Americus Times Recorder

IF YOU WERE A WOMAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS HOW WOULD YOU VOTE?

ATLANTA. Ga.. April 7.-Are you a woman, and if so are you a suffragette and if you are both and were a member of congress and your first vote was on a resolution declaring war,
what would you do?

Did ever a woman face a more heart-rendring dilemma. than this strange trick of Fate which was dealt to Miss Jeannette Rankin, the woman member of congress from Montana
Atlanta suffragettes have been asked to say what they would have done. and their views conflict. as do the views of women generally on most questions,
as well as the views of men.

But on one point they seem agreed and that is that they would have made up their minds in advance and voted one way or the other, instead of hesitating as Miss Rankin did.
But they do not mean to criticise the lady from Montana when they say this, for in the same breath they admit that it was a terrible strain and they can appreciate how her feelings got the upper hand when her name was called.

Mrs. Mary L. McLendon, who is a sister of Mrs. W. H. Felton and one of the pioneers among Georgia suffragettes, declares she would have voted against the resolution. "I have seen two wars and I favor peace, unless we are actually invaded." she declared.

Mrs. Emma T. Martin. Mrs. Emily McDougald and Mrs. Frances S. White side-the latter a sister of Senator Hoke Smith--say they would have voted for the resolution.