The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-22

mittee. Any candidate for public office
in the state of Colorado must consult
this earnest and capable young per-
son as well as the sterner machine
| leaders, for she controls hundreds OF
votes.
She says shat she regards politics as
a sacred dnty, and she uses her infiu-
ence to further reform politics. When
it is taken into consideration that all
kinds of dispositions are to be dealt
with by one young woman whose
worldly experience has been confined
1 to the schoolroom, the home society,
the results she is said to accomplish
are somewhat remarkable.
Mrs. Belford is direct descendant
of Ethan Allen. of revolutionary fame.
and comes naturally by her patriotic
| enthusiasm.
Whenever political questions were
| discussed she entered into them with
zeal. She came naturally to taking
an active interest in the practical work
| of politics. while gracefully receiving
her coterie of fashionable friends in
her drawing-rooms.
Aside from being the leader Of the
women's political machine" which
is fiourishing in Denver, her fashiona-
est leaning that way declare she is
the most wholesome lesson that could
possibly be held up to the notice Of
| the enemies of woman suffrage.
She has introduced William j. Bryan
and other speakers as distinguished
| to an audience that packed the large
Broadway theater from pit to dome.
This event was noteworthy one in
| the life of the feminine political lead
er. The distinguished apostle of free
silver came upon the platform escort
ed by Mrs. Belford. and paid her an
eloquent tribute from the stage.
Mrs. Belford has always lived in
Denver. She came to the state when
she was five years old with her parents
| from Council Bluffs, Ia. With the man
who is now her husband and the son
Of Hon. J. 3. Belford. she was gradu-
ated with honors from the Denver
high school. Three years afterward
they married.
| Hon. J. B. Belford was among the
last of the territorial judges of Colo
RADIO. For ten years he represented
/ the state in congress, in which branch
Of the national eg;slature-owing to
his indomitable will and marked per-
severing individuality-hee earned the
title of "Red-headed Rooster of the
Rockies" This dignity, with the Ir.
added, has recently descended to his
son.
When Mrs. Belford's husband was
| nominated for the legislature, the
| beautiful young society leader very
naturally bent all her efforts to se-
cure the election of his ticket. Her
! victory in this instance caused strong
minded women throughout the coun-
try to regard her as one Of their most
powerful allies.
Mrs. Bedford Is not yet 30 years old.
and her recent triumphs, and with the
| political honors she has lately had con-
ferred upon her, have caused her to be
! marked as one of the most celebrated
women in the Centennial state.
How they sised Hln UD.
It was in a mission Sunday school,
far over on the east side or Few York,
| and the brisk young clergyman from
Chicago was about to make brief adj
dress. His smile was as ctmplacent
as ingratiating, and he began with an
adroitness las he supposed OF exor-
dunn whicl would have left Quintilian
speechless with wonder and envy:
well, children, guess none Of you
know where came FROM" His own
| ingenuity warmed his heart, a. he saw
visions of his stockyards stories to
come. But he promptly got cold
douche. oh, yes, we dol" spoke up
shiny-faced (preternaturally sol Joe
Dugan in tho front row. An orator
must follow his lead. even If it isn'tthe
one he desired. So the youthful minis
ter. slight shade Of disappointment
now on hts unwrinkled front, inquired:
swell. where do you think then7s
.From the country!s