Mrs. SPENCER. Miss Susan B. Anthony was chosen to present the
constitutional argument in our case before the committee. Unless
there is more important business for the individual members of the
committee than the protection of one-half of our population, I
trust that the limit fixed for our hearing will be extended.

The CHAIRMAN. Miss Anthony is entitled to an hour.

Mrs. SPENCER. Good. Miss Anthony is from the United States; the
whole United States claim her.

Mrs. ALLEN. I have made arrangements with Miss Anthony to say all
that I feel it necessary for me to say at this time.

Mrs. SPENCER. I have been so informed.



REMARKS BY MRS. NANCY B. ALLEN, OF IOWA.

Mrs. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Judiciary Committee:
I am not a State representative, but I am a representative of a
large class of women, citizens of Iowa, who are heavy tax-payers.
That is a subject which we are very seriously contemplating at
this time. There is now a petition being circulated throughout our
State, to be presented to the legislature, praying that women
be exempted from taxation until they have some voice in the
management of local affairs of the State. You may ask, "Do not
your husbands protect you? Are not all the men protecting you?" We