Show TALE I Iff II ff AG VICT Legislators Act in Defiance of Fact That Quorum of Votes Is Absent NASHVILLE Tenn Aug 21 21 Many legal regal authorities here regard re- re re regard gard tho the amendment as literally wr wrapped u up in legal regal entangle entangle- r and they say it is a a foregone foregone fore fore- gone gono conclusion that the courts will have to pass on the legality of tho the ratification NASHVILLE Tenn Aug 21 Chancellor James Jlmes B B. B Newman to today today today to- to day issued a writ wit of injunction temporarily restraining Governor Roberts Secretary of State Stevens Stevens Ste Ste- vens and tho speakers of the Tenessee senate and house from certifying to Secretary of State Colby Tennessee's ratification of the woman suffrage amendment NASHVILLE Aug 21 By ByI I N United Press In In the midst of a parliamentary debate debate debate de de- de- de bate suffrage members of the lower house of the tile TenneSSee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- legislature this afternoon voted a against reconsideration of the tho resolution ratifying the suffrage suffrage suf sut- tm frage e amendment members contending no quorum was present ent and that therefore it was Impossible to transact le legislative legis legis- 18 o business refrained from There fifty yoUnG voting were ayes aes After the theole vote ole the rang a liberty bell con contending lending lending- they had won and that the fight was sas over The Tho vote vole was taken amid scenes scene of oC confusion contu lon I ts cont contending that the tho house hous was wag legally leg In sc session slon at al all an I Adjourn to Monday D By a aha viva ha Oce vole vote the thc house then moved to lo adjourn until Monday B Before o adjournment the house voted to lo return the resolution to tho the senate where It originated a n technical step Tho The end of ot the session found still sun cont contending that th the tho action taken was not legal The antis anUs who were on hand protest protested ed vehemently until ad adjournment and there thero wa wa much confusion contusIon on the floor and In the galleries Suffrage o opponents declared d they had blocked completion of ratification anyway anway as they obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed from Judge J. J B. B Newman an Injunction temporarily re restraining restraining re- re straining Go Gov Co A. A II U. Roberts I Speakers Tn Todd d and Walker alker and Secretary of ot State Stevens en from crt certifying ratification lion to th the state at W Washington lon When the house met this morn- morn Continued on page 2 TANGLES IN Continued from page 1 In Ing It was discovered that t thirty members had left lert Nashville last midnight for tor Alabama Ala Ala- baum bama so ao as to make Impossible a quorum at the tho session which was to have o opened at 10 a a. a m. m Only nine fifty members seven soven less than a a. quorum answered to toi i their names when Speaker Walker Walker Walker Wal Wal- ker called caned the house to order The speaker declared tho the house houseIn In recess for one ono hour to give tho the sergeant arms time line to round up UI absentees |