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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NUMBER 209
RIVAL LEADERS GIVE CANDIDATES’ FINAL CLAIMS
•COX, HAMMERING
ON G. 0. P. SLUSH
OFFERS NAMES
*
Tells Hearers Oil, Steel
and Other Interests
Are Givers
MILWAUKEE, September 4. —In-
vading Wisconsin on his western tour,
Governor Cox today continued pound
ing Republican campaign contribu
tors and discussing the League of
Nations. He made his first speech at
Kenosha and a rear-platform address
at Racine. Five addresses were made
on his schedule here.
Governor Cox will return to Chi
cago tonight for a conference < f par
ty leaders here tomorrow .
Giving names for the first time
since he accused Republican lead
ers of raising a $15,000,000 “fund”
to buy the presidency of the United
States of Governor Cox, in a speech
at Lansing, Michigan, Friday charg
ed the oil interests, Che steels, elec
trical and coal mining industries, as
well as a group of Wall Street bank
ers, are among the subscribers to j
the alleged Republican “Boss Barnes
fund.”
“First of ail,” said the governor, j
“are all of those whose dealings with
the delegates at the Chicago conven-)
tion are fresh in political and finan
cial history.
“We also find William Wrigley, of
Chicago and A. Monell, of New
York, millionaires, whose huge sub-]
scriptions to convention candidates i
were brought out by the senatorial
committee. The names of these
gentlemen are to found sprinkled all
through the official report of the
investigators.
“Who are next in the array? John
D. Rockefeller and his son and their
associate, Walter C. Teagle, presi
dent of the Standard Oil Co. They
are oiling the machines.
“Further along, we encounter the]
steel industry, represented by J. :
Leonard Replogle and John A. Top- (
ping, names as familiar as Carnegie]
•nd Frick once were.
“Then, too, the.-" is the American)
Tobacco Company. Soma call it the]
tobacco trust, I believe.
“The gigantic General Electric ■
Company has, through it responsible
office, made its contribution ■ and !
so has the Bernwind White and the I
Hudson Coal Companies of Pennsyl
vania and New York.
“Among the generous banks we
find the Guaranty Trust Company of
New York, one of the biggest so
called Wall Street group.
“Neatly tucked away amid them
all is William Boyce Thompson, chair
man of the Republican ways and ]
means committee, which began its'
operations in 1919 as a money-rais- |
ing machine.
“Senator Hiram Johnson, coming,
home to California, said he was!
thankful he was defeated and not the ]
candidate of a small group of men
who met in a hotel back room at 2
a. m.
“Well in the list we find the name
of Senator Jomes Wadsworth, of
New Yofk, who did not go to bed un-l
til at least 3 a. m., together withj
the names of the others who formed]
the back room conference.”
Official Red Tape
Let Death Win Race
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 4.
With the United States government
owing him S7OO in back compensa
tion and with an appeal made to the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance to ex
pedite the checks for the last two
month’s payments which had never
been received in order that he might
sign them on his death bed to meet
his funeral expenses, John Murray,
totally disabled veteran of the World
War, died here penniless. Death had
outraced red tape.
The receipt of the money two days
late was the closing episode in a
tragedy of delay. While Murray was
dying the Service Division of the Na
tional Headquarters of the American
I Legion over the wires was spurring
I the War Risk Bureau to action and
k the bureau was unable to respond
I before the time limit of Murray’s last
I hour of life, had expired. A week
I elapsed before the bureau answered
I the Legion’s telegraphed appeal with
I notice that the check was on its;
Murray served overseas with the
Mfchird Field Artillery and was wound-i
P®ed in the foot, necessitating the am
■ putation of his right leg near the]
I hip. Later his lungs became affect-]
I ed h yexposerue on the battlefield
| and through the efforts of the legion
I a claim for permanent total disabil-
I ity was allowed him.
I Navy Yard Men To
Get Wage Increase
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—Ti e new
I scale, affecting about 75,000 navy
I yard employes probably will be put
R into effect on the first pay day after
■ September 15. Secretary Daniels an-
E. nounced today he had completed a
■ review of the findings of the wage
K board and approved the increases.
