Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1920 — SUFFRAGE FATE STULL IN DOUBT [ARTICLE]

SUFFRAGE FATE STULL IN DOUBT

Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 17.—The Tennessee House adjourned this afternoon until 10 o’clock tomorrow morning Without taking action on ratification of the Federal suffrage amendment. The vote on the motion for adjournment was 53 to 44 'and was regarded as a victory for i the anti-ratificationists. > TlAee hours of debate on ratification preceded adjournment and on several occasions attempts were made to force a vote. The House, as a whole, however, seemed disposed to grant every member who desired to do so, an opportunity to speak and/there were many who asked to be recognized. Action before noon tomorrow was regarded as certain. Debate on adoption of a resolution proposing ratification of the Federal suffrage amendment was opened today in the lower House of the Tennessee Legislature. The Senate already has adopted the ratification resolution.