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VOL CXI. NO. 53 -
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH." NC FRDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20 1920
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE:' FIVE CENTS
RATIFICATION BEAT
IN LOWER HOUSE BY
THIRTY MAJORITY
RfelEGTION BILL
Eight Republicans Join 63
Democrats To Slaughter
Minority Bill x
SUFFRAGE DEATH COMES
AS AN ANTI CLIMAX
-Preliminary. Skirmish. Between
- Gold and Winborne On Mo
tion To Delay Action Until
Monday Beaten 78 To 37
Everett Statei Tacts About
Side Primary ,
' By margin of thirty rotes, the
lower home of the General Assembly
it North Carolina yesterday voted to
refuse- to ratify the suffrage amend'
ment to the Federal constitution and
opponents of ratification succeeded
sealing the fate of the amendment at
this session by laying oa the table
-.mutton to reconsider the. rote by which
the Williams resolution of ratification
failed to pass.
The storage defeat in the house was
far le dramatic than the companion
fight in the Senate on Tuesday. There
was a crest deal less interest in the
proceedings, 'neither side wsnted
irgue the question and proponents of
ihe amendment rested their esse after
conclusive demonstration, by . a test
.'ote nn a substitute motion, of the
lopelesRness of victory at this time.
Sixtefrt . Republicans end twenty-!!
n. ...... .-..j - r:.u
" Republicans and sixty-three Democrats
toted Fgainst ratification. Two mem
bers wore not present to rote and there
ihree trrr announced -which did not
change the political complexion of the
vote.
North Carolina Fight Is Over.
The vote in the House, attended by
a noisy demonstration in the east part
of the gallery reserved for the antis,
B.l.f iUV V. Hi V U .......
ation in North Carolina at this ses
sion. By a vote larger than the antis
have claimed the Bepublicaa resolution
to ralifv was defeated. The majority
forces then, after fixing the parliamea
tarr states of. the veanlntion aa that
It requires a two thirds vote to take
from tho table, in order laid upon the
table, the Grief resolution to reject
the amendment by a perfect bedlam of
noes, the notices were read and the
house took a recess until eight o'clock
in the evening when the revenue bill
was scheduled to be considered under
a special order of the. previous day.
While the gallery spaee of the house
was well filled, the doors, by strict or-
- den of the (Spenser, were only . com
fortably crowded when, at the expi
ration of the morning hour business.
Speaker Brummitt mid the two reso
lutions, one to ratify and one to re-
ieet, before the House. Representative
..Redwine promptly moved that the reso
lution bearing the minority leaders
name be considered first.
Gold Proposes Sabstttats.
The first test of strength came when
Representative Thomas J. Gold, of
High Point, proposed as a substitute
for the Bed wine motion a motion to
xwtpone action until Monday. The
House failed to adopt the substitute
motion by a vote of 75 to 37. a dif
'erenee of four votes in the final vote
nd a ehorns of ayes brought the reso-
Iutio t to ratify before the House.
It was clesrly evident that the antis.
wasted to vote but, with victory so
firmly in their grasp, they looked to
the proponents of suffrage for the
opening fire. It was never lighted. The
chief argument of the morning was by
Representative Gold, in launching the
first skirmish. The response, drawing
. from, the right side of the gallery
V thunderous applause, by Bepreseatative
winrorne torn too rjiainiv mil srgu-
.. meat had no place in the fight and that
the members wanted action wasted to
vote. Representative Everett, leader of
the suffrage forces is the House arose
to open the argument for the pro
ponenta but confined his speech largely
to the personal equation of the suffrage
right injected because of the alleged
suffrage primary In his home county.
Everett Defends Position
' Declaring that the side primary on
suffrage in his own county was the
handiwork of a board of elections com
posed of two Bepublicsns and one Dem
ocrat, that the ballots for the same
were printed secretly at night and that
various sad sundry Irregularities eon
trihuted to the tea. to me vote sgainst
suffrage, Mr..JEverett told the Honse
that no such action could bind his
hands on- a position taken because of
""elemental and moral justp'e to
women."
