Evening star., 1922-10-15
EFFORT FOR WOMAN
SENATOR ST|RS ROW
Mrs. Mary Johnson in Sharp
Retort on Plan to Seat
Mrs. FELTON,.

The efforts of the organized women
to find a way by which Mrs. Rebecca
FELTON,. appointed to succeed the late
Senator Watson, may be allowed act
ualiy to be sworn in and sit In the
United States Senate for at least one
day has stirred up merry political
row.
A retroactive bill has been prepared
covering such situation, and in an
ticipation of its passage the canol-
dates FOR the democratic nomination
to succeed Mrs. FELTON, for the regu-
lar term have been asked by wire, II
elected, to defer presenting creden.
tials and qualifying as senator until
Mrs. FELTON, first can be sworn In
Wires have also been sent 10 all
members Of the Senate asking them
to pay their own expenses TO WASH
ington for u one-day session te swear
in Mrs FELTON,, President Harding S
sole objection to such a brief session
being on account of the expense:
Mrs kathern Livingston Eagan. IN
letter yesterday to the President
expressed doubt about the democratic
members of the Senate being wiling
to come to Washington at their own
expense to swear in the woman sena-
tor. because they had fought sufrrage'
Replies TO Hrs. Eagan.
Mrs. Mary Wright Johnson last
night replied to Mrs. Eagan. Mrs.
Johnson Is Il member of nearly every
prominent woman's club in the hlteo
States. She is secretary or the DIS
! trict of Columbia democratic commit,
tee and chairman of the District or
Columbia democratic women. She is
the only woman who has ever man =
aged a state presidential campaign IN
either party. This she has done twice
for the democrats in the District or
Columbia, and is now in charge OF the
congressional campaign.
Answering Mrs. Eagan. Mrs. John-
| son said:
Southern gentlemen do not con-
slider personal expense, nor lnconFen-
ience, nor life itself, where honor to
southern womanhood is involved. Con-
cerning suffrage. the south had a
problem which existed in no other
part Of the country. The fact stands
, forth that the south has led in all
movements for women. II was a
southern state legislature. MISSISSIPPI,
| in 1888. that passed the first married
woman's property law. giving mar
| ried woman personal right over her
own property. This was ten years
before the first woman's convention
was held in Seneca Falls, \. u. IN
/ l8iS. where the married woman
property law was one Oh tne ulst
| clauses embodied in their platform.
! 1t was southern state, Tennessee,
/ that ratified and made possible for
/ the entire United States the nine
teenth amendment.
Contrast to Newberry."
at was southern and not Penn
i sylvania governor to appoint Wom-
an to the United States Senate, and
! that without one cent of expenditure
| which is quite contrast to the
| 100000 expended for the purchase
| of seat by Newberry. l do not
believe that the President will call
| the Senate in session at this time.
because republican senators are badl y
needed to make excuses to the voters
| for removing $SG0,O00,000 excess profit
| tax from the mOnopolieS and placing
, a tariff of $4,000. .O0O. 900 on everything
j used in the homes of our American
| people; excuses for failure to keep
! their pledges on the soldier bonus.
made in the last election. in order
; to secure votes.
! "As soon as the election is over a
session is to be called to give not
only the ships. but $4,000. 900, to the
, shipping corporation taking them.
and, with the high tariff. there will
be no cargo; and the foreign countries
will not be able to pay us the in
I terest. much less the principal on the
loan they owe u.s."