The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-19

certain that in the minds of many who
voted for Mrs. Denison she was slated
for but single term. There We're nu-
merous reasons for this in addition to
the desire to destroy a troublesome
precedent. Now there is strong feel
ing growing in some quarters that it
will not be SO easy to set Mrs. Deni-
son aside, If she is willing to serve
for no one is expecting that Mrs. Den
ison is going to aggressively seek re-
In Minnesota Mrs. DenisOn certainly
made strong impression and created
the feeling among those not in close
touch with national policies that she
would certainly and naturally succeed
herself, as other and less acceptable
presidents have done.
This raises another interesting ques-
ton. There can scarcely be a doubt
that at Los Angeles Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker of Denver, then second vice
president, held the vote Of the conven-
ton in her hand and might have used
it for, her own elevation or that of
anyone she chose She chose to bring
about the election of Mrs. Denison, on
the ground that she was personally
pledged to do so and that she felt Mrs.
Denison deserved the recognition on
account of her valuable services as
vice president under her predecessor
when unusual burdens had fallen upon
her.
Twice Mrs. Decker has positively
| refused to accept an almost certain
election to the presidency, owing to
circumstances that she felt required
to sacrifice, and it is true that even
at Milwaukee, where there was no
great contest for the office, she might
have been elected if she had chosen.
| Now Mrs. Decker is an avowed can
| didate, having signified to the Colo
RADIO federation, at it's urgent request,
her willingness to stand for the of
flee. The crucial question is, will Mrs.
Denison stand aside and throw her
/ influence for the election of Mrs
Decker? This. with Mrs Decker's
I personal popularity, would insure her
I election. iii spite of numerous devel-
opments that have brought forward a
s rather large crop ofEavailable and not
4 unwilling candidates. It would seem
that the task of entertaining the bien-
NAL usually develops a woman big
4 enough for presidential timber Mrs.
Decker is a result of the Denver bien-
Isnia1, and the most active candidate,
1 Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, now first
vice president Of the federation, was
brought forward by her work in Sc
curing and entertaining the Los An
geles biennial. st. Louis task will
certainly make conspicuous the quail
fications of Mrs. Philip N. Moore, al
known to all engaged in general fed
Grafton work. The feeling that the
hostess city must, for the time, keen
itself aloof from federation politics is
the chief reason why Mrs. Moore is
not likely to be a formidable candi-
date at this time, for she is woman
of rare good taste and good sense
and will not embarrass either. the
federation or her city by. uIlseason-
able ambitions, but she@is already in
: mind for a future choice and her past
record as a federation officer well
merits the honor.
, Mrs. Burdette's tours, made easy by
her husbands itinerant life, are re-
garded as plainly political, and while
she undoubtedly helps herself in a way
!. by cultivating a wide acquaintance
and by making a favorable personal
I impression, there is also a strong
prejudice against self-seeking that
) arises at the same time.
Mrs. Emma Fox of Michigan sec
ond vice president, is also suggested,
on the ground that she deserves pro-
motion for her parliamentary services
, in the Low regime. This does not
IaNaken a responsive chord in Mime
Il scta where the state was deprived of
81 the office on this plea and it is felt
, that any obligation the organization
could have had has been amply repaid
by placing her in her present: office
and by giving it's official Endorsement
J to her book on parliamentary law,
which on the strength of this indorse-
nlent has been introduced rapidly
among federated clubs,
Chicago women have expressed a
desire that an able parliamentarian of
that city, Mrs. John d. Sherman,
should become candidate. but in
case this is not realized they will
probably support Mrs. Decker.
lsssESSsSa. ------------------
Underwear for Everybody.
for women, for men, for children
sale of three stocks at Dayton's this
week.