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cljc jAtlaiila Souvaal VOL. XXII. NO. 123. GOVERNOR OFFERS NEW EVIDENCE OF ■1 CORRUPTION FUND Senator Reed Cross-Ques tions Republican Treasur er Upham and Uncovers Huge ‘Loan’ of Committee COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 31.—Gov ernor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, in a statement today de clared as “absolutely untrue and false” statements attributed to Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, before the sen ate sub-committee investigating cam i • paign expenditures, that it was not the policy of the Republican com mittee to obtain contributions in ex cess of one thousand dollars. Governor Cox again referred to What purported to be an official doc ument issued by the Republican com mittee to prove his assertion. The document referred to by the gov ernor is alleged to have been issued two days after Senator Harding’s nomination at Chicago, by Treasurer Upham. The document, Governor Cox said, ■howed by its preface that subscrip tions were to be sought in excess of $5,000, that the “quota" should be sold, and that a minimum of three hundred thousand dollars was to be sought in cities the size of St. Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. “Contrasting this official docu ment from the Republican national headquarters,” Governor Cox said, “with the statement Mr. Hays yes terday made under oath, I cannot believe a single word he says on the subject. That he has been caught in his own trap is evident.” The governor declared that all State chairmen should be summoned by the committee to bring all docu ments relating to money raising with them. “The spotlight should be thrown on the activities of all political parties and it should be kept there intensely until election day,” he added. “Enough is known now, through records from Mr. Hays’ j headquar ters. to convince the public that as the head! of a great organization he has deceived the public and 'at an official hearing defied the truth.” UPHAM DENIES “QUOTA” CHARGES OF GOV. COX CHICAGO. Aug. 31.—Denial under oath that he had ever seen, heard of or ordered made up the list of cam paign quoias assigned to various cities as charged by Governor Cox in the latter’s recent speech at Pitts burg, was made today by Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee, in testimony be fore the senatorial committee in vestigating campaign expenses. Chairman Kenyon of the committee, Called attention to the list, saying it totalled more than $8,030,000. “The ifrst time 1 ever saw the list Was in the newspapers the day after the Cox speech,” said Mr. Upham. "Furthermore, no one in my office made up such a list with my knowl edge or consent.” Mr. Upham, under cross-examina tion by Senator Reed, admitted bor rowing $700,000 from Congressional Committees, which was additional to the budget estimated yesterday by Chairman Will Hays. Mr. Upham denied flatly that the Official bulletins issued from his of fice to field workers engaged in rais j Ing the Tiepublican campaign fund. Were secret' or conselled secrecy. He pointed out that the only pro hibition in that respect referred to publishing lists of contributors in local newspapers. “Such a list was publishde in one City,” he said, “and several persons objected to seeing their names in print.” College Park and Hapeville Censuses Announced by Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. —The •tate- of Maryland has $1,4 49,610, an increase of 154,204 or 11.9 per cent, * the census bureau today reported. Other figures: State of Massachusetts 3,851,615, increase 485,199, or 14.4 per cent. Suffolk county. Mass., conta'ining Boston, 835,522, incease 104,134, or *14.2 per cent. Bexar county, ' Tex., containing San Antonio, 202,096, increase 82,420, or 68.9 per cent. Winnsboro, S. C., 1,822; Tunica, Hiss., 955; Collierville, Tenn., 989. Georgia places: Lavonia, 1,644; Royston, 1,681; College Park, 3,622; Hapeville, 1,631; Greensboro, 2,128; Union Point, 1,126; Hartwell, 2.323; Mancha;,T7 - Barnesville, 3,- 059; Riciiunt, 1,529; Lumpkin, 934. San Antonio, Tex. (revised), 161,- 879. Previously announced, 161,308. ? Bcsiop, 'Mass. (revised), 748,060. Previous. ,r announced, 747.923. CELLSTAILORdViADE’ I SUITS FOR SIB.OO The Lincoln Woolen Mills, Division 515, Chicago. 