The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-06
7 WO PROMINENT
SUFFRAG|STS HERE
FOR THE CARNIVAL
ATLANTA LEADER IN MUNICH.
PAL SUFFRAGE FIGHT, AND A
MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS
SIGNAL UNION AT THE SAN
CARLOS.

Cul1L1s W1IO 10 ACIC Will AAG1 nASDoAA
for the carnival, thinks there is lit
tie doubt about it, and one feels quite
sure that whatever Mrs. Smith and
such workers as herself decide upon
in regard to the Georgia metropolis,
must inevitably come to pass, if they
bring to the work that eanestness
and enthusiasm on the suffrage sit
uation expressed by Mrs. Smith yes
terday afternoon at the San Carlos.
That they have brought to this work
these qualities which make for sue
cess is very evident, from the fact
that they are making such Roadway
as to have aroused the greatest
amount of interest, not only among
the women of Atlanta, but the men,
too, many of whom are dyed-in-the-
wool politicians, who have always
held suffrage in contempt.
Mrs. Smith is very young and very
pretty and very earnest. But she
has a keen sense of humor that bub
bled to the surface every now and
then, as she talked.
The women of Atlanta have taken
the city by storm, and have won over
to their cause women who were the
most out-and-out ants, and men who
were the most out-and-out political
opponents.
Mrs. Smith thinks a lot of Atlanta
men, if she is suffragist. Or per-
haps because she is a suffragist. For
suffragists who are earnest and in
formed, realize that the men who
think and who once give their sup
port to suffrage are the most ardent
advocates in the world. And then
men can vote.
Mrs. Smith is first president of
the Equal Suffrage Party, and is also
a member of the state campaign COM
mittee.
"There are three suffrage parties in
Georgia" she said, "and I am mem
Der of the organization of which Miss
Emily McDouglad is the head. Then
there is one, as you know, of which
Mrs. H. G. McLendon is president,
and Mrs. Walter Whiteside is presi-
dent of the third"
She laughed. "Don't think that Of
flee is a sinecure. 1t means work.
When Alderman Thompson told us
that if we could get the names of five
thousand Atlanta women signed to a
petition for municipal suffrage, he
would present it to the executive COM
mittee, we knew we had to work, but
we set out with such a will and be-
came so enthusiastic and received sc
much encouragement, that we decided
to also get the signature of ten thous.
and men, too. We set one month fol
the signatures of the women and a
the end of the month had completed
the list and had five Thousand of oul
ten thousand men.
| at meant a great deal of work
but we knew its Importance. Their
are thirty-eight men on the executive
committee, and these control the mat
ter of elections and ordinances, so w
felt, that our work must be made t
count. And it has.
"We have had some splendid womel
in Atlanta helping US in our fight
Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson of Colo
RADIO, Mrs. John Kenney of Tennessee
and Mrs. D. G. HORNE, whom Mr.
Gait sent south to help us campaign
II con my way to the bay today" sh
continued, 81 saw your suffrage res
room, and I shall be sure to stop an
meet some of your suffragists durin
the carnival.
| ''You know Florida Is very proud @
being the first southern state to hav
municipal suffrage. You have hear
of Felsmore, of course? p" I asked.
| Pensacola ought to have munic
pal suffrage, too" said Mrs. Smith.
Congressional Union.
The fact that there are leaders q
the two suffrage faction at the Sa
Carlos, is interesting. Mrs. Waite
, Wylie Carter was the second charte
- member of the Congressional Uniol
- of which Miss Alice Paul is the hea,
and wrote the first check that helpe
in the work for the union.
'T come south every winter" sh
said, sand usually go to South Flor
da. but life has been so strenucU
with me for the past year, and hay
had such severe attacks Of gripp
that my physician decided Il bett.
for me to come to a gutter spot.
I came to Pensacola" Her emphas
was Illuminating. at is far fro
quite herei' she laughed. 'Tl
carnival makes it very gay, it seen
to mer
'Tt has been a gay winter int
- polated. And then: 'rYou were
y Washington, suppose, if you are
member of the Congressional Unio
during the convention, and perhal
at the hearings"
Mrs. Carter is quite demure lookin
with soft black hair, simply parted
the middle, and soft deep brown eye
and manner that is withdrawn fro
- anv enthusiasm-at first.
But suddenly, at the question, h
face lighted, her glance quickens