Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12

s,,Isots leaders in the fight for
4 nam suffrage declared Thursday
4 .bs appearance of Miss Jane Ad-
L. Mrs. Stanley Mccormick and
4 a. a4icers of the national associ-
H. at the Atlanta Theater We'd
u day light had given the move
H. in Georgia the greatest impetus
lever has received.
rhev we're enthusiastic over the
k.ntior given the noted visitors by
4. Atlanta audience: They also were
4 oursged by the spontaneous in
Srsemept of the movement which
Il crowd gave when called upon by
IS Adams to indicate by a rising
4 . whether 1t favored suffrage for
.emen. and will push their fight
srder and with greater hopes of ul-
mate success.
1--we consider that bringing Miss
sdams and her party to Atlanta to
IA the people of Georgia what woman
atrage has done in other States
u greatest thing we have ever done
4 the movement" said prominent
.tal leader Thursday.
Manv Converts Gained.
I'VE undoubtedly gained many con-
hts through their logical presenta-
h. u the case for woman suffrage,
n those who did not become en-
s,Isiastic indorsers of the movement
"A the heater thinking-and when
h. 20 TO thinking about woman suf-
sgs half the battle is won"
HDespite the rain, the theater was
tbwded almost to the doors when
&tornev Linton Hopkins, who pre-
lbed as chairman, introduced the
b speaker Five of the most noted
.bmen in the United States, who
i've been in the front rank of the
Mirage army since the movement
IL started in the United States, told
'harly and logically why women
Aght to he allowed the ballot. They
aere Miss Jane Adams, of Chicago
&ad Of the famous Hull House Set
kment Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, OF
.hcago, Mrs. Harriet Burton Laid
H.. of New York; Miss Caroline
Alutz-Reese, Of Greenwich, Conn.
Aird vice president of the national
association, and Miss Mary Ware
Emmett, Of New York.
gAfter the speaking Miss Adams
Alled for rising vote on two ques-
Ibns designed to determine the SEN
Inent Of the crowd, asking all who
svored the submission of the ques-
b. to the voters and those who ia
bred the cause itself to rise. 1t
Remed as though every person in
De theater rose to his or her feet,
b the Endorsement appeared to be
hanimous.
One Lone Man "Anti."
But when Miss Adams called for
! lose who we're opposed to woman
bfrage to rise, there was one lone
IAN He was a pathetic, lonely fig
b and he didn't get all of the way
b of his seat before he found that
/ was all alone, and then he sat
pwn suddenly. panic stricken. Hall
be crowd didn't even see him, but
liss Adams did, and lots Of the At
lnta suffragists did, and there were
! lis for the man to show himself so
eople could know who he was and
b just what he looked like. But he
las too timid.
Miss Adams was the principal
peaker, DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
Resident Of the National Association,
'ho was to have delivered the main
odress. being unable to, come to At
lnia because of illness. Miss Ad-
BINS confined her remarks almost en-
fely to the work that has been done
Illinois and the effect that woman
Mirage has had on the city Of Chi
ago.
The women of Chicago" declared
ilss Adams, tried for years to get
le city officials Of Chicago to inau-
uiaie needed reforms: we petitioned
ne City Council for things that the
topie needed. We were heard with
unused tolerance, but were unheed-