Tennessee House Delays on Suffrage Debate
The Tennessee House adjourned after delaying suffrage deliberations. Members were urged to take more time, the chamber remained fired up, and a motion to stay in session failed 53 to 44.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
7
The Tennessee House adjourned after delaying suffrage deliberations. Members were urged to take more time, the chamber remained fired up, and a motion to stay in session failed 53 to 44.
Opposition leaders hailed the vote as a near certainty for ratification while suffragists urged no weight be given to it. Debate centered on whether the Tennessee legislature could act, given constitutional constraints, with expert opinions cited from Frierson and Attorney General Thompson.
In Columbus on August 17 Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, denounced Senator Harding's plan for a separate peace with Germany calling it reactionary. He defended Democratic League of Nations reservations as not unbending.
Governor Cox denounces a separate peace with Germany as perfidious while pledging to enter the league after March 4 with minimal delay. He argues the league threatens constitutional authority and warns that Warren G. Harding would block such pact, urging voters to reject reactionary leaders.
Several mill companies across New England disclosed plans to shut down for one week or longer starting in late August or early September. Plants in Woonsocket Rhode Island Biddeford Maine Olneyville Rhode Island and Warwick Centreville and other towns will pause operations affecting thousands of workers with resumes planned on September 7.
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