEND FURTHER
LOANS TO THE RAILROADS
Washington. Aug. 17. Distribution to
the railroads of the country of nesrly
200,000,000 was recommended to the In
terstate Commerce Commwsion todsy in
he final report of the Association of
inilway Executive on the applications
of the various carrier for loans from
th 300,00O,0OO; revolving fund erested
by the Transportation Act. ' , .
under th new recommendation
toans for addltionr" and - betterment
would be increased from 7,O62.053: to
81 73; those for additional ears and
equipment would be increased from
t.35.050,280 to (78,349,3$, and thou for
freight and twitching locomotives fro
A total of $o2,839,943 was reeonn
mended for loan for building box carat
and loans to meet wararlng obligations
would -total $28,800,875. . ,
PROHIBITION COMMISSIONER TO
GO WITH ANTI-SALOON LEAGl'C
Richmond. Vs., Aug. 17. The Rev. J.
Sidney Peters, Stat prohibition com"
missioner sine that office waa created in
1918, ha accepted a posltioa with the
Anti-Sal oo League of America and will
enter oa hi aew dutie whea he leaves
th Ststs position Angus 31- He will
b succeeded September 1 - by Harry
B. Smith.. of Culpepper, elected at the
AMERICANS STILL
WINNING
HONOR
it essioa fi th iiiinlilaturs,avijis; jnorj haj JO.OOJJ populajjflaj
SUFFRAGE APPEAL
BY SIMMONS GETS
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Friends Urge Senator To Ge
Actively Into Fight To Put
SENATOR, HOWEVER, FEELS
HE CANNOT GO FURTHER
Relying On Tennessee Now To
Ratify Amendment Giving
Women, Sight To Vote ; Got
ernor Cox Urged To Get Ae
tively Into fight; Situation
Considered Favorable
News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Building.
(liy Special Leased Wire.;
Washington, Aug. 17. People --In
Washington who read Senator Simmons
statement on woman suffrage 1a the
News and Observer today regret that it
did not com sooner. The statement
was shown to Secretary Tumulty at the
White House and he wa much pleased
that the Senator had pointed dut the
danger to the South and Democratic
party in th failure to ratify th suf
frage amendment. Secretary Daniels
was also pleased, for th statement was
directly in line with hia own view on
the subject,
Before the news came that the North
Carolina Senate had defeated suffrage.
the senator was urged by friends to
go still further, but he said h could nftti
go beyond stating the situstion as he
saw it.
Alice Paul, chairman of the National
Woman' party, said on being told of
the defeat of suffrage in the North
Carolina Senate:
Rely On Tennessee Now.
"It makes th success in Tennessee all
the moro imperative. The Democratic
party must exert itself to the utmost to
secure favorable action when th Ten
nessee Legislative meets tomorrow,
since they no longer have North Caro
lina to fall back on.
Mis Paul regarded th adjournment
of the Tennessee Housa without taking
a vote on suffrage as a a indication 6f
the growing strength of suffrage. Th
antis blocked the vote by long speeches,
showing tbey were afraid to take a vote.
Suffrage advocates convinced that
vote could not be reached today voted
with the antir to adjourn. With the
vote believed to be so close in th
House, th Woman' party ha re
doubled its appeal to Governor Cox to
go to Nashville and it is believed as
will leave Columbus tonight, reaching
the Tsnnesse eapital Wednesdsy noon,
If the Governor decide to go he will
be able to spend six hours at Nashville
and he is eounted on to put suffrage
over. -
Interest In Air Mai Rostee,
The Postoffiee Department will open
the bids of private concerns for carry
ing the mails by aeroplanes on Septem
ber 10. There is keen interest at the
department as to the number and char
acter of these bids as no private aero
plane company has ever contracted with
th government to carry th mails. AH
th air mail route now established
ar operated by the government, but oa
or before January 1, 1921, the govern
ment expects its four principal air mail
routes to be in private hands.
Th longest of these proposed routes
is from New York by way of Washing
ton, Richmond, Raleigh- and Columbia
to Atlanta, approximately 813 miles,
each plana carrying 1,500 .pounds of
mail on each trip. For this service the
government will psy $300,0000 and the
carrier will be required to make three
hundred and six trips during th year.
