Show I i I i I I I I t s t I I I h I I I I I l L I I l LEGAL Al SNARL NA ll t S t I IMA IS MA WO t i. I Obtain court ourt Injunction Injunction- Against Ac- Ac lion tion by Clerks NASHVILLE Tenn Aug 23 Anti Anti Anti- suffragists today obtained an injunction injunction injunction tion forbidding clerks of the house and senate to take any action toward certifying certifying certifying that Tennessee has ratified the federal suffrage amendment The pe petition petition pe- pe was supplemental to the tho one ono which resulted in injunctions against the governor the speakers of the two houses and the secretary of state DECATUR Ala Au Aug 23 Members Members of ot the Tennessee house of ot r representatives tires tives hero today issued a 1 formal statement statement statement state state- ment addressed to th the people of ot T Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- n- n setting forth their reasons for Cor breaking a quorum in the house by leaving the state tate It bears the signature signa signa- tuna ture of or thirty-seven thirty members of oC whom twenty-seven twenty are Democrats and ten Republicans Enumerating re reasons sons for tor our action in breaking a 1 quorum in order to prevent prevent pre pre- vent ent the passage of ot the resolution ratIfying ratifying rat rat- the suffrage amendment to the constitution of or the United States the tho statement said We Vo are convinced con that tho tire methods which were adopted to secure the passage passage passage pass pass- age of or th the resolution were improper and not Justified We believe We believe that the majority of the people of oC Tennessee do not favor the ratification r or of said amendment It is our purpose to remain outside of ot the borders of ot the for Cor a u reaf reasonable rea rca time until the p people of the tho f stats state may have tn An n opportunity to ex express exI cx- cx press press themselves in the premises es an and we wo therefore urge that in the tho er ee several severa 1 counties of or the tho state tho the people assemble assemble assem assem- ble in mass meetings on Saturday next being the tho day of or August 1920 and by proper re resolution indicate their will fn In the matter by which action members mem mern- bers of ot the legislature who we think are not correctly representing the sentiments son sen of or their respective constituents and tho the governor of the state may be advised of the wishes of ot the people and admonished of ot tho the necessity of ot otI conforming to their wishes as ma may be bo boI indicated at said meetings meetings- PLAN LONG FIGHT NASHVILLE Toxin Aug 22 From the snarl of or legal and legislative legis legis- technicalities te that have en enmeshed enmeshed enmeshed en- en meshed Tennessee's ratification lo 1 df cit t tt tho the suffrage amendment toda today came cameI the prediction of or tho the T Tennessee constitutional constitutional con con- league that the injunction against certification of oC the ratification ratification tion Uon obtained Saturday would pro pro- pr vent enfranchisement of ot American women for or at least a year and a a. half halt Tho The constitutional league leacue which has s been fighting ratification on the ground that the state constitution prohibited tho the present legislature from acting on the amendment madHa made mad its Ha prediction in a message to tho the governors of or Vermont Connecticut Florida Alabama Ix Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware and South Carolina The message message mess mess- n age e declared that Tennessee had not notI ratified suffrage and served notice that any state official who attempted certification would b be attacked for tor torI contempt of court under the injunction ion tion which tho the league announced would if It necessary be carried to the tho highest court STATUS SATISFACTORY Suffrage advocates characterized the situation as satisfactory and reiterated reit relt- crated their contention that tho action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion of the house in calling up rip the Walker Valker reconsideration motion moHon in de de- hating it and in ordering th the senate Continued on page 2 2 J I LEGAL SNARL i Continued from page 1 1 joint resolution of ot ratification transmitted transmitted trans trans- to the senate sonata for Cor cn engrossing t to be unassailable despite the lack ot of ota a a. a quorum Go Governor declared he had hid be been m informed b by State Attorney Gen General rat Thompson that the action of ot the tho two houses of ot the tho legislature constitutes a a. ratification of ot tho the amendment and consequently h he would countenance no act acl Intended to nullify the ratification I 1 will exercise and bring to bear all an- anthe the legal and legitimate powers of ot the tho office of oC governor gO to consummate consummate consummate mate In an orderly and legal manner man man- nCr ner the certification of the tho action of oC the legislature to tho the proper federal officials ho he declared |