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

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The Augusta Chronicle, a newspa.
per given usually to sober, consers
vative and fair view OF things. hal
evidently been much impressed BY
the showing recently made in the Ma.
tional Congress in behalf of woman
suffrage, and its comments thereon
may be taken as approximating the
real status Of that problem as 1t now
presents itself to the South.
Without entering SO much into the
merits OF the points raised for and
against woman suffrage, as Georgia
and the South views the proposition
The Chronicle points out some Of ths
things that must be overcome and
adjusted before woman suffrage car
hope to become a winning issue II
Dixie.
In part. The Chronicle says:
"The Senate of the United
states as now constituted--and 1t
may be safely said, as it win be
constituted in the future-favors
woman suffrage. There is little
question that, IL the negro prob
lem were not involved, two thirds
Of the Senate now favor votes for
women.
There Is no mistalsing the fact
that before five years have
elapsed the men OF the United
States must finally pass upon wo-
man suffrage.
But not through acceptance or
rejection Of an amendment to the
Federal Constitution Instead,
through the State Legislatures.
The States OF the South, con-
fronted by their negro population.
are not going to vote for an
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
embarrassment, will join tho
South In this.
States have their rights In this
matter. The women must 20 to
the States. They viii not be ef-
fective In working for national
legislation along the lines Of q
constitutional amendment
The point The Chronicle empha.
sizes Is that woman suffrage may
doubtless will, indeed--become & pop.
nlar issue In the South, IN the even
II Is made an issue to be fought ou
strictly inside the State and NOT
from the national viewpoint.
Undoubtedly the negro is the BIZ
stumbling block now in the way Of
woman suffrage in the Southland
inevitably he must remain so, II tn,
national viewpoint of the question /,
to be Insisted upon uncompromis-
ingly,
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sue strictly, however--and 1t Is alto
gether likely that five years. OF ever
less, viii see a fine and perhaps win,
ming fight over the problem RICH
here in Georgia.
Already there are literally thou
sands Of Georgians who believe hear
tiiy and sincerely In the broad prin
ciple involved.
The Cobb County Grand Jury re.
Gently condemned In no uncertais
terms the Moss bill now pending II
the Legislature to abolish Cob
County's present commissioner sms.
tenn Of, public roads, and heartily III.
dorsed the present system and III
work.
The maeadamized pike road from
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County line, through the center 81
Cobb County to the Fulton Count,
line, was reported completed. and i,
said to be one OF the finest roads ii
the State
Senator William Stanley West.
maiden speech in the United State.
Senate consisted Of exactly 21 words
From this. the pro- West contin-
gent in Georgia is arguing that tn,
new Senator Is to be "a good one
and worthy Of his salary. and Sc
forth. And there Is this about that
too--the least said, the least to taks
back, explain, or qualify back homel
In the meantime. not q few Geor.
CLANS are beginning 70 inquire rather
anxiously, What - West going to do
Colonel ]. Lindsay johnson d
Rome, who has transferred his dip
lomatic ambitions and Affection
from Shanghai to Uruguay, is in At
lanta.
Colonel Johnson says Rome and al
North Georgia IL preparing TO pull of
the biggest "home- coming week
ever, when, with Mrs Woodrow vii
son as the supreme guest Of homo
and 'home-con1er," that neighbcr
hood in June viii be "at home" Il
everybody In general and to forYnei
residents in particular
Mrs. Wilson was a schoolgirl Il
Rome, where for years her father. Or
LIS, X. Arson. was the beloved pas
tor OF the First Presbyterian Church
A memorial tablet to his memor,
adorns the church walls, where 1t hal
been for twenty years or more.
Rome is expecting many thousand
visitors while this big home cominf
week" Is in full blast
Judge J.. S. Roam, OF the Court 81
Appeals, is back from a short trip ID
Florida, where he went to recuperatg
from slight nervous breakdown sus
tanned a few months ago. He is much
improved In health, and hopes to BIZ
able to continue his duties with the
court without interruption from this
time forward.
The Court OF Appeals is hearing
arguments this week, and viii be
ready with A Jew batch OF decisions
shortly probably within the next DAY
or so.
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