Show AMERICAN GIVEN FRANCHISE LONG FIGHT ENDS IN TRIUMPH WHEN TENNESSEE VOTES FOR SUFFRAGE Estimated There There- Are Now Women in the United States Who Have Same Rights at Ballot Box as the Male Voter Nashville Tennessee Tennessee on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day August 18 became the thirty thirty- sixth state to ratify the Susan B. B An- An federal suffrage act The constitutional constitutional con con- change thus will become effective effective ef- ef ef f In time for the w women women wom wom- om omen en of the country to vote In the presidential presidential presidential election hj November ember unless the lower house of the Tennessee assembly assembly assembly as as- rescinds Its action In adopting the ra ratification lf cation resolution 49 40 to 47 Suffrage leaders declare they will not slacken their efforts as they desire desire desire de de- de- de sire to have at least one other state ratify before the tile November elections as they expect a fight to be made against Tennessee's action because of the he clause In the state constitution which prohibits any assembly from acting actIng act- act Ing ng on an amendment not submitted before the members were elected Both oth United States S Solicitor General Frierson Frier Filer son and the attorney general of Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- have declared this clause to be unconstitutional In the Ight of ot the recent recent recent re re- re- re cent decision of the supreme court In Inthe Inthe inthe the Ohio referendum case Ratification by the Tennessee legislature legislature legis- legis lature was the c culmination of an Intensive intensive in- in drive made by suffrage proponents proponents nen to have the amendment made effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef In time for tie women of the country to vote in the tile presidential election In November The drive was started when West Nest Virginia became the he thirty-fourth thirty state to ratify early I this his year I A legal attack will be made on suffrage suffrage suf- suf frage rage according to the officers of the Tennessee Constitutional league which Is composed of lawyers The argument will be that the state constitution constitution con- con forbade action b this session session ses- ses sion lon of the legislature Aside from this ard and the tilt possibility of a change In the result through a reconsideration re- re consideration the only step remaining to o make the nineteenth amendment operative Is the promulgation of a decree decree deice de- de cree ice from the tile secretary of state Text of Amendment The rhe suffrage amendment reads as follows Resolved by the senate and house louse of representatives of the United states of ot America In congress assembled assembled assem assem- bled LIed two-thirds two of each house concurring concur concur- rIng Ing therein therein that the following article article article arti arti- cle be proposed to the legislatures of the he several l states as an amendment to to the he constitution of ot the e United States which when ratified d by three-fourths three of the said legislatures shall be valid as part of said constitution namely Article section 1 The Time right of citizens of the United States to vote yote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of sex Section 2 Congress shall have power by appropriate legislation to enforce tI the e provisions of this article |