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Show ASKS GOUHT TO STOP SUFFRAGE Would Enjoin U. S. Secretary of State From Proclaiming Ratification Completed. WASHINGTON, July 7 Proceedings Proceed-ings asking thru Palnbridge t'olbv, secretary of slate, be enjoined from ih ulng nny proclamation declaring (the suffrage amendment ratified were Instituted In the District of Columbia supreme court today by Charles S. Fairchlld, of New York, president of the Ami riean Constitutional league. MUST SHOW T SE Mr. FalrChlld also seeks to prevent Attorney-Oensral Palmer from enforcing en-forcing the amendment. Justice Ballsy Issued a rule on Secretary Col-by Col-by and th attorney general to show cause why the motion should not be Srantcd. The busts of the proceedings Is the claim that the ratification of tho amendment by thf West Virginia legislature legis-lature was Illegal because accomplished accomplish-ed by fraud and that the proposed ratification rat-ification by the Tennessee legislature also would ho Illegal on the giound that the legislature lacked authority under tho stale's constitution to net on the measure Only t hli .y-flvc stales have ratified the amendment and as ratification by niic ol'u Is iii'ffvary the att.nek on Ihe amendments through the courts at this time came as a surprise In suf-ir.ige suf-ir.ige circles here. An a. lack on the legality of the action of the Tennessee legislature had been expected but not until the legislature actually had acted. act-ed. BITTER FIGHT FORESEEN. Ral.i.K.11. .V C. July ' Governor Gover-nor Bickstt, of North Carolina, today issued cull for a special session of the legislature for August 10, at which ratification of tne suffrage amendment Will be considered. . Governor Bickctt did not mention ufrsge In the c.iii tor the -special session, but he has telegi aphed rresl-dent rresl-dent Wilson mat he will recommend to the special session that the amendment amend-ment be ratified. A bitter fight Is looked for by state Officials. The North Carolina branch 0! the Heji-cilon league has been extremely ex-tremely active for a month and thousands thou-sands of citizens hne pledged their opposition lo ratification The National Woman's party already al-ready has worl.ers on the ground. cos .i i a it DAYTON, '. July 7. Governor James M Cox, Democratic candidate for president, today expressed his cplmon that it Is the uu;y of the Louisiana legislature to ratify the woman sfffrago amendment immedl- , atcly. i Tho Democratic candidate's cx-I cx-I pressed view on suffrage ratification I was contained in a telegram replying to Frank J. Looney, cbairmsn of the 1 Dtmocrutlc state central committee of Louisiana, In which he was asked to express his views to the assembly on ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. ! The governor's reply was as follows- "I have your wire as chairman of the Democrutlc state central committee commit-tee of Louisiana on the suoject of the lallflcatlon of the suffrage amendment by the gonerul assembly I can only express my opinion. It Is that the legislature owes It as a duty to tho Democratic party to ratify at once." |