The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 9

NASHVIIXE TENNESSEAN. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1920. Brief of the Suffrage I in see Tennes History White nf KnoxvlUe; AraorIcanIzatlontMrs. Reau E. Folk of! NaBhTUle.

Congressional district chairmen i Firtt. Tennessee Leaders Who Rejoiced At Suffrage Amendment Ratification nmcblng oducaHonaJ prnpuiantla ant bc-rRupn t( vrns helil in Uiu nuiitloU liub of Uio In pronftrutlon for thfi rflnewed work in tho LugliiliitUro of 10ir, MrHf Uulc woa mnilo stiitp ciialnnau to preanot tho canutltuUuiini atitfruixa qroopdrncut blli The ra ot the first iabb pommlttee wore: Nfra. John M. Kenny, MrH. V.

T. KltnhrfniRli, Mrn. W. Q. bpr.ncfr, Mrs.

nu H. Polk, Mrs. UtlR K. Utsia, Mm. Virtorin II oa eh, Mrs.

Jumon Hspelt not! Mrs. A. Y. Scott of Memphis. This committee oontlnutud Its worK so auiotly Uiut stnte ufficlild In the Capitol said they did not even know of Hh Tho umendtnont pasood the Senate wtth thrvfl "noc''' and tUe Houw with fourteen.

Mru. Dudley ppoke ah tuc amendment In Hie cqn8t(twtIonl connnittu. The piiHRtiffo of thn bill umde TonoeftHnA state, Inn a much ns the cnnrtltutlon uqn only hp umnudod by majority vota Vn the lciaflluTfi and two-tblrSn majorlly in tho Biieecwllnff one hi'-forc the qtiestion ltj sultmttieI to tlit penplti. A cnuipalcu cninmft(4i vos foruisd to work nlong Uio eonKreSKtoDul dlRtri'it plan of organization, nnd eowr'W'd of: First district, Mm. Kerd K.

lowcll of Johnson City; Si'conij dictrlet. Mrc. 11. Kelso of Knoxvjlloj Tlilnl dfittrict, Mlaa Sum Ituth Prnser of ChnttnnnupU Vourih Mrp. Snm Tounp ot Dixon Springs; Flftii dlsitrliit, Mrs.

Suiter of Sixth difitrlct, Mrn. D. T. IvimbroUBh of Knshvlllp; Scvpntfc dtatript, Mrs, Hen Chlldnr3 of I'nHskl; district, mips Sue While of Ninth district, Mrs. Jnnie3 Tawll of Ncweotn Stutlou; Tonth dlsiriet.

Mrs. M. M. Iletta of MemphlH. ncfldqunrtcrg were cstahr llnhcd in Nashville, Work of OrffitnlxnIJon IIcbuu.

To ths committee ift dun the credit of Party, including MIbb Batty Gram, MIbs. Anita Poljitxer, Mies Catherine Flanagan, Mra. HUles, Mrs, Reber and others, who carried op their own lobby and mado poll. These two organisations worttefl among Democrats nnd Republicans nllke. Mrs.

Leslie Warner, appointed by Gov ernor Roberts, mado an Independent effort, with the aid of largo committee oC Tennessee women whom she appointed, to lino np the Democrats of both branches of tho Legislature. Mrs. James S. Beaslpy, head of tho state Republican women's pr-gnnbtntlon, urged the Republican solous to support ratification. Not long after the convening of tfco ex- tra pension, MiRfl Charl O.

WllUarrta of Momphls, vice-chnjrmnn of tho Natipnal Democratic CommHtee, wu placed at 1w head of tho forcea of Democrats working for ratification, thereby uniting Urn scattered committees which had a common aim. To her remarkable executive ability la due mueh of thn credit of tho final victory in noimo and Sernte. With the Ttrr.nee of the "nntts" ln(o the field of activity canio a number of wqmon. from out of tho otato who for a long tlmo hod been Identified with suffrago opposition elsewhere. Among theBe were Mit Charlotto Rowe, Mrn.

James S. Pinckard. Mrs. Ruffln G. Pleasant, Mlsn Beqtrl.ce Shllllto and Miss Josephine Pearson.

