Show lJ lU lJ lill I J r i Tennessee Delays Vote Vole on Sur S 'S f rage I I I I HOUSE I s Representative With Vit D DecIa De cIa dares res Vote v i Will Vill 11 B 81 Degrading to Se NASHVILLE NASHVILlE- Tonny Tonn- Au Aoe j Tho The house adjourned late Into fa te without acting on the amendment The vote voto was 5 to 45 45 The motion wa was made t b bj Speaker Walker and The move was interpreted as point for tho the However several everal voted in f fa favor vor of adjournment who aro are con can considered 1 friendly to suffrage ar anc an t said the vo vot t was without great significance Tenn Au Aug r 17 The Thc The battle over su suffrage suf I frage got under way in tl the i house of the Tennessee legis legi legislature 5 lature today when T. T K Riddick moved th tha a athe the house concur in irr the sena senat t resolution ratifying the federa feder a amendment nt The 5 senate was received in tite in ti thi th regular order of ot business s. s Aisles were Jammed and galler galle galleries r ries ies les were packed as the house wen a into session Hundreds of or wore the red and yellow flowers 5 emblems of or the opposing factions faction IS Suffragists had placed w flowers rs on the desks of or members member 5 Oust lOust Spectators i Tho The house got Into a wrangle lover over whether to clear the floor loor when the session opened Representative o Hanover Hano suf sut frage frago leader asked suspension of or orthe the rules so spectators might re re- re main The motion lost 51 to 45 15 5 a two-thirds two vote being necessary A motion that newspaper men be permitted to remain on the floor at nt their accustomed desks waS was carried by a viva voce Debato Debate Begins Riddick th the name nune of or national notional na na- no- no and B state tto leaders who favor tavor suffrage including President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son and tho the presidential candi andl- dates challenging his opponents to name leaders of ot the opposition He charged subtle Influences 1 wore were operating against suffrage and said he would be bo ashamed It if suffrage were defeated d. d I Against Measure Representative Boyer argued it would degrade women to give ghe them the vote I r have nine nino daughters daughters' and eight sons he be said sold and I donot do donot not feel those daughters should have havo tho vote I This brought a it round of or ap ap- ap- ap pIau so Giving ln ne negroes oes tho the vote ote was the worst thing that over ever happened happened hap hap- paned to them he said Purify Politics Representative Canale women could purify American poll poll- 11 tics II women who w work ork rk have tho the vote the tho same sam as ne negroes e- e groes ho demanded Dont hide hido behind tho the cloak of ot constitutionality Canalo chal thaI Representative Sharpe declared ho could not vote for tor suffrage 6 b ba- cause of or largo large negro populations in other states of ot the South |