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Show National Committee . Unanimously Unani-mously Agree to Send Telegram Tele-gram to Tennessee. MINUTES ADOPTED ON DEATHS OF PARTY MEN Gold Badge Presented to John I. Martin, Honorary Ser-geant-at-Arms. AUDITORIUM, San Francisco, June 25. The Democratic national committee com-mittee today unanimously agreed to i send a telegram to the governor of Tonncsse, urging a special session of the legislature to ratify the federal suffrage 'amendment. Tho coming lec met late today to make up the temporary roll of delegates, dele-gates, to consider contests and to die-pose die-pose of other business preliminary to the opening of the convention next Monday. Homer S'. Cummlngs, chairman chair-man of the committee, presided. Probably Prob-ably the largest numuer of women ihat ever attended a meeting of the committee was present. Among the early arrivals waa Senator Sen-ator Jairtes A. i-Ceed, who claimed a seat In the convention as a delegate from the Flftn Missouri district. Representatives Rep-resentatives of the two groups of delegates contesting for Georgia's 28 seats were also on narid. Chairman CanimliiffS Applauded. There waj vigorous appjause when Chairman Cummlngs suggested the sending of a telegram to Governor Koberts of Tennessee, urging him to call a special session of the legislature to ratiry tho icderal suffrage amendment. amend-ment. The suggestion was unanimously adopted: Minutes on the death of Roger Sullivan Sul-livan of Illinois, John T. McGraw of AVest Virginia and William J. Stone of Missouri were adopted by a rising vote. j jLhc committee approved the cxecu-; tive committee's report of temporary, oiflcers or the convention, which rcc-' I ommended that Homer tJ. Uummings be the temporary chairman of tho convention. I Gloid Badge for Sergeant. I A pleasant incident of the meeting was the presentation of a gold badge to John 1. Martin of "MLss jri, honor-1 ary scrgcant-at-arms of the national) committee. j There was a buzz throughthe com-j mlttee room when Franci3 M. Wilson,' United States district attorney for tho western district of Missouri, presented the ccmiieu action of the "Democracy of the r'lftn Misusouri district" in electing Senator James A. Reed a delegate dele-gate to the convention. He asked an ' opportunity to present the facts to tho committee, and was informed that he would be neard at the proper time. It Is uudei stood the " seating of Senator need would be considered by k subcommittee. sub-committee. California Plans Entertainment. On the suggestion of National Committeeman Com-mitteeman i, IS. Dockweller of California, Cali-fornia, the convention will be asked when it adjourns on Mqnday It will bo until 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, In order to permit tnc visiting delegates to take a steamer excursion Tuesday morning. Text of Telegram. Follcwlng is the tMugram sent to the governor of Tennessee: "Governor Albert ti. Roberts, State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn, "Ine Democratic national committee, commit-tee, at- Jts meeting held today, 6y unanimous vote directed me, as chairman chair-man of the committee, to send you tile following message: " 'We most earnestly emphasize the extreme importance and urgency of, an immediate meeting of your state' legislature for the purposo of ratifv-j Ing the proposed nineteenth amend-1 ment to the federal constitution. The eyes of millions of women throughout the country are turned toward Tennessee Ten-nessee as the one state that can and will enfranchise them prior to the November election by becoming the I thirty-sixth state to ratify the suffrage i amendment. We trust that for the present all other legislative matters may, if necessary, be held in abeyance, abey-ance, ard that you will call an extra session of the legislature of your state1 for such brief duration as may be re- flti.Ired to act favorably upon thej amendment- Tennessee occupies a position po-sition of peculiar and pivotal import- ance and one that enables her to ren-j der a eervico of incalculable value to the women of America. We confi-' dently expect therefore, under yourl leadership and through the action of the legislature of your state the worn-1 the nation may be given the privilege of voting In the coming presidential election.' "HOMER S. CUMMINGS, "Chairman Democratic National Committee." Com-mittee." nrv- |