TheSo women organized a committee of Nnehylflo adherents, including many wonmu proml: pent in social nnd other circles. Throughout tho fight tho Hermitage Hotel lobby and the eapltol corrldora werp nt all hours thronged with theBe workers, ns tho forces of both sides concentrated In Nashville for tbo final grim fight, pay and night tho women "lobbied" and npver: once, In spite of great fatigue and ncrvpira strain, did they log in their efforts. During tho legialatlvo sessions, tbo Ho" so and Senate woro tho suffrago yellow and BY COBINSB men. Woman gnffxiigo hap for many yeara Imd ouo at ill uiout uctlvo una Interesting chapters vrlttim la Tennessee, tlio Old Vcluntcrer hua ueeu bnttlr.ffrouuu for many oi Its airusnles, ami Its -vlct j-rlttfi bm liuo licen numerous; The trluinpU caiao oa August 35, vmon Oil Bvnate of th I'dunosico Leg- islature paused tbe Ji-edernt mitfruBo amonU' meat finrrnnchlaiiiB tlie yratuen of tlie couu try, and itn on August 18, at ttUcIi thue tho Honaa, alter what Is coaaldcrtil Uio most notable tigut ever staged lu that hlBtprlq chomlier, officially placed lta ouunp of apprnral nn tlie uwnndmout. Tho recant dnitnaUe contest oalis to tnlnd tho lilstnrj of tun nufirggo movement In TennKsneo from Its Ipclpuwcy.

Tho early history Is snmoiat vagao, duo to tlm fact that the newspapers at tho outset paid little attention to a pause which neemed practically hopeless, bo far as tho bouta -vniB concerned. Bo It la tlint cnrljr records Urcd oply lu tie mr-inory of a foiv plonoers who struggled Ui the interest of tho cause. None of these early workers are Hying now ejeept Mrs. J. n.

Allen of Meraphla, who served as state president of the oatfrogo organisation from 101X1 to 3012. Trior to the nrganlzutfun of tho Ten- ncRsee Equal Suffrage Association, between 18S0 nud 1890 very slight record was kept of the work In Tennessee, and the organisation up to 1912 did not fltfurlsh to any great extent, except during tho presidency of Mm. Lido Meriwether of Memphis, 1880 to 1688. Hut In time oven this Interest flagged and tho organisation was practically out of existence for several years prior to lis reorganization by the Conference of Southern Woman Suffragists, December 20, 100(1. Miss Laura Clay of Kentucky, who was so active In Nashville against ratification In the recent fight, presided lit that Conference.

Mrs. J. D. Allon Jlntt rrrtddent. Mrs.

n. Allen was elected president and Memphis was the only city in the state which had a local organization. In 1003 the first suffrage literature was distributed at the State Federation of Woman's Club meeting In Memphis, at which Dr. Araa Howard Shaw spoke. Membership was then In Win tlie first suffrage petition work In the state was licgun In Memphis, the women's clubs beginning to nwnko to the fliiBJect.

In the larger cities of the stale they started discussing suffrage at their mooting and organizing suffrage associations. In Mil tho Tennessee Lcglslntnre was Brought face to face with tho suffrage question for tho first tlmo and then treated the matter as a joke, which In August nine years Inter brought Its winning fight. At that tiran Senator Newton White of Gllen county prcsontcd to the Legislature a bill to amend tbe slnto constitution by striking out tho word "male." Tho hill was consigned to tie limbo of forgotten legislative bills. Wth the formation of the NaBlivllle Ho.ual Suffrage League In September, llilt, tho movement In Tennessee received a distinct linpetns. Mrs.

D. Allen of Memphis, otato president, was the founder, and present at that first meeting wore Mrs. Gnllford Dudloy, who was elected president; Mrs. Ida Clyde Clnrk, Mlaa Maria Thompson Davlou, Mrs. Wlllonghby Williams, Miss Amelia Terrell, Miss Annie Terrott, Mrs.

If. Illnlr Smith, MIbs Loulso Haxtor and Mrs. T. O. Settle.

On January 10, 11)12, the reorganized tstnlo association, with lis five virile infant leagues, Nashville, Memphis, Knox-, vlllc. Chattanoogn and Morrlstown met In NiiRhvillo to make plans for.ti Btato-wlde and (trnng organization. Miss Sara Barnwell Elliott was chosen president, serving for two yonrB. The Btoto association met In Morrlstown In 3013, eight leagues answering the roll call, and In 1011 Miss Ulllott and Mrs. Uullford Dudley mnrelit'd with tho Tennessee banner III the parttdo connected with tho national ilomniistrnUen In Washington.

