The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-14
SUFFRAGE WILL BE A. LIVE ISSUE BEFORE
 THE GEORGIA SOLONS
Is Already Figuring On Next Governors Race With Two Candidates
 Already In Field
By HENRY W. LAIRD.


 Atlanta, June -(Special)-Political outlook for the adoption of the suffrage amendment by the legislature which meets at the middle of this month. No- tions are pro and con, with a fairly general belief that it will mot be did A former member of the state senate and an astute politician told me the other day that he did not believe the amend ment would pass and he based his idea on what he knew of the men who make up the personnel of the two houses.
 There is, however, the utmost confi- dence on the part of the women, and they are laying down barrage that the leaders are going to find difficult to evade. In other words. it is going to be an open fight. with no dodging the is- Sue. and the man who opposes it is going to do so with full understanding of what he may expect in the future from the women and the votes they now and will control. To be frank. the ladies seem to have things in good shape, both as to the form of their leadership and the way they are carrying 1t out. And they are further heartened by the fact that they have in the two houses many strong men, who know the ways of legis- lation, to forward their cause. The amendment may not be adopted, but the opponents thereof will know they have had a fight when the ballot is over.
 It was suggested not long ago that Gov. Hugh Dorsey might be appointed to the federal bench in which event he would be eliminated as a possible con Senate held by Hoke Smith, The idea bore the suggestion that Senator Smith might be passive in this disposition of possible political opponent.
 I asked an oId-timer. a lawyer of Att lanta, what he thought of the gossip. ''No,' he said, Senator Smith would not do that, 1 am sure. I believe you will find him opposing the confirmation of the. governor if it should come to pass At the same time he wants to serve his full second term as governor, in which ser vice he has been wonderfully worth while to the state.''
 The impression is general that Shep- pard Bryan or Atlanta, former president of the Georgia Bar association, has the linside track for the judgeship when Judge W. T. Newman retires, he is expected to do in a short time. A re- cent act of Congress permits him to drop out with salary of s7500 year.
 The fact that Hugh Dorsey has made a satisfactory governor is conceded by the people generally. He has gone after many things for the good of the business interests of the state, and been so sue cessful that they turn to him in most of the movements that look to better ment in commerce, finance and indusry. Conditions have made it a position of enormous detail. so that he has had to work early and late to keep his head above the routine water
 Two men have announced for the po- sition next time, Speaker John Holder of the house and Attorney General Cliff fore. Walker. Holder is a newspaper man. 6, hard fighter and a good man. He is ambitious and well fixed financially. Walker has had more experience in state campaigns, however, and the race is go ing to be lively, if these two are repre- sentative of what is coming into it. That they are not all is conceded, but just who the others are is not yet mani fest.