111., will any in- teres - i .eader of this paper (with out charge, a bool: of high grade cloth samples in many diffe.ent col ors and patterns. Tneir prices are extremely low and you will find it to your advantage to send for this Fee book and compare their prices With ethers before you o:der new clothes. An example of their values is a ct-raoie and attractive, smooth finished worsted at $lB for a three piece suit, worth at least S3O at retail. Another big bargain is their heavyweight, pure Aust alian virgin wool blu f ’ serge on which they gu:ir r e -o rr.ve you not less than S3O. fine company is large and reliable. All garments are sen{ cn approval. Money will be returned any time customer is not well pleased. If ,interested, write them today for their latest price list. self-measuring charts and free book., , Forrest Adair Replies To Governor Dorsey on His Hospital I 7 eto En Route to New York. EDITOR of The Journal: I notice Governor Dorsey is using my name in his speeches and says I “dug up ’against him” the veto of the bill relieving the Home for the Friendless, Home for the Incurables and Hospital for Crippled Children from inheritance tax on the Albert Steiner legacies. I “admit digging it up” and it was pretty low. lie vetoed the bill before the legislature adjourned, but it was almost a week after adjournment before the public knew of it. He stated he had an opinion of the attorney general that the’ bill was unconstitutional. Why doesn’t he publish that opinion with citations of authorities. The best lawyers in Georgia say it is constitutional, and cite supreme court decisions to prove it. If there was any honest doubt in his mind, why did he usurp the prerogative of the supreme court? Why didn’t he give the court a chance to pass on its constitutionality? •Why veto this bill which takes money from the “Friendless,” “Incurables” and “Cripples?” Another thing, in passing, ask him if any lawyer or firm of lawyers in Atlanta appointed by his administration will claim or be paid by the state a fee or commission (a la Tobacco Tax) for collecting the tax from these Friendless, Incurables and Cripples. If he answers “Yes,” please ask him to give the name of this lawyer or firm. The United States Congress amended its inheritance bill and made it retroactive. The policy has always been to encourage men who are chari tably inclined to leave legacies to such institutions, not to penal ize them. Respectfully, FORREST ADAIR. Hoke Smith Headquarters Riddles Constitution Clainr Os Dorsey’s Press Support Several of “Dorsey Papers’’ Are Supporting the Sena tor, at Least 18 Are’ Neu tral and Only 46 Respond 'ed to Recent “Poll’’ Hoke Smith headquarters was greatly amused Tuesday over the publication in the Atlanta Constitu tion of a newspaper directory of Georgia papers claiming that 107 papers were supporting Governor Dorsey. Attention was called to the fact that although the Constitution claims 107 papers for Governor Dorsey, in its newspaper poll on the senate race published Monday, it .was only able to quote from forty-six newspapers and of these six were supporting Senator Smith. It was also inter esting to note that three of the, pa pers’ listed Tuesday morning by the Constitution as supporters of Gover nor Dorsey are actively supporting Senator Smith. These papers are the Walton News, the Sylavania Tele phone and the Jesup Sentinel. The views of the Sylvania Telephone are set forth in an editorial in another column of The Journal today. It was also an interesting fact that one paper listed a ssupporting Governor Dorsey suspended publica tion before the governor entered the race. This paper is the Cordele Sen tinel. Papers Wrongly Classified Wednesday also brought a deulge of proof that the Constitution’s list of Dorsey papers had misrepresented the attitude of the Georgia press on the senatorial race. Prominent among the editors who flatly denied that they belonged in the Dorsey column were Jow Law rence of the Wiregress Farmer; R. B. Moore, of the Union Recorder, of Milledgeville, and Johnny Jones, of the LaGrange Reporter. Editor Law rence telegraphed that his paper is ooth and nail” for Hoke Smith. Editor Moore used the long-distance telephone to say his paper had taken no stand whatever, but that he was personally supporting the senator. The LaGrange Reporter on its front page Tuesday declared that it was supporting no camfidate in any race, not even its own editor, who is run ning for the legislature. Iloke Smith headquarters further cited the case of other prominent Georgia papers that the Constitution claimed for Dorsey, but which are strongly urging the re-election of Senator Smith. Since the publication of twenty nine daily and weekly papers sup porting the senator, the following newspapers have been added to the list of Hoke Smith supporters: Elbert County Times, Sylvania Telephone, Crawfordville Advocate - Democrat, the Ashburn Wiregrass Farmer, the Doerun Courier and the Campbell News. Doubtless there