The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-03
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PLANK |
WAS ADOPTED BY STATE PROHI-
BITIONISTS AT MEETING.
State Convention Was Held in At
lanta and Delegates Elected
to National Convention.

10 NdlIOnal convention.
The national prohibition party of
Georgia went on record at the annu-
al convention held in the capitol in
Atlanta on Thursday as being in IA
vor of full and free suffrage for wo-
men. The delegates to the national
convention, which is to be held in
Columbus, Ohio, were instructed to
vote for a plank to that effect in
the national platform, if such were
offered.
A. j. Hughes of Greene county,
who is president, presided. The
meeting was almost bare of differ
ences of opinion.
w. S. Witham made a thrilling
speech at the opening of the conven-
ton, in which he recounted the sue
cess that has been met with by the
prohibition forces during the past
year, and predicted that in ten
years there will not be a barroom
anywhere that the American flag
| floats.
Mr.. Witham was elected state
chairman, A. j. Hughes vice-chair-
man, G. d. Barker treasurer, and
j. A. Gordon secretary. These Off
GERS were instructed to select state
executive committee, the members of
which will also be the candidates for
the electoral college in the national
election.
A committee selected the delegates
to the national convention as fol-
lows: J. L. Brady, George Gordon,
w. 5. Witham, ]. B. Richards, j. w.
Wilhelm, c. B. Barker and George
S. Jones.
A bit of sensation was sprung
when Mrs. NJ. L. McLendon declared
that one of the male delegates had
agreed to introduce a resolution ia
voring woman's suffrage, but that his
nerve had failed him 1t DEVELOPED.
however that all of those present
were woman suffragists, and Mrs.
McLendOn was asked to read the res
olution. She did so as follows:
Whereas, women are taxed with
out being represented, which our
forefathers declared to be tyranny;
they are governor without having
consented to be governed; they are
people, and political power inheres
in the people; and,
Whereas, women are classed, po-
litically, with lunatics, criminals
and idiots, which is an indignity of
fered to our mothers, wives and sis
tiers, and is obviously unjust; and
Whereas, the great need of our
great organization is a large votisg
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temperance laws and enforce the
same; and,
Whereas, the women of Georgia
have worked nobIy and faithfully to
secure statewide prohibition, and
can always Ne depended on to vote
against the traffic and it's attendant
evils, we believe as a means to this
end and because justice demands
that their present disabilities be re-
moved, that they should be enfran-
chised upon the same terms as men;
therefore be it
Resolved, that we this day place
a strong woman's suffrage plank in
the platform of the national prOhi-
bition party of Geogia, and we in
struct the delegates to present the
same to the national prohibition
party for its consideration at the
convention soon to be held in Co
lumbus, OA.o."
1t was adopted with the exception
of that part instructing the delegates
to present the suffrage plank"
Among those present were A. J.
Hughes of Greene county, J. L. D.
Hillyer, B. Bowles, Mrs. M. L. Nc
Tendon, T. E. Rowley, A. F. Lee,
J. N. T. Cawhern, Daniel Morrison,
J. B. Richards, J. N. Quick, H. L.
Alexander, J. L. Gillette, G. w. Row.
ley, c. D. Barker, w. S. Wftham,
J. A Gordon and E. B. Gillette of
Fulton county, L. S. Butler of Clay
ton, and M. T. Ellis of DeKaIb.