Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05

By refusing the perfectly reasonable
/ request, Iegitimately entered. Of GER
tain advocates Of woman suffrage in
| Georgia that they be permitted to
use the Senate chamber for a meet
ing, at time definitely sure not to
conflict with any bushes of the Sen
ate, 1t is extremely doubtful whether
the Senate has covered itself with
any amazing amount Of glory or
/ erected a perpetual monument to its
common sense.
That is the way a great many peo-
pie appear to view the matter, any
way!
Moreover. IL the Senate is opposed
10 woman suffrage. which It is agreed
all around it has a right to be, it
doubtless has helped the cause rather
| than injured it in Georgia by refus-
Ing the request noted.
Woman suffrage may not be popu-
lar in Georgia-on the contrary, 1t
may be more popular than some folks
imagine-but certainly its advocates
thus far working in the open are
women Of extraordinary intelligence
and marked conservatism of action.
To deny them a request that would
have been granted, readily enough, to
the State Democratic executive com
mittee say, is not particularly con
vincing in the minds Of some people
| that woman suffrage is either an err
ror or a monstrous wrong.
To be sure, the women may hold
their meeting elsewhere, but in view
of the fact that all sorts of political
meetings have been permitted in the
Senate GRANDDAUGHTER is a public
place-and all sorts of people per-
mitted to speak therein, in season
and out, the needless turning down Of
a handful Of women, DESTROYS of hold
| ing a welfare meeting in hehalf of
| their own organization. seems to
| have been rather out of place, If not
absolutely cheap
! The Senate of Georgia before this
| time, however, has strained at gnats
only to swallow camels subsequently.
! II appears that the present Senate
! that II could do that Old act itself, If
| occasion seemed to require the per
| Torrance.
! 1t is the opinion OF a number of
people that the Senate's refusal OF
/ the request of the women involved
/ was extremely ungracious, to say the
| least of it!
Il should be borne in mind that
] tgr.., No. /,
/ Representative Browning, of the new
/ counties of Wheeler and Bleckley, re-
| spectively, were expelled from the
1 House.
Both gentlemen had been sworn
i'm. but that fact did not make them
members de iure of the House, neces-
sarily The constitutionality Of their
titles to their seats was raised and
sustained by the House and their
seats therefore were declared vacant,
or. rather, their seats We're declared
never to have existed.
Both gentlemen are very popular,
and are citizens of the very highest
/ integrity and standing. Indeed, as a
purely personal matter, the DISPOSE
! ton Of the House undoubtedly was to
| seat them. However, the House, after
/ thrashing the matter out exhaustive
! ly, decided that the law plainly was
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acted accordingly.
Discussing this matter to-day Rep
resentative Hardeman, who made
speech denying the right of the gen
/ tlemen TO their seats, said it is a
tribute to the patriotism and genuine
| worth Of the House that it acted as
it did in this matter, despite its heavy
personal inclination to vote otherwise
MY own vote was embarrassing, in a
| way hated to vote against these
two splendid men. but | could not
afford to do that which | feared would
Legislature. and SO | voted as l did
81 think the George House Of this
year may be depended upon to do the
right thing in all matters. judging
10y the way it acted in this very try
ing situation
Close behind the introduction of a
bill in the Georgia Senate by Hon J.
l., Sweat, Of the Fifth District, Way
cross will organize for a determined
campaign i'm favor of extending the
State road to the sea, via Waycross
Right-of-way through Ware has
been pledged, and the county Convicts