... UVMIIUH WW fill. UUmiUI U
been known by my people for the bant
six years and when I go back this fall
to face them again at the polls in No
vember, I shall sppeaF from Phillip
"-drunk- -to- f-hillip sober," he declared. ,
The Preliminary Skirmish
Instead of ac overnight break Is the
rsnks of the antis, they stiffened. A
' caucus at rejection headquarters
Wednesday ' evening lasted until a late
hour and while maay members who
voted against ratification conceded the
victory IB ine-nxt ton-ey teases of
Taa atAaaiatA'ei SKlinH tkat uli i -
t general that North Carolina had Both-
thing to Jose at home. Members who
had been , inclined to-support ratifies
. tion weakened is the faith as the op
. position built about them tho fear of
lacing constituents opposed to women
1 voting.
'.' Having sensed this feeling among the
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HOW HOUSE VOTED
0N RATIFICATION
' FOB Davie
Speaker Brummitt Dawson
Donghton
Bowman Tsrria
Brown,, Rowan Forrest .
Bryant, Durham" Fountain
Bryant, Yadk'n (B)Galloway
Burnett (B)
Cameron
Eekles
Everett
Farmer (B)
Gardner .
Gold
Grant
Herring (B)
Hyatt (B)
Hoitoa
Jackson (R)
Jones (R)
Matheson
Mull
MeCoin
McDonald (Hi
Penlaad (R)
Pharr
Poole, (R)
Pro pet (R)
Ray, Chatham
Garrett
Gatling
Uettya
Grady
Graham
Grantham
Grier
Griffin
Halsey
Ilewett (11)
Hoeutt
Hodgin
Johnson
Kelly
Kixer (R)
Lloyd (R)
Lore
Lyday
Macon
Maegnire (R)
Matthews, Bertie
Matthews, MVVg
Roberts
May
Mints
Moore
Morgan
MeMullen
Nichols
Oliver
Pass (B)
Powell
Rose (R)
Saunders
Bmithdeal (R)
R pence (R)
Summeraill
Tucker
Turner (R)
Wilcox
Wild (R)
Pritehard, (R)
Wilson, Burke (R) Ray, Macon
Wilson, Jackson Redwine
Toung Ron f row
Sawyer
AGAINST Collars
Ayeocs- Shaw
Bass Shepherd
Brown, Pitt Steelinan (R)
Burgeao Stephenson
Butt Stroup
Chestnutt Stubbs
Clayton -Suttlemyre
Collins Swain
Cox, Anson Hwann, (R)
Cox, Forsyth Tsvlor
Crisp Williams, Johnst'n
uail Winborne
Dardea. Greene . Wright -Darden,
Halifax'
The following pairs were recorded
Healer, .against, with Teague, for.
Little, (R) spainst. with WUtiaras,
t), of Cabarrus, for.
McNeill, for, with Neal, against.
Not voting: Moose, (R), Wilkins.
Summary of vote:
Voting for, 41; Republicans, 16; Dem
era is, ZJ.
Yotina arain.fl- 71 - TfomiVftAan"- tt
uemocraia, ca.
EXTENSION BILL IS
NOW BEFORE SENATE
Senate Committee Will Prob-
ably Hold Hearing Today;
Opposition Expected
xse uui to extend the corporate
limits of Raleigh passed its final read
ing in the House yeterday, and was
sent to the Senate, where it will be
read for reference to a committee to
day. Th Senate committee on counties,
ciues ana towns win sold a hearing on
the measure at S o'clock this afternoon
in tne (Senate chamber.
Opponents Of the DrODOSed mtanainn
nave, expressed as desire to have the
neanng deferred nntil Mondav. bnt
Senator W. B. Cooper, ehairman of the
committee, has already called a meeting
for today to consider other measure.
and Senator E. a Beddingfield of Wk
eounty, announced yesterday that he
will inaist that the committee eunaider
tne bill today.
The bill is a "roll call bilL ' and
must be read in each house on three
separate legislative days. Proponents
of the bill fear that an opportunity
to paae the measure before the ad
journment of He special session might
be jesnordiaed by a postponement of
the ncVing uefore the Senate commit
tee
btremipus opposition to the bill is
expected to develop at the hearing be
fore the .Senate committee. It was re
ported yesterday that the residents of
Bloomsbury Park, who furnished " th
only objections presented to the House
committee, have retained Col. Armi-
stead Jones to represent them 1 before
the benate committee. It is also ei
peeted that the Pilot Cotton Mills and
the Norfolk and Southern Bailroad will
be represented by counsel at the hear-
ng today.
