The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-18

1t; has even told her intervieWers So"
Ohl why will you be SO innocent,
little lambf'' retorted Mrs. Parsons.
Don T you see that she was only test
ing the sentiment of the crowd9 Now
she has but to yield to the universal
demand that she accept the nomination
again, which she will do: She told ME
last night on her solemn word OF honor
that she would not consider reelection
under any circumstances whatever.
But tonight, Mrs. Blank-Jones, chair
man of the nominating committee,
comes to ask me to take the second
place on the ballot, saying that Mrs
Smith has at. last consented to serve
another tenn Bosh!'
| ct was months before ! discovered
that Mrs. Parsons herself had secretly
aspired to the first place.)
And are you going to be vice presi-
dent9'' / asked. -.
II am going to be candidate for
the vice presidency she answered.
ACCURACY is not one Of your chief
charms, Jackie -
I'm T, ! proud? PROV of you; I congratulate
'07Not yet, child. We've some work
to do first" She eyed me narrowly.
II depend upon you to do a bit Of
judicious electioneering in the next two
days, Jackie. There are other candl-
dates.' at,.s,
/ "Me9n gasped. "oh, Mrs Par
sons, II can It! II We decided to go
i home tonight. " r. = -
eco homea What are you thinking
of Indeed, you won It go home. The
idea OF running your prospects that
way: Did you. see, the evening paper
Well, go home after that? No, indeed
you IL stay right here and follow up
CTR IF l,,af
"Joe has telegraphed,' I confessed
"He. threatens to leave me if I don It
come back at once. Really, l don t
want him to do that "
e"Now, don't be- a goose,'' she an
swered lightly: tssIve heard husbands
talk like that before; you We a future
;; before you if you play your cards right
You re too bright and too handsome a
woman to be a slave to any man. Never
mind Joe. He'll come back to you the
minute you re home, and proud enough
he I'll be when he sees the honors you we
won. Listen / propose what the
ward politicians would call a straig
deal. Having consented to be made q
candidate for vice president, I do no!
propose to be beaten. You go to work
, to get me elected on the floor, ant
when I am in office I I'll have you made
state chairman and put you on lead
ing committee beside That will put
,, you on the same level with the state
, president and open every door you want
opened: Come, Jackie, is it bar
, gain?'
Once more the golden apple of temp
! tation was too much for me. [ did mo-
a leave Mrs. ParsofYs room until aftel
[ midnight, and then our campaign plan!
t were we'll laid.
e Excitement ran high the next tw'
S days over the coming election: Friend
a of the candidates buttonholed dele
: gates and canvassed for votes. CLEARING
J. headlines in the newspapers precede,
0 conflicting accounts of the prospects O.
various candidates, Ind altho a certain
|, serious minded, intellectual proportion
e gave themselves faithfully to the liter
+ ary program, the remainder of the dele
t gates devoted themselves to gettin
. their candidates elected.
- Finally, the last morning of the Ri
): ennial arrived, and every delegat
: gathered in the big auditorium Of tn
i Grand Blank Theater at 9 O'Clock
= ready to cast her vote. Who shall de
a scribe that meeting9 There were roll
= calls and amendments and reports an
l. previous questions to consider; Their
! were elections from the floor Of frivo]
J. Gus onlookers, and nominating speeche
n galore; Inere were tears Shed DV 1faC
y nominees and nominators, and there wa
J. the inopportune application of tn
handkerchief to the presidential nos
9 which caused the "moving of the pre-
vious notion at the wrong moment
n thereby losing the president one Of he
g pet measures. But finally, at. precisel
= 1890, the chairman of tellers came i
, with her report. The house, which ha
8 been feminine bedlam wherein 70
= fully five minutes it was impossib]
I to hear the presidential gavel, gradua
- ly fell into something like order all
! settled itself for the report.
=, The old president was reelected, br
. Mrs. Parsons name did not follow i
- The other candidate had won.
,. When Mrs. Parsons, who had bee
= sitting on the platform, heard this, sl
- rose with impressive dignity and witt
D. drew by the upper left entrance.