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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St., Atlanta. Ga. Entered as second-class matter at postofTice at Atlanta, under act of March 3, 1375. Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week. By mail. 15 00 a year Taj able In advance. i 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 T f -v. 1 I i* ■ 21 'IIMMpI \, TJywMiinir-i ’ J? £1 > ./1 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. * 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. ~T fTT ■” * 'W-21 i 2. T 7 js Ji ’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 T. 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. 1 ’i 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.