Times-Recorder Invites
You To Belts Guest When
Election Returns Pour In
JHe Times-Recorder has completed arrangements to furnish its
friends with returns from the primary Wednesday evening. The
results will be lashed by telegraph direct from Atlanta, where they
will pour in from all over the state.
The Times-Recorder invites the public, ladies and gentle
men alike, to be its guests on this occasion. The new Times-
Recorder home will furnish abundant space for the accommoda
tion of a large crowd. There will be seats for the ladies in one sec
tion of the building where smoking will not be permitted, and
there will be another large section where the men may smoke
to their hearts' content. Bulletins will be called and displayed in
bcth of these rooms.
Make your arrangements to come to the Times-Recorder
office Wednesday evening, no matter how you vote, and get the
news of the election.
MISS RUTH CLARK MISS JOE M’KAY
REGISTERS FIRST BADLY BURNED
Then 12 Other Sumter
County Women Fol
low Example
Thirteen Sumter county women,
all residents of the 27th district ex
cept one, Mrs. Florence Walters, who
gave her residence as the Old 16th
district, have registered with County
Tax Collector I. B. Smail and would
have been prepared to go to the polls
next Wednesday had not the rtate
executive committee ruled that wom
en would not be allowed to partici
pate in this primary because of the
impossibility of complying with the
law establishing the qualifications of
voters in Georgia. Miss Ruth Clark
home service secretary of the Sum
ter County Red Cross chapter, was
the first to register. Mrs. Lula V.
Garner was second, Mrs. Frank Cato,
third and Mrs. George O. Marshall
fourth.
In each case the ladies were asked
to state their ages and occupations,
and in each case they were given, I
sometimes, however, only after some !
hesitation. Mrs. Clay was registered ]
as a farmer, Mrs. Garner as a hair-1
dresser, Miss Clark as a social worker I
Mrs. Clements a teacher, and the
others as home makers or house-I
keepers.
Following is the complete list of ■
women registered all of them enroll- ;
ing Friday except Mrs. Hinson, who
registered Saturday, the names ap
pearing alphabetically instead of ir.
the order o fregistration:
Mrs. H. E. Allen.
Mrs. J. C. Bynum,
Miss Ruth Clark,
Mrs. Mary McGough Cato,
Mrs. Mary Clay,
Mrs. Bob Edwards,
Mrs. A. C. Fetner,
Mrs. Lula V. Garner,
Mrs. Janye Clements Hinson,
Mrs. Martha Pryor Marshall,
Mrs. M. J. Niles,
Mrs. M. J. Williams,
Mrs. Florence Dunn Walters.
8,000 FEMALE VOTERS
PARADE IN BIRMINGHAM.
BIRMINGHAM, September 4.
With eight thousand women regis
tered a victory parade of newly made,
voters took place at 4 o’clock this]
afternoon, ending with a mass meet
ing in City Park.
6.000 MAIM
MINERS ARE OUT
BIRMINGHaImL Sept. 4.—Six
thousand miners have quit work in
the Alabama coal fields since the
general strike order was issued Wed
nesday, according to figures obtain
ed at the district headquarters of the
United Mine Workers. It was stat-,
ed these figures will be augmented
today by two or three thousand. It
was announced a district strike call
would be issued some time during the
day.
Thompson Team Gets
Third Straight Game
The strong Thompson baseball
team made it three straight games,
and an even score for the series of
six games, when they defeated tne
Americus Regulars 'on neutral
grounds at Plains Friday by a score
of 7-0. Features of the game were
Webb’s fielding at shorttstop, and
Bolton’s batting, he securing four
hit& in five times up. The score stood
4-r in the ninth inning when Bol
ton came to bat with the bases full.
He slammed out a three-bagger, run
ning the tally up to 7-0. The bat
teries were: Thompson, Ball and
Gibson; Americus, Hines and Dodson.
MARKETS
Exchange closed: Labor Day
Monday.
THE TIMESWRECORDER
IN HL ART OF DIXIE
AMERICUS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT. S, 1920
Serious Results Feared
From Tea Room Ac
cident
Miss Joe McKay, while about her
duties at the Sign of the Pine Tea
Room yesterday morning, was pain
fully scalded, and because of her
advanced age, it is feared her injury
may prove unusually serious.
