The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25

as in every state in the union, dur
 ing career extending over period
 of so years.
 No Political Speech
 Miss Kearny stated at the outset | that she would not make a political speech, as she did not propose to in- augurate her campaign for the Senate
 until next fall. but at the same time
 she put in some mighty good, heavy
 licks for herself, eliciting rounds of
 applause.
 Attention was called to the fact
 that most foreign countries have been
 giving women the right of suffrage
 for years, but that it was only re- gently, and after a fight lasting 75
 years, that the United States agreed
 to let the women vote and hold of
 flee.
 50 far" said the speaker two
 women have been elected to Congress
 as the representatives of western
 states, and now Mississippi is pre- pairing to be the first state in the
 union to send a woman to the Sem ate" tApplause).
 She reminded her audience that the first woman to be eletced to a seat in the English Parliament, the greatest deliberstive body in the world. was
 an American woman, a southern woman, who was born in Virginia Mrs. Astor. At the same time an other Virginia born woman was the wife of the President of the United States-one of the greatest men the world has ever known, she said
 Miss Kearney had several beautiful bouquets to throw at her own na- tive state of Mississippi, compliment ing it on having been the first 10 establish a college for the higher ed ucat tion of girls; the first state to create a college for the education of girls al stdte expense; the first state
 to give to women and wives full property rights and then predicted
 Mississippi would be the first state
 to honor woman by sending her to the United States Senate.
 Women Will CIarify Politics
 She predicted that 1t would be but
 a very few years before the women had clarified the politics of the state
 that 1t would soon come to pass that there would be women in her legls- lative halls. filling many of her or fices of trust and honor, sit as mem bers of all the boar of trustees of state colleges and other institutions; that the state colleges would then no longer be political footballs; that de- eency, morally and otherwise, would De uemdnu6Q or dfl ioh VI flee. and that ony those worthy or confidence would be selected.
 Miss Kearney stated that some newspaper of the state had said that womau was not physically strong and fit to attend to the duties of United States senator, but, she said delicate and frail as I am, contl- dently believe I can stand the work without breaking down or becoming anything like a physical wreck
 there is any job. political or other wise, that is fitted for delicate woman. it is that of holding down a seat in the Senate of the United States. About all the most of them do is to walk or ride from their hotels or boarding houses to the Sem ate chamber, sit around awhile, joke with their fellows and get themselves home some time before day the next morning" The audience was thor loughly convinced that it was no hard job. and, judging by the applause the majority was of the opinion that Miss Kearny. a strong. healthy, athletie looking woman. in the prime or llfe' can stand the strain of being United States senator just as well, If not better than could Bilbo or Varda- man, and at the conclusion of her address they crowded around the platform to assure her they were go- | ing to vote for her when the time | came.
 An Incxcusabie Order 1 Several months ago the Jackson | and Eastern Railroad company ap- l piled to the interstate commerce com mission for permission to extend it's l line from Sebastapool, Scott county l into the city of Jackson, distance I of 50 miles. It was found that some | powerful agency was blocking the game, and the president of the rail- l road company made several visits to ] business men of Jackson and Me ridian, for <Se purpose of comforting with the commerce commission and demanding their rights to complete | their line into Jackson. It was found 1 that some of the big railroads were | behind the movement to kill the pe- l tition for permission to construct. 1 but they were smoked cut, finally, and the commiNion granted permis- 1 sion to build.
 The road has been in operation | three or four years from MerlGian to 1 Sebastapool, also a distance of about 1 60 miles, and has proven valuable property. The extension to Jackson will be down the valley of Pearl 1 river a fine timber and agricultural | region, and Jackson has made re- | heated efforts to raise the money to . huiId the line but failed. II will be