Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-10
By REV. CHARLES f. AKED. D.

I Is twice as large as tho thought.
rul vote, and 1t Is made up part.
ly Of the honest, but UNCoN.
VIM ED, N-rzpn
IMMIGRANT and partly Of IN.
olackguardly elements of IN.
community.
Is there anything in DR.. snsw,,
policy which. will convinoA and
convert these unthoughtful psn.
sonsf A little there may bs br
very little. and 40 little that ~.
should be very reluctant to snor
the risks involved In the potcx
Tor the purpose of securing tbs.
trifiing gain.
Is there anything IN DR.. Shawl
policy which will change the con.
vtctions OF educated and thought.
full American citizens who nav.
discussed the question with
Themselves and with their trendr
and have decided to vote MOP
Clearly not: tho spectaou,a,
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 dit-
f1culty Five years are not
enough. He can not become an
American in so short a time. II
he has come from a country
where for uncounted centuries A
woman has been a beast Of bur
den, where he has harnessed her
In a cart, yoked her to a plow,
compelled her to bear his chill
dren, and Of his sovereign grace
permitted her to cook his meals
he can not become an American,
accepting the American view Of
woman and learning the Ameri-
can attitude toward women, in
five years
The MODEST Of American wom-
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 tho hosts Of charming, grace
ful American girls, the beauty
and the glory OF our cfties-ail
these must stand before the new
citizen" begging for the votei
Meanwhile. other such pros
pective citizens are being poured
upon our shores. a million q year,
or thereabouts; and they, too,
have to be Amerioardzsd and
convinced
An Endless Task.
1t is an endless and q heart-
breaking task. But 1t has to be
done. It is being done. The good
work goes on. Suffrage rs com
ing. 1t is coming for every State
in the Union. Men who are no
longer young may i've to see It.
And 1t will be a ghastly disap-
pointment, a hideous wrong, Il
mistaken policy, tnaugurated 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 II DR. Shaw and a few
more refuse to fiji in the sched-
ule and go to Jail. II It were TO
stop there 1t would be a nine
| days wonderland that is all In
the nature of the case, the re-
sistance to law will go from ono
thing to another, from the small
er to the greater, from bad TO
| worse.
They Are Human.
Militancy in England began
with nothing but the interruption
OF a speaker at a public meeting
with the question, What about
votes for women" It has ALL
ready reached the stage Of l0-
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 dreamed
OF It; nobody would have be-
lieved 1t was remotely within the
bounds OF possibility for quiet
gentle, law-abidlng English won1'
en-.
But there II is And however
sound and sane the leaders OF inc
suffrage cause in America NAV
be, they are human. They are
Just as human as their sisters j"
England. The f1oodgates once
thrown open, no mortal can re-"
what the streams of lawlessn5ss
may destroy. And suffragist IN
this country will do well m re-
fuse to Join IN q policy, no nar''
how innocent looking the beg"
ming of It, which, before Z Is
many years old. NAV be selae.
upon by wild, ungovernabls ana
fanatic spirits who will bring dis