Mayor T. B. Eldridse and Mr. Row.
ard White, president of Chamber of
commerce, stated yesterday that they
. . connaem tnat the proposed
legislation win be enacted in the form
in wnieB It passed ths House.
POLISH DELEGATES AT
MINSK REFUSE TERMS
London, Aur. 19. (Br the Annrial
rrese.t The- Polish delegate.
suns conference have refused to ac
cept s peaes condition sdvsneed hv
the Soviet for ths disarmament of the
ronsn armv unless ths Russians them
selves disarm, ssyi a wireless dispatch
from Berlin, quoting s report -received
from Minsk,
GOVERNOR COX STOPS OFF .
FOR A WHILE IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Ag. 1 uS. Governor June
M. Cos stopped three hoars Is Chicago
mis morning oa ft is way to Booth
Bend. lad, where he will sneak this
afternoon. Ths ' governor was met st
ths station by members of ths Iro
quois club asd George Bremen and
Dennis Egan, Illinois d em oc ratio lead-
IB, "Y r " I 4
NEW REVENUE BILL
PASSES IIS SECOND
READING IN HOUSE
Minor Amendment Is Tacked
On By Representative .
Saunders
V0TE.-0Jm. MEASURE
RECORDED AS 78 TO 19
Representative Donghton Ex
plains To Inquiries of Eepub
lican Representative Herring:
That Levy For School Pur
poses Smaller In Proportion
To Revaluation
Ths Joint finance committees rev
enue .pill for raising estate expenses
under the revaluation act went through
the House -last night by a vote of 78 to
The first objection to tht bill csme
from Bepresentattre W. .0. Saunders,
of Pasquotank, whose amendment Gov
ernor Doughton agreed to aeeept.
Saunders protested to the section per
mitting tax payers to go before County
commissioners for adjustment of com
plaint. There is too mueh latitude in
this provision, .Mr. Saunders said, for
'erooks who make a study of vulner
able commissions.
The amendment he suggested requires
suea "kickers to advertise their eom
plsint either in the local newspapers or
st the court house door. This will, he
pointed out, put neighbors on notice.
Representative Herring, - Republican
showed the first signs of a threatened
solid Republican vote against the bill,
The levy, under the act, Mr. Herring
thought too low for the counties. Unless
changed, he feared he would vote
against the bill.
Governor Doughton explained this
The added revenues from different
sources leff the county more from the
constitutions! limit than-, ever before,
he said. The levy of thirteen cents for
school purposes this year. Doushton
held, amounts to less in proportion to
valuation tftaa ttie 11 levy ofU- 2-3
cents and the counties are not placed
in an embarrassing position.
Roll Call Vote.
The vote on roll call on the second
rending follows:
Ayes: Speaker Brummitt, Represen
tatives Aycock, Bass, Bowman, Boyd,
Brown, of Pitt; Brown, of Rowan, Bry.
ant, Burgess. Butt, Cameron, Clayton,
Loxe, wix, unsp, uail, Darden, of Hall
fax; Davis, Dawson. Doushtoa. EVkles.
Everett, Forrest, Fountain, Galloway,
uaraner, uarrett, uatnng, Oettys, Gold,
Grady, Graham, Grant, Grier, Griffin,
naisey, nocutt, Hodgin, Holton, John-
sou, Kelly, Love. Lrdnv. Mseon. Mat.
inews, or Heme: Matthews. f Mark
lenburg; May, Mints, Moore, Mormn
Mull, MeCoin. McNeill. Nichols. Pharr.
Poole, Powell Jtay, of Chatham; Ray, of
naeon; neawme, Ken f row, Roberts,
oeuars, nnaw. nn current. Htnnhenann
Stroup, Summersill, Suttlemyre, Swain.
Taylor, Teague, Tucker, Wilcox. Wild,
miuams, or jonnson; Wilson, of Jack
son; Young.
Noes: Brown, of Yadkin- nn,n,ii
ranner, msir. jar sunn Jnm Ki.o
Lloyd, Maguire. Moose. Penland. PrltrJi.
ard, Propst, Spenee, Steelman, Bwann.
T,, mil ... '
Turner, Wilson, of Burke.
WILSON CONGRATULATES
LEGISLATURE ON ACTION
Vice Presidential Candirtntr
Joins In Felicitations
To Tennessee
Nashville, enn.. Aua-. 19. finrciur
Boberts tonight received telegrams from
President Wilson end Franklin 1).
