The Washington herald., 1909-10-24

ming 20 admit they are up against tho
proposition OF having 20 reckon with
woman and a third party when they
come 10 the election OF a Congressman.
Mrs. Decker has succeeded in persuading
her sisters 10 whom Mrs. Leavitt was
almost a stranger and consequently with
little influence, that opportunity is knock
ing at their door. She has become a po-
litical factor in the State, and has made
her cause a feminine fad. which is grow
ing and showing more promise TO endure
Admire the "PeerIess One-7
And Mrs. Leavitt is lecturing and being
entertained. making friends here and
there and ev-, ,ywhere. winning acknowl-
edgment that she is one Of the brainy
women OF Colorado, and making the
voters, who always did have warm spot
in their hearts for the Peerless One
say that she Is a "chip of the old block
She showed some Of her power recently
when. backed by the Woman's Club. she
upset the arrangements for the enter
tainment OF President Taft during his
visit in Colorado by demanding that the
itinerary arranged for him be altered 10
give the women two hours OF the Chief
Executives time The reception commit
tee-which by the way. was composed OF
real Colorado politicians - ripped and
ragged. but TO no avil They pleaded that
the President would be too tired, but Mrs.
Leavltt's reply when the committee re-
fused TO change the programme was;
Refuse II you dare" And the commit
tee didn't dare
Presently, Just about the time the men
get down 10 work for the campaign,
something is going 20 happen for the
women voters Of Colorado. Mrs. Sarah
Platte Decker, who viii have opened the
way for the woman candidate, but over
whom enthusiasm will have subsided
somewhat, because she has long been a
political figure. viii announce with a
! flare Of trumpets that fealty 70 the cause
I OF women IN Colorado demands that she
give way TO the one that has become the
best representative Of the States woman
! hood. Nobody is going 10 ask who that
! is. The move, IL is confidently expected
| by the feminine plOtters, Will take the
] State by storm. Mrs. Decker is looked
/ upon by many as merely a society poll
/ tician, but Mrs Leavitt. who IS a mans
I as well as woman's woman, VIII be
/ considered as one who IS being sought by
the Office because Of her pre-eminence.
Expect Votes OF Women.
Among themselves, the Jane Jenersons
and the members Of the Woman's Club.
who have planned IT all out. say that
Mrs. Leavitts energy will get the vote
Of every woman in the district and that
/ her womanly charm viii entice the vote
] OF thousands OF men. They are congratu-
] lating themselves. too. that Mrs. Decker
/ has overcome the rtdicule which greeted
! the proposal Of a woman in Congress
and that there can be even no remem-
brance Of this attaching TO Mrs. Leavitt
when she is brought 10 The center OF the
stage.
Mrs. Decker VIII retire to wrestle with
her real ambition - the mayoralty OF
/ Denver.
The wise men, who have an inkling OF
the woman's plans, are comforting them
selves these days with the reflection that
the women folk are going 10 come a
cropper' when Il Is brought 20 their at
tention that Mrs Leavitt is too young
70 become a Congresswoman. But the
women who know the men are thinking
this are laughing up their sleeves.
For Il is they who have been very
careful 20 allow IL 70 leak out that Mrs.
Leavitt really IS not quite old enough
TO become CongresswOman. Thus they
have allayed suspicion and thrown their
detractors OF the track. All the time
they are treesuring a certified copy OF
the Bryan family Bible and other rec
ords which show that Ruth was born
but that would be telling Well. any
way, two years earlier than has been
the popular supposition, engendered by
published data upon the event. and VIII
be, therefore. Just a few months or so
over the required age when the Sixty
second Congress convenes. These rec
ords viii be produced at the psyche
logical moment