Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-26
A DAUGHTER OF GEORGIA
IN THE WHITE HOUSE

YER a year ago. and repeatedly since Inc
Journal advocated the nomination of a south
ern Democrat for the presidency. We have
done so in no spirit of sectional prejudice, but In
simple fairness to a people who have unfailingy
supplied their partys sinews of war, yet Who for
more than generation. have been excluded from its
leadership The south is today in the very forefront
! national thought and endeavor; and her insignia
Cpon presidential candidate, FAR from working him
4 disadvantage, will prove emphatically IN his own
nd Dsmocraeys favor if he'is otherwise acceptable
And so We have contended that if the people of Geor
la and her neighboring states md man who has
sprung from their own soil and vino. at the same
lime is eminently worthy and capable of leadership
they should give him their support for the
domination
In Woodrow WILSON, all these qualities are united
Through birth and rearing he is linked to the south
and through his splendid achievements, to the COM
mon country OF all the aspirants to the nomination
ne alone can lay claim both, or to either OF
these distinctions. He alone has inspired a truly
national following and only he is truly southern
The Journal has never invoked sectional sentiment
. an argument in this campaign, but since the in
erests behind the candidacy of Congressman Under
sood themselves raised the issue and made it the
burden Of their appeal to Georgia voters. we have
hown that when measured by such a standard,
AR. Underwood has far less claim upon Georgia than
On Minnesota.
Governor Wilson is no less Georgian than
virginian. Here he was reared. Here he spent the
formative years Of his great career. And when he
goes to live in the White House. undoubtedly he
win. Georgia and the Old Dominion will share the
honor OF having given the nation the first southern
president it mas known for than half century
There will be still another honor. however, and
tn
disputabe. For. when Woodrow Wilson is president
a daughter OF this state will be the First Lady of
the Land
There are thousands of Savannahians who recall
the childhood winsomeness of wee girl. named
Ellen-IittIe Ellen Arson. She born in the very
city that had sprung from Georgia's first English
settlement Her father was the Rev. DR.. Edward
Arson, a minister. Her grandfather, a minister
too. had spent more than fifty years Of his life in
gracious service to the Savannah people. Her
mother before marriage, was Miss Margaret Hoyt
the daughter OF Rev Dr.. Nathan Hoyt of Athens, Ca
There are many Rome folk and many, many other
Georgians who remember Miss Ellen Arson, her charll
Of manner. the sparkle of her conversation, her
beauty and her lovableEess For it in Rome that
she was reared and primarily schoOled and there too
she was married.
There are few Gainesville families who do not
remember Mrs. Woodrow Wilson matrOn now
a
fuIness and her friendship treasured by all who
knew her.
BY every bond of kindred and Preside, Mrs
woodrow wilson is a daughter of Georgia.
She is. too. one of the most richly talented
women Of the nation.
Would it not be a gracious and a fitting thing
for the people OF her native to do their part
in net only placing a southern Democrat at the ma
tons head but in also placing daughter of the
Georgia votes for Woodrow Wilson in the May pr
mary this Georgia girl will almost certainly become
the first lady Of the land. For Georgias endorse
ment viii assure the nomination Of Governor Wilson
and his election viii be practically certain
Those who are tempted by the back to the farm
movement might well -sss5 notice that spring
plowing is now at its best.
- nIrn L.