Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-18
NO WOMEN LAWYERS FOR GEoR-
CHA

According to the latest declarations
of the Georgia Bar association, we can
not tolerate women lawyers any more
in this old Empire State Of the South,
but. thanks be to the Giver, such
declarations are, like the declarations
on the subject of slavery, 'befo' de
wah!"
have heard speeches defining the
slavery status. in which smart men
were absolutely certain that slavery
was here TO stay, because slavery was
a divine institution, recognized by the
Bible and the natural condition OF the
African race.
It made these smart Alexis. very an
CRY to differ with them. You were
cooIly admonished to educate yourself
and follow your leaders!
But. "allee samee," the slavery ques-
ton was settled in spite of such tor
rents Of argument, and ii does seem
queer that we did not see the end from
the beginning before the deiuge was
on us.
1t is Just the same old error, Illus
trated by this woman question Women
are going to vote before long and then
women lawyers will be as common
among us as women doctors. That
there will be some sorry lawyers
among women goes without saying but
they will not be more common than
sorry men lawyers are known to be.
1t makes me tired to hear. dogmatists
talk about what will be and what won't
be in this free country of ours, as If
the world was pushed along by their
efforts and in their own ways.
God reigns and progress marches
along to a recognized plan and princi-
pie of omniscience, and if these wise
-
years or more they wound see that
their DEGREES are brutem fulmen, and
only indicative of their own assumacy
and / may say, impudence.
Women lawyers are coming, and
don't you forget it!
RICH MEN TO RULE US. POOR
MEN ARE INELIGIBLE.
I may be a pessimlst--grown into
an old fogy-or you may think l nave
a crouch (but / haven'D-when 1 say
to YOU in all candor and frankness,
that the money part of politics has
become very alarming to me.
We are gravely told that men com
bine together, pledge much money
sign for certain amounts and put ror-
ward candidates for governor, ETC.,
with thousands OF dollars thus staked
on the final result.
II their man wins IL means TO them
gain in profit and power, and with
much money it means fierce EFFORT TO
what all hazards.
No poor man can expect TO serve the
people or Georgia-any more-in the
governors chair, and it simply stands
Tor rule or ruin-to a candidate, Tor
that nigh office. when he enters the
race squarely.
Just as I know that mammon in the
church will ruin the spiritual power or
the pulpit and the pew, so do 1 under
stand that fought offices Will eventual
" merge into tyranny and the corrup-'
ton of our citizenship. The evil is so
gIaring that IL speaks for itself. The
man who is elected by pledged money
will belong to his hackers, nothing
palmer, and this means the purchase OF
offices. both great and small, until
the hackers get their money back.
And the old south will be merged
into a new south, where money does
the work and the story OF old Rome's
decline and fall will be repeated in
the old south where ability and rec
titude once went together hand in
hand.
I hate 10 believe that shall leave
old Georgia, so much worse than 1
found IL three-quarters OF a century
ago, but you may write IL down In
your ledger that the glory has de
parted when our elections are based
and built on money. 1t was a tragic
revelation when a gubernatorial candi-
date had TO get down and out because
his hackers went back on their signed
contracts.