Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-13
A SUFFRAGE MEETING
Makes MANY CONVERTS
TO CAUSE IN ATLANTA

4tarta joaders in the fight for
,sr suffrage declared Thursday
II tbs anpearGnce of Miss Jane Ad-
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick and
b. oA. GERS of the national ascot
4 ar the Atlanta Theater We'd
sdsv night had given the move
"A in Georgia the greatest impetus
,yer has received.
#hev we're enthusiastic over the
sntjon given the noted visitors by
j Atlanta audience. They also were
.oursged by the spontaneous in
,semenl of the movement which
4 crowd gave when called upon by
Ia Adams TO Indicate by rising
N whether it favored suffrage for
me-. and will push their fight
,sder and with greater hopes of I'LL
be success.
fNe consider that bringing Miss
hans and her party to Atlanta to
il the people of Georgia what woman
|#raeg has done in other States
4 greatest thing we have ever done
i the movement" said prominent
a leader Thursday.
MANY Converts Gained.
i've undoubtedly gained many con-
b. through their logical presenta-
i of the case for woman suffrage,
i those who did not become en-
#siastic indorsers of the movement
i the theater thinking-and when
a 20 10 thinking about woman suf-
Re half the battle is won"
bespite the rain, the theater was
Swded almost to the doors when
Aornav Linton Hopkins, who pre-
~ as chairman, introduced the
n sneaker Five ef>the most noted
snen I'm the United States, who
1 e been in the front rank of the
.krage army since the movement
Il started in the United States, told
ksry and logically why women
hi to be allowed the ballot. They
H. Miss Jane Adams, of Chicago,
HI of the famous Hull House Set
Smert. Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, of
kieago. Mrs. Harriet Burton Laid
II Of New York; Miss Caroline
but Reese, of Greenwich, Conn,
ard vice president of the national
6oeation and Miss Mary Ware
knnett, Of New York.
kfter the speaking Miss Adams
eled for a rising vote on two ques-
ins designed to determine the SEN
hent Of the crowd, asking all who
kored the submission of the ques-
n to the voters and those who ia
bed the cause itself to rise. 1t
kmed as though every person in
L theater rose to his or her feet,
u the Endorsement appeared to be
luminous.
One Lone Man "Anti."
But when Miss Adams called for
nse who were opposed to woman
Ifrage to rise, there. was one lone
Rn. He was a pathetic, lonely fig
+, and he didn't get all of the way
/ Of his seat before he found that
was all alone, and then he sat
wn suddenly, panic stricken. Half
6 crowd didn't even see him, but
lss Adams did, and lots of the At
nta suffragists did, and there were
lis for the man to show himself so
ople could know who he was and
2 just what he looked like. But he
Is too timid.
Miss Adams was the principal
eaker, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
esllent or the National Association,
10 was to have delivered the main
dress, being unable to come to At
lta because of illness. Miss Ad-
ms confined her remarks almost en-
ely to the work that has been done
Illinois and the effect that woman
rrage has had on the city of Chi
60.
The women of Chicago" declared
ss Adams, tried for years to get
city officials of Chicago to inau-
rae needed reforms; we petitioned
city Council for things that the
op.e needed. We were heard with
lused tolerance, but were unheed-