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Nash Broyles, Gentleman
In withdrawing from the court of appeals contest before the
state convention. Nash R Broyles did a manly and magnanimous
thing.
He had divided the county unit vote exactly in half with his
adversary. Judge Robert Pottle, and Pottle had very little the bet
ter of the argument in the matter of the popular majority.
Broyles made his race upon a platform of “justice first an<l
technicalities afterward.” and that his appeal went home to the
people unmistakably was demonstrated abundantly in the returns.
Had Broyles been any fraction less than a thoroughgoing
man of his word, ho might have blocked the convention nomina
tion indefinitely He elected to stand by his platform, however,
ami to reject an honor for the sake of consistency ami straight
forward sincerity.
Broyles declined to take advantage of even a broad technical
ity. It was a brave and big thing to do.
There are many men who endeavor in many ways to live up
to the grand old name of gentleman. Some carry their endeavor
into their personal acts, but discount it in their polities Not so
Broyles. He draws no fine distinctions and discrimination
Georgia may well be proud of Broyles. He fought a clean
fight, he waged an honest battle. He lost like a gentleman. And
that should commend him most favorably to the future consid
eration of th<‘ people ami Broyles still is a young man.
Now, Women, Yoh Sec That
11 Pays to Organize
Four years ago the big political parties looked upon woman
suffrage as an amusing joke, a sentimental theory, or a plain
nuisance.
Four years ago no big political party or big politician cared
much about women or what they thought or what they did.
Four years ago no important politician would have dared to as
sociate himself in politics with women. He would have been afraid
of making himself ridiculous, afraid of hurling his standing before
th? voters.
Four years ago the women of the country were classified legallv
and in the minds of politicians WITH THE < 111 LDR EN. INDIA NS
AND IDIOTS, NOT PERMITTED TO VOTE.
But everything is changed today. Four years have Worked
wonders.
loday each of the three lug candidates lor the presidency is
doing his best to interest women in his campaign. Each is proud to
select some woman of character and iutelligenee as his associate in
th? work of convincing voters.
Roosevelt is proud, and well he may he. of the friendship ami
cn-operation of that splendid woman, .lane Addams
Mr. Taft has invited Miss Boardman. of the Rod Cross Societv.
to interest herself in his campaign If she persists in her refusal he
will find somebody else.
Mr. Wilson, the Democratic candidate, has among his lighting
generals Mrs .1 Borden Harriman, an energetic and intelligent
woman, who will t r.v to con vine? other women that W ilson s elect ion
will help the country, ami help women and children especially.
|1 is not necessary to tell any intelligent woman WHY the big
politicians and parties show this sudden interest in women, this
violent desire for their advice and help
Women are important today in the eyes of men. BECAUSE
WOMEN HAVE HAD THE BRAINS TO ORGANIZE AND DE
MAND THE VOTE AND THE RIGHT To \ SHARE IN GOV
ERNMENT
Already women have acquir' d the ballot in six slates In the
election which is coming women might possibly decide the whole
contest in favor of one or another of the throe leading camlidales.
Politicians realize this, and they suddenly realize that women
are important and worth while.
They want the approval of women, ami, therefore, they ask the '
co operation of women
They want the votes of women, therefore they will try to work
for women and for the children whose defenders the women are.
The Roosevelt platform gives us for the first time in the history of
this country a serious effort to include the family ami its needs, and'
the protection of children especially, as important parts of national
government.
Women, politicians realize your importance BECAUSE YOU
YOURSELF HAVE BEGI N TO REALIZE YOI R POWER
Work and fight for female suffrage everywhere
Don’t allow the men exclusively to decide what shall be done
with the sons and daughters that you bring into the world.
Don’t permit the men to decide on peace and war while vou
create every soldier that lies dead when the war is over
Don’t allow the men exclusively to settle the questions of taxa
tion by government and by trusts when the taxes coni? out of your
pockets, out of the money that you need for your children
Don’t be classed any longer with lhe Indians and the idiots,
unfit to vote.
Let the attitude of the three presidential candidates, srnhh nlv.
violently interested in you. teach vou a lesson
The way for women to be considered and to get their rights and
their share in government is through the ballot box ami government
control.
Now that women begin to vote, women are considered
When 100 per cent of the women are permitted to vote, all
women and children will be at least 100 per cent better off
The suffrage movement has accomplished wonders already, it
will do infinitely more
Every intelligent woman MI ST be in 'avor of votes fur women.
