Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-10
The rlilMROSE LkAGu.,
INTERVIEW WITH LADY RANDOLPH
cHuRchilL-hER CAMPAIGN.


cHuRchllL-hER CAMPAIGN.
4 Well -Dsscipliuesl I'halanx es L.dy Can
v..sers-rhe variess Methods Of Po-
litical work-Ths Grand Cosn-
eil--Titlss-BaAses.
II IL evidently no freak Of fancy that
las induced Lady Randolph to throw
ierself with such ardor into the breaches
# Birmingham politics, nor from any de-
ire to emulate the famous campaign OF
ne duchess of Devonshire, but serious
md carefully directed effort. Lady Ran
lolph is the general Of well disciplined
phalanx Of lady cAnvasseis, who are
ielping to return her doughty lord 10 the
,edestral Of power. ~Only . fortnight
,Ro,r she informed me, Il opened q habi-
tation here in Birmingham, and our
:orces now include 500 ladies. From this
90 number Of ladies are active canvass
srs, making house to house visitation.
The way Of It 10 this: Each lady proposes
70 be responsible for certain section OF
. certain ward or Of certain street, and
each has little book In which she jots
down her memoranda. mention the
fat that we have no ls6iss enrolled ON
onr .ta1 but Of courDe the men are
numericslly \ much stronger body. I
mv,eK, Tvork verv hard. and without
having any special section visit doubtful
c..s..S -doubtful cssesp no doubt being
svnonymous with vsvsrsr..
usrruLNEss OF ruR LApIrs' LEAGUE.
at = ouly within the last few weeks
III. u.sfuInes. Of our league has bean
r.-oUni.ed We ver, lsushed at by
eandid frsends vho novs-this was heap
Inc cnala of flre ON their devoted heads
..noeai 70 M for help. We have visited
some of the poorest heuses in Birming-
~, and ercountersd anne of the rough
- of its neonle. but NJ have only one
~ IN vh,ch l.dv v.a raceived with
snvshin- hnt ths .rsatest courtesy and
uoi,t.res. evsn IN onr onponenta. They
Heten Ia us- thev hear our arguments,
even n thev Al not alwavn carry oouvic-
tionr
sWould Won tell me. Lady Randolph,
vhat arsuments ron psew .Weu, tell
them vhat our side thinks Of the uues-
tions Of the day-it nav be the church,
Il may Be- ffee trsde. or II may Be the
landlord. and e. I SAY, they agree With me
or MOI. a the CO NAV b.. trust that
they ssree.. Ladv Randolph has also
visited some Of tHe principei factories Of
the town. sThe masters were good
snoueh 10 allow me- to s.esk to their en-
ulovea vAetAer thsv vere Of our per.
suas,on or no And fount by this means
that I ~ able 10 TT over the Rround
Nth a sroasar rauidity.r II presume
tAst lsdv canyasree. have many good
oualitaes Which 8 man possessss noti"
vifhout eomnitsine herself 70 any state.
went vhich misht - r,eh. LADY RAN
dolph = decidedly Of opinion that =
vomaa perhaps evincss mere tact than Q
man in many cases; and this no doubt
u true enough, and Lady Randolph 70
eards the personal house toulouse vista
tiou and the little chats with the electors
OF their wives - . maans toward . polit-
scal education
An ExeuE FOR RDUcArIxo.
sWe have no colon" replied Lady Ran
Ao,ph 70 nv question, .but We have q
bsdas, and ons nrn has Manufactured
A0,0o within sAost time Lady Ran
do1pA Churchill tAsa explained the o.
uaisatiou a tie haSDs. Deuducing from
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tAe Hea Primruee iesues are al On card
hoard." But NV uuch NOR, suuaptnoul
= ~ exterior a 4 .Ben Primroee Elee
uoe Tslk, : With IL admirsbas portrait q