Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-27
THE GEORGIA W0MAN'S
SUFFRAGE CONVENTION


cans Suffrage convention opened prompt
ly' at 10 O'Clock yesterday at the Uni
versalist church on Harris street, with
Miss Katherine Koch, state president IN
the chair. W
very interesting. The legislators seem
The last meeting of this convention was
held yesterday evening at s and was
to be taking a keen interest in the ques-
lions at issue. Several of them have at
tended the meetings and two of them,
Hon. Martin. Calvin and Hon. G. 9. Hous-
ton made addresses.
Mrs. Mary L. McLendon was the last
speaker and she told the people What
We Want in Georgia" She said In part;
81. We want women made eligible TO
serve on boards of education, and at least
half of the members on said boards to be
women.
20. we want women physicians on the
staff of the state lunatic asylum.
80. We want an inebriate asylum to put
drunkards in, so that the lunatfc asylum
can accommodate the large and ever-in-
creasing number of respectable but unfor-
tunate insane people and keep drunkards
out of the home.
"A. We want the age of consent raised
from 10 to is years, as in Wyoming. Coli
orado, Utah and Idaho, where women
have equal political rights.
IS. We want police matrons in every
CITY III 1COA 6Ao NAe@N A-1-0 @NtNNS - ---C- -
habitants.
&c. We want a brave, progressive wo-
man made the president of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial college.
IS. We want a state school commission
err who is a woman, and we think at
least half of the county school commits
sioners should be women.
20 we want the child labor bill, intro
duced by Hon. c, c. Houston, to become
a law and we promise to use our utmost
endeavor to secure its passage.
40 We want a compulsory education
law to force the children into the public
schools. Women as well as men are taxed
for their maintenance.
I'll. We want more members and more
money to enable US to push our work with
vigor and secure success for our Efforts
''12 To secure all these wants and 9TH
ers too numerous to mention we want the
ballot.
Last, we want you to read the follow
ing bill prepared for the legislature, and
we want one of our legislators to intro
duce it.:
An act to amend article 2. section ], par
agraph 2, of the constitution Of Georgia,
so as 70 extend the provisions Of said ar
ticle, section and paragraph to females,
and for other purposes.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the gener
al assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby
article 2, section !, paragraph 2, Of the
constitution OF Georgia be, and the same
IS hereby amended by striking out the
word male" in the first line, and insert
ing the words cor She in the fourth line
between the words he and offers; also
inserting tho words ''or her" in the sixth
line between the words him and and;
also inserting the words cor she" in the
sixth line between the words ''he" and
may" so that said article, section and
paragraph when amended, shall read as
follows: Section /, Paragraph 2 Elec-
tors, and oath of. Every citizen OF the
United States Except as hereinafter pro-
vided), twenty-one years of age, who
shall have resided in this state one year
next preceding the election, and shall
have resided six months in the county In
which he or she offers to vote, and shall
have paid all taxes which may hereafter
be required of him or her, and which he
or she may have had an opportunity of
paying, agreeably to law. except for the
year Of the election, shall be deemed an
elector: Provided, that no soldier, sail
or marine IN the military or naval SER
vice Of the United States, shall acquire
the rights Of an elector by reason OF be-
ing stationed on duty in this state; and
no person shall vote who, If challenged,
shall refuse to take the following oath, or
Affirmation: L do swear Tor aff1rm) that
am tW6nty-One years OF age nave re-
sided in this state ore year and in this
county six months, next preceding this
election. 1 have paid all taxes which,
since the adoption Of the present constitu-
ton of this state, have been required of
me previous to his year, and which I
have had an opportunity to pay, and I
have not voted at this election"
Sec 2. Be 1t further enacted, That If
this amendment shall be agreed to by
two-tbirds of the members of the gen.
eral assembly, elected to each house
thereof, the same shall be entered on
their journals with the yeas and nays ia
ken thereon, and the governor shall cause
sad amendment 20 be published in at
least two newspapers In each congression-
al district in this state for the period of
two months next preceding the time OF
holding the next general election. and the
legal yoters at said election shall have
written or printed on their tickets. For
ratification" or Against Ratification"
as they 1lay choose to vote; and II ma
jority of the electors qualified 10 vote for
members of the next general assembly,
voting, shall vote in favor Of ratification.
then said amendment shall become a part
OF said article 2, section 1. paragraph .
Of the constitution Of this state, and the
governor shall make proclamation there
Of.