Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-25
A MIsCHIEVoUs STAND

1t is truly disappointing that Sumter county's rep
resentatves in the Georgia assemby-Messrs Pace and
Zimmerman in the house and Brooks in the senate
should have 1aiIed utterly, when the test came to
measure up of big minds and hearts the 1ucs
ton of national suffrage, and should nave cast
their votes against ratification of the federal amend
ment even though that the popular thing to do
1t is likely that no one will accuse any of these men
Of voting as they did except either their convc
ton that they voting correctly that their con-
stituents against the measure However that may
be- every one of them cast a vote AGAINST GEORGIA
AND THE SOUTH. And they had been told enough
times in advance have known it before the vote
taken.
These men may tell you-probably every one of the
three w-hat they are for suffrage by right,
but not by federal amendment Tommyrot The record
is not at hand but it is pretty safe wager that they
all voted year FOR ratification of the federal pro-
hibition amendment question fully much involving
states rights as the suffrage question
They may tell you they fear the question; that
the Anthony amendment will enfranchise the negro
men of the South Tommyrot The Anthony amendment
contains exactly the same wording regards enforce
ment as the 18th amendment which enfranchised the
negro of the nation, and the white has kept
the South white mans country. But they probably
will NOT tell you that to enfranchise the of the
South would actually INCREASE the preponderance
of white from 1799,585 the present figure to 81,
343, 057 which it would be with Southern women vot-
ing.
These have cast their votes to deny their
wives mothers sisters and daughters privileges and
rights of participation in the and the making
of the laws to which they subject which not
denied to any negro of ordinary intelligence who
pays his taxes.
This action by the Georgia assembly is laden with
mischief for Georgia and the South Georgia the first
state in the union to refuse to ratfy the Anthony
amendment National party leaders pleaded for ratifi
cation for action at ALL because of the i'll effect
defeat of the would have in the coming ma
tional campaign. And it readily be seen how dan
gerous such action taken will be to the South
and the Democratic party, with millions of of
the North-and women hold party lines less sacred
than men-voting in national election in which the
Democratic party, through its historic strength in the
South is vitality interested Maybe these millions of
voters will do with the party that has shown them
little consideration in the South More likely they
will not.
Equal suffrage is not especially popular in Geor-
ga just But in that respect Georgia is just that
far behind the procession in thought ideals and
But Georgia is coming just surely equal suffrage
whether We want it not. Some of these days the
white of Georgia will be voting along With Sher
sisters who have that privilege other states and
will begin to wonder why it any other way,
md IN will IN
state assemblies, in which were too many members who
We're either unprogressve in thought lacked the
age to vote their convictions.