Today -100: June 9, 1920: Of enthusiasm and suffrage

The Republican National Convention opens “with an impressive lack of enthusiasm.” To be fair: 81-minute speech by Henry Cabot Lodge. Also: fewer of the delegates than in past conventions are boozed up (liquor in Chicago is going for $6 to $9 a pint). 21 searchlights are turned on so that a film crew can preserve the convention in (silent) posterity, and delegates find that a bit too bright.

The Louisiana State Senate votes down ratification of the federal women’s suffrage Amendment 22-19.

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