St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Wasnington Republlcan.


Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, candidate
of the Equal Rights party for President,
was at home when a Reporter OF the
Republican called. He knew that be-
fore he entered the basement Office on
F street, because the well worn tricycle.
was hitched to the side walk, the
stuffed seat hanging awry, as her skirts
had chung to it when she alighted. But
she was not in her office, having retired
to remove the stains Of tricycle. travel
from her clothing and person. Her
daughter, comedy matrOn, whose IN
FAINT was being rocked in net-cOvered
cradle in reaEr0om while she sewed
some white goods in the office, v0lun-
teered to call her distinguished mother.
Besides these descendants of the future
great and at present famous woman,
her own mother also sat in the office,
sewing a hem around handkerchief
without glasses. Another human occn-
pant of the room was a skilled dress
maker, who was putting the finishing
touches to an elaborate black lace and
silk costume for the candidate. A fat
and disagreeable-lookin old dog
wheezed and grunted in wash basket
which did duty for kennel and waste
paper receptacle. Two birds OF gay
Dlumage, but in cages from which the
glory had departed, hung in the win
dows. On the walls the most prominent
adOrnment was framed diploma of
Mrs. Lockwood's graduation in law:
But the most interesting article was a
relic of the candidates long past youth
in the shape of photograph represent
ing young woman with her hair ar
ranged in the puffs about her face that
were fashionable fifty years ago The
face is attractively plump, but OF a
correct oval, and with marks of indi-
viduality that have since matured into
intellectually. All the family have
abundant hair, except the representa-
tive Of the fourth generation, and he or
she has large undeveloped possibilities
in that direction. There was no male
person visible about the premises.
The entrance OF Mrs. Lockwood put
an end to the visitors observations.
She is a lady who demands, nay, seizes
her interiOcutOr's whole attention.
when do | take the stump 7 ] speak
at Cleveland on Sunday, at louisville
and Lexington later, and on the goth at
New York. The proprietor Of tile peraa
house at Cleveland has invited me and
selected the issues of the campaign from
a list of half dozen subjects submit
ted to him. I should have chosen my
own subject. but being Sunday night
preferred that he should decide, know
ing what would be acceptable for that
day. At Louisville shall be the guest
of the Southern Exposition
A letter which she here took from her
pocket and handed to the reporter from
Bennett Ell. Young, President of the Ex
position, pressed for definite date, so
that excursion and advertising arrang-
ments could be made in order that she
should receive characteristic Kentuc
ky welcome.n
II shall also address the ladies of
Louisville, who have invited nle,n Mrs.
Lock wood resumed, "if can do SO con-
sistently with my engagement with the
exposition people. Then am invited
to speak in Lexington, where / shall go
from Louisville. am in correspond
Ell ee with the proprietors of Cooper In
stitute, the Academy of Music and
Chickering Hall, New York, one of
which want to engage for my speech
on the Goth. 1t appears they object to
renting them for political meetings, but
my information is that they are used
for such purposes, and am going to
see about it. | had two invitations
{ ON New York for this week one to
speak at the Tamnany barbecue on
Wednesday, and the other at q Repub-
llcan melting in Hudson City, N. j., but
| had to decline both"
"You have good deal of correspond
ence, Isuppose,n queried the reporter,
his glance falling on q number of bun
dies which looked like letters.
YES" said she, rising and spreading
out the packages SO that their contents
could be plainly seen to be correspond
ence. These letters have all come to
me on my presidential prospects. These
four bundles | have answered, and
these have yet to be attended to.' The
last bundle held some twenty or thirty
envelopes, the others over fifty appar-
emily.
How many States will have Lock-
wood electoral tickets in the field gu
The returns are not all in yet, but |
have very encouraging letters from Ar
kansas, where a well-informed man
says will divide the vote with the
other parties and from Illinois, New
Jersey and Northern Maryland.n