The South Not Free In National Suffrage Debates
Southern leaders warn against federalizing suffrage and elevating the 15th Amendment as they fear it would empower 2,000,000 additional Black women voters. They urge Southern women to oppose unity with Northern groups, defend home rule, and block a national push for constitutional change that could destabilize the region and revive night meetings, unrest, and tenancy.
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Georgia
South
Congress
Nolens Volens
United States
National
Womans’ Associations
Borah
Seab Wright
National “Woman's Suffrage Association
Republican Suffrage Coalition
Political Gossip From the Capital Sees Senate Secretary Fight
Atlanta Nov. 29. The race to succeed the late Chas S Northen as Georgia state senate secretary draws five candidates including D F McClatchey Jesse Percy Chas P Hansell M C Targer and Mark Irwin with pledges driving a hard contest. A federal judgeship for the southern district prompts another lively battle with Savannah Waycross and Macon backing different picks including R J Travis W W Lambdin and a solicitor general from the Ocmulgee circuits. The outcome hinges on endorsements and pledged support among lawmakers.
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Fred Lewis
Atlanta
Georgia State Senate
Chas. S. Northen
Georgia
Charlie Northen
State Senate
Northen
Statehouse
D. F. McClatchey
Marietta
Jesse Percy
Camilla
Slaton
Chas. P. Hansell
Thomasville
Senate
M. C.targer
Dalton
Mark Irwin
Lawrenceville
Southern District of Georgia
Congress
United States
Hoke Smith
T.W. Hardwick
Georgia Senate Seats and 1916 Commissioner Rumors
The piece notes Loring Brown of Smyrna Georgia eyeing the 1916 agriculture commissioner race and discusses potential challengers to J D Price. It also reports on the imminent commissions for Senators Hoke Smith and Thos W Hardwick as Governor Slaton travels to New York and returns. It expects Senate action by December 7 and predicts harmony between the two Georgia senators.
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Smyrna
Brown
J. D. Price
United States Senate
Hoke Smith
Thos. W. Hardwick
Slaton
New York
Georgia
Hardwick
Senate
Bacon
Smith
New York Faces Unemployment Crisis and Suffrage Drive
New York leaders in a mayoral relief plan demand more than a million dollars to aid the unemployed amid three hundred thousand idle workers as winter threatens. Suffrage advocates announce a bold statewide canvass to interview voters before the constitutional convention. Osborne to reform Sing Sing and the City Free Employment Bureau begins to place workers as firms recover.
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New York
New City Free Employment Bureau
City
Buckeye farming group to bring seven trainloads of Ohio children
Ohio children are set to visit Washington next week under a Buckeye farming organization plan. About 1,700 youths and a few parents will tour the city with activities including Broadway sightseers, a show, rides, a Zoo visit, and park outings in a single day raising concerns among city officials about nursemaid duties.
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Washington
Broadway
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