The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-05
MARY LEASE is BACK.
She Says She offered to Follow
Up Ingalls,"
But the Populist Managers
Ignored Her Letter.
MAY TALK ANYWAY.
Mrs Lease Says She'll Speak IF
She Wants To.
Will Never Spend Another
Winter in Kansas.
She Refuses to Say Much About
the CarwOrks.
Ii Never Spend Another
Winter in Kansas.

Mrs. Mary L. Lease arrived IN Topeka
this forenoon and is stopping at the Ma
tional hotel She has just returned from
Pullman, Ill. where She has been to in
vestigate the condition of the IN
employed labor there. She was seen at
the hotel by a JOURNAL reporter this
afternoon.
Mrs. Lease seems to be in a little bet
ter health than she was when she was
here last, about two weeks ago. She is
far from well yet, however In speaking
of her health she said:
Last wioter was probably the last I
shall spend in Kansas I ind II does not
quite agree with me. / have purchased
land in Fresno county, California, IN
what is known rs the beautiful San
Joaquin valley. There 1 shall 90 some
time in October and stay the entire win
ter, as intend to all my other
winters. Kansas weather and my rheu-
matism do not agree. 1 shall not leave
Kansas l couldn't do that am very
much attached to Kansss"
''Is it true that you are writing Pull
man articles for an eastern magazlnel"
Il was there on Journalistic work.
find terrible condition there. Tho re-
ports are not exaggerated ones. If the
hand of charity should be lifted from
the poor of Pullman for twenty four
hours [ don't know what would become
of them It is a fact that in some of the
houses that the Pullman company values
At $500 and that did not cost a cent over
$75, there are now three or four families
living, And they are being sup
ported by the charitable people of
the city Of Chicago There are twelve
thousand families there that are ubso-
lutely destitute, and Pullman has not
contributed one cent to their relief fund
/ was entertsined there by Rev. VIM. II.
Carwardine, who is writing the story of
the strike He is a formerly of Kansas
man, and we were all Kansaus together.
"How about the idea of the ex- Pull
man employees establishing car works at
Hiawatha or Lawrencef"
"Well, now / can't talk about that
CO nmittee work, but 1 believe the idea
has been given up, SO far as Hiawatha IS
concerned We cannot say anything
about that though"
Are you going to speak in Kansas
during the Kansas campaign?"
Il can't say as to that 1 see it has
been stated that 1 have had no oppor-
tunity to so far as the committee
When Air. Ingalls, announced to
the Republican campaign committee
that he was ready TO speak in Kansas
I Immediately notified the Populist com
mittee that l was ready to speak also
and that L should very much prefer to
follow IN the wake of 1Ir. Ingalls,, as
had his eighteen years senate record so
we'll in hand but there has never been
reply to my proposition. Perhaps they
thought it wasn't necessary to pay much
attention to Mr.. Ingalls,. Still, if I want
ed to speak, 1 would. No campaign
committee has any fetters on me.
Il have not spoken much since I was
sick, however. I find can't make dates
with any degree of certainty. 1 spoke
at Hyde park, Chicago. Saturday even
ing to an immense crowd and was 20
have spoken at Ogden park on Labor
Day. but it was raining and 1 was
afraid of my rheumatism thet I cancell-
ed the date after l reached the park.
Il have promised to speak before the
civic federation in Chicago next month";
but don't know that l viii be able to fill
the appointment"
The reporter here informed Mrs Lease
of Mrs. Digg5' interview in the JOURNAL
of last Friday in which she said that the
suffrage amendment and POpulism
would carry in Kansas with
big majority, and that she regretted
the City park incident, in which Mrs.
Lease was introduced. sit was the tirst
time ever stopped to a personality and
l was punished for it right away" Mrs
d ggs had said
s-Ies, think there is no doubt that
suffrage will carry in Kansas said Mrs.
Lease. thOughtfully, then chan ging the
subject suddenly, ssShe does not attempt to
deny that she said I lied, does she?
Every body heard that I was surprised
that the little woman let her temper get
so completely the better Of her. won
der what did it'
"Perhaps II was the remark you made
about her" suggested the reporter.
why my remark wasn't personal I
hadn't said anything that did not apply
to a great many people besides herself.
What could have led me toS I suppose
she expected some reply to the remark
she made about traitors coming back to
the party I have heard that was it
didn't consider that personal That
applied to a good many 9TH
er people besides myself Mr.
Corning and Mr. bennington were very
angry about it / felt sorry that she
made such q demonstration there. She
made such pretty little suffrage speech
that it is pity she spoiled it all by her
actions She cannot make suffrage
speeches enough in years to cJunteract
it against herself as a suffrage speaker.
II hear Ben Henderson has Topped.
Is is possible that Ben has gone entirely
over to the RepublicHns2 I haven't read
mis- letter yet Well Ben is a good hon
est soul, and if he has, he means it, but