It was asked at the department if
Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia and At
lanta possessed hangar and landing
plaees for mail planes. The reply was
th landing' places are ' a matter for
th private concerns who take the con-
' .-ts and for the eities where the
stops are made. The government is no
more interested in this feature of
Ilh air mail service than it is in a xalL-
road terminal in any' of these eiti
where the mails are dlivered and re
ceived. The city is expected to provide
the landing field. When it doe not, no
stop will be made.
Many Millionaire In State.
How many millionaires are there in
North Carolinaf In 1917 there were In
the State 47 persons who paid 30,000
and upward of incom tax. The income
tax of on of them wa around 11,000,-
000. That man was th lata R. J. Rey
nolds of Winston-Salem. There are fire
who paid (230,000 each, twelve who
paid $150,000 each and 17 who paid (50,-
000 each. Any person who rays as
much as 5O,0"0 is estimated at the De
partment of Internal Revenue to be
worth a-million dollar.
Judge" Frank A. Daniels and wife of
Goldsboro are visiting for a few days
in th horn of the Secretary of theh
svy, Judge Daniels brother.
Mis Anne K. Adams of Jacksonville,
to Red Lake. N. Y. where she will join
camping party composed of Misses
Dbra Mascot of Detroit, Mich., Eva
Martin f Indiana, Thelma Bobbitt of
Henderson, N. O, Mae and Elizabeth
Carden of New York, Helen and Doro
thy Ilill of Texas and Peg Uerety of
Massachusetts.
ML OLIVE MORE THAf
DOUBLES POPULATION
Washington, Aug. '17. Another North
Carolina town has been added to those
which during th last ten year have
nor than doubled their population.
Census statistics annonnced today shows
Mount Olive, in Wsyn county, had an
increase of 114 per rent, having grown
from a population of 1,071 In 1910 to
2.297 in 1920.
Eizht North Carolina place having a
Dormlation of 1.000 er mor hav been
added to th 100 per seat oluma thus
fsr ia th fourteenth census, including
Winston-Salem and Gastenia ef th cities
STRONG APPROVA
SENATE SHELVES SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT-BY VOTE 25-23;
MAY BE EFFORT TO RECALL
SUFFRAGISTS PLAN
"TO RESUME BATTLE
Stunned Temporarily By Dc
feat Leaders Begin To
Strengthen Lines
GARDNER ANXIOUS FOR 1
CHANCE TO BREAK TIE
Both Homes Meet This Morn
ing at 11 O'clock; Thomas
J. Gold, of Guilford, and W
N. Everett, of Richmond
Wif 1 Direct Suffrage Forces
In Lower Branch
Suffrage forces, stunned temporarily
by their unexpected defeat in the Ben
ate yesterdsy afternoon, last night be-
ran to strengthen their lines with some
nope of getting th resolution of ratin
cation again before the benate.
Suffragist who had counted on the
support of Horses- Stacy of Robeson
were disappointed when that member
declared that be did not construe the
vote for th resolution'as a vote against
suffrage ratification ' and east his vote
accordingly, explaining that he was in
sympathy with th view that the people
of tb State as a whole have had no
opportunity to express themselves on
the subject. This vote if east against
th resolution would hav brought a tie
that the Lieutenant Governor might
ha7 broken. If Senator Obediah
Teague, pledged to suffrage, had not
been absent when, bis nam waa vailed
th suffragists would hav had a ma
jority without the President's vote.
The fight today will ..loom large in
both houses. The. suffrage forces were
fighting hr.rder last night than they
have been since the onset of th real
battle in North Carolina, and after
conference last night, expressed tome
hopes of ratification.
It would hav been possible before
adjournment came yesterday for Sena
tor Scales, floor leader of the suffrage
forces, to hav changed hi vote and
moved for reconsideration. This would
have given the suffragists an opportu
nity to bring Senator Obsdiah Teague
back into th ehambar and to consult
with Senator Stacy beftr h dealt
what now looks like th deathblow tu
ratification la North Carolina.
