Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27


The Augusta Chronicle. newspa.
'er given usually to a sober, eonser.
'ative and fair view Of things, hal
lvidently been much impressed bs
ne showing recently made In the Ma
lonal Congress IN behalf Of woman
outrage, and its comments thereon
nay be taken as approximating tn
cal status Of that problem as 1t nov
itself 20 the South
Without entering SO much into ths
merits OF the points raised for and
IgalnEt woman suffrage. as Georgia
md the South views the proposition
phe Chronicle points cut some OF tbs
hings that must be overcome and
Idjusted before woman suffrage car
lope to become winning issue Ii
Dixie.
In part. The Chronicle says
"Ife Senate of the United
States as now constituted--and, it
may be safely said, as It viii be
constituted in the future--favors
woman suffrage. There is little
question that, II the negro prob
lem we're not involved, two-thirds
OF the Senate now favor votes for
women.
There is no MISLEADING the fact
that before five years have
elapsed the men Of the United
states must iinally pass upon wo-
man suffrage
But not through acceptance or
rejection Of an amendment 20 the
Federal Constitution. Instead.
through the Stale Legislatures.
The States 0ftfle South, com
fronted By their negro population.
are not going to vete for an
amendment giving the franchise
to l1egresses and probably dis
turbing the present status OF
votes for negro men. The West
ern States. with their Japanese
embarrassment will Join the
South in this.
States have their rights In this
matter. The women must 60 to
the States. They will not be ef-
fective In working for national
legislation along She lines OF
constitutional amendment"
The point The Ghraniele empha
ICES is that woman suffrage may
eubtless viii, indeed -beeone a pop-
Ilar Issue IN the South, in the event
Is made an issue to be fought euI
trictly inside the State, and NOT
rom the national viewpoint.
Undoubtedly the negro is the biz
tumhling block now In the way 81
woman suffrage In the Southland
Inevitably he must remain 50. II the
Iational viewpoint OF the question ii
0 be insisted upon uneompromss-
ngly.
Once make the question a State Is
ne strlctly, howeyer-and It Is alto,
ether likely that FIVE years. or ever
ess, will see fine and perhaps win
IinE fight over the problem righl
lere IN Georgia!
Already there are literally thou.
ands OF Georgians who believe hear.
liy and sincerely In the broad prin.
iple involved
The Cobb County Grand Jury rs.
emily condemned in nd uncerfai #
crins the Moss bill now pending II
ne Legislature to abolish Cobf
'ounty's present commissioner sys-
EN- Of public roads, ana heartily in
orsed the present system and its
york.
The macadamized pike road from
orth Of Aow0rth at the Bartow
'ounky line, through the center Of
Obj County to the Fulton County
nc, was reported completed, and Il
aid to be one Of the finest roads in
he State.
Senator William STANLEY Vests
maiden speech in the United states
enafe consisted Of exactly 81 words
From this, the pro- West contin-
ent IN Georgia Is arguing that the
ew Senator is to be "a good one
nd worthy Of his salary and SO
orth And there is this about that,
0o--the least said, the least TO take
ack. explain, or qualify back homes
IN the meantime, not q few Ga0r-
ians are beginning TO Inquire rather
nxiously, What ~ West going to dos
Colonel J. Lindsay johnson. Of
Tome, who has transferred his dip
omatic ambitions and affections
rom Shanghai to Uruguay, is in At
lnta.
Colonel johnson says Rome and all
forth Georgia Is preparing 10 pull afl
he biggest "home- coming week,
YER, when, with Mrs. Woodrow VII
on as the supreme guest Of honor
nd rhonne- comer,n that neiehbor
God in June viii be "at home" I'd
yerybody In general and to former
in participant
Mrs. Wilson was a schoolgirl n
tome, where for years her father, DR.
s. X. Arson, was the beloved PAS
Or OF the First Presbyterian Church
mefnoliaf tablet 10 his memory
dorns the church walls, where it-has
cen for twenty years or mora.
Rome is expecting many Thousand
lait0rs while this big home eomina
feek" is in full blast
Judge l.. S. Roam, OF the Court 81
is back from a short trip to
'lorida, where he went to recuperate
rom a slight nervous breakdown sus-
aimed q few months ago. He Is much
improved in health, and hopes to be
bic to continue his duties with the
curt without interruption from this
Ime forward
The Court OF Appeals Is hearing
rguments this week, and will be
eady with A new batch OF decisions
ortly-probably within the next day
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