are- many others that will be heard from, but no paper is counted for Senator Smith until a copy of the paper is received with an editorial urging the senator’s re-election, , The Carroll County Times tVas listed by the Constitution as sup porting Governor Dorsey, but Tues day morning Editor J, J. Thomas son told The Journal over the long distance phone that the claim was false and that the Carroll County Times was not supporting the gov ernor. Marvin M. Dickinson, owner of the LaGrange Graphic, another paper claimed by the Constitution as a Dorsey supporter, telephoned to Hoke Smith headquarters that the Graphic was, in favor of Senator Smith. C. B. Ayers, editor of the Daniels ville Monitor, stated to The Journal on Tuesday morning over the long distance telephone that the position of his paper had been misrepresent ed by the Atlanta Constitution with reference to the senatorial race. He declared that the Danielsville Moni tor has maintained and still main tains an absolutely neutral position and has made no expression of opin ion in support of or in opposition to any candidate in the contest. But the most interesting feature of the Constitution’s claim is that at least seventeen newspapers listed as supporters of Governor Dorsey have had no editorial expression qn the senatorial campaign whatever. If they are supporting Governor Dor sey, they certainly have concealed it from their readers. These papers that have remained neutral in the campaign thus far, but claimed by the Constitution as supporting Gov ernor Dorsey are: Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, Cuth bert Leader, Dawson New?-, Butler Herald, Ashburn Wiregras* Farmer, LaGrange Reporter, Henry County Weekly, Covington News, Decatur New Era, Cartersville News-Tribune, Chatsworth Times, Marietta Journal, Eatonton Messenger, Hartwell Sun, Lavonia Times and Gauge, Telfair Enterprise, Rome News. Comrnorca Hews’ “Support.” One of the papers listed by The Constitution as supporting Governor Dorsey is the Comnjeree News. This may. be correct, but the latest ex- (Continued on Page 6, Column 3) simmiM UECOfIISIOEUED BV TEffSSEE HOUSE Conflicting Views Are Held ) by Leaders as to Probable Effect of Action Tuesday HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 1. —The Connecticut legislature, ,on special call of Governor Holcomb, will con vene here September 14. The call originally was intended to consider measures for handling registration and balloting of women voters, but if ratification of the suf frage amendment by Tennessee still is undetermined at that time, it was believed suffragists would endeavor to make the first action of the legis lature ratification so as to place the amendment beyond any legal en tanglement. TENNESSEE RECONSIDERS ITS ACTION ON SUFFRAGE NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. I. Conflicting views were held today by leaders in the Tennessee legislature as to the probable effect of the house’s action yesterday in expung ing from its journal all record of rat ification of the federal amendment and voting not to concur with the senate in ratifying the amendment A number of the members of the legislature and state officials ex pressed the opinion that legality of Tennessee ratification would be de cided not on the action taken by the house yesterday but on the record certified by Governor Roberts to Washington. Governor Roberts de clined to comment on the situation while State’s Attorney General Thompson expressed the belief tha* reconsideration pf the ratification resolution was impossible since it had been adopted by both the house and .seriate and their action already had been certified to Secretary of State Colby. Anti-suffragists refuse to say whether an attempt would be made to have the senate reconsider its rat ification vote also. After voting to expunge record of ratification from the journal the house voted 47 to 24 to non-cor.cur with the senate’s action in approving the amendment. Twenty house mem bers did not vote. Early this morning qhe leading op ponents of ratification of the suf frage resolution by the extra session of-'the Tennessee legislature had not held a conference to discuss the ac tion of the house Tuesday. Judge Joseph Higgins, presi dent of the Tennessee Constitutional league, said this morning that the effect of the house’s action was to reject the suffrage amendment, as it was the contention of the anti ratificationists that the motion o reconsider the house’s original ac tion was still pending, and that when the house finally did get down to a vote on the resolution, it recon sidered its former action and rejected the ratification resolution. His ex