The TenneHsee membership wns then 1)42. Tbo flrut real effort to brciik down the prejudice of the Telmesseo legislators was In when Hlllntt, state president, waii first woman to bo beard In the A poll was taken of the Leg-Inlaturo at Hint time to uncertain tlio. of Its members on HUffnigu and a lunch Mas nerved them, factional feeling tin ether mutters ran so high, that a number of the members broke the quorum by going to Alolinmn, nnd it wns deemed nocrjiHiiry to postpnno tho presentation of the suffrage amendment to tbo Btntc constitution, Hufrrnan Forces Hpltt In 101-1. Mm. Orny.ler French of Knoxvllle was mnde president of tho stale association In May, toll.

At the statu convention held In October of that year InkKnoxvltle, a split occurred in tbe Htnte suffrage 'forces, some of the delegates refusing to bo guided by tho president, Mrs. French. They funned nil nrgnnl.ntlon of their own, electing Mrs, M. McCormlck of Memphis president nnd using the name of the old association, Mrs. French won reelected by Ibat part of tho original association whose credentials were recognized by the national convention held In Nashville that yenr.

On October 13, 31)14. tho organization obtained At charter, Incorporating under the nnine, 'Tcnncsseo Equal Suffrage Association." Mrs. It. Cooke of Johnson City, find Mrs. Belmn Fuller of Mbuutaln Cltvt sec ond, Mrs, Horace Van de von tar of Knox- viitei third, Mrs, Mary uiteK uowarn 01 Chattanooga, and MIbb baalae Flnley of Sewnppej fourth, Mm.

Prudeueo B. Dresser of Gallatin and Mra, II, Ilnnkina Livingston fifth, Mrs, George Lunnmn of TuUauoma and Mra, Lea Fox of Murfreesboro; sixth, Mrs. John Kenny of Nashville Mrs. Henry Lupton of Ciarbnvllle; aoventh, Mrs, IS. B.

Kallett of Ptihiabl and Mrs. Tom, Henderson of Franklin: Hghth: Miss Evelyn Pesuea of Jackaon, and Alexanrtor White of Paris; ninth, Miss FUefflnglori of Dyersburcvnnd Mrs. Hal nolmca of Tren- tdn; tepth; Mm, Pprycr and Mrs. leaao Reese of Memphis. The 'Victory Banquet," which marked tho climax, of tho convention, wan the most; jio table affair of Its kind at the Co ram I Club nrid was prealdod over oy Mrs.

Kenny. The speeches were mailo hy prorolneptj fluffrafflnta from nil nver the state. Mm. Leonnrd Wood nnd Mrs. T.

Cotqam of ArkanBiis were among the guesta. At tho suggestion of Mrs. Konny, Mrs. Dudley gave toast to the "Perfect 3rt," thus prophesying the present title of Tennessee. 1 This convention waa mado up of rcpro- aentatirea not only of the suffragists of tho state, but nlao of even club and wom an's organization In Tennessee.

Thero wero Bninc COO delegates who came to represent the womanhood of the state in nil Its lines of endeavor. The League of Women Voters, formed along tho lines of tho National League and those leagues which have been formed In the statea which have given their women tuo'nauot, la uon-nnrtlsnn. non-nolltlcal organization. Counted among Its members 1 are women ropreaentntlve of every ahade of political thought. It la a body which serves as a clearing house Ipr all other women's organizations of tbe Htnte, holplng them In their work and lending the political organization necessary to secure noeded legislation for women.

But little tlmp vras given tho women. to thoroughly establish their baby leaguo before tho beginning of the terrjflc light for the ratification of the Sneap B. Anthony amendmont by the extra soaale-n of tho legislature thla tnonth. Mrs. Kenriy had been appointed ratification chairman for Tennessee and Immediately sqt to work to perfect the branches of the league throughont tho Btato aud into tho corners.

So perfect was tho orconlMtlon (hat within remnrkobly brief time, the district chairmen ami committees were hard nt their taHks. This work began to take deflulte shapp as soon ns Governor Roberts mode known that dato on which he would call the extra session on August 0, which was several weeks prior to that tlmo. Mrs. Kenny established ratification headquarters in the Maxwell nouse, from which she directed the work of the league. She appointed a headquarters committee, employed secretory, oud got Into communication with the district chairmen.