Gardner Anxious to Smash Tie
Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gard
ner made no effort to conceal the fact
that in the eas of a tie vote he would
welcome th - opportunity of making
ratification possible by the body over
which he preside.
Th lieutenant governor wai engaged
in conferences with the luffrag lead
era last night, wher plana wor being
worked out for carrying the battle for
ratification on. It is understood that
h will hold that the amendment esn
b brought back to th floor today by
a majority vote. In the meantime h
renewed his effort last night to bring
aDouj. a defection in th ranks ol th
antis.
Hons Prasniae Some Aetlaa
Th fight really begins today. Th
strategy and able management, from
parliamentary standpoint, of ' the'1 anti
fight on the floor by Senator Lindsay
Warren, of Beaufort, really changed
an almost certain victory into a posi
tive-appearing defeat. The Warren
speech, able in .construction and deliv
ery, though minus the brilliant argu
mentative quality of the Glidewell
speech, was not comparable ti the
Warren generalship.
Whether in th renewal of the, fight
today lie will provo himself mora th
master of the situation than his col
leagues of opposite predilection, was a
speculative topic in tho lobbies last
night.
Both nooies meet this morning: tt-it
o clock. Th expiration of tb morn
ing hour in th h,us will find th re-
jectionists calling for a report -on their
resolution to turn the amendment back
to the Beeretiry of State by unfavor
able action. This move is expected to
precipitate a battle in th House
equally as interesting as th one prom
ised in th Senate.
Plan '. Altogether Definite
The plats f the suffrage forces,
whil not definite, were being shaped
into form at a late hour last night.
Representative Thomas J Gold, of Guil
ford, one of the brilliant debaters in
th House, will be actively in charge
of th fight,, with Representative Will
Everett directing the maneuvers. . .
There is yet a prospect that suf
frage ia going to win before the fall
elections. Admittedly, it is not en
tirely dead in North Carolina. It was
partly zed yesterday, but the stroke, as
viewed last night, wa light. A healthy
condition among ; the members who
want ratification will turn the tide.
If th action in the Senate is favor
able, without the House in the mean
while passing th rejection resolution.
me enanci: percepiiDiy DNgnten lor
ratification. The House membership ia.
at the present time, against ratification.
There ere 03 members pledge" to vote
st It, but without question many of
the "round robin signers would be
greatly pleased to have the aetioa cf
th Senate relieve them of a Vote.
Ther will b much doing today.
R. BAXTER M'RARY
RETAINS COUNSEL HERE
R. Baxter MeRary. mulatto, defen
dant in suit instituted by H. B. Var-
ner, of Lexington, ft, which plaintiff
eharge that th argfo wrecked hia
home, if preparing a vigorous dtfens.
It wa learned tier yesterday that
kleCrary had employed Annstead tones
A. Bon. of Raleigh, and Judg Vt P.
By num, of prssnsboxfl, sj aitTL7Jb,
HOW SENATE VOTED.
Following hi th vote cast la th
Senat ea Warrea Sabstltata Res
elatleai S.T .
Reddlngfleir
Brack
Brown
Cloud
Connor
Cnrrla
Diveaport
Fere see
Fisher (R)
Cray
Harding
Hay mor (R)
Holderneaa
Hortoa
Barn
Carr
Cooper
Cowper
Caward
Croat
DeLaaey
Gavla (R)
Glldwsll
Haiaphrey
Hyatt (R)
Long ef Halifax
Lavlll
Newts
Johnson
Patterns
Loag of MVy (R) Price
Msngasa Relahsrdt (R)
Mitchell
Plssaer
Shlna
Bheek (R
Stacy
Thorn pejoa
Re
Scale
8lk (R)
Storm
fWakelleld (R)
Williamson
Warren
Wright
Teague (R) (not voting)
Hawkins, absent
Th following is the text of the
Warren substitute resolution
- "Whereas the socalled Susan B.
Anthony amendment to the Consti
tution of th United State, being
the proposed nineteenth amendment
thereto, was by Congress submitted
to the Legislature of th various
States for ratification, subsequent to
the general election of 1918, at which
time this General Assembly was
elected.