Miss McKay was engaged in pre
paring a custard when she accident
ally struck a vessel upon the kitchen
stove precipitating the boiling con
tents upon her. Her arms and lower
limbs were severely blistered as was
also a large area upon her body, and
Dr. Wilbur Smith, who attended her, 1
said the injuries might result seri- ]
ously.
Following the accident, Miss Mc-
Kay. who is fine of the best known
and most beloved residents of Am
ericus, was removed to the residence
of John B. Ansley, a relative, with
whom she has resided for a number
of years. Mrs. Ansley who h? 3 been i
in Macon has beet, summoned to st-|
tend Miss McKay. Hundreds of her
friends here will learn with distress
of the regretful accident which be- )
fell her.
IRISH MAYOR’S
LIFE NEAR END
He is Now Able to Speak
Only In Feeble
Condition.
LONDON, Sept. 4—Terence Mac-
Sweeney, hunger strinking mayor of
Cork, spent a restless night. This
morning he was suffering complete
exhaustion and could speak only in
gasps.
Annie Mac Sweeney, sister of the
lord mayor, on leaving Brixto.i pris
on this afternoon, said her brother
was at his very lowest.
Mrs. Mac Sweeney has cabled to
President Wilson an appeal in behalf
of her husband.
Mrs. Mac Sweeney asks Mr. Wilson
to “use your influence with the Eng
lish government to prevent the per
petuation of an outrage on civiliza
tion.”
She declares her husband is “dy
ing in an English prison.”
Scandinavia Plans
Shipping Reprisals
STOCKHOLM, Sept, 4 The Scan
dinavian premiers, at a recent meet
ing at Copenhagen, discussed the
Jones navigation act and will seek in
formation from the American gov
ernment as to its effect on Scandi
navian shipping. The premiers agreed
on a program of retaliatory nature
should it be discovered the bill ac
tually is harmful to the commerce of
Scandinavia.
Strike of 30,000 In
Mexico Ordered Off
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4—Leaders
of the striking mill workers and to
bacco factory employes have decid
ed to call off the strike which af
fected 30,000 or more workers in
the federal district and ordered the
strikers back to work today.
FLORIDA POPULATION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—The cen
sus of Florida towns wag given out
today as follows:
Millville, 1887; St. Andrews, 1310;
i Tarpon Springs. 2105; Dunnellon,
1 1185.
S. CAROLINIANS
COMING TO SEE
WEEVILS’ WORK
Auto Tourists to Reach
Sumter County Next
Thursday
Americus and Sumtercounty are to.
be visited by a “801 l Weevil Tour””
I next Thursday about noon. The !
tourists, traveling by auto, are com-:
I ing from Saluda S. C., on a five-day ;
; trip through the boll weevil section i
[of Georgia. It is their purpose, it is 1
understood, Ito se)e for themselves
what the boll weevil has done in these
sections and what has been done to I
combat the pest, in order to .be ready
for his expected coming there. The;
tour will be started Monday morning.'
The tourists will be headed by J.
M. Eleazer, county agent of Saluda
county, and G. V. Cunningham, as
sistant director of extension work of
Georgia. The schedule for the trip!
is announced in the following bulle-i
tin by Agent Eleazer to Saluda coun-j
Ity farmers in arranging for the trip:!
The Schedule.
“Leave Saluda promptly at 6 a.
m. Monday, September 6, and meet at'
the postoffice square in Augusta at :
8:30 o’clock. Leave Augusta prompt
ly at 9 o’clock and go by the way
of Waynesboro, Louisville, Wrights
ville, and spend the night at Dublin.
“Second day (Tuesday) Haw
kinsville, Vienna, Cordele, and spend
the night at Tifton.
Third day (Wednesday)—Moul
trie, Thomasville, Pelham, Camilla,
and spend the night at Albany.
“Fourth day (Thursday) —Ameri-I
cus, Fort Valley, and spent the night!
at Macon.
“Fifth day (Friday)—Milledge
ville, Thompson, and back to Au
gusta.
“The course of this trip has been
outlined by th Georgia extension)
service and they have the following to
say in regard to it:x‘This will)
take you through the boll weevil sec-]
tions of Georgia from where it has!
just begun its devastation and on'
into the territory where it has been
for several years, giving a glimpse]
of the changes brought about by the!
effect of the weevil and the indus-]
tries that have gone up as a result.