A poll of aolons was made with reference rif how they stood on tho ratification question. Tho district chairmen got in touch with tho legislators, both Senators nnd Representatives, of their illRirletii. They wrote thorn urging them to vote for ratification they drove through the country districts to Interview them In their hemes: they nrcaeuted them with iHtlnn signed hy their constituents. Pressure of an sons was brought to bear on the leglB lator s. Iu view of the.

fact that this work wns carried on in every nart of the Btato itself. at no time was there a great numhor of women concentrated in Nashville until the Legislature convened. With the exception of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the Notional American iWomnn Suffrage Association, MIsh Marjorle Sliu-ler, publicity director, nmf possibly one or iwo outers, no women were here from out of the state workluir with tho Lcatrue. Tho entire effort of the Leacno was nut forward in determined but dignified way.

Militants Also Conio For Fight. Meanwhile, Miss Sue White, state chairman of. the National Woman's Party, an organization of militant Buffrairists. en tirely distinct from the League of Women Voters, opened headquarter 011 Sixth ave nue, north, to direct an Independent fight for ratification. To aid her eft mo into the stilt other prominent representatives of the Woman's All -A group of.

the leaders whose work for equal suffrage reached its goal, In tbo ratification of the Susan tt. Anthony amendment by the thirty-sixth state. The top row shows, left to right: Mrs. George Fort Mlltou of Chattanooga, Ktute president of the League of Whmen Voters; Mrs. Itcau E.

Folk, county chairman; Mrs. John Kenuy, chairman of the Sixth Congressional district. Middle row, Miss Delia Dortch, chairman for the Third region, lneludlug most of tlie Southern states; Mrs. D. T.

Klinbrougb, atato treasurer, llottom row: Mrs. Guilford Dudley, third vice-president of the national organization; Mrs. James S. IJeas-ley, Republican committee-woman. turned their attention to the matter of registering and votltig the women of the they claimed, of testing the validity of tho suffrage bill.

Tho suffragists engaged ahle lawyers to defend the suit Keehle nnd Scay, 13, N. Haaton and G. T. Flttphugh of Memphis. The ault wob hotly contested.

Chancellor James It. Newman rendered nu unfavorable thn "nntr red, and thorn was never an hour of tho sessions during which largo iiMnii-rtthmn were not on hand lending moral support to their advocates iu tho Legisla ture, WOMEN MAY NOT GET TO VOTE IN THREE STATES (By Associated Fresn.) WASHINGTON, Sept 4. Louisiana, New Jersey nnd Mississippi ore tho only atatcs In which women may find themselves ph' able to vote in tbo coming general elections, according to suffrage leudors here. All other states were said to Imvo either el ally held that adequate provisions for this purpose already weru on their statute- books or to have urrauged for pussago of enabling legislation. Attorney-General Robertson of MlssiB-slppl has written tho National Woman's Party headquarters hero tliat tho Statu Constitution requirement oi1 registration at least four months prior to an eloctlon precluded any hopu of women voting in that atate.

Iu statement today the party lenders sold they had received no replies from thu Attorneys-General of Louisiana and NTew Jersey to requests regarding the status of women voterH npd accordingly the situation was lu doubt lu these statea. The statement also referred to un opinion of Attorney-General Denny of Georgia ns "lu Bharp contrast" to the Mississippi official, deelnrlng that Mr. Donny held "registration Is 11 means nf facilitating nnd not for voting. NASHVILLE DIVORCES ARE UPON INCREASE Divorces In Nashville are on tho Increase. SI ti co January of this year, fW7 couples bnve asked that the "ties thnt btpd" be severed.

For the same period last year, there were only G14 who had tired of the married life. This shows a gain of 2." for this year. The records nhow H14 suits filed In First Circuit Court. in the Second, nnd $5 lu tho Third for this year, whlln last yeor's records show ISfil In First Circuit C6urt, lu the Second, and 110 Iii the Third. GERMANS ASK ALLIES TO POSTPONE SPA MEETING GENEVA.

Sept. 4. Germany has asked the Allien to postpone-thc reparations conference arranged at Spa to be held In Geneva beginning Sentetuber 21, on the ground thnt tlio presence of the sumo financial experts will be necessary both In Geneva and at. the financial eonfemnen In Brussels, which meets the same day. 406 Union Street NASHVILLE, TENN, Jacobus Mm.

