Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-04-17


ranks of female spellbinders.
From carriage and motor car: or
the streets. in public halls, and in the
drawing rooms of her friends, she Wig
orously pushed her husbands canvass
Those who have heard her speak say
she has developed quite a noteworthy
eloquence.
Another who surprised her friends
by her political energy and enthusiasm
is Mrs. Frederick Guest, formerly Miss
Amy Phipps of New York.
1t is said that it was Mrs. Guest
who induced her husband to stand for
a seat from a Westminster district
She at once began canvassing the vot-
ers. coddling their children and max.
ing friends with their wives.
One day she surprised herself as
well as her associates by making quite
clever little speech to the voters
themselves.
After that she was in the thick of
the fray. and employed several auto
mobiles in her canvass. She introduc.
ed some American methods in the
work of winning votes, and it is said
made number of converts to her
cause.
1.-THE Socialist Countess"
Best known of all the women politi
cal workers of Great Britain is beau
tiful Lady Warwick, "the Socialist
Countess
Heart and soul, she threw herself
into the contest in behalf of the labor
cause, but especially to aid "Will'
Thorne, the dock laborers' candidate
Of East Harm.
At her palatial London home a few
months ago, Lady Warwick gathered
the labor leaders of England for a con.
ference and entertained them at din
ner. When the parliamentary cam
paign opened, she began active work
in behalf of her labor friends.
Only a week or SO ago, the London
papers told of meeting addressed
by the countess. Attired in a dainty
Partisan costume, she braved bleak
wind, while, from a BRIDESMAIDS wag-
on, she urged the laboring men to work
and vote for an independent labor
party in the house of commons.
You workers." she told them, "are
the empire. Remember your RESPONSE.
bility and SOW the seeds of freedom
for your children"
During the campaign 1t was not an
uncommon thing to see the countess,
in her giant automobile dashing from
place to place at the dinner hour, ad-
dressing first a gathering of dock la.
borers and shortly afterward an as.
semblage of factory workers.
Went Without Dinner.
Day after day, men went without
their dinners to listen to the beautiful
and eloquent aristocrat who had made
their cause her own. At night she
spoke in halls that We're crowded to
the doors.
The liberals, having recently return.
ed to power, after long sojourn in
the minority desert of the Opposition, "
and battling for maintenance of their
newly acquired supremacy, brought out
the greater number of women workers
Chief among them. and next, per
haps to Mrs. Cornwallis-West in pub
lie interest, were Mrs. Asquith and hel
sister, Lady Ribblesdale, a noted beau
ty; the Countess Spencer, Lady Bat
tersea and Mrs. Herbert Gladstone.
Any one of these enterprising anG
public spirited women can make a cap
ital political speech when necessary
although they are not heard as fire
quently as Mrs. Cornwallls-West ant
Lady Warwick.
Women with conservative sympath
les have not been idle. A great deal Of
active work has been done by Miss
Balfour, sister of the former conserv
ative prime minister; the Countess O.
Grosvenor, wife of George Wyndham
who was chief secretary for Irelant
in the Balfour cabinet; the marchion
ess of Londonderry and Lady Doreel
Long, wife of the former president o
the local government board.
DISAPPOINTMENT for Conservatives.
Most of the leading women worker
for the conservative cause were dis
appointed by the returns.
Particularly deep was the steel q
defeat plunged into the soul of Mis-
Balfour. Her brother, the former PR
mier, sought reelection at the hand
! of his Manchester constituency, bu
was badly defeated, although Manche,
ter has always been conservativ
stronghold.
Early and late Miss Balfour lahore
in her brothers behalf. She conduc
ed his press bureau; made persons
visits to voters organized clubs an
carried on a remarkably vigorous can
paign, only to meet defeat and disal
pointment at the end.
Kissed q Butcher.
Still told Of in English political ci
cles is the campaign in which tn
Duchess of Devonshire kissed tn
butcher.
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