Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-13
BY JAMES q. NEVlN.

visit to Atlanta aroused so much gem
uine enthusiasm, is really a great
woman with a message more than
We'll worth listening to.
While she believes ardently and sin
cerely in the cause Of woman suffrage.
that is by no means her particular
hobby or the constant burden of her
song.
1t is. as matter Of fact, something
OF side Issue" with her, in so far
as anything can be a side issue" with
person of SO much force of char
acter and genuine effectiveness as
Miss Adams
Theodore Roosevelt has character
lied her as the "brainiest woman IN
the United States to-day. If not ia
the world--and even making all due
allowance for the former Presidents
well-known enthusiasm in behalf Of
any person or thing he admires, he
probably is not far from right,
The matter OF woman suffrage is in
its infancy In Georgia--indeed, no
where IN the South is there al pres
ent any great amount of rampant EN-
thusiasm for this cause. And yet there
is very much more enthusiasm than
there was a few years back-for to-
day nobody laughs at woman suffrage,
the idea, and still the day is not far
gone when the entire subject was
treated as a Joke in Dixie, and not a
very good joke at-that.
There are to-day hundreds OF the
best and most intelligent women in
Georgia who are ardent advocates of
woman suffrage. They are hesitat-
ing less and less TO come out into the
open and admit frankly a leaning in
that direction The matter OF votes
for women" addresses itself straight
to the intelligence and mature con-
sideratiOn not only Of the women
themselves. but Of the men. In the
ranks of the suffragists, even in the
South, may be found scores of the
most substantial and farseeing pro-
fessional and business men.
Miss Adams, as was to have been
expected, made a most favorable i'm
preston in Atlanta. She is really
great woman--with great ideas. She
handles herself convincingly, more
over Her visit to Atlanta was alto
gether timely and more than a few
people hope she will come again, and
often.
She always may feel assured OF a
genuinely cordial and appreciative
welcome.
Editor A. r. Dodson, of The
Buchanan Tribune. will be a candi-
date for the House from HARRISON.
Whether he will have opposition re-
mains to be seen. as nobody has an
nounced against him TO date.
Mr.. Dodson has been engaged in the
newspaper business in HARRISON for
seventeen years, and is one of the best
known weekly editors in the State.
He has been regarded as good legis-
lative timber for many years but
never before has considered the idea
Of becoming a candidate. He is
popular man. a gcod fighter, and like
ly will give a fine account of himself
when the day Of election comes
around
Dodson began at the bottom in his
profession and has worked his way
up entirely by his own efforts and by
his untiring industry and constant at
tention to business.
on March %, in Sparta, Carl Vim
son. of Baldwin County. former
Speaker Pro TEN of the House, VIII
open his campaign for Congress.
Mr. Vinson is a fine speaker and
the Sparta speech is to sound the
keynote of his campaign.
This race promises to be one of
the most interesting in the State. It
will determine a successor to Mr.
Hardwick, himself a candidate for the
United States Senate, and IL will he
fought out on the ground generally
contested bitterly and aggressively.
Former Solicitor Joseph Reynolds
of Augusta, has announced himself
a candidate for Mr. Hardwck's seat,
too, but so far has not promulgated
platform. He is expected to enter
soon into a determined fight for the
place, nevertheless.
Ii likely will be q month or two
yet before this campaign warns up
particularly, but eventually the dis
trict Is to be pretty thoroughly
"stumped" not only by candidates but
by many of their most eloquent and
persuasive friends and partiSans.
No race in the state will be watched
more earnestly than the forthcom
ing race in the Tenth.
Newspapers generally throughout
the nation have commented upon the
extraordinarily impressive and unus-
usl tribute OF respect and affection
shown for the late Senator Bacon
when his body rested under the big
dome Of the State Capitol in At
lanta for a few hours preceding his
funeral in Macon. Literally thou
sands visited the Capitol on that oc-
casion, not only TO pay last sad trib-
ute of respect TO the dead statesman,
but to be parties to the wonderful
tribute to his memory.
The thing that isn't generally
known and appreciated, however, is
that this wonderful tribute had its
inspiration in Governor Slaton, and
was more his work than auybody's.
The Governor conceived the idea of
having the dead Senator's body lie in
state in the Capitol, and wired 10
Washington rendering the use of the
Capitol for this purpose. II was i'm
mediately accepted with the magnifi-
cent result stated
But for the Governors thoughtful
ness and promptness, however the
marked tribute of respect to Senator
Bacon likely would not have been
made so evident
The weekly papers Of the Middle
| Judicial Circuit this week carry the
| formal announcement of Colonel
! Frank II. Saffold for judge of the
circuit, subject to the forthcoming
| primary.
Colonel Saffold Is one Of the States
most prominent jurists, and man of
wide acquaintance and influence, He
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