Mollis C. Trinum University Finance Insurance Government and Politics Alumni Office, College Hall. nso. I ginilitatlon work In the state. AlthouBh In operation omy tsevoii uhmiimo, it Iwibuoh, seeured 0,000 slpmitnrcs of Hiif- tl.n atntn it I Ihll Ofl irilHU III 75,000 pieces of liteniture, nnd exppndnd on eru, Hh personnel bclnff representative of both suffrage associations, which ut that time hud not neen nmingnmuten.

Tho first ftrcet speoltlng done In Ten-iiessiio for the suffrage cunae. was upder the ausplceri of this campaign committee when In Memphis ami 3uebnon in 1017 Mrs. Jnekson, Mrs. lleno, Miati Sue White, Jdrs-Solon of Alabama nnd Mrs; T. T.

Uotnum oi AmunwiB vuiv pvui" in ioiq oriiitn of these women spoke eight or ton times a duy, heiug rewaroca oy nmuy iimiMiy. Toward the work oC.unlfylpg tbo suf-frngo forces of the state, -which were really amalgamated under tho aderahlp of Mrs. Ieslle Warner In March, 1018, the l.nlt. effnffa 1011) and 1010. Mrs.

Guilford Dudley, who had been eieeteo suite proMuiiit IZing tne it 1(117 vIkHpiI VtiriOUB lim iA-tfiDiuniii- cities and townH of Tennessee, forming In tUn flrnf iciigues everjin--iu hub year of her administration nineteen towns l.ft,n t-urtr. SIlO were wmiuii, -r also mude addresses In twenty-two dif ferent cities ann ivu iunp Went Vircinla during the referendum cam paign there. With view lowaru huuiuh'i nnub-plunka lu both Democratic and Itepubllcan Tt.i.llnu nnil Mrn. HtUtU UIUILUIIMB, mi Konny went before tbe exoeutivu commit tees of both parties, una wuru ii.i tir.i TumoB Ft Ttmliiu nr. tt a tlu1nv TI UUV.

lion iiuuyvr, uiiwp mowp Clny Evans nnd Harry Anderaon were of lniimte usBimauco who ncimnuwuo, nnd Qov. Tom C. Xtyo nnd Senator K. D. McKollar ued their influence with the Democrats.

Tennessee sent women to tne Keprnmcnn nnlionul convention in Chicago that year and to the Democratic convention in Louis to impress- politicians with the suf- irae moveineni. 1(11 it il (nminnr. a ted the farewell bunguetH to CongrcRs- Waahiiiglon, hoping thereby to secure llieir VOU' llll WIU iiic hoiHiuei to Joseph W. llyrns, of which notable. tuffrago work forward, MIsh Sue WhUo, the headquarters Htaff In such an efficient wllh a minimum amount of trouble.

Women's Cluba Indorse Suffrage. In this year the? Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs indorsed woman suffrage by a large majority, due. for the idost part, to the efforts of Mrs. George Fort Milton of Chattanoogn and Mrs. D.

T. Klmbrough. Through Mrs. Walter of MurfreeB-boro, I he Southern Federation of Labor put Its stamp of upprovnl on the movement. Miss Llbbie Morrow Becured the iiidorBtiwMit of the Tennessee Woman's I'rt-HH and Authors arid Mrs.

Klm-hrnugh that of the conventions of Nurserymen and Horticulturists. The legislative cninftfilgn of 1017 was (endue ted under the friendly administration of Tom 0. Itye, Democratic Governor, and under the direction of Mm, Dudley, state suffrage chairman, and Mrs. James It. Kzzcl), legislative chairman.

Itnth Mri. Dudley and Mrs. Ezzcll had In the previous Leglfllaturo when bill to submit an amendment to the Btnto constitution was carried In both Senate and House. Suffrngo sentiment lind grown in the intervening years, and the campaign committee had done uotnhlo work In organizing the small townn of tho stain, Tho Notional Suffrage Annotation advised the Tonnes-ueo women to eoricontrate on a presidential and municipal auffrugo hill, nimllar to one passed In Illinois, Gus T. Fltahngh of MemphlA drew up this bill nnd rendered Hiihscqucut voluntary Borvlcos to the euf-fra gists.

lu tho House the bill was sponsored hy Speaker Clyde Shropshire, und In Uio Senate hy C. W. Koekn of Humholdt. For tho II rut tlmo in the leglslutln blfdory of the ate It became ni. Ibbuo strong enough to be reckoned with.

