Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1920 — ASSEMBLY TO CONVENE [ARTICLE]

ASSEMBLY TO CONVENE

SPECIAL ONE DAY RATIFICATION SESSION TO BE HELD FRIDAY. ; Indianapolis, t Jan. 18.—Governor Goodrich today called a special oneday session of the Indiana legislature for Friday morning at 10 o’clock for the purpose of ratifying the federal suffrage amendment' ' The calling of the session follows the receipts of pledges of more than two-thirds of the membership of each side of the assembly that they would confine the business to the one subject There are 100 members in the house and- fifty in the’ senate. The women’s franchise league of Indiana started the acmpaign to obtain pledges of the legislator*, about two weeks ago .following 8 conference with Governor Goodrich, who promised he would call a special one-day session provided twothirds of -the membership of each house pledged .themselves to take up only the one subject It was indicated yesterday that enough pledges would be received for the calling of the legislature and arrangements have been going on at the state house to care for the assembly. Governor Goodrich is said to have had the call ready for issuance early today, when the pledges of only two senators were needed to insure the session, t- The official call, it was expected, would be so the hands of most of the assembly members before noon tomorrow.