The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
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Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont, the New
York millionairess who has played
the angel role for the National
League of Women Voters, who
has been to that organization of
near" militant suffragettes just
what Maecenas was to the I'M
poverished Horace, is disconsC-
late.
Women have not acquired con-
troll of the government. Public
offices are not divided between the
sexes on a basis of $3.50. There
is no reason why such division
should not be accorded, according
to Mrs. Belmont. Are not women
almost as strong, numerically, as
men? Are not women as intelli-
gent as men? Then why is it true
that women, in office, are not as
numerous today as they were i'm
mediately following the ratifica
ton Of the suffrage amendment?
Why in the last congressional
elections were all women who Of
fered their services beaten? Mrs.
Belmont knows why. The men
have entered into conspiracy,
she contends. Men are jealous of
their perogatives, of their long
hold on public office, of their con
troll of affairs since the beginning
of the government.
They have banded themselves
together to prevent fair play. Mrs.
Belmont declares. What shall be
done about it? Now. COR the first
time, she is silent.
Education is necessary. The
National League of Women Voters,
from their white House (pur-
chased by Mrs. BelmonO IN Capt.
toll Hill. will issue cal! for a
woman's congress to sit contem-
poraneously with the congress of
the United States.
Each state will have as many
votes as it has in the cong 4ess of
the United States, and the strength
between the parties Will be regu-
lated by the strength between the
parties in the congress of the
United States.
The women will then proceed
to enact legislation. to show the
country how business should be
transacted, and how representa-
t1ves of the people should com
port themselves while engaged in
the business of the people
No man will contend that the
congress Of the. United States.
since the beginning of the Hard
ing administration Tor possibly at
any other time), has conducted it,
self properly or even so hand
iC1,
rlon either for legislative proceed
ure. or dignity. or good manners.
Since the formation of s.. this
and that bloc for the purpose of
securing class legislation at the
expense of the other classes, the
congress of the United States has
: become the subject of pert parag-
raphers and daring cartoonists
Mrs. Belmont knows this. She
thinks ii cinch that the women
IN all respects will he able to
show up" the men. Probably she
is correct. But if actual respon-
sibility was herso OF course. the
women. as class. are no more
inteiiigent. or patriotic. than the
men as class
Mrs. Belmont takes the bovine
by the horns without apology. In
1916, she, along with other New
YORK people who maintained resi-
uehces on Fifth avenue, thought
that Woodrow Wilson should he
retired from the White House and
charles Evans Hughes substituted
20 she chartered special train
and filled it with women each of
"hom she equipped with a lorp-
aette of gold (for the more per
rect observation of rural Western
ers) and poodle. Her object wa 6
20 convert that wild" section be-
You'd the Mississippi river.
II Is generally admitted that
Mrs. belmont succeeded in influ-
ehclhS the people of those nor
mailF Republican states which
Mr.. Wilson. by small majority.
carried. ~ ;