This will include the diversification;
of crops, packing houses, peanuts, ]
hogs, cattle, pastures, fruit growing, I
etc.’ ”
To Meet Party.
George O. Marshall, county agent)
of Sumter county, has been inform-1
ed of ti\ coming of the tourists and.
he hopes to organize a party <f)
Sumter county men to go by auto to i
the county line to greet them, on ]
their way here from Albany and de- ]
tour them through the 17lh district
to Plains, which will take them!
through some of Sumter county’s
best cotton fields, thence to Ame.i
cus, from which point they will pro
ceed northward to Fort Valley. He
has received the following letter from
Mr. Eleazer:
“Saluda, S. C., Sept. 1. County
Agent, Americus, Ga. Dear Sir-
Your assistant state agent, Mr. Cun
ningham, a party of Saluda county
farmers and business men, and I will
pay your town a visit about noon on ;
Thursday, September 9, while on a
tour through the boll weevil sections
of Georgia.
“At this time we will be glad to
meet you and if there is anything in
the boll weevil line of special inter
est in or around that place we will
be glad if you will direct us to it.
We leave from there for Fort Val
ley and probably there are some
things of interest we might see on]
the road out towards that place. ]
Yours very truly,
“J. M. ELEAZER, County Agent.”
—
New Manager For
Laundry Monday
it. T. Mathews, the new proprietor
of the Americus; Steam Laundry,
will actively take charge of the busi
ness Monday, he announced Satur
day.
Mr. Mathews comes to Americus
from near Smithvillt and will move
his family here in the near future.
Mr. Mathews states that he will
continue the present force of em
ployes of the laundry, and Iv i‘l make
whatever improvements or changes
that seem necessary for successfully
taking care of the laundry and dry
cleaning departments.
Babe Ruth Cracks
Out 45th Home Run
BOSTON, Sept. 4—Babe Ruth
cracked out his forty-fifth home run
of the season today in the third in- i
ning of the Yanks’ game against Bos- I
ton.
BSsfer
Forecast for Georgia —• Cloudy]
i Sunday with possibly showers. I
DORSEY, WATSON SURE
OF VICTORY WEDNESDAY;
SMITH SEES RUNOVER
Senator Only One of Candidates Heard From Who
Doesn’t Claim Election Certainty:
Expects to Lead; Watson Second
In order that its readers might be given the final claims and forecasts
of the various candidates to be voted on in the primary next Wednesday, the
Times-Recorder yesterday asked the headquarters of Governor Dorsey, Sen
ator Smith, Thomas E. Watson, Clifford Walker, Thos. W, Hardwick and
John Holder, the leading candidates, for any statements they cared to make
] for publication. Replies were received from the Dorsey, Smith, Hardwick
Walker and Holder headquarters. No reply came from the Watson head-
i quarters.
Governor Dorsey’s headquarters
] claims the election of the governor
without a run-over, with a certainty
i of 89 counties. The governor’s claim
mentions that Watson headquarters
lis claiming from 110 to 120 coun-
I ties.
Senator Smith's headquarters
. makes no claims, saying that the race
is extremely close in a great num
ber of counties, being principally be
| tween Smith and Watson, with Dor-
I sey in third position. It says the sen-
Smith to Lead, Election Sure,
Run-Over Regarded Likely
ATLANTA, Sept. 4. (Special)— '
The re-election of Senator Hoke 1
Smith is confidently predicted by 1
his campaign headquarters in a care- ,
ful analysis of the situation given
out this afternoon. Senator Hoke ■
Smith is certain to head the ticket the >
statement says, and if the tide con
tinues rising in his favor in the next j
three days as it has been rising in the
past ten days, he will be nominated)
on the first ballot without the neces
sity of a run-over primary.
In at least 125 counties the race]
for the senate is an open-handed con
test between Senator Smith and}
Thomas E. Watson, with supporters
of both candidates intensely active
and with practically no following for
Governor Dorsey, it is further claim
ed.
