The evening world., 1888-11-08

Several election districts in the Twenty
fourth Ward to be heard from which may
make n little difference.
Mrs. Leonard pleasantly received an
EVENING WORLD reporter when he called at
1866 West Twenty-third street to talk with her
about the election.
Mrs. Leonard lives In the front room to the
right as you enter the front door. and in
answer to the reporters knock on her door q
voice sang out Come " from inside.
The reporter entered the room, but was
surprised to see no one.
Take q seat. I" said the same voice, and
the reporters hair began TO raise. No N
was present. All was quiet.
The reporter began, to scrutinize the place
closely, and his examination revealed ascreen
in the back end of the room. Pictures Of
pretty faces and fairy figures. and many fam
tastic things were on the walls.
This is Mrs. Leonard" and the reporter
looked towards the screen Just in time TO zee
O tall woman with short, light, fluffy hair
come out from behind II.
Mrs. Leonard wore a brown dress, cut low
in the neck and with gold-colored trimmings
attached.
She seated herself at a writing desk. and
then said in answer to q question
II only know what have read in the
papers. and they show me that Mrs. Cynthia
How many votes do you count on 2"
asked the reporter.
We'll, l ought to have over a thousand,
and perhaps two Thousand" she answered,
Was there any trading done by your
party ? There is a rumor that you were
knifed for Belva Lockwood"
oh. no! You have got that wrong"
support me for Mayor. if l would only turn
my strength for Harrison. l would not do
that. My efforts all went to defeat Mayor
Hewitt, and l am perfectly satisfied as long as
he is not reelected, You know / consider
Mayor Hewitt an enemy to poverty.
III did not have any tickets in the field. 1
wanted to DO pasted over the names of the
| other Mayoralty candidates and / was. I
covered up. many of Coogan's, some Of
Grants and lots OF Hewitfs' exclaimed Mrs.
Ae %Mo% s DO 1 like Harrison ? Oh. he is
good enough for u change, but l am never
satisfied as long as there is q man In
G fSis sts %e w onr not esn SfSsnsz'd for well Cow IN
a sick brother, and then we have had to deal
with that horrid Hamilton Wilcox ! Oh !!
Oh !" and Mrs. Leonard heaped oil sorts Of
imprecations on the head of Wilcox.
"You mean the Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Equal Rights party, do you
not ?" the reporter asked. 49,.
:" lie calls himself so, but he is nothing
more nor less than Hamilton Wilcox, first,
second. last and all the time I" emphatically
declared Mrs. Leonard.
There has been difficulty between these
two Equal Rights advocates for some time.
Mr.. Wilcox published a letter recently de-
nouncing Mrs. Leonard, and setting forth
that she was not the candidate of the L. II.
party for Mayor at all.
Mrs. Leonard told the reporter that Mr..
Wilcox had defeated her ticket, and said all
sorts of things about him.
During the interview a friend Of Mrs.
Leonard's dropped in and told her chieftess
that she wanted q good fat Office, whereupon
both women laughed heartily. It was appar-
emily q good joke. The other lady is q
p%oetess whose name suggests strongly the
kitchen stove. but she did not want it
printed.
Call me a crank Call me anything you
please" said she, pleadingly, but don't
publish my name. l am q Democrat with q
suffrage plank and want to work quietly for
the cause"
Mrs. Leonard's pretty daughter came in.
too, and said she supposed she would appear
as the sarcastic daughter" and that she
really was sarcastic, and then the three ladies
began talking over their bright prospects for
80, but at this point the reporter silently
stole away.