Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
IOWAN BEST PAID WOMAN
IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY

asHtee. OF which Warren was chairman
il-i iiHsl work There was the preparation
or an lnG"N OF all the claims against the
government SGowin@ out of the pensions
ana Other War indoEnit ies-tllere were
s"'ie oc''ti al them. many of them old ard
i.'ss grown an" mGsty-with a history
OF each case down 10 the close OF that
i Uhc 5sthl congress. So thoroughly and
We'll did nc IL" yhe work that the report
WAS pil"'e! as Il public document, ia
KEPT NY !" date each year and has gone
through some ~ editions. Moreover. COW
sress was 80 delegated with the work that
Ii Vor"d her 5000 extra compensation.
nen ~ the course of political changes
senator Warren became head of the DOW
eFlu! Senate comnsittce on military az
Ialrs. he took his 'righ,-hand man" with
him. And for the last five or six year.
every aii of legislation IN any way affect.
ms the army. whether it affected mel civ
the chances of promotion of some obscure
second lieutenant or involved the expendi-
tire OF millions IN the annual army appro-
priaf1on bills. has passed through her
hands.
And now she has moved III, to the an
preparations committee. along with Sena-
aor Warren. They are going to miss her
sadly in the committee on military sf-
fairs.
When Mrs. Wells took up the work Of
the military affairs committee She was
tiie first woman employee of the Senate to
be placed in charge of the affairs of a big
committee. There are between 20 and 80
women on the Senate payroll. but most of
them are engaged for exclusively steno-
graphic work.
That Mrs. Wells is a standpat repub-
lican goes without saying-oi the stand
pattcst. most regular stripe. She believes
IN the republican party--and in Senator
Warrsn-implicitly. She has been election
clerk in her voting precinct ever since she
reached voting age. And she says that
The claim made by the anti-suIfagists that
women do not appreciate suffrage when IL
is given them-do not vote when they are
allowed tots nonsense. at least so far as
Wyoming is concerned. Women have
voted there since 1864 and, she asserts,
have brought about many important re-
forms in the state.
10 her Senate work Mrs. Wells says she
has found her sex q handicap ia that 1t
has kept her OFT the fioor OF the Senate
when bills IN which shs had done the
clerical WORK were under consideration.
when men clerks under the same circum-
stances would nave been in constant
touch With the committee chairman.
Theoretically. of course. she had tho
privileges OF the floor, but practically she
knew IL would not do to avail herself Of
the theory. But she has followed every
minutes development Of cher bills. and
her suggestions have reached Senator
Warren prom pity. She has taken her sta
ton just outside the swing doors Of the
Senate chamber when they were under
discussion. and kept the door an inch or
two ajar that she might hear everything
that went on inside the chamber.
The number of people who have plans
for the disposition OF hat princely salary.
and the number of others vino are not In
the least averse to sharing 1t, even though
1t involve matrinony. is u thing TO shud-
der at. Hale interests in every sort OF
Observation-Disclosures parlors. lamp-man-
tie factories. stock ranches. fruit farms,
heaven knows what all-have been offered
by every mail. And Observation-Disclosures
It'll you can't rest