The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

Mistur Edditur:
 Crate men have always had the
 privilege of changing theere
 minds. When a grave man does a flop that would dc credit to the feeding akrobat with Barnum and Bayly no rude commits air made exsept of corse by few of his leed- ing opponints for offis--but this a privilege only accorded the grate and the inflewensiaL An ordinary garden variety of a citizen has no bizness revursing himself. He is supposed to stay put for unless he does how the Sam Hill can the poly tisians figger on what is going to happen. Be this as it may, I want to announse that I have Topped. seldum do, but when l do flop l flop and leeve nuthing to be desired as to the absoloot thoroughness of the sed flop. l an not going to make enny apject apologies for doing so, I am not going into details as to my converslo1--I shall leeye the spessif- casions to the imaginasions of the plain pepul. But I have flopped and Hoped good and plenty-I may not be a g!ate statesman--theere air sum differences as to that, and my own opinion would probabully have to be
 
 I will let it pass. but enny how rite or rong l have changed by mind. am for votes for wimmin. l am for lots of votes for wimmin.
 Enny male persun in this republick who is not so blind that he couldn't see Pike's Peek at thurty paces must realize that times have changed; he must have inevtabully reeched the conclusion that wheethur it is with his consent or without it-that the wimmin air going to vote. If he has the brains with which the average Cooty is endowed he will hist himself aboard the band waggin and square himself as far as possibul with his wife, his muther-in-law and theere feemail relasions. If he is so lost and undun that he can't climb aboard sed waggin himself he ought to hire the local bonehed to kick him aboard with a pair of hob-nailed boots. He'll ascurtain that this will not be so painful and annoying as the remain dur of his existence if he continues in his blind and obnoxious opposision to the steem rollur The wmmin air going to vote; you sed it.
 Far be it from us to offur enny long ranged advise to the Tennisee Legislature. We would not presoom to attimpt to appeer in the role of dictatur to that boddy of prominint statesmen That Is a job for Guv- vernon Cox and Senatur Harding to tackle. But I may say in passing without the risk I trust of offuring gratuitus offinse that if the Tenni- see Legislature wants to consult me about it, I will freely give them my veews. I will frankly and candidly say to them that if they fail to make good on this grate issue that they air a much largur bunch of fatheds thar I at this time be ,e is possi- bui in spite of the record of the av- vcrage Legislature along this line.
 If a man is going to be shot at sun rise-unless sumthing happens-and that sumShing cums along in the way of an opportunity to him to sidestep gracefully and effectually and becum one of the shooturs in- stead of the shootee in the name of Sant Pawl. Mnnsotur, why should he hesitate? In one fell swoop he ieeps frum the unenviabul posision of the goat, to the honured guest and patryot It is alrite and entirely wurthy to resist if ones eonvictsions So dictate as long as theere is a 'chanse for the eegle of victory to perch upon your side-but when sed iegle and all its relasions air making side bets of ten to one on the oppo- sison it is time to pawse and use diplomacy. I tell you frankly Mistur Tennisee Legislature that the jig is up. A citizen of San Francisco mite as well try to stop one of thee justly celebrated erthquakes by throwing rocks at it. or dramatically holding out his hand and saying 'ceese' in rude and YocifferouS manner, as for your distinguished body to estop votes for wimmin by going down in histesy and oblivion and uther forrain substances by defeating the Anthony and Cleopatra amind- mint so trs Constitusion.
 On the uther hand you have the chanse of life time. You can make yourself solid with one half of your consistuinsY for the rest of your na-