Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-05
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'POLITICS-XH
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. JANIS B. NEXN

The failure OF the National House
0C Representatives to provide for a
standing committee on woman suf-
fragc is largely credited to the sin
cere hostility Of Representative
liardwlck, Of Georgia, to such an in
uov4tiOn.
The proposal, # seems, first vent to
the Committee on Rules, Of which Mr.
Hardw!ck is an influential member
and hat committee divided evenly on
favorable recommendation but
without the vote Of the gentleman
from Georgia. Mr. HardWick cast his
vote before a rule was reported. how
eyer. and he voted against the crea-
lion Of the rev committee thus
making II a practical certainly that
the issue on the floor of the House
could not be favorable TO those advo-
eating the proposed new committee
Mr.. Hardwick has deep seated con
VlCtions against woman suffra ge. and
no doubt his misgivings as 10 the
merits Of the same are shared by
many Of his constituents; a the same
time there are in Augusta, which is
In Mr. Hardwicks district, as well as
elsewhere in Georgia. a large number
Of persons who do believe. quite as
ardently as Mr.. Hardwick disbclieves.
in that very thing
Curiously enough, too. In the mat
ter Of woman suffrage. Mr.. HarlWick
and his Nemesis, the sage o ThOmp-
otherwise known as Thomas +.
WataOn-are in complete accord. Mr..
Watson has no patience whatever
with the votes for women idea.
1t isn't often that Hardwick and
Watson get together on anything, but
that they are ogether in this particu-
lar regard shows iconclusively that
they CAN get together, anyway,
The question of woman suffrage
never has become an acute issue in
Georgia. and the interest display in
II thus far is scattering. and. for the
most part. passive. At the same time
it is a fact that the question is com
ing more and more into the public
eye every day. and those who observe
political events closest in the State
are free i'm their predictions that II
will become an issue to be reCkoned
with sincerely before many more
years have passed Just as it has be-
come an issue-and a victorious is
sue, too-in very many States in
ether parts Of the Union
The Columbus Enquirer Sun notes
"A growing tendency in Georgia to OPP
pose capital punishment. and the OBJ
seryations Of the Columbus paper are
noted with measure Of cautious APP
prevail by The Augusta Chronicle.
The Enquirer Sun, in a recent is
sue. said.
Quite a good deal of discus
sion Is INDUCED in these days
concerning the abOli chmeut of
capital punishment. Sentiment
in favor Of doing so appears to
be growing. Many who formerly
believed that it should be inflict
ed upon persons guilty of certain
crimes. now take a different view.
They doubt whether or not men
have a right to make a law that
deprives man of his life.
A recent hanging in Gaines
vile furnishes an illustration of
the morbid curiosity of human
beings. There was n man who
had been condemned to death, A
thousand people left their daily
tasks and went to the scene in
order to witness the grewsome
spectacle of mans life being
taken. The inference is that they
took pleasure in seeing this man
die, else they would not have
been present.
Noting this, The Augusta Chronicle
comments after this fashion;
In Augusta when, in court, the
business of selecting a jury to
try capital case is entered
upon. numbers of men go Off"
for the reason that they are CON
scientiously opposed to capital