Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-07
PRETTY GIRL FIDDLING
HER FATHER INTO CONGRESS

Miss Lolita Greenup, of Padueah.
KY, who is only just out of school
and in long dresses, is trying to help
her father get into congress. lie
hadn't a ghost of show till she
turned in to help. but il is quite an
other story now, and the other fell
lows in the field, Col. Sam Grassland
of Mayfield and Judge Oliver james
of Marion. are beginning to look very
serious over their prospects.
Miss Lolita and her violin are doing
it. Even West Kentucky farmers tire
of siIver-tongued orators sometimes,
but as long as the blue grass grows
in Kentucky an audience of her sons
will never weary of hearing pretty
girl play the old melodies dear TO the
south. so all in Il week or so Papa
.GreeRup'S fortunes have changed.
and Miss Lolita has become the CEN
trail figure i'm one of the most re-
marbable political campaigns that
the south has seen since the days of
Bob Taylor's fddling tour of Ten
nessee.
George y. Greenup is a teacher of
music in Paducah. Just why he
should cherish congressional aspira-
tions nobody knows. Very few peo-
pie would care. either. for the matter
of that. if Miss Lotta didn't. But then
she wants father to be congress
man. so il is different. Her wishes
count since she has become Il public
character.
y month or so ago Mr.. Greenup
came out as candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination to succeed Con-
gressman Charles X. Wheeler in the
First district of Kentucky. The dis
trict gave Bryan majority of $1,000
in total voting population of $4,000
in 1896. The democratic nomination
is practically equivalent To an ,elec-
tion.
Now candidates for the democratic
nomination for congress in this end
of the state hitherto. have been eth
er lawyers who could talk or wealthy
farmers with records as confederate
soldiers. The announcement of the
candidaturc of Greeuup. music teach
cr. interested the voters not Il little
bit unless, perhaps, few wondered
where politics were coming to. Col.
Sam Grassland and Judge Ollie
field, laughed.
Greenup was not we'll known. so he
began To take little speech-makipg
tours in the smaller towns of the dis
trict. But nobody went To hear him.'
The candidate was in earnest. but
the voters were coy. He couldn't
get acquainted. His canvass was
hopelessly dull. Then Miss Lotta
came in.
Though he is new i'm politics, Mr..
Grcenup knows something about hu-
man nature. He saw that ne needed
an-attraction at his meetings. and he
proceeded to get one. Probably only
music teacher would have thought
of adopting the violin as Il campaign
argument ON Il stumping tour. but n
is proving a powerful argument.
At Hickman. small town ON the
Mississippi river. one morning. last
week the local paper announced that
on the following night George w.
Greenup would address the voters at
the court house on the issues of the
day. I'm additional line conveyed the
information that the candidates
daughter would play some popular
ScieCIiOnS ON lue Nlbtill btipIS bllt
speaking began.
The announcement created rip
pie of interest among the voters of
Hickman. y girl violinist was a dis
tinct novelty at political meeting.
Bo fore night the ripple had grown to
"A ware. When Miss Lotta appeared
at the court house with her father
the hau could hold no more.
Miss Lolita is a type of the we'll
bred Kentucky girl. She is modest.
swcet-mannered. slender and pretty.
1t is not many months since she wore
her hair hanging down her back. She
PLAYS the piano and she sings well.
but her admirers say she knows how
to make violin talk" Her eyes are
big and brown.
Blushing. Miss Lolita walked to the
edge of the platform, tucked her vio-
lin under her chin and drew the bow
across the strings i'm the opening
bar of Dixie"
Now there are tunes and tunes. but
the tune of all tunes. the tune that *
good for cheer on the hottest day
or the coolest night in the western
part of Kentucky is Dixie In
stantIy skirmish fire of whoops ran
across the hall and then the whole
crowd Joined mighty chorus. which