Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

The Augusta Chronicle. d newspa.
per given usually to sober, eonser,
vative and fair view of things, hal
evidently been much impressed bs
the showing recently made in the Ma
tionai Congress In behalf Of woman
suffrage, and its comments thereon
may be taken as approxilnating tn
real status Of that problem as It nog
presents itself TO the South.
without entering SO much into TIL
merits OF the points raised for ant
against woman suffrage, as Georgi;
and sfhe South views the proposition
Inc Chronicle points ont some of hi
things that must be overcome ani
adjusted before woman suffrage cai
hope to become q winning issue Ii
Dixie.
IN part. The Chronicle says
The Senate Of the United
states as now constituted--and it4
may pc safely said, ais Il will Be
constituted in the future favors
woman suffrage. There is littis
question that, If the negro prob
lem were not involved, tsvo-fhfrda
Of the Senate now favor votes for
women.
There is no nistalSing the fact
that before five years have
elapsed the men Of the United
states must firally pass upon wo-
man suffrage.
But not through acceptauce Or
rejection Of an amendment to the
Federal Constitution. Instead,
through the State Legislatures.
The States OF the South, con-
rronted by their negro population,
are not going to vote for Rn
amendment giving the franchise
TO negresses and probably dis
turbing the present status OF
votes for negro men, The West
ern States with their Japanese
enlbarrassments. viii Join the
South in this.
States have their rights III this
matter The women must 10 to
the States. They win not be ef-
fective In working for national
legislation along the lines of
constitutional amendment
The point The Chronicle empha.
sizes is that woman suffrage may :
doubtless will, indeed--becor1e d nan.
ular issue in the South, in the even
II is made an issue to be fought OH
strictly inside the State. and NOT
from the national viewpoint.
Undoubtedly the negro rs the biz
stumbling block now In the way 81
woman suffrage In the South and
Inevitably he must remain SO, II the
national viewpoint of the question il
TO be insisted upon uncomprofnis
lngly.
Once roata t1,n ,,,e.4t.,. e,4.4
sue strictly, howeyer-and 1t ia alta.
gether likely that five years 81 ever
less, VIII see a fine and perhaps win.
ming fight over the problem righl
here in Georgia.
Already there are literally thou,
sands Of Georgians who believe hear.
thy and sincerely in the broad prin.
clple involved
The Cobb County Grand Jury re-.
Gently condemned IN no uncertair
terms the Moss bill now pending Ii
the Legislature to abolish Cobb
County's present commissioner sys.
TEN Of public roads, and heartily ID.
dorsed the present system and its
work.
The macadamized pike road from
north of Aeworth at the Bart6v
County line, through the center 81
Cobb County to the Fulton County
line, was reported completed, and Il
said 70 be one Of the finest roads ID
the State
Senator William Stanley West
maiden speech in the United States
Senate consisted Of exactly 81 words
From this, the pro- West contin.
gent In Georgia Is arguing that til,
new Senator is to be "a good one
and worthy Of HIS salary. and 81
forth. And there is this about that
.oo-the least said, the least ia taks
back, explain. or qualify back home!
In the meantime, not few Geor.
yians are beginning to inquire rather
anxiously, What 10 West going to do
Colonel ]. Lindsay johnson 81
Rome. who has transferred his din.
omatic ambitions and afection.
from Shanghaisto Uruguay, Is IN AZ.
anta.
Colonel Johnson says Rome and al
North Georgia is preparing to pull Of
the biggest homecoming week
over. when, with Mrs. Woodrow vii.
son as the supreme guest OF honol
and home conner, that neighbor.
hood in June viii be 'at home" 4
everybody in general and to formel
residents in particular
Mrs. Wilson was d schooIeirl II
Rome, where for years her father. Br
1 8. X. Arson. was the beloved pasl
,or of the First Presbyterian Church
A memorial tablet to his memors
adorns the church walls, where It ha.
been for twenty years or more.
Rome Is expecting many thousand
visitors while this big home conains
week" Is in full blast.
Judge L. S. Roam, OF the Court 81
Appeals, is back from short trip Il
where he went to recuperale
rom q slight nervous breakdown sus
aimed q few months ago. He is much
improved In health. and hopes to 81
lble to continue his duties with the
court without interruption from this
lime forward.
The Court OF Appeals Is hearing
arguments this week, and will Be
ready with a new batch Of decisions
shortly probably within the next day
1r so.
BlameS Well Babies