| Show Women May Choo Choose e ft Member of Cabinet Americas America's Feminine Club Organization Credited With Ousting Secretary of Interior Interior Fall Fall When Alleged Trickery Against Indians Is Bared B CAROLYN CAROLY VANCE Correspondent t of The Stand Stand- E Copyright 1923 1 23 by The Standard Standard- Standard Examiner ft P WASHINGTON D C Jan Tan 13 13 Women omen mo e TO or in a II way their political wonders onders to perform p Members bers of ot the credited sex se are being credit credit- ed cd l cabInet with creating a vacancy In the th cab cab- met Inet and also according to one of bf the Sise Ise whispers of Washington A 11 woman selection man can Hill alli 11 be responsible for tor the tion of the stopper topper stopper to fill Ill that gaping hole inns action But through the hole of ot the hans hans- t I ans- ans action the women involved In will wili JIIn behInd veiled the unseen 1 0 er be- be hind the throne and all sit that that sort ot of thing They hae hav ha got a n reputation for Cor Corb b being the enigmatic ses se's se seto to maintain But to come down to cases It Is said to ha ha have hae e been the protestations of General the two million members of the Gen Gen- Gen General I eral oral Federation of ot Women's omens clubs ag legislation sponsored spon ored by See Sec Sec Secretary rail of the th Interior that caus- caus caused caus caused ed Cd him much unhappiness and per per- per perhaps hap haps his ultimate ultimate decision to resign Ic I-Ic was beIng beloc nagged almost to 1 death tOI And now that t one group croup of o the seC se may have created the vacancy another group Is scuttling about in an all effort to Influence the th selection of the man manto manto to manto fill It Wives h es of lame Iame ducks In Washington particularly those who are members of the social bloc made j madej famous by former Senator are I with each other in putting their husbands hUband forward for the posItion We Ve have hae this on authority of the em- em meat emInent em author of the Mirrors of Wash Wash- ington Washington predicted and the man who first predict predict- predicted predicted ed the resignation of Secreta I rail POSSESS GREt r of the General i of Women's clubs nih will Ill doubtless be Quite Cd to have hate It come out that they influenced In any way ay the tir re resignation lg- lg nation of a cabinet member That Is particularly against their policy to flaunt happenings of 01 this sort or In any way to claim credit for blochin blocking or for pieces of legislation In which they are Interested ted They do donot donot not wield a big biff stick In the faces laces of the male mal se ses they aro are too for or that antagonism knowing that arousing II ism in male mal breasts would only ham ham- hamper hamper hamper per them In their work worl But they are area area area a power very ery much to be reckoned wIth They The have hav perhaps the closest and the th largest organization barring none of either cither I or both sexes in the count country I I In two wees weeks time an older per per- per permeating meeting down from Mrs rs T G Winter the president of this vast ast organize organize-I organisation I a-I floe tion Is 18 carried out by the units of the tho federation This meins that when a II piece of legislation is declared declared ed undesirable by the board the order Is t sent ent out to kill It and the tir two mit- mit mil million i r lion and moro more mor members member Immediately I get busy bu y among their and I congress Is Js flooded with protestations prote usually results In stopping mopping the I bill dead In Us lis tracks I ING G 01 or That 11 1 catI exactly what happened to the Indian claims claim measure spon spon- sponsored spon- spon sponsored sponsored by Secretary rail and Introduced In the senate by Senator Bursum The Th General Federation of Women's omens omen's clubs has a el act active e chairman o 0 fits tits In- In Indian Indian In Indian dian welfare department in Mrs Mr it 11 ItA A Alwood of Riverside CalI Cal I The bill was introduced In con con- conI con congress I gres gress at the last session solon said lId Mrs rs At before I knew It it had bad passed tb senate senale and was as as In commit commit- committee committee committee tee in the house hause Fortunately ve e found it out In time to stop it just I before the adjournment of congress and when it was wa taken up in the pres pres- present present present ent ses session lon we ve e saw law V to It that after being reported out by the committee It was recommitted which Is i in effect a a way ay of completely tilling killing the bill The bill relates to the ands linds of ot the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Ar- Ar Arisona Ar Arizona izona isona who are an nn Industrious thrifty I and Intelligent lot of people who have occupied their land since the time timo of the Spanish occupation This bill would have deprived cd them of their title to thee lands landt When we I e saw how bow this legislation which would out out- outrage outrage out outrage rage the Pueblos and their property rights was ns as being rushed through con con- congress con congress gress gres we e e began the tho col- col collection collection col collection lection of data and tiled lied a spIrited protest backed b by the tir people of New Mexico Melco IRICK USE CL FOUND With that bill off their minds the th general federation next ned Its at- at a to the Indian rca re- re bill and again a ain aln ran afoul toul of o Senator rail rail who ho fa favored ored this bill billI I also The federation has watchdogs watchdog amon among their members member to keep under ur sur all public welfare legis- legis legislation lation but this bill too slipped through the senate before they were ere ale a of what had happened It purported to tobe ti i ibe be a bill dealing with the affairs of o othe the Indians but buried burled way do don down n at atthe atthe the bottom was vas a clause which would have turned over oer 0 er a large section of o Ithe the land belonging to these Indians to Ithe the Ito for the purpose ot of making it Into a national park parI with a Qualifying clause chuse that privileges for nater ater power graving lumbering hunting and othet othel Industrial be leased leaned to private Interests It as as that last clause clauso that again brought do don doan n the I ath of the club women upon the head of Secretary raIl Fall sho ho was deeme deemed 1 responsible for fOI the bill So the tho hand that pu pushes hes the per per- perambulator perambulator or trundles a kiddie coop 01 whatever It is that has hns taken the place of the unscientific baby churn churn- churnIng churning churning ing still cradle cradle still rules the world orld |