Petitions were sent to the members from Jill parts of the state. Women of tho small towns for tbe first tlmo showed kucn Juierest and worked hard. The suffragists spoke before the judiciary committee, lu whofto hands the hill was lying, Mr. Fltnhugh and Gen, Charles Catcs, forinor attonicy-genecal of the stale, being among the speakers, judiciary committee reeommeuded tho hit unanimously. The vote In the House was uO to li5 in favor of suffrage.

Suftrage by this tinm had lined 11 its supporters and Us opponents among the ncwMpniierH of the state. Among the latter were tlm Sun, the Chnttanonira Times nnd the NiikIivIIIo Ihinner. The Memphis Coniaierclal Appcat and tho News Scimitar, the Chataaouga News and The Nashville Teiiueaseun were favorable. Ho Htrong a mipportcr of HUfTrnge was Tho Tennessenn that It was consldernd tile cliamplon aad oftletat orgun, tho owner, Luke Iea, Ulng one of the not-uhle ndvo-cat-es of sufTnige when It wus sllll an uu-popular issue. lkvitn In Cjeniite in' 1011.

The tight In the Statu Senule was a hot one, members changing over ulght oue way or the other. The annual statu suffrage convention was held In Nashville a few days before the measure enma to vote, and many of the delegates from over the state stayed ovnr participate in the A wire from Prfttldont Wilson urging (lie Senate to adopt the bill was re-eelvid- ''H' wns ri'11'' Snnntfl anl puhtished after the meusure was lost, 20 tn 1'-'. Although the bill railed, the educational work done turmigh thin Ifglshitiiro nnd throughout the state converted Tcnucascc Monday Labor Day to suffrage and made possible the victory of 1010. This state's participation In the fight to secure the passage of the Federal fluff rage amendment Is a source of gratification to the workers. Hundreds of letters and telegrams from nil over the state were sent to niemherH of Congress under the dlrctlon of Mrs.

John M. Kenny, congressional chalr-mun, during 1015, 1010 and 1017, In uddl-tlon to Innumerable interviews with congressional candidates and meetings of various kinds. When the final vote was token In the national Houso of Representatives in May, 1018, the Tennessee Congressmen stood seven In favor of the measure and three against. In the Senute, K. D.

McKelhir voted "aye" ud John K. Shields "no." At the state suffrage convention lu January 101T, Mrs. Kenny was made publicity cha'Irmnn for tlie state and conducted the most valuable publicity cumpalgu tho state had ever had. Every corner of the stoto was circularised und BUffrago organizations were furnished lessons. When war wuh declared In April, 1917, the suffrage bodies of the state turned their attention to work for tho soldiers und the government, carrying on their suffrage activities at tho eanm time.

Many of the separate leagues gave notablo service. The two suffrage forces, the Tennessee Kijiial Suffrage Association, und the Tennessee Hnnal Suffrage Association. amalgamated In 101S nuder the name, The- Tennessee woman Buff rage Association. Mrs. 1 Leslie Warner was made president, and In spite of war conditions, was able to accomplish a constructive work for suffrage.

The presidential and municipal suffrage hill was presented the stato Legislature of 1010, both the Democratic nnd the Republican national platforms being pledged to the suffrugo cause. The plan of work. In con sequence, wus mainly to remove prejudice. Tho flghtj "however, was hard one, being conducted by Mrs. Warner and her lobby commlttoo In NaBlivllle und throughout Uie state.

Mrs, Warner's eta to suffrage honrd was mtido up of Ales. A. S. Buchanan of Memphis, Mrs. D.

V. Montague of Chattanooga, Mrs. Robert Ilea I tie of Memphis, Mrs. Prudence S. Dresser of Gallatin, Mrs.

Lucy B. Wlnslow of Unrrlmnn, Mrs. A. (1. lluck-nor of NRHhyillo, Mrs.

13. 1C. of Pulaski, MrB. Mnrgarat Hrwlu Ford of Chattanooga, Mrs. Albert K.

Hill of Nashville, MrH. Matilda I'ortcr of Nashville, Miss Mabel Chumley of Chattanooga, Mm. WUJioui Conner of Memphis, and Mrs. Ittle Kinney Reno of Nashville. Tho lobby committee, however, was 1'artlol SoxrniKG ml nnd lu L.