pectation was. however, that the whole’proceedings would be thrown into court, and Tuesday afternoon’s action would be a substantiation of the position of the opponents of rat ification. After the adoption of the suf frage amendment by the Tennessee legislature, Attorney General Frank M. Thompson said: I “First, that I think the vote of the house was final and that said pro posed amendment is now a part of the federal constitution; and, "Second, that the motion to recon sider has, and can have, no pplica tion to said action or effect upon the same. “My reasons for these positions are as follows: “1. The power of the legislature of the state of Tennessee to partici pate as one of the states of the union in amending the federal con stitution by ratifying this amend ment, exists only by virtue of Ar ticle V of the federal constitution. “2. This power to vote either for ratification or rejection of this amendment is not a legislative pow er or function, but is a political function and duty’ imposed upon the legislature by the federal constitu tion and which it performs outside of and without regard to the state constitution.” ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920. DEIMTIC FID R LIMELIGHT ST SMTOMDBE Chairman White and Treas urer Marsh Are Called to Stand Following Testimony of Hays and Upham CHICAGO. Sept’. I.—George White, chairman of the Democratic national committee, today told the senatorial committee investigating campaign expenditures, that he thought a $2,- 000,000 fund for national committee purposes would provide for an ade quate presidential campaign this year. The Democratic leader was careful to impress upon the committee that this estimate was a personal opin ion. “I have not yet appointed our cam paign fund committee,” he explain ed. “I intended to do it this week but was delayed by the call to ap pear at this hearing. Consequently my estimate is made as an indi vidual.” The Democratic organization has not yet made up a budget, Mr. White said, but he added that the various bureaus were pressing him to ap point the campaign ’ fund committee so that they might be informed of their allotments. • Senator Spencer, who presided at the opening of today’s session in the absence of Senator Kenyon, brought out that national headquarters of the committee are in the Grand Central palace, in New York, with branches in Chicago, San Francisco and Wash ington. Mr. White said the committee had also reserved six rooms in the Mur ray Hill hotel, in New York, in which he had planned to install a “foreign voters’ league.” Speaker Wants 97,500 Senator New, head of the Repub lican speakers’ bureau, testified yes terday that Prof. John O. Hall, of Williamette university, Salem, Ore., who had offered to work for the Re publican campaign provided its man agers met or raised a Democratic offer of $7,500 for his services, was in the Murray Hill hotel quarters as head of the Scandinavian bureau. Mr. White told the committee he knew nothing personally about evi dence showing an attempt by the .Republican party to “corrupt the electorate’ and said the only place he knew where such evidence could be obtained would be from Gover nor Cox. Mr.~WhYfe ’ said that he had no evidence to sustain any one of the charges made by Governor Cox, his party’s presidential nominee, as to Republican campaign funds and quotas or the alleged desire of con tributors "to have back of them in industrial centers the bayonets ot their puppets in office.” He said that he believed the charges were true because he had confidence in Governor Cox, but he had not discussed them in detail with the nominee and brought nothing from him to aid the committee in sifting them. “I talked with Governor Cox last Sunday for a few minutes,” said Mr. White. ,“I asked him: ‘Are you sure of your ground?’ He said he was and I told him: ’You are the boss and you run it.’ ” Senator Kenyon asked if Mr. White did not consider it “the duty of the men\ who have this evidence, if it exists, to give it to us whether they are presidential candidates or not,” and when the witness did not reply, the chairman said he realized the query might be embarrassing and he would not press it, out ot respect to Mr. White’s relations with Gov ernor Cox. Mr. White, under questioning by Senators Spencer and Kenyon, said the only example of a “sinister in fluence” backing the Republican party which he Knew of persontrly was the Republican year-book being published by William Barnes. Raed and Kenyon Chub Discussion of the Barnes book dis closed that photographic copies of pledges of ’hnoral and financial” sup port to theNbook, signed by promi nent eastern men including