Owing to this situation, it is admit
ted that there is doubt whether Sena- j
tor Smith will be elected on the first!
ballot, as a few votes switched one I
Dorsey to Carry 89 Counties
And Avoid Second Contest
ATLANTA, Sept. 4. (Special) —. 1
Dorsey headquarters claims eighty-| 1
nine counties in next Wednesday’s]
primary. These eighty-nine includel
all the “big six” counties of Chat-)
ham, Fulton, Muscogee, Bibb, Rich- 1 •
mond and Floyd. With a total of j j
thirty-six votes these six large ]
counties will offset small counties, j
Dorsey’s friends know that the ,
claims of their opponents ars extrav- j
agant and, being confident of the i
result, are conservative in their fig
ures. They are absolutely optimistic ,
that the governor will carry every i
county except possibly two in First
district, all seventeen in Eleventh; 1
impossible in a number of places to i
Second district; two-thirds of the ;
counties in the Third; two-thirds or j
better in the Seventh and Ninth and i
half in the others with the excep- i
tion of the Tenth which is Watson’s
Holder To Sweep State With
84 Counties and 204 Votes
ATLANTA, Sept. 4.—(Special)
Manager Garland M. Jones, for John
M. Holder, candidate for Governor,
today made the following advance
statement regarding the outcome of
Wednesday’s election:
“John Holder will sweep Georgia
for Governor from Dade to Cam
den, and from Rabun to Decatur. He
will undoubtedly carry four 6-vote
counties, twelve 4-vote counties and
sixty - six two- vote counties,
giving him a total of 82 coun
ties with 204 county unit votes, and
a clear majority over both of his
opponents.
“Mr. Holder has just been in At
lanta from a strenuous two weeks’
campaign, carrying him into nearly
every section of Georgia. He ex
pressed himself as delighted with the
situation and confident of victory in
Hardwick’s Counties to Total
118, With Unit Vote of 290
ATLANTA, Sept. 4.—(Special.)
At the headquarters of Senator Hard
wick, Judge G. H. Howard, campaign
manager, in summarizing and fore-]
casting the result of the election for;
Governor, gave out the following -
statement:
“I feel that it is absolutely cer-’
tain and confidently claim that Sena-
i ator’s re-election is confidently pre-
• dieted possibyl without a run-over,
, but admits the likelihood of a run-
over between Smith and Watson.
Walker’s headquarters claimed 92
> counties, with a possiblitiy of 12 oth
■ ers, in the first primary.
Hardwick’s manager clai ns 303
i counties and 254 unit votes certain,
i with half of the remainder probable.
Holder’s manager says the speaker
will sweep the state with 82 counties
and 204 unit voes, obviating a run-
• over.
way or the other in a dozen counties]
could prevent the senator from re-;
ceiving a majority of the county unit
votes and thereby necessitate a sec-}
ond primary.
In any event, however, the sena-!
tor’s headquarters entertains no ]
doubt that he will lead the ticket,
and that he will defeat Mr. Watson
]in a possible run-over.
What happened yesterday in Wilkes
! es county, where the Hoke Smith and I
Hugh Dorsey clubs consolidated on I
! the senator, after taking a vote in
I a mass meeting indicates the trend
throughout the state. It is every
; where realized, says the headquarters
statement, that Governor Dorsey is
running a poor third, his support di
minishing rapidly as the outcome is
realized unmistakably by the people.
The governor’s backdown from a]
joint debate in Washington, when i
] cornered and challenged by Senator
Smith, is likely to prove to be the
I crowning disaster of his campaign.
but not solidly, but Watson will get
the best of it.
The Dorsey people predict Watson
will be second and Smith third. Ef
forts have been made by the Watson
people to combine with the Smith
forces in a number of counties, but
it has been found impossible in num
ber of counties, but it has been found
impossible in a number of places to
deliver the Smith vote to Watson
in the counties where the senator is
weak.
Watson’s claim to 110 to 120
counties is pronounced as absurd,
as is Smith’s claim of more than 100
countlies. (Everybody who knows
the situation in this campaign, knows
that these claims are impossible and
are only made to inspire confidence
in their supporters. It will be Dor
sey on the first ballot and no run
over.
FRANK WELDON,
the coming primary. While he(re
Mr. Holder said: ‘I have never
seen the people so aroused as they
have shown themselves since the ef
fort was made to force me out of
the race. Instead of ‘kicking’ me
out, they have kicked me squarely
into the middle of the ring, and the
people of Georgia are determined to
elect me their Governor.’