1). Mlllor of Chattanoogu led the tmf-frage fight in tho House and K. N. Hntiton was Seimto leader. The suffrage bill, giving Tennessee women uqunl suffrage In presidential and' municipal electlous passed 011 Haul reading In the House In April, 1010, by vote of to In the Seniito the enemlcB of suffrage were led by J.

Parks Worley, uud the Oght was a bard one. To Judge Douglas Wlkle of Williamson county belongs the honor of casting tbe deciding vote In favor of suffrage. He stuged a dramatic scene, with suffragists on the sidelines as eager RpeettitorH, that is comparable lu sunui degree to tho historic tight in the rerent House. On April 1010, Governor Roberts tlxed his signature to the act conferring on the women of Tennessee tbe right to rote for President nnd VIro-presldont of tho United States und to participate In muuielpul elections. liVjolrlng of the suffragists was tdiort-llved, however, The ancient and relentless foe to suffrage, Attorney J.

.1. Vertrecs, "and others," entrred a bill In tbe Chancery court of Nashville for the purpose, state. Memphis women registered by tho thou sands and not only voted lu the municipal elections of last year, but created more Interest nmuug tho men In easting their ballot. Rowlett Paine, mayor of Mem-phis," como to Nashville and' stoyod 'here throughout tbe recent flpht In the special 06Siou, bciruusc, be said, he wanted the legislators to know Just how well votes for women worked out practically. He stated that he was sure tluit the woman vote of Memphis would have an elevating Influence on tho city government.

When the Supreme Court rendered Its decision lu August, 1010, an important city election was only five weeks off. Two were to be elected, and serious economic issues were at to lie. Tlirougii newspaper publicity and constant effort on the purt of few women leaders, women registered uud on election day near ly W) per cent of the ballots cast were women's votes. Tlio high class wards carried the elrc tfon and itolltlclans and the admitted that It wus the women's victory, elnee It was the ward where a majority of the suffruge workers Hvedl that decided thu futQ of the candidates. After tlio election returns had been re ceived, Uio suffrage leaders were serenaded by a brass baud, the flru department, the victorious candidates, nnd prominent clly officials in token or their good work for better government.

A remarkable feature of this election was the organization and vote or the colored women of tho city. They registered about 2,000 and voted almost their full quota, working under the direction of the suf- fraglitts. There was no adverse criticism concerning their conduct tit the polls nor their vote. In February, 1000. the National Amer ican Womau Suffrage Association held its meeting in Chicago.

At that time ft he came the National Lcngue of Women Voters and adopted platforms containing leg islation meant to Improve the. status of women nnd children In the country, which ic uopca 10 get incorporated iu the piut-forma of the two main nnlltlcal narties, The officers of the old suffrago organiza tion sun retaincu tueir powers, however, to work for ratification. Following this action, the Tennoaswj Woman Suffrago Association met In Up annual session lu Nashville lu May for tho last time. At its iirst meeting it merged Into tho Tennessee League ofWomen Voters, becomlpg a port of the national body of that imme. For wocka the local women worked and planned to make the convention thn uiout brilliant In the history of wouicu'h state gatherings.

This convention was con-sumnmtlon of their desires. After It became tho League of Wrmnm Voters, was organized along political linos, juet, nre meii'd political conventions, the congressional dfHtrlct being the unit. Far the first time the women of Tennessee were organised politically. Office of Slat Iycnrrue. Officers of the now bedy weru eiucieo: ns follows: Chairman, Mrw.

Ceorgo Fort Mlltou of Chattanooga; first vleu-cliair man, Mrs. John K. Auot of NnslnUie; end vlce-chalnuuu, Mrs. Marc Anthony of Trenton secretary, Mrs. T.

L. inn or KuoxvjlJe; treasurer, Mrsi James lj. An. dernon of Chattanoogu. Departmental ohnlrnffln: Education, Mr.

John UIU I'nkln or NnrtivHle; child welfare, Mrs. Claude I. 'Sullivan of Nashville; food supply and demand, Mra. Marxhall-PricHt of Huntingdon; civil status of women, Mrs. Churltou Rogers of NanhvtUej women in Industry, Mrs.

John Fluutt of jucmpnis; social nygieno, Mrs. J. Mitchell of Tullalionia; research, Miss Katu decision; hut the suffragists appealed tho case to the -Supreme Court of Tennessee. There it was argued in June 1010, and defended by the same counsel. In July the higher court declared In fuvor of the bill, thus ending the long struggle.

