Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP -----
BY RALPH OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

not appear on the rolls, however, and
only an act of congress can place it
there.
William Sherman, the son of General
Sherman, was given congressional
rating as a civil war veteran and admit
ted to the Grand Army of the Republic.
He has since died, however, and if Gen
! eral Grant is given the rating desired, he
will enjoy the distinction of being in a
class all to himself.
Old soldiers all over the country, it is
said, are anxious to honor Gen. Fred
Grant, largely owing to his resemblance
to his distinguished father in personal
appearance and manner.
THE LECTURE PLATFORM
The lecture platform in the middle
west promises to furnish a lively politi-
cal stage during the coming summer.
Political orators galore are laying their
plans right now to invade this section
and expound from the chautauqua plat
forms, their political views. with an idea
of moulding public, sentiment.
Heretofore, Senator LaFollette and
other progressive Republicans of his
stripe, have monopolized the lecture plat
form of the middle west, and it appears
that they have left deep-seated impress
sion on the people. So firmly do the reg
ular Republicans recognize this fact, that
they, too, propose to take to the plat
form.
1t is reliably stated, that when Senator
LaFollette leaves Washington next sum-
mer to begin his lecture tour through
Wisconsin. Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota,
South Dakota. and other states in that
section. the Republican organization will
put on his heels several of their best
and most plausible orators.
Senator Cummings, Senator Bristow
and others of that class will also be
Swallowed by the regular Republican or
ganization, when they make their bows
next summer The machine hopes, in
this way, to counterfeit whatever impress
sion the progressives make.
ABOUT EQUAL SUFFRAGE.
The movement for woman suffrage mas
assumed proportions which, while not
formidable in this country, have caused
its advocates to feel unusually optimistic.
In New York, Boston, Chicago. Philadel-
phia and even staid old Baltimore. the
campaign which the women are carrying
on with more or less activity, has gained
considerable Roadway. The question will
eventually be an issue in congress, IL Is
believed, but it is impossible at this time
to indicate Just what the results of its
agitation will be.
When the president was secretary OF
war. Mrs. Taft avowed her sympathy
with the equal suffrage movement. She
really favored limited suffrage for wo-
men, but believed this would be impos-
sible to define, and therefore thought it
best to bestow the ballot on women with
out any strings attached. Whether she
has changed her views since she became
the first LADY, is not known. She has
adopted the wise course Of refraining
from speaking upon this or any kindred
topic.
The Washington Post last Sunday
morning published interviews with the
wives of several men prominent in pub
lie life. Mrs. Julius Caesar Burrows, wife
OF Senator Burrows, of Michigan, Is
among those quoted.
MRS BURROWS OPINION.
1T do not quite subscribe to the meth
DDS of the suffragettes," Mrs. Burrows
said, ''but I do firmly believe in the right
of women to vote, and think no man
should dare to say us nay. Personally,
/ do not need to vote, because am
sheltered and cared for and have all the
rights could possibly desire. but that is
not the case with many women who
could be helped by equal suffrage. And
as to saying that woman would neglect
her home because she took little time
to go to the polls and vote, it's all the
sheerest nonsense. Many women neglect
their homes who never have voted or had
a serious thought upon any subject what
ever The women of other countries are
taking part in active affairs of this kind.
and why not the women of this land?"
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