the Rockefellers, had disappeared from the records, in which they were in troduced Monday. A heated clash be tween Senator Reed and Senator Ken yon followed when Senator Reed in sisted on an investigation of the dis appearance of the papers. “Do you understand that these pledges related only the support for the book,” Senator Kenyon asked Mr. White. “They could mean anything,” the witness answered. Senator Reed objected to the line of questioning and Senator Kenyon heatedly retorted that the Missouri Democratic senator seemed to have “one-line of examination for a Re publican and wants to use another line for a Democrat.” “Do you think the Barnes book is a more sinister influence than the circulation throttgh country newspa pers of propaganda favoring th© League of Nations, such as this story Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge, and having it paid for by a political party and having the man who reads not know that it is political propa ganda? Which is the more sinister?” Senator Kenyon asked when quiet was restored. “I don’t apologize for wanting to circulate that story,Mr. White re ’joined. “The editor of' the paper is responsible if he uses it. He isn’t paid to print it.” Senator Spencer asked the Demo cratic chairman to produce a list of all employes of the Democratic na tional committee and their salaries, which he promised to do. No speak ers are being paid salaries, the wit ness said, and he does not plan to pay any. He added that he had au thorized the expenditure of SIOO,OOO by the speakers’ bureau so far. "Is it true,” Senator Spencer asked, “that you have stated you will not place any limit on campaign contributions?” “I did say that. There is no limit on the size, within the discretion of the treasurer and myself after con sidering both the size and the source.” Cox’s Special Train Senator Kenyon then inquired about Professor John O. Hall, head of the Scandinavian bureau of the Democratic national committee, who was shown in letters read by Sen- (Contlnned on Page 6, Column 5) y Vino emeu. p kT ( Thought Jt’J> / ~~ -_ - J COME OUT OM \ J-.G f ME LIRE 7 I v y - < T7//5 / Hoke Smith’s I 7 ictory Is Certain Despite Dorsey’s Efforts to Help H 7 at son Governor Visits Only Those Counties Where He Has -No Chance, Hoping to Switch Them to Watson Notwithstanding the patent pur pose and palpable efforts of Governor Dorsey's candidacy and campaign to weaken Senator Smith’s chances of defeating Thomas E. Watson, every indication now points to an over whelming Hoke Smith triumph in the primary next Wednesday, accord ing to Smith headquarters at the Piedmont hotel. Senator Smith himself shares the views of the men who are handling the details of his campaign, and awaits the verdict of the voters with satisfaction born of confidence. It is th< opinion of the Smith man agers and hundreds of others with whom they are in daily communica t on, by wire and mail, that Gover nor Dorsey’s method of campaign has confirmed the charge that he was forced into the race for no other pur pose than to weaken the senator at the risk of electing Mr. Watson. In his campaign tour of the state, the governor, it is pointed out, is visiting only counties in which there is a fight between Smitfi and Wat son, with no hope for his own suc cess. In a word, the governor is try ing to rally enough support for his candidacy to insure loss of the counties to Senator Smith, and give them to Mr. Watson. Governor Dorsey spent yesterday, for instance, in Meriwether,, Talbot and Muscogee counties. He made two speeches in Meriwether, one at Greenville, where he was met by a brass band and eight people, and the other at Manchester. I. N. Johnson, editor of the Man chester Mercury, called the Smith headquarters on the telephone Tues day night, and this is what he said: Visit to Meriwether “Between 300 and 400 people heard Governor Dorsey’s speech—bitter criticism of Hoke Smith and a lot of jokes. He admitted the collection of illegal tobacco taxes and added that the money would be returned when the state was financially able to spare it. He admitted discharging Frank Grant, the florist at the state capitol, and giving his job to a ne gro. “The governor's visit to Meriweth er county has not changed the aspect of things. The race is between Smith and Watson) with the chances strongly favoring Smith. Such votes as Dorsey gets will contribute only to help Watson. “Bets of two to one are plentiful that Dorsey runs third in Meriwether county. He wasted a whole clay here.” As a positive factor in the cam paign, Governor Dorsey’s candidacy has collapsed, according to the ad vices received by the Smith men. He is