Roosevelt, Democratic Vice President
nominee, expressing felicitations on the
ratification of the suffrage amendment
by ' tne Tennessee Legislature.
President Wilsons message follows:
"ft you deem it proper, will von he
kind enough to convey to the legisla
ture of Tennessee my sincerest t i-
gratulations on their concurrence in the
Nineteenth amendment f I believe that
in sending this message I am. in fact.
speaking the voice of the country nt
large.
Mr. Roosevelt, on a western speakinr
lour, telegraphed from Missoula, Mont
as follows:
"My felicitations to you and the Leg
islature of Tennessee. The action of
Tennessee assures the greatest step that
eouid be possibly taken for human
rights and better American eitixenship
through the great moral Influence of the
women of America. True progress- will
be guaranteed. ' .
ENTIRE VILLAGE wlPED
OUT IN PHILIPPINES
Manila, IV-1 Tueaday Aujf. 17.
ionapse or a mountain top on this isl
and in a recent storm buried an entire
Igorote village under hundreds of feet
of earth, blotting out ths uvea of 70
natives, according to official advices re
eeivsd hereJoday. The village wss
located In ths mountain province within
200 miles of the city of Manila. Thj)
top slid down upon the village -at mid
night" No bodies have been recovered.
ERTIN BERGDOLL GETS FOUR
YEARS AT LEAVENWORTH
New York, August 10. Erwin H.
Bergdoll of Philadelphia has been
found guilty of desertion' from the
a ray.vTvnr"T!R-rrt r-araft and , ', I
teaeed to four yeare hard labor at I
Fort Leavenworth, it was announced
today at Governor's Island.
Ns Effort st Norfolk
Norfolk, Vs., Aug.l 19,-Offlciali of
ths Norfolk sad Wsstern snd Virginian
Railways stated tonight that the sew
coal order requiring assurances of reas
onable ' promptness in snloiding can it
tide-water, would have practically so
affect o ths Hampton Roads railroads.
NOTED LEADER IN .
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
. i
tWL J
r v.
v W-fV -
MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT,
President of the National Aaierleaa
Woman's Saffrsgs Assoclattoa
Railroads Agree That Fuel
Must Be Unloaded Promptly
Into Vessels
Washington, D. C, August 19. An
immediate embargo on the movement
of coal to Tide-water, except upon a
definite showing that the eoal upon ar
rival at piers would bs unloaded into
vessels with reasonable promptness
has been sgrecd upon by the railroads.
It waa announced today, by the Amer
ican Bailroad Association. '
In ah explanatory statement ths as
sociation said Chairman Willard of ths
Association of Railway Executives and
Colonel D. B. WeutiV President of the
National Coal Association, met in con
ference yesterday with representatives
of the commission on ear service of the
American Railroad Association, tide
water eoal carrying lines aervlng
Hampton Roads and the North, various
tide-water eoal exchanges, and the Am
erican wholesale trade eoal association
to consider what more effective means
could be 'adopted to reduce the seen
mnlstloa of bituminous eoal cars await
ing; trans-shipment at tide-water.
The .conference considered partic
ularly a report " of the fecial-com
mitteoW the national eoal association
in the matter of shipment of tide-water
bituminous coal' the statement said.
and unanimously reached the eon
elusion that such changes should be
msde in the regulations -of -ths tide
water coal exchange which handles
shipments through New York, Philadel
phia and Baltimore, ns would result in
penalizing the holding of bituminous
coal by individual members of ths
exchange beyond tho free time per
mitted in established Wool demurrage
tanns. ,
"FurtV-r than this, the meeting an
nnimossly agreed that aa the only ef
fective moans of adequately controlling
the situation, all tide -water coal carry
ing lines should immediately embargo
the movement of tide-water eoal and
simultaneously provide for the ac
ceptancs of such traffic only upon per
mits to be issued by the tide-water
bituminous eoal terminal railroads.
It was recognized that the issue of
permits must depend in the first in
stance upon transportation conditions
upon the railroads concerned, but be
yond this it was unanimously agreed
that no permits should be granted ex
cept upon a definite showing that the
cosi upon arrival at the pier at tide
water would be unloaded into vessels
with reasonable promptness, this ability
on the part of the permittee to be
ascertained by his showing si to ves
sels unuer cnarier ana Bis record in
meeting the conditions is to vessels
tinder charter and his record in meet-
no; the conditions of permits hitherto
fore issued.