The Atlanta Georgian
Some Thrills of Mountain Climbers
Perilous Thrills That Confront the Daring
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The snow-corniced crest of the Ecrins
a typical snow summit.
e-j-OtiC Er rin.- is the loftiest of the
I I ktuphiny Alm, and affords
mini- snow and ice climbing
than the Meije. The usual and
prefetable plan is to climb the north
save of tin peak from La Berarde
and discend on the smith side, mak
| ing a circuit of the peak by cross
ing the Col des Eerins. The trains
war fust climbed by the late Ed
ward Whympit from the south
side, hut nowadays this- route is
scarcely ever us> d excepting fur the
descent. The great rift, now known
as the Couloir Whympcr, is a ter
rific icy slope. 1,000 feet long and of
appalling steepness Sharp rock
splinters protrude at places. These
form anchorage for those who care
fully zig-zag downward, thinking
meanwhile how true were the im
mortal poets word-:
“He that stands upon a slippery
place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay
him up.”
To think of slipping whilst In the
act of clinging to such a horrible
slope Is Inexpressibly uncomforta
ble. fine has impressions of whirl
ing over those rocky spikes, of
being cut and quartered.' and finally
deposited out of human sight in
tni' huge crevasse that yawns be
low.
I'he Ei t ins is curiously suscepti
ble to sflddcn iiialiicr eluingos ami
tlte writet lias unpleasant memories
es its northerly face at such a time.
'l'he ascent of t lie Meije is of en
grossing interest, and few of tlte
great Alps tifford such a wonder
fully impressive final approach to
the summit. rhe early morning
hours are spent > limbing the huge
rock wall overlooking Betarde,
and at l ist tlte little Glacier Carre
h ails to the wall of the Inst rtilge.
The a-cent of a vertical and diffi
cult slab tests every iota of muscle
ami skill to tlte utmost. Tile arrl
"" hs i r st is surprisingly
startling ’l'lte lingers grip the sharp
tot>. and left foot sv Ings around air-
ib . find with a desperate upward
lieai e one lands breathlessly astride
what is m reality tlte narrow ridge
pole of Hu mountain. 'l'he right leg
swings tn mitl-aii above one of the
greatest of Alpine |>reetpiees; the
h ft dangle- over the other side of
the mountain tbove a tiny village of
La titave. ..atlu lee; below, and re-
© Letters From Georgian Readers ©
HOW TO GO TO SLEEP.
Kditor The Georgian:
F always Trad what you write
with a great deal of Interest and
profit, fn your article on "How to
Go to sleep" 1 notice you offer a
suggestion "most humbly." I have
read this article with a good deal
of interest, and have intended to
try it; at the same time I write
you a word on the subject of sleep
l< ssness from which 1 suffered very
much some time ago. The remedy
Is this: Hat he the back of the head
and neck for three or four minutes
with cold water. This takes the
blood from thc> bruin and cools it,
and I have never seen ft fail to ac
complish the object of bringing
about almost immediate sleep—
sound and refreshing sleep. I have
made the suggestion very frequent
ly. and it has never failed, as far
as 1 know, to accomplish the ob
ject.
With kind regards. I remain.
Yours truly, g. p. R.
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FAIRNESS IN POLITICS.
Editor The* Georgian:
I picked up tonight's edition of
your paper because the sporting
page looked good to me, and on
perusing its contents further was
forcibly struck with the fairness of
' our articles lam from Chicago.
1 know nothing of Southern poli
tics, but when i read “The Voter
and His Backbone.'" on the* back
page I noted the* good common
sens, in it and dived deeper, read
your articles bv Senator Hixon and
t'harle- l> Hilles. If Mr. Hilles
thinks iln Pogrcssive party is a
one man party he will wake up
HURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1912.
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’Twixt earth and sky on the great wall of the Mejie.
veals thus dramatically for the first
time. There may have been talk of
a visit to tlie old-world village, but
now there is no desire of fulfilment.
Rather, to prevent an involuntary
visit thereto, every roughness of the
sky-courting summit is gripped
convulsively. But upward. not
downward, is the cry. and Caliban
like one crawls and i lings up and
along tlie aerial highway. Soon
there is a confronting bulge In the
narrow ridge and one has to mount
warily to balance at full height on
its sharp tip. Then conies a long
stretch and perchance tlie French
guide ahead strengthins the en
tente eordiale with an opportune
pull on the rope. Thus the
final difficulty is conquered. A
few minutes later upward progress
next November to find that Illinois
voters don’t agree with him, and
from close observance I could name
quite a bunch of other states that
will fall right in line with Illinois,
and as to President Taft's progres
siveness. we settled that for our
selves at the last primaries, along
with the Lorimer ease.