admittedly, however, a nega tive quantity, whose efforts, here and there, are meeting w*th some measure of success in splitting the vote that otherwise would be cast solidly against Watson. “But Governor Dorsey is serving, and serving as well as he can, the object for which he was forced into the race,” say the Smith men. “He is not making an aggressive cam paign in behalf of his own candi dacy, but is confining his energies to localities where it is recognized he is a poor third in the race and that such votes as he gets are votes that in other circumstances would be cast for Smith against Watson.” Hoke Smith headquarters assert that the methods of the governor, (Continued on Page 6, Column 4) THE CAMOUFLEURS! KING NOT TO ACT TO SAVE DYING MAYOR OF CORK LONDON, Sept. 1. —Terence Mac- Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, who has been on a hunger strike since August 12, in protest against his arrest by the British authorities, suffered a change for the worse last night in Brixton prison, this city, where he is confined. Late morning editions of London newspapers say he is sink ing rapidlj’’. A complete numbness pf the limbs has developed and Mac- Swiney can no longer speak because of weakness, it is said. Lord Stamfordham, private secre tary to King George, has replied to a letter from Horatio William Bot tomley, member of parliament, urg ing the release of MacSwiney. He told Mr. Bottomley that even if the king favored the release of the mayor of Cork, it could be affected only by the sovereign’s personal action in the face of advice of his ministers, with the presumable result that they would resign. 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NAME ' ADDRESS 1. o 3. ’ ■■mu i » i-i -i- 4. 1 .• ■ DISAPPROVAL OF PLAN OF PACKERS VOICED BY COLVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. —The pro posal of big meat packers to sell their control in principal stock yards to a $30,000,000 holding company, met with disapproval by Federal Trade Commissioner Colver and the League of Women Voters today. - At ,>rte department' of justice if was indicated the plan will not be accepted although final decision will be up to Attorney General Palmer. The packers agreed with Mr. Pal mer to divest themselves of stock yards and so-called unrelated side lines' and the proposal filed In court is part of the carrying out of that agreement. Under the proposal packer hold ings in fifteen yards and terminal railroads would be sold to a holding company organized by F. H. Prince & Co., of Boston, the packers to have something less than a 50 per cent interest in the company. Mr. Colver, who headed the federal trade investigation of the packers and recommended regulatory legisla tion, said of the proposal: “The most interesting part of this proposed adjustment to me ia the reappearance of Mr. Prince upon the stage. It was Mr. Prince who, with Armour, su 3eeded in absolutely concealing the ownership of the Chi cag ostock yards so that nobody on earth has been able to know who the owners were or are. This was accomplished by the use of the bear er warrants, a thing which can de feat all income tax laws, all Anti trust laws and any court decree. “This bearer warant and its use are fully described by me in chap ter five of part three of the federal trade commission’s report on the meat packing industry and I have enjoyed the opportunity of explain ing it in detail to several congress men all of which may be found in at least four public documents.” ■KV CENTS A COPY. 2) $1.50 A YEAK. JUDGE FUMES WOMEN CIN'T WEE I STATE PRIMAHY OAairman cf Slata Commit tee Takes Issue With A*- torney General, Who Sai-’j Women Are Eiigroie Judge James J. Flynt. .of Griffin, chairman of the Democratic state executive committee of Georgia, takes issue with the ruling by At torney General R. A. Denny that the women can vote in the Democratic statXprimary to be held on> Septem ber 8. The ruling was rendered to Gov ernor Dorsey on Monday afternoon. In the ruling, which ’covered five typewritten pages, Colonel Denny holds that the ratification of the suf frage amendment to the federal con stitution entitles the women of Georgia to vote in the forthcoming state primary, as well as in apy or all other elections, without register-! ing or otherwise complying with the suffrage laws of Georgia. His argument is that the women form a new and separate class of voters who are not touched at all by the suffrage laws of Georgia, be-/ cause these laws apply to males only. “With all due respect to Colonel Denny,” said Judge Flynt on long distance telephone, “I cannot see how he. can possibly come to the conclusion that the mere ratification