Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-10

iui vote and 1t is made up part.
~ Of the honest, but IJNCov-
WIN c d. UNAMERICANrzrn
IMMIGRANT and partly NJ ~.
olackguardly elements of tba
community.
is there anything in DR.. shav's
policy which will convince srd
convert these unthoughtful nor
sons? A little there NAV be b,,-
very little,sand so little that IN.
should be very reluctant to incr-
the risks involved in the policy
for the purpose of securing tba,
trif1ing gain.
| is there anything IN DIR. Shsws
policy which will change the con-
Vfct1ons of educated and thouebt-
full American citizens who bey.
discussed the question with
themselves and with their friends
and have decided to vote "Noq.
Clearly not; the spectacular
presentation in the courts and
from the prison of the formula
Taxation without representation
Is tyranny" will not succeed
where quiet argument has failed.
The Real Difficulty.
The immigrant is the real DIFF
fculty. Five years are no,
enough. He can not become an
American in so short a time. If
ne has come from country
where for uncounted centuries a
woman has been a beast OF bur-
den, where he has harnessed her
In cart, yoked her to plov
compelled her to bear his chill
dren, and Of his sovereign grace
permitted her to cook his meals
ne can not become an American
accepting the American view OF
| woman and learning the An,er
can attitude toward women. in
| five years
The nobIest of American WON
en-, women who have contributed
to the greatness of America, and
highly cultivated women, physi-
clans, lawyers, professors in the
colleges, teachers in the schools.
all the hosts OF charming, grace
ful American girls, the beauty
and the glory of our cities-all
these must stand before the new
citizen" begging for the vote!
Meanwhile, other such pros
pective citizens are being poured
upon our shores, a. million a year.
or thereabouts; and they, too.
have to be Americanized and
convinced,
An Endless Task.
1t Is an endless and heart
breaking task. But it has TO he
done 1t is being done. The good
work goes on. Suffrage IL com.
ing. 1t is coming for every State
In the Union. Men who are no
longer young may live to see IT,
And 1t will be a CHASTITY disap-
po1ntment, a fideous wrong, If
mistaken policy, inaugurated by
SO wise and brave a leader as Dr.
Shaw, should make the work still
more difficult and put back the
day of final victory.
For the danger of the course
suggested does not lie in this par
ticular act. There is no great
harm done il DR.. Shaw and few
more refuse to fill IN the SEIZED
ule and go to jail. If 1t were 10
stop there 1t would be nine
days wonderland that is all In
the nature OF the case, the re
sistance to law will go from one
thing to another, from the small
er to the greater, from bad to
worse
They Are Human.
Miitancy in England began
with nothing but the interruption
of speaker at a public meeting
with the question. What about
votes for women ," II has al
ready reached the stage Of in
cendiarism. dynamite outrage, at
tempted murder Blood has been
shed; lives have been lost; there
have been martyrs to the cause.
And worse Is yet to come No
body foresaw It; nobody dresme6
or it, nobody would have be
lIeved il was remotely within the
bounds OF possibility for quiet
gentle, law abiding English won
en-.
But there It IT, And however
sound and sane the leaders OF The
suffrage cause in America ma
be, they are human. They sre
Just as human as their sisters IN
England The hoodgates onr7
thrown open, no mortal car TEL
what the streams of lewlessnes'
may destroy. And suffrag'sts m
this country will do well 10 -
fuse to Join in a policy, no matte
how innocent looking the bfs
ming of IL, which. before
many years old, may he se.z''
upon by wild. ungovernahls arc
fanatic spirits who will bring dis
grace and ruin upon the causa