The meeting also SKireed - without
dissent thst the issue of permits should
bs to the loading lines with provisions
maoe inat ir -tne amount to bo loaded
wss exceeded, the mine ao violating Uis
permit mould he penalized in its ear
supply so. long - aa the coal so billed
without permit remained unconsigned
elsewhere and undisposed of."
POLISH OFFENSIVE NOW
GOING IN FULL SWING
Ten Thousand Prisoners ' and
Great Quantities of Sup
piles Captured
Warsaw, .-August Ifl.WBy ths As-
-sociutM Press.) Ths- Polish offensive
is now in full swing. More thsn
10,000 prvroners, 30 esnon, 300 ma
chine guns snd thousands of supply
carts have been captured from the
Bnlsheviki. . :,..- ....
The Poles have occupied PlOnsk,
Pultusk and 'Wyskow,- through which
ths reds drovs in their sweetr towsrda
Owing to the Polish pressors from
ths Northeast it is reported thst
Bolsheviki are withdrawing their forces'
which reached the vistuls south of ths
Prussian border and to ths Northwest
of Warsaw. The Wsrssw sector ii
rspidly being clesred of the Bol
afaevikirTrertnanTdrtEwesinBrli capital ths reds are being shoved back
W. tne poles who srs foUowins them
up along ths front, using artillery
in such qusntities, ss to cause confus
ion among the Jsvsders who srs s
on the ran.-.
To the east the t Bolsheviki are re.
ported to be making their wsy across
ths Bug at various points.
Bieaios was taksn br the Pol. u,h
Wednesdays -!--,...-. .-
EMBARGO ON COAL
TO OCEAN POINTS
DEMOCRATS FEEL
STRONGER
SINCE
E
Her Entrance Makes Contest
Intensely Human and
Clears Atmosphere
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR
AtaaAAn a via
isat
ur.muvnn no'
llVVJnirvm
Women of America Trust Presi
dent Wilson and Belier In
League of Nations; Demo
crats Already Have Bared
Children From Oreed of In
dustry and Now Beady To
. Save Them from War
The News ind Observer Bureau
603 District National Bank Bldg,
i By 8pecial Leased Wire.)
Wsshington, Aug. 19. Democrats are
greatly buoyed by the entrance of
women in full force ai a faetor into
the campaign and the election. They
say it will not only clear the political
atmosphere of the nation, but make
'.he contest intensely human. The
words of mother, child, home, the figure
ol the wounded soldier and the pieture
cf the soldiers grave in far off North
ern France rush into the imagination
;ind language of politics with woman's
entrance into this world of men. It is
a new psychological factor and Demo
crats welcome it.
The plea of the Democrats is based
ca the highest plane of idealism ever
uiade by any political " party to the
American people in a National cam
taign. It ia that this nation shall enter
i. League of Nationa of the world to
prevent or at least make the possibility
rf war far more difficult than it now ia.
That sort of idealism sppesls peeuli
arly to a mother or a wife who ia al
ways the chief sufferer in wsr. The
lower of the argument for a League sf
Nations has already been demonstrated
among American women. In 1918,
President Wilson won ten states out
of the 12 where women voted on the
plea that up to that time he had kept-'l
the country out of war. That fact
staggers the Republicans and it ac
counts for the secret opposition to the
final ratification of the suffrage amend
ment. Women Tract Ths President.
The President won, by. the vote of
ths women but when wsr hsd to some
ths women did not desert . him. Re
publicans know snd they privately ac
knowledge that the women's faith In
ths President has not bees shaken by
ths bitter . opposition to which ho his
been sub joe ed. A prominent Republi
can said here the other day in a pri
vate eonveraation discussing suffrage,
that whnt really troubles Republicans
is the faith of women as voters and
talkers for Wilson. You eant get the
women, he said, in many Bepublicaa
1 ouseholds In the middle Western and
far western states to talk against Wil
son. It was remsrked that most of the
women who msde speeches at the Chica
go convention were not half so bsrsh
in. criticism of the President aa were
the men speakers.