.“While Mr. Holder has been out
on the hustings, I have been con-'
stantly here in headquarters, and
have watched John Holder’s cam-;
paign grow like an avalanche. I
know the people of Georgia are de
termined they will elect a Governor
and they are going to elect John
Holder on September 8. There has
never been such enthusiasm and in
terest and determination exhibited in
any previous Georgia campaign. John
Holder is going to win.”
tor Hardwick will carry, without
doubt, 8 counties in the First con
gressional district with 16 votes; 8
] counties in the Second congressional
district with 20 votes; 10 counties in
the Third congressional district witn
122 votes; 6 counties in the Fourth
’congressional district with 20 votes;
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WOMEN DENIED
VOTE IN GEORGIA
PRIM AR Y SEPT. 8
County Returns Where
They Cast Ballot Or
dered Thrown Out
ATLANTA, Sent. 4—The women
of Georgia cannot vote in the Dem
ocratic primary Wednesday. If they
are permitted to vote in any county
the returns from that county will be
thrown out.
This was the effect of a resolution
adopted by the sub-committee on
rules of the state Democratic exec
utive committee in Atlanta shortly
before 11 o’clock Friday night. The
committee held a long session during
which many court decisions were
read.
Following is the resolution adopted
shortly before midnight which defi
nitely settles whether women shall
vote in the primary:
“Be It Resolved: That this sub
committee has no jurisdiction to
amend the rules and regulations un
der which the pending campaign has
been conducted, by providing rules
and regulations for the women vot
ers, or for their participation in the
primary of September 8, and it is
the sense of this committee that the
existing rules and regulations con
trol.
“The secretary is hereby instruct
ed to so notify county chairmen.”
The resolution was offered by J.
H. Milner of Dodge county, and was
adopted by a vote of five to two. It
was adopted after a resolution offer
ed by Hiram Gardner, secretary of
the committee, which would have al
lowed women to vote, was voted
down.
Following is the Gardner resolu
tion. which was defeated:
(Gardner Re»olution
“Whereas, the amendment to the
federal constitution removing suf
frage disqualifications from the wo
men of the United States, became
effective by proclamation issued by
subsequent to the creation of this
sub-committee of the Democratic
Execut ve Committee of Georgia and
to provide rules or regulations for
the registration of female voters yr
for their participation in the Demo
cratic primary of September 8, 1920
and
“Whereas, the chairman of the
state committee has not called a
meeting of the state committee to
provide rules and regulations for
such registration and participation,
and
“Whereas, only three days (ex
clusive of Sunday) intervene between
the meeting of this committee and
the date of the primary, and it is ob
viously impossible to provide for the
genera! registration of the women of
Georgia and for their general partic
ipation in this primary, even were it
possible to obtain action by the state
committee, therefore;
“Be it resolved: That this sub-com
mittee has no jurisdiction to amend
the rules and regulations under
which the pending campaign has been
conducted by providing rules and
regulations for the women voters or
for their participation in the primary
of September 8, this being a matter
at present solely within the jurisdic
tion of the state committee.”
The meeting of the sub-committee
was called by Senator Fermor Bar
rett, who held that women had a
right to vote in the primary, to fix
rules governing their voting.
Judge Flynt, of Griffin, chairman
of the state committee, who took the
contrary view, attended. A large
delegation representing the Georgia
Woman’s Suffrage Association also
was present.
Judge Flynt contended that despite
the ratification of the suffrage
amendment the Supreme court of the
United States had held that state
laws control all primary elections in
those states, and that not even the
whole state democratic executive
committee has a right to abrogate
those laws. His position was sustained
| by the action of the committee.
Every county executive committee
will be notified immediately that
any movement to permit women to
vote in the primarywill result in the
returns from the county affected be
ing declared null and void and the
vote of the entire county will be
thrown out.
GOVERNOR FORWARDS
HOUSE VOTE RESULT.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4.—A
certified copy of the Tennesse house
of representatives journal of last
Tuesday, when an attempt was made
to rescind ratification by that body
of the federal suffrage amendment
was in the mails today enroute tc
Secretary Colby at Washington.
Governor Roberts announced he
had transmitted the papers at the re
fluest of the house.
Opponents of suffrage were hope
ful that certification of the house
(Continued on last page)