Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
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BY JAMES 3. NEViN.

BY JAMES 3. NEVlN.
Miss Jane Adams, whose recent
visit TO Atlanta aroused so much gem
uine enthusiasm, is really "A great
| woman, with n message more than
We'll worth listening to.
While she believes ardently and sin
cerely in the cause OF woman suffrage,
that is by no means her particular
hobby or the constant burden Of her
song.
II is, as matter Of fact, something
Of a side issue" with her, in so far
as anything can be a side issue" with
a person Of so much force Of char
acter and genuine effectiveness as
! Miss Adams
Theodore Roosevelt has character
| lied her as the "brainiest woman in
! the United States to-day, If not in
| the woodland even making all due
| allowance for the former Presidents
| well-known enthusiasm in behalf OF
any person or thing he admires, he
| probably is not far from right,
The matter OF woman suffrage is in
its infancy in Georgia-indeed, no.
where IN the South is there at pres
ent any great amount OF rampant en-
| thusiasm for this cause. And yet there
is very much more enthusiasm than
| there was n few years back-for to-
| Gay nobody laughs at woman suffrage,
| however much one may dissent from
| the idea, and still the day is not far
gone when the entire subject was
! treated as a joke in Dixie, and not
very good joke, at that
There are to- day hundreds OF the
best and most intelligent women in
Georgia who are ardent advocates OF
woman suffrage. They are hesitat-
ing less and less to come out into the
open and admit frankly a leaning in
| that direction. The matter of votes
for women" addresses itself straight
to the intelligence and mature con-
sideration not only of the women
themselves, but of the men. In the
ranks of the suffragists, even in the
South, may be found scores of the
most substantial and farseeing pro-
fessional and business men.
Miss Adams, as was to have been
expected, made a most favorable i'm
preston in Atlanta. She Is really a
great woman-with great ideas She
handles herself conyincingly, more
over. Her visit to Atlanta was alto
gether timely. and more than a few
people hope she will come again, and
often.
She always may feel assured OF
genuinely cordial and appreciative
welcome.
Editor A. r. Dodson, OF The
Buchanan Tribune, will be a Candi
date for the House from HARRISON,
Whether he will have opposition re-
mains to be seen, as nobody has an
nounced against him to date.
Ne no III in ha
newspaper business in HARRISON for
| seventeen years, and is one Of the best
known weekly editors in the State.
He has been regarded as good legis-
lative timber for many years, bur
never before has considered the idea
of becoming a candidate. He is a
popular man, a gCoI fighter, and like
~ will give a fine account of himself
when the day of election comes
around.
Dodson began at the bottom in his
profession and has worked his way
up entirely by his own efforts and by
his untiring industry and constant at
tention To business.
on March %, in Sparta, Carl Vim
son, of Baldwin County, former
Speaker Pro Tenn OF the House. viii
open his campaign for Congress
Mr., Vinson is fine speaker. and
the Sparta speech is TO sound the
keynote OF his campaign.
This race promises to be one Of
the most interesting in the State. It
will determine a successor to Mr.
Hardwick. himself a candidate for the
United States Senate, and It will he
fought out on the ground generally
contested bitterly and aggressively
al. Igs
Of Augusta, has announced himself
candidate for Mr.. Hardwick's seat
too. but so far has not promulgated a
platform. He is expected to enter
soon into a determined night for the
place, nevertheless.
1t likely win be a month or two
yet before this campaign warns up
particularly, but eventually the dis
trict is TO be pretty thoroughly
"stumped,' not only by candidates hut
by many Of their most eloquent and
persuasive friends and partisans
No race in the state viii be watched
more earnestly than the forthcom-
ing race in the Tenth.
Newspapers generally throughout
/ the nation have commented upon the
| extraordinarily impressive and unus-
ual tribute of respect and affection
| shown for the late Senator Bacon
when his body rested under the big
| dome of the state Capitol In At
| lanta for few hours preceding his
| funeral in Macon Literally thou
sands visited the Capitol on that oc-
casion. not only TO pay a last sad trib-
! ute of respect TO the dead statesman.
| but to be parties to the wonderful
! tribute To his memory
The thing that isn't generally
known and appreciated, however, is
that this wonderful tribute had its
inspiration in Governor Slaton, and
| was more his work than auyhody's.
The Governor conceived the idea of
! having the dead Senator's body lie i'm
state in the Capitol. and wired to
! Washington rendering the use Of the
! Capitol for this purpose. II was inn
mediately accepted, with the magnifi-
cent result stated.
But for the Governors thoughtful
ness and promptness. however, the