But keeping the country out of war
aa long as he eould sad then offering
a League of Nations to keep wsr per
manently off are not the President's
and the Democratic party s only claims
on women in the campaign. The Presi
dent haa been the great champion in
legial.ition for the freedom of child
life in this mill-ridden .country. Noth
ing hss more strongly-appealed to
woman's imagination in politics thsn
this child conservation legislation and
It a wholly to the eredt of the Demo
crats. It goes right to the heart of the
mother who sees the child protected
from the greed of industrial corpora
tions. - "f
Democratic Appeal Ts Women
The Democrats tell the women that
they have saved their children from
the greed of industry and they offer to
them the one and only practical method
of saving them from being the bearers
of common fodder. Already the Demo
cratic campaign1 haa taken on that tone
ol appeal to women.- Governor Cox,
Secretaries Baker and Daniels and
other speakers have set the gangs in
their speeches. One of the finest
speeches thus far in the campaign was
that of Secretary Baker before the
Deniocratie State convention at Colum
bus, Ohio, oa last Tuesday In which he
pointed out that every American sol
dier whd entered the trenches In
France did so on the express under
standing that he was fighting for a
League of Nations to prevent war,
Many women said when they told their
men good-bye:
Go snd fight to make war impos
sible. Fundamentally that waa what
America entered ths war for.
Republicans Hsvs No Appeal
The Democrats knowing what they
have dons and are trying to do can go
to ths heart of 20,000,000 of Americas
women with s confidence that the Be
publicsns do not possess. Thers is not
in the. whole Republican platform and
program a singla sppeal calculated to
touch, the heart of the, women ia the
sense that the Democratic record will.
The fact goes '.u show the Republicans
in their blind opposition to the cos
vtnetivr' humanitarian program of the
Democrats have completely missed the
feminine mind snd heart In ths cam
paign . n
Ths Republicans did not expert the
woman s vote to be increased at the
approaching election. They have based
the" eamoaicn and nominsted their
candloafes np6nlheellef--fhat1-ts
women in at least ten doubtful Statea
would -not hays. chance to pass oa ths
Republicans claims. The action of
Tennessee has greatly deceived them
and it is not utting it too strong to
say that It has stunned them.
Can ass New Hssover Ceaaty.
Washington, Aug. 19. Census of New
Hanover county,- 40,620 j Increase tS3
or Jfl.S jet. icnt. - -
N HAVE VOTE
SPEAKER SXTH WILKES
DECLARES BOUSE WILL
KKSCIND ACTION TODAT
Nashville, Teen, Ang. lkThs
Tsaasssss Hsnss tsnsortsw win re
scind its . actlM sf yesterday In
ratifying the Federal sssTrags
assessment, 8 seeker Beth Walker,
leads sf ths eppMitioa. declared
tonight st a sasss meeting sf Nash,
rills etttssaa assess! ts saffrsgs.
Ms. Walker declared 47 members ef
the Hsass already hod signed s
sledga ta rscaastder, thst three tsars
wsaW slgsj tsaight sad thst several
others wars expected ta Jain them
before the Baasa meats teaerraw.
Asasher sveat which . electrified
the audlesee ef mere thaa 4,M sntr-'saas-wisi
Jtve5sg"Br lsnrasHv
insabllahed letter f rasa Gov rear
Cax, ths Demeerstlc Presidential
semises, aader data af Aagsst It,
ta Giles L Evans, or Fayettevllle.
Teas, president sf the Tennessee
Bar Aasaclstiea, la which ths asm!
aea diseases d Beetles 12, article 1, sf
the Caastltatioa.
I'aea this claaae ta baaed ths caa.
teatiaa af saffrage aaasaeats thst
the segislstsrS had aa legal right to
aaas aaoa the amendment. Mr.
Evaas had written Governor Cox ex
plaining taa prevuioB ssd Baking
far as opiates.
"I kaow eaeagh ef ths Boats, ar
at least I believe 1 do, t appre
ciate year faeliag with refereaca ta
year awn Internal stairs," ths aemi
neos replied. "Osr platform has mads
s very paaitlvs declaration an ths
ltth smmeadmeat sad as yss will st
sace reestgalas ths policy af that
docamcnt becomes say awa .ss well.
