The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-05
WESTINGHOUSE POT-BOUILLE
In the Boiling Pot you have all the news,
from Smart Set gossip to lawmakers views.
By ALICE LEE MOOUE
By ALICE LEE MOoUE

This last week the secretary of
state celebrated his fifty-fourth birth
day by holding reception in the aft
ernoon at his impostng residence at
Calumet Place. The house is SPLEEN
did old colonial mansion, owned by
Mrs. John A. Logan, and for many
years was her residence. 1t has one
Of the finest situations in the city.
standing in spacious grounds at the
summit of the steep Thirteenth street
hill. From it's broad fashioned
piazzas there Is a lovely view of the
city below and beyond can be seen
the sparkling waters of the Potomac
The whole house was profusely dec
grated for the reception with palms
and flowers, many of the latter being
gifts sent the genial secretary in hon.
or OF his natal birthday. Mrs. Bryan
was assisted by the wives of several
officials connected with the state de-
partment, and Mrs. Osborne, wife of
the assistant secretary, presided at
the tea table.
Mr.. Bryan also gave a. smoker the
same day TO the newspaper men with
whom he is on most cordial terms. He
made them a little speech In which he
quoted James Russell Lowell: Get
but the truth once uttered and it is
space, and which once circling in its
placid round not all the tumult of the
earth can shake"
At which a practical scribe remark
ed to his companion: "Humph! But
we can't get the truth uttered. If we
could, the placid eWatchful Waiting
would drop into space, all right, and
the earth would shake in Mexico.
Il has been announced that Mr..
Bryan has accepted the invitation of
the Pan American Union, and will
leave in August for Chilli. Those who
know what washington is like in Au-
gust can't blame him for seeking
Chill.
Speaking OF birthdays, the vice
president has been having one himself
recently. Mr.. Marshall admitted it to
be his sixtieth milestone, but he GER
tafnly does not look it.
A Fair Audience.
Last Thursday when the vote was
at last secured in the senate on the
every seat was taken and the CALLER
les filled to their utmost capacity. The
measure has met with all kinds of OBJ
stacles, the opponents of the bill even
openly boasting it would never reach
a vote. But Mrs. Medill Mccormick,
chairman, and the other ladies of the
National Congressional Committee
were successful in securing not only
a vote but the first victory for wo-
man suffrage In fifty years in the
United States senate The ballot taken |
showed So senators for the measure
and "a against IL. A two-thirds vote
was required to pass the amendment, |
but at this time the recognized suf- |
frage leaders are unanimous in de- |
claring that even a majority of one |
vote is a substantial victory which |
shows the dawn of the new era of the |
suffrage movement.
Senator Shafroth the day following |
the vote introduced a new constitu- |
tional amendment suggested by the |
National American Woman Suffrage |
This bill would give wo- |
men the right to vote whenever eight |
per cent OF the qualified voters in n |
state should petition that the question |
be voted upon, and the resulting vote /
should prove to be for the affirna- |
tive. While it is true that the former /
was more sweeping, Mrs |
and her committee ex-
press themselves as being well salts
fled with Mr.. Shafroth's new bill, |
which is known to be stronger by
many votes, and which it is believed |
will constantly gain new adherents.
Although the senators from Missis-
sipri did not support the suffrage