"And, whereas, at th time of th
holding of the election of 1918, the
electors of this and other States did
not know, and had no reason to an
tielpate, that the said amendment
would be submitted to the Legisla
tures of the various State for rati
fication, and, therefore, had no op
portunity of expressing their will
and desire as to the ratification or
rejection of the said amendment.
"And, whereas, in th opinion of
th Senate, it is a cardinal principle
of representative government that
no change should be' made in the
fundamental law without a full
knowledge and acquiescence of the
elector therein and without instruc
tions received from the electors in
ressrd thereto.
'Now, therefore, in consideration
of th foregoing, be It resolved by
the Senate that the resolution of
ratification of th proposed nine
teenth amendment to the Constitu
tion of th United States, being th
resolution under consideration, b,
and th ssm is hereby postponed
until the regular session of th Gen
eral Assembly of 1921." fc
Gov. Cox Goes After Republi
can Nominee In Earnest In
Ringing Speech
Coluumbus", Ohio, Aug. 17. In ad
dressing the Ohio Democratic conven
tion today Governor Coij, the party's
presidential, candidate, flayed Senator
Harding, the Republican nominee,
"reactionary,1 denounced what he
termed Mr. Harding a plan for a sep
arata peace with Germany, but snid
that the Democratic position on the
Leagu of Nations reservations wss not
unbending.
7Tb San Francisco platform,' said
Governor' Cox, In his address, opening
th Ohio campaign and relinquishing
party leadership in the State, ''gives us
the right to enter th league on terms
that need no defense.
'Our position is not unbending. We
claim that we ean accept anything (in
reservations), that interprets, that rails
attention to th limitations of our con
stitution, that calls attention of the
other nations that we will go thus far
and no further.
Tb leagu Issu was featured by
Governor Cox, and also in addresses of
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, and
Senator A t ie Pomerene of Ohio.
. Hit Peace Proposal.
Perfectly perfidious act," and dis
honorable deed were among terms ap
plied by Governor Cox to the separate
peace proposals and the convention gsve
him ovation- after otson as be pro
ceeded.
The separate peace isjue, Governor
Cox declared, will remain in the pub-
lie mind."
"This after all " h continued. "i the
crux of the situation. The reactionary
candidate promises you nothing but a
proposal wnlsh at Its best -prom tses
nothing but months and pott)ly years
of delay. On the other hand w prom
ise you this that after .the fourth of
March, with the least amount of con
versation possible, well enter the
league.
Th Democratic candidate denounced
particularly the Republican argument
that the league - would Increase prob.
ability of war. .
Denying also thst the league eould
order American soldiers overseas, Gov
ernor Cox continued: ....
A Deliberate Untruth
"Th -Republican leaders., in declar
ing that fonr or flv potentates over
sea can order our soldiers anywhere,
are speaking a deliberate and wilful
untruth."
At this point the Governor spoke
with -crest dsliberation. adding:
DENOUNCES PEACE
PLAN OF HARDING
"Presidential proprieties re ,uire-4htJsjirolina don,t want to vote," a aaoat.
r do not characterize it -in atronger
terms." . o
Civernor Co. rIteratd that Coa
.(CssUiH ,a4t. jga
BITTER DEBATE
PRECEDES VOTE
Action Comes On Warren's
Resolution To Postpone Ac
tion Until Jan. Session
BEAUFORT SENATOR IS
CREDITED WITH COUP
Honors of Daj, So far As De
bate Is Concerned Go To
Glidwejl, Koclrinfham, Whose
Withering- Counter Attack
Silences Warren's Charges
of Embezzling; Power
-
Th Senate of th General Assembly
of North Carolina shelved th Federal
suffrage amendment at 3:58 yesterday
afternoon when U members followed
Senator Lindsay Warrea ia support
of a substitute resolutiea deerrin; -aetioa
oa the amendment until after- -th
e November election. The vor
stood 25 in favor of the substitute and
23 against, with Senator Hawkins ab-
sent and Senator Teague not voting.