"I hsvs aa heaitatlaa la ssylng
thst section 11 ef article 1 af the
Teaassace ceastltstisn Is s very wis
plsa. It eagat ta be adopted la all
the States. Whether It la la eaa
filet with the Federal Ceaotltstloa as
recestly Interpreted Is another mat
ter Meat lawyers with whom I hsvs
talked believe thst It Is set.. How
ever, It Is not wlthla by province ta
make this declaration."
At the claae ef the meeting reao
latleas were adopted reqaeotiag mem
bers ef the Hoaee ta sappert ths ma-
tlaa ef Speaker Walker ta
aider iba ratineation measara.
Judge DeBow Takes Judicial
Notice of Charges Against
Anti-Suffragists
Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 19. Failure of
anti suffrsge lrsdrrs today to attempt
to force ths lowsr Rouse of the Leg
islature ta reconsider its action of yes
terday in ratifying the woman suffrage
amendment was overshadowed in inter-
eat by tho launching of a eounty grand
jury investigation into charges that im
proper influences had been brought to
bear on members of the Legislature in
tneir consideration of the measure.
Publication by ths Nashville Tennes
seesn snd ths Nsshville Banner of two
affidavits attributed to C. O. Wallace
judge of the city court of Lewtshurg,
Tenn, sad Enn is E. Murrsv. of Nash
ville, general sgentfor the Federal Lend
Bank of Louisville, Ky., alleging that
an attempt had been made by a suffrage
eaaer to bribe Representative Harry T.
Burn, Bepablican, of MeMinn eountv.
also was a feature of the day's devel
opments.
The grand jury, charged by Judge J,
D. B. Debow of the Davidson eountv
criminal court, lost no time In getting
to worr and before noon had summoned
J. T. Eichelbercer. of Washington, n.
I., a publicity man in charge of head
quarters here of the anti-ratification
forces. Mr. Eichelherger was before the
jury two hours and it was said addi
tional witnesses probably would appear
tomorrow. ,
Judge Debow's charge was directed at
alleged special interests which It has
been chsrged hayve representatives here
working against ratification.
It has been and it ia being currently
reported by some of the friends and
sdvocstes supporting the ratification of
the proposed Federal amendment."
Judge Debow told the Jury, "thst forces
of corruption snd representatives of spe
cial interests have come into this State
from beyond our borders and that lob
byists, hsve been and sre present in
this city snd county, invading' and in
festing the rooms of .our State cnpitol
and the lobbies and public assembling
places in our hotels snd other places in
our eounty.
After quoting and explaining the
tate statutes relating to lobbyists, the
court instructed the jury to return in
dictments promptly if sn investigation
developed that the laws had been
violated. - J
Charges of the sttemptedi bribery of
Representative Burn were not regarded
seriously by suffrage leaders snd many
anti-rstifleatioBists were frank to say
thst their views wets simitar. Mr. Burn
wss recorded as voting with the suffrage
opponents on both roll calls on a mo
tion to table the ratification resolution,
which was lost oa a tie vote, and a few
minutes .later cast his vote for the
amendment? One vote decided the issue
in favor of suffrage. The affidavits
charged that he waa approached during
the interval between the vote on the
motion to table and the vote to" concur
with the Benate in ratifying the amend
ment. Bepresentative Joe Hanover, of Ehelbv
county, alleged in the affidavit attrib
uted to Murray aa having told Burn
that if ha would vote in favor of the
rst4sia. h-nywld-JM.gisea
in ths world ha wanteds snd that, "it
would be worth 10,000 to him" charier
tensed the charge -as-, no more than h
clumsy effort to blackmail or embarrass
friends sad supporters of the rights of
our women. Mr. Hanover said his con
versation was confined to an sppeal to
Burn to vots for suffrage. , ' '-'
Alajor C. I Paughtry, secretary to
IGpjtUaee H fagi 2 '
GRAND JURY WILL .
nnhrir i fKii i
PKUot LUddiIMU
REPUBLICANS TO v
RAISE BIG SLUSH
FUND, COX CHARGES
Fifteen Millions Its Low Mark
and The Sky Its Limitf
CandidaterSavs .
HALF MILLION RAISED
America Subdivided Into Seven
Districts With , Influential
Men, Representing Greedy
Interests, Passing; The Hat,
Governor Declares In Speech
To Indiana Audience
South Bend, nd., Aug. 19. Charges
that at least 115,000,000 are being con
tributed to the Bepubliean campaign
fund by aeiflah interests were mads to
day by Governor Cox, Democratic presi
dential candidate, during the course of
two addresses opening ths Indiana,
Democratic campaign.
