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Show HARDING HOPES TENNESSEE WILL PASSUVjENDMEMT Republican Candidate Sends Message to State Senator Giving His Views MARION, July 23 'Ilarnest hope" j that Republican members of the Ten-n Ten-n ssee legislature Will support ratification ratifi-cation of the woman euffrnge nnend-Rient nnend-Rient was expressed today by Senator Harding In fl telegram to John tiouk, a Republican member of the senate of that state The message uaa tent in reply to one ironi Senator Houk anklng for advice atid n ;u follows' l have your me&sij;e asking me it l wouid advise that the Republicans' of the Tennessee legislature vole for! ratification of the woman's suffrage i a mentiment. 1 U mj earnest hope lhat thce-! publicans in the Tepnessee legislature, legisla-ture, acting upon solemn conviction can ec their way cle;ir to give sup- port to tii's amendment I "ir party has endorsed it In our national plat-j form and twenty-nine states hase! j nlt'ii' l the amendment , but on- moic .'.Hie ie neeaed to enrrancnise every loal American voman and It would I be gratifying to me personally if the Republican members of the Tennessee : leg slature accomplished ihat en-! en-! franchisemepl " j OR si i i R ,j: COLUMBUS, ( , July 23 Governor Cox, Democrat!! presidential nominee, today lohl s delegation from the National Na-tional Woman': part that he already " had two or three men'' working among members of the Tennessee legislature leg-islature to secure the thlrtv-slxth sttc needed for ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment. The suffrage delegation asked the governor gover-nor to send a personal representative to Tennessee and were &urpris,d and gratified to hear that the candidate had "beaten them to it." as they said. The governor saw the suffrage norKera in a round of conferences prior tp his departure for Das ton to begin work on his speech of accept- ance He was ac oropanied b Mrs. CPs and bab) Anne. ITTAHN ISIT8 COX, fiovernor Cox Joined by B II .Moore, I his convention manager, had a long) conference with Senators Harrison, of' Mississippi, and King of Utah. Sena-j tor Harrison, one of the governor's' moVtt active floor managers at Ban Francisco. enid he Called only to extend ex-tend congratulations. Senator King talked over western campaign plans at length. Both senators expressed confidence in a victorious tido to tho ticket, particularly in the west The governor today received from P. P. Chrlstensen, the Farmer-Labor party presidential candidate, a petition peti-tion requesting that Republican and 1 iimiio. ratic candidates join In a plea; to President Wilson for a pardon for Bugene V Iebs, the Socialist nomi-nee, nomi-nee, Governor Oox would make no comment on the request. |