The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-14
Washington's POt=Bouille
In the Boiling Pot you have all the news
From Smart Set gossip to lawmakers views.
BY ALICE LEE MOGgH.
BY ALICE LEE MCGEE.

non- partisan petitions approved and
at mass meetings in thirty
eight states, DR.. Anna Howard shaw
PRESIDENT, and Miss Jane iddams and
MIS-. Desha Breckenridge, first and
second Vice President. respectiyelv of
the National American Woman Suf-
rage Association, representing 462.-
GOO SuHrdgiStS, visited the capitsI on
saturday last. The signers explicitly
stated 1t IS TO be their desire to
insure woman equal political rights
with men,"
h ladies Of the delegation were
received by Vice President Marshall
tor the Senate, and later by Speaker
Champ Clark with d committee of
members for the House. Mrs. Desha
breckenridge, the charming descend
ant of the famous old statesman,
Henry Clay, pleaded the justice Of
WOman'S cause with ali the tactfuI-
ness and skill inherited from her IL
lustrlous p~rogenitor, but Mr.. Marshall
took refuge behind his spouse, insc-
member my wife, While Mr.. BRYAN
Is said to have escaped debating the
question by making a nasty exist by
! way of the elevator.
I MI. Clark, however, warmly espous-
ed the cause. Woman suffrage is as
inevitable declared the Speaker, 'as
the rising of tomorroW's sun But
he, too, might have as truly stated
I've got to remember my WIFE for
not only is Mrs. Clarn an eloquent
advocate Of suffrage but 1t runs in the
family; Hiss Genevieve, lis young and
charming daughter, is prominently
identified with the work, being unset
tishiy anxious to better the conditier
of all ome
4 Joke on Miss Dornal:.
The residents q Butte, Montana
are enjoying a little joke at the ex.
pense of Miss Marjorie Dorman ;
violent anti-ssuffragist hailing from
Brooklyn Borough. She was schedul
ed recently to take part in d suffrag.
debate with Miss jeanette Rankin
chairman of the State Central Cam.
paign Committee OF Montana, but OF
the very eve Of the contest decided
to depart for parts unknown. Tn
only explanation vOuchsafed by tn,
lady before taking her departure wa
hat she feared the Butte men Nigh
aptur the meeting. and create
disturbance" Miss Rankin warml
declares the imputatIon of base Ebe
on the male citizens of Butte, VIII
she states are the most chivalrOu
in the world while other sufragist
: smile knowingly and give it as thei
opinion that Miss Dorman was NOR
: afraid of one little suffragist's logi
than of disturbance by men, The
point out also that fear OF male vic
- lSlAAC 10 NV LII hSCiiIlS vail Tic PIX
: tense of the antiS-that they haN
/ ~unbounded confidence in. all men.
Healing Old Wounds.
I Representative Graham Of PennSy
. vania frankly stated the other day i
= the House that the half century an
s more which has passed since the W.
: has brought together the combatan1
: of Gettysburg to weep and cheer j
unison" With an UnSual show {
s feeling the members of the low
II unanimously passed the bi
e to repeal the section Of the Revise
r Statutes prohibiting the payment
accounts. claims or other obligation
against the United States to any OF
e no encouraged, sustained. or in al
ay favored the rebellion" The ne
measure will open the way for clain
q a~ggreGating ~$165,000 held by We
.e Point graduates who afterwards b
came officers in the C~onfederacy. tt
widow of the great ~southerner. Ston
r wall jackson, in commenting on t,
"a new measure and Mr.. Graham'S d
le ton, voiced the sentiment Of all so
g thern women when she said. 1T or
~ ates a feeling Of gratitude in my hea
s. that you, a Northern man. should "a
Of VOcate the passage Of this bill