The' American people are tired of
spinning the wheel and taking
chances on the green or red as it
shows up under the wire. They
are for good, clean newspapers and
men with backbone.
\\ H. BROOKS
IVY STREET REGRADING.
Editor The Georgian:
I do not w ish to east a damper
on any movement looking to the
general good of Atlanta or for the
benefit of any of our live and en
terprising citizens, but for reasons
of consideration for the north side
residents I feel that the regrading
of Ivy street should be deferred un
til Peachtree street is again open to
truffle.
When the present work on Peach
tree was inaugurated we were in
formed in dulcet tones that "tak
ing the hump off" and restoring the
pavement would be a matter of
only about three weeks. These
w eeks have passed and are likely to
lengthen into months before this
street Is again open. In the mean
while if Ivy street is r endered im
passable the inconvenience will be
great.
I have conferred with many
"north siders" and fin<l that, witii
the exception of a few interested
ones, they fev 1 that no steps should
is impossible, the Meije (13,081 feet)
is under foot.
All around rise peaks of a thou
sand forms, with Mont Blanc’s glit
tering snows towering afar in the
northeast, whilst, most impressive
of all. and close below, looms the
weirdly serrated eastern ridge of
the Meije, with its fearsome-look
ing tower of the Doigt de Dieu.
Those who wisli to traverse the
mountain and descend to La Grave
cross this lower summit. The
somewhat lengthy expedition is
now made more feasible by the
erection of a mountain but within
reach of the upper ridges, and this
will be welcomed by those who oth
erwise might have to spend the.
night out on the heights, ofttimes a
desperately dangerous experience.
be taken at present which would
necessitate a more rough and cir
cuitous route into the city.
GEORGE M NILES.
Atlanta, Ga.
THE SOCIALIST AND HIS IDEA.
Editor The Georgian:
In a recent issue Mr. J. H. Jen
kins replies to an article written
by Rec. Dr. Parkhurst anent our
civilization and the Socialists.
Mr. Jenkins claims that Social
ism does not propose to buy out the
capitalist system at one clean
sweep, but successively. Where Dr.
Parkhurst and Mr. Jenkins got the
idea that the Socialists propose to
buy out the capitalists either at one
clean sweep or successively is be
yond my comprehension. It is sure
ly not advocated by Socialist au
thorities. This argument may be
a good nerve sedative for an over
grieved capitalist or a peace-loving,
quiet gentleman, yet a Socialist
who knows Socialism and does not
wish to conceal his true Socialism
will never advocate this as a mat
ter of bringing Socialism.
The Socialist doctrine is that all
the machinery of production now
tn the hands of the capitalists is
unjustly expropriated from those
who actually produced it. Confisca
tion through legislation is the main
tenet of Socialism. This is the
only reason why Socialists go into
politics.
I believe that no Socialist ought
to conceal the true aim of Social
ism by easy -going phrases, let op
ponents say what they please.
J. GOLDMAN.
Atlanta, Ga.
John Temple Graves
Writes on
Startling Presidential Possi
bilities
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What Might Happen If the Electoral
College Can Not Settle the j
Three-Cornered Race
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
rpHIS vivid and sensational
1 presidential campaign is
charged with astonishing pos
sibilities that extend beyond the
ballots of November.
Unless the result on November 5
should be absolutely conclusive, the
excitement of American politics will
have just begun.
The Democratic committee ex
presses the most unbounded confi
dence that Wilson will be elected by
a great majority of the popular vote
and of the elctoral college.
The Republican committee ex
presses an equal confidence In Mr.
Taft’s election.
And the Progressive party are en
thusiastically sure that Mr. Roose
velt will be elected.
The impartial observers in the
country agree that Wilson s chances
are best, but that the progress of
the campaign may develop increas
ing and formidable strength for
Roosevelt or Taft in the electoral
college.
May Throw Election Into
House of Representatives.
There are a great many people
who regard it as distinctly probable
that the strength of the three lead
ing candidates may be so divided In
the electoral college as to throw the
election, under the constitution,
into the hou-e of representatives.
In this connection these are the
facts to consider:
In the eleclion of a president by
the house of representatives, each
of the 48 states has a single vote,
and the political majority in the •
state delegation determines for
whom that vote Is east. There are
22 state delegations in which the
Republicans have a majority, and
four in which the Democrats and
Republicans are tied. These four
tied states are Maine, with two
Democrats and two Republicans;
Nebraska, with three Democrats
and three Republicans; New Mexi
co, with one Democrat and one Re
publican, and . Rhode Island, with
one Democrat and one Republican.
