Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01

CouitS COunCllS, Boards
OF Guardians, Town and CITY
Councils. Unmarried women NAV
be elected to these bodies: thew
may sit as City Councillors or
County Councillors; they NAV he
Aldermen; they may be Mayors
of cities.
In London marriage does M.
dlsqualify. How is this. as com
pared with the 80 States Of tbe
American Union which have moi
enfranchised their women2
one of the most efficient mem.
pers OF the City Council of Man
chester is Miss Margaret Ashton
Where is the woman member NJ
the Atlanta Board Of Aldermen?
women vote If they possess tha
qualification which entities ,,x,
10 vote. There is no such thing
as manhood suffrage in England
There are some millions of Brit
ISL men who have no vote. There
are innumerable "quaIifcations
nut-again broadly-what oual4-
hes man to vote is the fact thai
he is householder-not the FACT
that he is male person of adult
age. And British law does NOT al
low two votes for one "ul1aIifca-
tlon;" that is to say, the same
tenancy can not entitle two per
sons to vote. So, if the house is
In the name of the husband. he
has the vote. If it is in the name
of the wife, she has it.
In Scotland ownership, as well
as occupation, qualities. So thai
woman who owns house
bringing in an annual rental OF
94 (S2O) in counties and e1o
($50) in cities is enfranchised for
all the purposes 1 have named.
just as man is. Where is the
state in the Union, not having
yet enfranchlsed its women.
which comedies so much?
Who Will Say "Yes?"
Women can not vote for ths
election Of members Of Parlia-
ment. It is for this, the Parlia-
mentary franchise, that they ara
fighting. Thee might have been
voting to-day but for Mrs. Pank-
hurst and the militants. DR..
Anna Shaw regrets Mrs. Pank-
hurst's visit to this country, be
cause she believes that harm has
already been done by the violence
OF British militants to the cause
OF woman suffrage here. She be
Iieves that more and greater
harm may be done.
The militants began their work
more than seven years ago. What
have they gained? And what are
they likely to gain? Mr.. Il. V.
Lucas, in his "Mr Ingleside,7 rep
resents member OF Parliament
as suggesting mildly that women
who ''persecute and vilify and
assault statesmen are not pro
Viding the best credentials as re
sponsible electors" DR., Anna
Shaw is afraid that women here
who applaud them and find
money for them may impress
American men in the same way.
And this NJ. P, or Mr.. Lucas for
him, puts the objection clearly:
In my opinion-and you can
disregard it, for it is only the
opinion Of man-they had been
waiting splendidly, and were Just
beginning to reap the hrvest Of
their quiet efficiency and good
sense when the fruit was dashed
from their hanGs by the impa
tient high spirits Of the younger
faction-the Maenad Mslcontents.
shall | call them? [ know or
mothers who for years have
steadily been proving their right
to vote, whose own daughters,
fresh from school, have ruined
their chances for years to come"
And he wonders whether men.
after viewing the political aspi
rations Of women with suspicion
for all these centuries, will sud-
denly say:
well, they use dog-vhips
across the faces Of our rulers
very handily; they worry and an
noy our Prime Minister with e,-
traordinary persistence and skill
and do their best to ruin hig
health and nerves; they throw
stones with unexpected accuracy
We are now satisfied. They shall
have the vote tomorrow: these
are exactly the kind Of people to
elect representatives wisely"
Do the American women who
are finding money for British
m'litants honestly believe this Is
what American men will say In
the NOM suffrage States when
they are asked to vote Yes on
q constitutional amendment