-This morning at lli30 a similar -reee
lution will be brought to the floor ef the
House on a special order, and passed
with little ceremony, according to re
jeetionist leaders, who claim a total of
82 votes in their favor. Unless ther ia
a move on the part of some Senator to
reconsider the Senate action, all hop
of ratification in North Carolina be
fore next January is lost.
Vote on. the resolution began ia th
Senat at 3:47 yesterday afternoon
after more than four hour of bitter v
debate, led on the part of th rejee
tionist by Senator Warren, and for
the ratifieationisU by Senator A. af.
8eale and Senator Powell GlidewelL
Agreement had beea taken to votewoa
th ratifying resolution but Senator
Warren interposed with the substitute
which gava a loophole for member wha
were unwilling to vot outright for r.
jection.
Admitting the disaster that ha over
taken them in their fight ratification
leaders are still hopeful that a move
will be mad to reconsider which will -result
in a tis vot to be broken by
Lieutenant Governor Gardner and for
oma sniraer ia the Hobs that will
forestall rejection for a few day at
least. Leaders wer at work last night.
Th result in the Senate overwhelmed '
the supporters of th amendment. It
had beea generally assumed that tb
amendment would carry ia th north
wing of the Capitol by a majority of
from tire to eleven vote. Th War'
ran mov was held ia utmost secrecy
until within two hour of th ballottiag.
Senator Scales was advised of the Im
pending strategem at a littles befor S
o clock, but was powerless to forestall
it, or to readjust hia force to circum
vent It.
Senator Warrea mad th beat ef tb
situation that confronted him with aa
assured majority against him and is
ed th opportunity to wrest victory in
th Senate from th ratifieationists by
taking advantag of a well defined sen
timent entertained by several members
(gainst taking definite action, but de
laying until after th iwonl. !!
elared themselves la th general elec
tion, jne rew votes that fell into
that class, determined th result. Sena
tor Stae. , law partner of National Com. .
mitteeman Ar W. McLean, wa th only
man to state that position clearly oa
th floor, but other gav their rea
son pi'vately. .
Galleries rilled Early.
Two hour before the ntirvina -
olution was scheduled to com op yes
terday morning on special order at
11:30, the sralleriea of the Rnfa
ber wer filled, the west wing with rati-
fieationista and th east wing with re
jectionist. On th west side, wher
the supporters of th amendment wer
jammed into every available inch of
space, the railing of the gallery was
mwuueu wnn yeiiow Dun ting of th
pros, interspaced with nennaata
eJed "Votee for Women." There were
no decorations on the east mde but
every occupant of that gallery wore th
red ribbon, with the word ViMtii.'
stamped oa it.
The lone door keeper of the chamber
was powerless to enforce th order to
keep clear the floor of all except mem
bers of the Senste. emnloveM n,t -
officials. Scores brok through, and
when the Senate convened at 11 aVlork
every foot of floor space in th lobbies
of tb chamber wa taken. Th win- '
dows were stopped; and no air earn
through them. Insufferable heat weight,
cd down the throng, arowinsr hotter
as th debate began and wor it bit- ,.
ter length through. . , ;
the benate convened nromntlv !
went through the perfunctory basines
cf receiving new bills and grinding old- ,
er one through th legislativ hoppw,-. -.
The crowd augmented, men and womea ', -breaking
through to find standing room 1
ere it seemed that ther wss non
left. Member of th house began ta""
com in, seating themselves oa th floov . -
long the aisles. Tb crowd gathered 1
nd spread out nntil it reached tvea,
to the front of the President 'a dais. '
At 11:30 to the second, Senator War
ren called the President's attention to
the special order, and the still stopped.
Rner parleying ensued, and eeaator
Carr, of Duplin' arose to maka th
opening speech for th ratification is ta.
Neither faction knew him, aor did they.
r eeause of the rustle of the fans la th
nailery and th milling af th saast
crowded into th lobbies, gather th
trend ot the allegiance antil ha turned -to
th east gallery. -
"Von tell ma that womea af North
td. "But when yoa rajeetioauta want
to fill th liltl paea allotted yoa in
th gallery, you hav to gather saea to
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