The states that would cast votes
for a Democrat are Alabama, Ari
zona.. Arkansas, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia. Indiana. Kentucky, Louis
iana, Mississippi. Missouri, New
.Jersey, New Mexico. New York.
North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, West Virginia. Total, 22.
The states that would cast votes
for a Republican president are Cali
fornia. Connecticut. Delaware. Ida
ho. Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Massa
chusetts Michigan, Minnesota.
Montana, Nevada. New' Hampshire.
North Dakota. Oregon, Pennsylva
nia, South Dakota, Utah. Vermont,
Washington. Wisconsin. Wyoming.
Total, 22.
Never before in American history
has there been found on <he eve of
a presidential election a house so
evenly divided between parties as
to make a choice improbable, if not
I'he Little Tin Pail
By CHESTER FIRKINS.
TA Y might and magic, by table and chair,
j) He ’ d scale to th « heights of the playroom wall
And take from its hook In the dizzy air
The Little Tin Pail —and that was all.
A shout and a rush through the echoing hall;
A summons loud as an ocean gale; J
And HOW should I work when Lheard the call
Os the Little Tin Pail? !
We would wander away to the sunny shors;
We would race to the rim of the watery sand;
lAnd I was forty and he was four.
But which was the younger when, hand in hand,
We journeyed down to the playtime land
Twere hard to tell, and of no avail. ’
, For I was a slave to his least command—
With the Little Tin Pail.
We built a. country all our own.
s With rivers wide and with mountains high,
t And. pausing just for an ice cream cone.
We'd fashion a town and a lake nearby.
< We talked to the fairy-folk who fly
On the nave-foam far as a ship can sail.
S Oh. many the magic joys that lie >
In a Little Tin Pail! S
But once, when the Work-Gnome tried me sore
And the call of the Work-World made me dumb, >
1 did not go to the study door, S
< And I called to him that I couldn’t come, >
But my thoughts went wrong and my brain was numb.
And I hastened soon on his weeping trail; }
And all I found where the cold waves thrum !
Was the Little Tin Pail. ;
; It is hidden far in an attic grave <
; For his mother's sake —that she may not see
And think again of the joy G< d gave <
And carried away from her and me: <
But I, in that hour that used to be.
When he'd shout to me with his play time hail. ’ <
Turn back, with the tears of memory.
To the Little Tin Pail.
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THE HOME PAPER
impossible, under the party divl- V
■slons that exist.
If Wilson should receive 280votog
and lack the seven votes necessary
to a majority of the electoral col
lege, he would not be elected, and
the Roosevelt-Taft electoral votes
would be strong enough to throw I
the election into the. house. Then
the equal party division of the
states might, and probably would,
make an election of a preeldemt
practically impossible by the house.
Whereupon, after ballots extend
ing through the session, the elec
tion, under the constitution, would
go to the senate through the neces
sity of electing a vice president and
presiding officer. The choice would
be restricted to the two candidates
receiving the highest vote for vice
president in the general election. In
this case the vice president or pre
siding officer of the senate so elect
ed would become the president of
the United States.
But notice the complications.
The senate is Republican, and ths
Republican senate would naturally
choose the Republican candidate
for vice president, even though he
had been beaten, world without
end. In the November ballot So
that In the not improbable event of
the election going to the senate,
that Republican party might elect
its own presiding officer, himself a
candidate, and make “Sunny Jim”
the president of the United States.
Or, in case Hiram Johnson, of
California, ran second in the elec
tions, the Republican senate might
make Hiram Johnson president of
the United States.
The Field of Possibility /
Is Now Wide Open.
In other words, if Wilson ran
1,000,000 votes ahead in the general
elections, and yet lacked two votes,
or even one vote, in the electoral
college, and the evenly divided *
house failed to make a choice, the
senate might make one or the other
of the minority candidates of a di- I
vfded or defeated Republican party
for vice president the chief execu- ’
tive of the republic.
If in turn the senate should by
death or persuasion divide equally
among three vice presidential can
didates (which Is not impossible), ;
then Philander Knox, of Pennsyl
vania, secretary of state, would be- j
come ex-officio president of tho I
United States!
So that the field of possibilities
in this wonderful presidential earn- I
paign Is wide open and fairly thrill
ing with Interest.
The enthusiastic friends of the
candidates may, of course, laugh
at the speculation, but there are
thousands on the watch tower who
will find enough 1n the outlook to
keep them awake to the end of the
chapter.
Os course, my personal opinion 1«
that Wilson’s majority in the elec
toral college will be satisfying and
complete.