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Show i ALL SUFFRAGE HOPES IN i LOUISIANA ARE BLASTED j BATON ROUGE, La., July 9 All possibility of Louisiana enfranchising ' the women of the nation through rati- flcatlon of the federal suffrage f amendment was removed last nlxb;' when the biennial session of the state' legislature adjourned sino die. From tho first to the last day ofl the session suffrage ratification vas given consideration. either In the committee rooms or on the floors of the two housea The ratification resolution reso-lution was defeated by both the house and senate early in the session. but the suffrage forces worked to bring up another resolution. Hopes of success suc-cess were heightened yesterday by the appeal of Governor Cox, tho Democratic Demo-cratic presidential nominoe, for ratification. ratifi-cation. Attempts today to obtain suspension sus-pension of the rules to bring up a ratification resolution In the house, however, fulled. 52 to 46. Supporters of bills to grant the VOts to white women of tho state also met defeat during the session, all such blll3 having been defeated. |