of a federal constitutional amend ment upsets all the laws of this or any other state with regard to suf frage. It is absolutely impossible, as I see it, for the women to vote until the legislature of Georgia en acts a law providing the machinery for the qualification of female voters. No such legislation has yet been pasesd, and they cannot vote. 1 Effect of the Baling •; "If the women can vote without registering, as contended by Colonel Denny, what is to prevent a woman from voting as many times as she wants to vote in one day? Suppose a woman presents herself at a vot ing precinct, tells the managers her name is Mi's.. Jones, and so on and so forth, and they take her bailor and put it in the box, how are they going to notify all the other elec tion managers in the county, or in other counties, that she has voted? What is to prevent her from coming •back to that precinct and voting again, or going to all the other pre cincts in that county, or going co as many precincts in adjoining coun ties as she can cover in the course of a day? What Is to prevent wom en who are not residents of the staio from vdting in the primary? What 13 to prevent a swarm o£ women from coming into the state on that day to vote in the primary? “The law of Georgia makes it a crime for any election manager,? in any election, whether primary or general, to allow an unregistered person to vote. My opinion is that every election manager who allow® a woman to vote in the September primary will be subject to prosecu tion for violating this law. "It does not make any dlerence what action the Democratic state committee may take or refuse to take. The committee has no power to change the laws of the state. The laws are written by the legislature, and nobody can change them but the legislature. The state committee can hold a primary within the law, but it cannot go outside of the law, or change the law. “If the registration law and other laws arc abrogated by the suffrage amendment where females con cerned, then necessarily they are abro gated where males are concerned, and any unregistered man could vote in the primary. V Keen Interest In Controversy Chairman Flynt’s refusal to call the state committee to make provi sion for the women to vote in the September primary will be met by a petition from members of the committee requesting him to call a meeting. He said Monday that he was not certain Whether a meeting of the committee could be held without a call from the chairman. He did not have the rules of the committee be fore him when he was discussing the matter over the long., distance telephone. Mrs. Mary L. McLendon, president of the Georgia Woman’s Suffrage as sociation, announces that the women “will leave no stone unturned to se cure their full rights to the ballot, and If the worst comes the women of Fulton county Intend to go be fore the tax collector and publicly demand the right that the federal government has declared to be theirs." The Georgia registration law re quires the registration list to be closed six months prior to the date of an election This period expired on the September primary before the Tennessee legislature ratified the suffrage amendment, and likewise expired on the general state election, November 3, and the presidential election on the same day. But wom en can vote without registering at all, according to Colonel Denny. WOMEN ARE REGISTERED IN ALABAMA COUNTIES BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 31. Available reports early today fnom four counties in Alabama showed 1,105 women have registered since the suffrage amendment became part of the federal constitution. Jefferson county, which includes the city of Birmingham, led the list with 775 registrants, Mobile was next with 190 and Montgomery third with 140. Lauderdale has had no women registrants, according t~ the books at Florence, Cite cotni ” . s»‘-at. Under the state law registration books will be closed in this state September 2. Worpen’s clubs and civic organizations in several of the larger communities are encouraging women to obtain the right of voting for president. BOOKS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE OPENED TO WOMEN HATTIFSBUJRG. s’'«i ”-t Although wdmen of Mississippi are barred from voting in the November election by a state law, which closed the polling books August t 2, clerks of circuit courts in several counties have opened the lists to them and a few have givfe>» in tneir names. Such action has been taken in For est and Harrison counties, where the ' “registration” is reported very light. Governor Russell is expected to call a special session of the legis- (Continued on I?age 6, Column 3)