"Thst is its low mark," he said, "and
the sky apparently is the limit, In
Ohio $500,000 was raised in ths twink
ling of sn eye. They hsvs sub-divided
America into seven districts, snd influ
entisl men representing selfish sad
greedy interests are passing ths hat.
They are trying to buy a governmental
'underholt' It is a mere bagatells
compared with what ths contributors
expect to, get back."
Pleas for ths League of Nations, de
nunciations of wht he said was the
Bepubliean plan for a separate peace
with Germany, promises of tax redac
tions, and problems of the high cost of
living, were other features of Governor
Cox's sddresses.
He spoke to a crowd of several thou
sand late today on the court house
square; attended a banquet of the In
diana Democratic Editors' Association,
and addressed another large erowd to
night at the Coliseum.
Wall Street Active
With Bepubliean campaign fundi a
special bJect of .the Governor's stuck.
TihA declared that Wall Street interests
ernl resefvl act, in event of a Bepuli
can victory by providing that bankers
only shall be eligible to a Federal re
sersu board membership; to seeurs
power over credits snd interest rates.
Governor Cox also urged Federal
regulation of packers and other cold
storage concerns, with time limits for
storage of foodstuffs.
To edltori in his audience, compris
ing about 500, Governor Cox gave his
views on ths print paper situation,
urging reforestration, inveighing '
against print paper combination, snd
declaring manipulation and panic has
contributed to the paper shortage. He
suggested Fedoral supervision. Hs also
took sharp exception to Senator Bar
ding's depreciation of ths disappear
ancs of political organs. Urging aa
independent press, Governor Cog
said that Senator Harding's was "a
dangerous proposal suggesting control
of papers by the "ennte oligarchy."
Praise for Tennessee
Tennessee's ratification of the woman
suffrage amendmeut brought from ths
candidate, in his advocacy of the league,
the statement that "war is mors im
possible today than yesterday. Be
cause, thank God," he added, ''ths
mothers of America have a voice now in
..vino ah. ... .ho 11 , .k.ll h."
rraiaing woman aa progressive, in
tuitive, and patriotic," Governor Cos
said:
I think they are going to help things.
Their mother instinct is going to stay
the hand of war and that in itself is
sufficient to justify the cause of
woman suffrage."
The League, Governor Cox declared.
is necessary "to keep faith with ths
boys who died in Fganee" and also, hs
said, involves ''the purse, the horns, ths
happiness snd the self-respect of every
men, woman and child
It is needod, be said, to reduce ths
cost of living by decreasing taxes for
armament, and by stabilizing agricul
ture and industry. It is "the great
transcendent iesue" sf ths campaign, hs
declared. Bepublicaa arguments that
the league would Impair American
sovereignty wre pronounced "moon
shine" by the Governor, declaring that
if American sovereignty was impaired
so would be that of 29 other League
members. I
"If they afl lose it, where does it
got" he asked. "Who gets itf
League Hope of World
"Former President Taft says Cog il
right on the League and Harding
wrong," the Governor continued, "but
tha he will vote for Harding. If I am
right you owe it to your conscience to
vote for me.
"The League of Nations is the lalva-
io:i of the peoples of every nation."
Bepubliean opposition, Govercor Cos
reiterated i "a smoke screen of hypo-
eraey to secure the spot's of office."
He also denied that t! League would
get America into every .European.
squabble reiterating that Congress
only may declare war sn- order Ameri
cans to foreign duty.
Pome Kepublirans, Governor Cox
said, objected to President Wilson's
visit to Franeer The President went,"
the speaker asserted, "to prevent con
summation of a dishonorable peace,"
and he suggested, "won s greater vie-'
peace plan than was secured ia bat
tle." Governor Cox also rapped Senator -
Carding's front porch campaign and
often assailed ihc Republican "Sena
torial Oligarchy which he ssid was
'now attempting to clct one of iti
niembfra.j Pireildefit .
I Beiters'ting that hw7T7rrss man,; "
Governor Cox said that he would nol
be "tied to my front pore- bf a Seal- -torial
ring1 or any other kind of ring:"
Nor, "owned" by any such combination "
when in the Whits House.
Attacking ths Bepublicaa campaign
fund Governor Cex said that "ths mini '