Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1920 — GOVERNOR HOLCOMB WON'T ACT ON “SUFF” VOTE [ARTICLE]

GOVERNOR HOLCOMB WON'T ACT ON “SUFF” VOTE

Hartford, Conn., March 15—Governor Holcomb tonight formally refused to call a special session of the Connecticut general assembly to act on the woman suffrage amendment He issued a statement setting forth his reasons for declining to call the legislature and outlining his constitutional position on the question at this time and on' previous occasions when he refused to act. The , governor says the state constitution requires that a “special emergency 44 be at hand in order to summon the legislature into special session, and he does not consider that such a situation is created by “the desire of a number of individuals to have the general assembly vote upon the . federal suffrage amendment. Tuesday local grain market waa« higher and the following prices nued: oats, 86c; corn $1.46; rye, SLSS and wheat, $2.30.