Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
ne SUFFRAGE MEETING
MAKES MANY CONVERTS
To CAUSE IN ATLANTA

6,dsota leaders in the fight for
\ wan suffrage declared Thursday
A Me appearance Of Miss Jane Ad-
L. MES Stanley Mccormick and
1 j oA.t GERS Of the national associ-
4, AZ the Atlanta Theater We'd
4. 5av night had given the move
H. n Georgia the greatest impetus
lever has received.
srhsy we're enthusiastic over the
kephor given the noted visitors by
4 Atlanta audience. They also were
zcours gel by the spontaneous in
srssment of the movement which
4 crowd gave when called upon by
H. Adams to indicate by a rising
n. whether it favored suffrage for
bmer. and will push their fight
rder and with greater hopes of Ill
bate success,
1--we consider that bringing Miss
Hams and her party to Atlanta to
tbe people Of Georgia what woman
f~ge has done in other States
/. greatest thing we. have ever done
\ the movement" said a prominent
kal leader Thursday.
MANY Converts Gained.
we undoubtedly gained many con-
hts through their logical presenta-
H. NJ the case for woman suffrage,
i those who did not become en-
.usisstic indorsers of the movement
n the theater thinking-and when
len 20 to thinking about woman suf-
age half the battle is won."
DESPITE the rain, the theater was
lovded almost to the doors when
htornev Linton Hopkins, who pre-
bed as chairman, introduced the
Fst sneaker. Five of the most noted
|omen In the United States, who
i've been in the front rank of the
Mirage army since the movement
Ias started in the United States, told
early and logically why women
Ight to he allowed the ballot. They
Efre Miss Jane Adams. of Chicago,
bad of he famous Hull House Set
Iemqpt, Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, of
'hcago Mrs. Harriet Burton Laid
Vs. of New York; Miss Caroline
'autz- Reese, Of Greenwich, Conn,
bird vice president of the national
ssocation, and Miss Mary Ware
bennett. Of New York.
After the speaking Miss Adams
Billed for a rising vote on two ques-
Ions designed to determine the SEN
lment Of the crowd, asking all who
syored the submission of the ques-
lon to the voters and those who ia
orel the cause itself to rise. 1t
eemed as though every person in
he theater rose to his or her feet
Id the Endorsement appeared to be
nanimous.
One Lone Man "Anti."
But when Miss Adams called for
ldse who were opposed to woman
lfrage to rise, there was one lone
IAN. He was pathetic, lonely fig
re, and he didn't get all of the way
It OF his seat before he found that
! was all alone, and then he sat
,wn suddenly, panic stricken. Half
e crowd didn't even see him, but
iss Adams did, and lots of the At
nta suffragists did, and there were
Ills for the man to show himself so
.ope could know who he was and
e just what he looked like. But he
as too timid.
Miss Adams was the principal
eaker DIR Anna Howard Shaw,
esldent of the National Association,
DO was to have delivered the main
dress being unable to come to At
1ta 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
frage has had on the city of Chi
go
The women of Chicago" declared
lss Adams, tried for years to get
city officials of Chicago to inau-
rate needed reforms; we petitioned
Clty Council for things that the
ople needed. We were heard with
luSed tolerance, but were unheed-.