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Show TRYING TO UPSET SUFFRAGE I Down in Tennessee the anti-suffragists are making a last des-1 perate effort to undo the work of the legislature which gave to women throughout the United States the right to vote. At a meeting of the lower house yesterday, with a quorum pres-1 pres-1 ent for the first time since August 20. a motion to expunge from the journal all record of ratification ot the federal suffrage amendment was adopted by 47 to 24. man) of the legislators being absent. ' This move is viewed as a belated attempt to undo that which Jbas been done, but the best legal opinion is that the legislators are I wasting their tme. When the suffrage amendment was ratified and then certified to b Governor Roberts, and in turn when Secretary of State Colby proclaimed the action, the power to change the situation was taken from the legislature of Tennessee. Only the courts have the right how to decide whether each step in ratification was properly taken With the women of the country preparing to vote, the lower . house of the Tennessee legislature would do well to adjourn. |