The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-10
WORK OF WOMEN.
What the Ladies Did to Secure Re.
publican Victory
WITH MRS. WILLARD
.wou,rn's Republican cinb, were Estab.
ii.hsd In Thiriy.one sinte.-arr. u.
Ellen Foster Addres,ed Great Audience,
: In Every Fart or tho conntry-prave
Women ofN.bra.kn.

looked upon 1t as being favor thu
3 biggest kind OF an honor, to help save
Z their country, and they went about
their mission In qulet,womnnly why"
So said yesterday at the Auditorium,
Mrs. Alice Rosseter Willard, secretary
OF the Wo,nan's Republican Asoscla-
> ton, Of which Mrs, J. Ellen Foster Is
president. under appointment BY MIR.
Mark Hanna, 90 conduct the womcn'S
+ bureau during the campaign Just now
Z SO giorlously ended.
To the women workers Is due by no
: means the least credit for the triumph
of the principles OF the grand old party
Z BY the way. Mrs, Foster has just reach
I cd the Auditorium from the. far west,
where her large and enthusiastic uu-
4 d!ences OF women proved the wisdom
and efficiency OF her work.
Some Interesting particulars or thu
brilliantly successful canvass made
8 through the agency OF the ladies' aux
illary corps are given below, and fitting
aud beautiful 1t was when Hon. Mark
A. Hanna, uti o'clock on the last Sat
5uEuhS AkAtlNOOAl VI AAN AT-
ceIyed at the Auditorium parlors all the
workers at headquarters. that Mrs
Willard should hand him, IN the name
OF all representatives OF the Woman'S
Republican Association, twenty-four
great roses OF golden hue, represent
Z, tative OF the electoral votes OF Illinois.
r.. Mrs. Alice Roxeter willard.
+ Mrs. Willard, 1t should be further
...ox,I,na hoF,ra chroplctIpr bn,. raw,
iniscences, no less entertaining than
official, has never been anything but
Republican. She was born in Illinois
and remained here till she was twelve
years old, and then she went to Ne
braSka with her parents. where she
lived as girl. wife. and widow seventeen
years. She was postmlStress OF Loup
Il City, Sherman county. Nebraska, when
twenty-one years OF age, and served
five years with satisfaction to the pa
j irons OF the office. Soon after her re-
tirement from that position. she mar
ried o. r. Willard. n newspaper pub
fisher OF that town, and who was shot
down in cold blood by tool OF the
) county ring that he had exposed.
After her husbands death Mrs. Will
lard devoted herself more largely than
ever to the paper. backed by the SYM
pathles OF the community, as well as
by Its high admiration for her abilities,
both literary and executive. and finally
sold II to good advantage. Subsequently
IN the winter OF 1859. she served as
enrolling clerk In the Nebraska legls-
laturc. Then she came 10 Chicago and
worked here for four years, and then
went 10 Europe and there Travelled u
year. and finally REACHED London. where
4 she worked eighteen months with Miss
= Willard and Lady Henry Somerset
Fer husbands family Is related to Miss
Wizards.
Ard then came the energetic lady's
vigorous supervision of the headquar-
ter's work done by the women for Nc
Kinley and Hobarrs election. Mrs
Foster being very largely absent from
the city on speech-making tours.
Work ,viii he Continued.
I'VE hope. to continue our organIza-
,!on." was Mrs. Wizards charactcris-
tic remark, as soon as the reporter for
The Inter-Ocean was introduced. THE
Woman'S Republican Association was
formed In 1858. anG Its work has been
performed heretofore simply during the
continuance OF the campaign. Yut We
. hope 10 make It permanent, and l sug-
sest that women commence at the bot
tom and build up. SD that they can do
something at the primaries. and by and
by the women will be recognized IN tn.
Republican party. To this end they
have got TO do Just like the men-have
the same machinery at work"
In how many states was the work
OF the Womans Republican Associa-
ton carried on?'
During the campaign. women or
Sanized Mckinley and Hobart sound
money clubs In ttHrty-onc states. And
the best work has been done In New
York, Nebraska, Indiana. Michigan.
Kansas. and Illinois. In Kansas. you
y know. they have the suffrage, and they
work with better matured plans and
are more acceptable as politicians and
women workers than IN almost any
other state. Mary Elizabeth Lease, her
self. IL lacking the suaviter In mode OF
many, has the fotIter In re OF true lead
ership. although her great powers are,
Of course. terribly misappliel.
The work in New York Is quite the
most interesting OF any In the aEsocla-
Z tion. by reason OF the vlgur and euthu-
slasm OF the workers. Miss Helen Bar
rstt h the national treasurer OF the
association, and 1t was she who iuhu-
guratcd ard planned the tenement
house canvassrg and Interested so
&
s men 10 help teach the women the
meaning Of free coinage OF silver and
how II would affect the purchasing
power OF their dollars.
IN much OF the literature sent out
there was insert by tina, earnest little
Republican worker, Mrs. Anna NJ. Sa-
bin-McDOnald.
4 Work In Illinois.
I'm Illinois the organized work was
carried on by the woman's Republican
committee. Mrs. ]. h. Shattucls direct
ing. Regarding the lilinoi3 work there
was enilre harmony between Mrs. Shat
tuck's department and Mrs. Fosters.
wo year" ago the Older organization
was formed, when the women OF tho
sta T. were given "A vote for trustee of the
GnlrerSIty OF Illinois. All the cores
rondence relating 20 this state which
came to me l turned In at once to Mrs.
SllattuCk. -
From the women In Iowa all letters
declared such good work was being done
8 by the men that It was almost unneSrs-
sify Tor the women 10 organize. they IN
every Gaze promising that the state
WOULD 80 by an overwhelming majority
+ Tor Mckinley and Hobart. In Idaho
anu Colorado We could not do much, as
the women there were wording 10 OBJ
tain the snGragc. and we. OF course, dil
= not t"uch anything there 10 help them
ON III that work, az we were only work.
ing Tor iIic SUCCESS OF our party. There
WINS finally secured Just one club nj
Z Denver organized by Norwegian
fnatron. very brave woman, and In the
Two branches OF IL she enrolled as many
as SO woman members.
brave Women Or Srbrn.kn.
Az FOR Nebraska, II The men OF thai