Wllh the closing of this chapter of suffrage history, it was found that group of Nashville 'women deserved the naUie of pioneers In the cause, having served with honor and distinction in both Btnto dnd city work, particularly during the earliest days of the movement. To" them largely wns due the suffrage victory In the 1010 legislature. IMonecri In Suffrage Cause. Among those names recorded ore: Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Miss Mnry Penn Thompson, Miss Maria Thompson Duvlcss, MIbb Emma Ktrkpatrlek, Mrs.

Ida Clyde Clark, Mies Addlo Lawrence, Mrs. Willie Lnwson Williams, Mlsa Elizabeth Brecn, Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Mrs. George A. Clark, Mrs.

Leslie Warner, Mrs. R. F. "Wilson, Mlsa Emma Spencer Flaherty, Mlsa Elizabeth Illnford, Miss Amelia Terrott, Mrs. Hickman Price, Miss Matilda Porter, Mrs.

D. T. Klmbrough, Mrs. James S. UcaBley, Mra, Ida Relic Wilson, Mrs.

John M. Kenny, MrH. W. Morrison, Mrs. Victoria James Roach.

Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Renu E. Folk, Mrs. Jftuies W.

Full, Mrs. I. K. Reno, Miss Knto Mnrr, Mrs. W.

A. Overall, Mrs. John Barksdale, Mrs. Bettle M. Do unison, Mrs.

Charles W. Baker, Mrs. James S. Frazer, Miss Kutherlne Allen, Mrs. James R.

Bzzell, Mrs, Charlton Rogers, aWis. R. A. Henry, Mrs. Mozcll Cisco, MIsb Libble Morrow, Miss Daisy Gunn, Miss Florence Wilson, Mlsa Ella Sutheiiund, Mrs.

Cornelia IlnrkBdnle Zerbea, Ming Mary Ratterman, Mrs. Carl Welse, Mrs. Mary Llpo Gamble, Miss Anna ltlnnton. Miss Frances Lermnn, Miss Nell Roach, Mrs, T. G.

Settle, MIsp Alberta Sjindel, Miss Agnes Kuhu. Tho Information from which the foregoing hlHtory orf tho suffrage movement to thin point wns gathered Is contained In a written account compiled by Mrs. John M. Kenney na the Tennessee ehnpter of the auffrogo history of the country, Mra. Kenuy was chosen as the Tennesspe historian by Mrs.

George Fort Milton, chairman of the present Tennessee League of Women Voters, boeuuso of her personal touch with nil that htm gone before. Mrs. Keiiiij1 will soon start on the last part of the suffrage hntory of this Btato, Including tbe recent scission of the Legislature, and will send It to Mrs. Ida Hosted Harper, publlcft mid representative of the Leslie Suffrage Commission, under uhaH! auspices the national history Is being written. Later Miu Kenny will elab-ovuto her account for the state library.

Tl.o renmrkablo feature of this work is tho fact that, duo, to tho scarcity of written material. Mrs! Kenny wrote practically her entire work from memory, verifying lmr fact by other suffrnglBts, In Nashville the women lender workc) for weeks creating such sentiment. thi(t would bring I lie wumcu out to tho polls. On May 11, 1010, four weeks after the passage of the suffrage bill, five Nashville suffragists appeared before-the county trustee and demanded lo ho allowed to pay their poll tr, chilmtug that the wmnen wante.l rights for oil und privileges fur none. Thiitin women were Mrs.

John M. Kenny, whose poll Uix receipt was the first Ishiied lo a woman la Ti'iinuPHee. Mrs. M. Gray, Mm.

Guilford Dudley, Mt-K. D. T. Klmbrough 'and Mrs. Rcau il.

Kolk. Laler mapy moro local suffmgi.U paid thrlr pell tar. Women KeirUter by Tltonaniida. 1 With tho vote secured by action of the' 1910 Tennessee women lenders i Tho orlglnnl association continued to be Die strength and dominating force In all stlffrago activities of the Htnte until, the amalgamation or tlie two nranclics some time later. The holding of tbe forty-sixth annual convention of the National America!) Woman's Suffrage Association In Nashville In November, 10H, Is considered perhaps the crucial turning point In tbe history of suffrage In Tennessee, becanso of its fur- SUITS CLEANED and PRESSED i- Main 4071 or 4D01-W ECONOMY CLEANERS DYERS I.

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