The Washington times., 1921-02-09

because no one appears TO De dpIc
to answer either question, Miss Alice
Paul and her followers in the National
Woman's party are in furore OF ex-
citement.
And unless they get assurance
from the Joint Congressional Commit
tee on the Library that the statue is
acceptable, the suffrage leaders Will
find themselves in a position from
which 1t will require all their we'll
known versatility to maneuver them
selves gracefully.
The two flies in the ointment are
Senator Brandegee. arch foe of suf-
fraGe. and the Fine Arts Commission.
The job before the National Woman's
party is to overcome these obstacles
and the suffrage leaders admit it's a
ticklish proposition.
ACQUITs SENATOR BRANDEGEE.
But Miss Alice Paul, in a statement
issued last night, acquits Senator
Brandegee. who happens to be the
chairman. of the committee, of trying
to keep the statue Of the Three
Graces''-Susan b. Anthony, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott-out
of the Capitol rotunda- Whatever
Senator Brandegee may have done in
the past to try to defeat suffrage,
Miss Paul comes out gracefully now
and admits that he Is doing every
thing in his power to permit the wom-
en- this fitting tribute to the pioneer
women leaders of America"
But it happens that the Joint Ii
brary Committee-with the sanction
Of Chairman Brandegee-has referred
the question of acceptance to the Fine
Arts Commission.
When the suffrage leaders brought
the statue up to the Capitol last week
and prepared to place 1t in the center
Of the rotunda, without authority,
they were told quite emphatically
that 1t would have to repose some
where else until the Library Commit
tee granted permission to have il
placed in the Capitol
The members of the committee dip
lomatically washed their hands of
the affair by referring the whole
question to the Fine Arts Commits
sion. The reason this move has Gre
ated a disturbance in suffrage cir
cles is because the Fine Arts Commits
sion long ago took the position that
there are enough statues in the Cap
itol already.
ANTI-sUFF FILBUsTER-
Now the National woman's Party,
with thousands of invitations issued
for the unveiling exercises, are
blaming the "anti-suffrage" forces for
the filibuster that threatens to upset
their premature plans.
"The Joint Committee on the LII
brary has strong anti-suffrage
feeling" explains Miss Paul.
"This 10 the first time that the
women leaders of the country have
offered a memorial to women to the
Capitol 1t is also the first time. in
the memory of the present members
Of Congress, that opposition to the
acceptance of statue has been
voiced.
"Innumerable excuses are being Of
fered, such as, there are now enough
statues in the Capitol a fact not
previously discovered, or. there should
be no statues, or that all statues be-
fore going into the Capitol should re-
side three years in a museum. since
none of these theories was ever pro-
duced before, the deduction seems
obvious.
''The form taken by this anti-suf
frage opposition has been the flibus-
tering one of referring the matter TO
the Fine Arts Commissio which has
no jurisdiction over the acceptance of
statues In the Capitol, and certainly
none over Its presentation, Knowing
that the chairman of the branch on
sculpture OF that commission 10 NOT
now In town, that its members are
scattered, and that a great deal Of
time would be needed to get the COM
mission together"
FOES OF WOMEN VOTERS.
The membership OF the Joint Com
mittee on the IJhrar1, inot,,s.. --