The Washington herald., 1909-01-17
BOSSED BYA WOMAN
Mrs. Scott Runs the Four
tenth Ward of Denver.
DOES IT CHEAPER THAN MEN
Hires Women Workers Only and
Gets Resuits-Her Methods Like
Those Of the Typical Party Man
ager, hut There's No Corruption.
Manages a Ranch, Too.

4 The slate makers Of the Republican
party in Denver sat one night with theil
heads close together framing up the citl
ticket. writes Alfred D. RunyOn, in Har
per's Weekly The big boss was reclining
IN a chair Just outside the group. zmok
ing inHumerable cigarettes and occasion
ally replying gruf1y 10 requests for sug
gestions.
The Fourteenth Ward was reache..
Bill Skeezicks for alderman there.
said committeeman. There's q swell
Republican ward for you II all the 9th.
ers in tow were ike that"
Wait minute" interrupted the biz
boss. Who's that dub you've got fol
alderman
Bill Skeezicks," said the committee
man He's Anna Seott's man"
Anna Scott be dishedr' roared the big
boss. imDolitely. We want sam smiler
up there Who's this BIZ skeezicks, any
way2'
We don't know" replied everybody in
alarmed chorus. He's Anna Scotts
man
Wei. We won't have him" was the
boss ultimatum Put down sam Smiler
and have him nominated Tor alderman
from the Fourteenth
They put down sam Smiler- Then
some one telephoned York 2glI-
The big fellow says You can't have
that Skeczicks party, Mrs. Scott. ="
bTeathed the some one into the phone.
He says ne wants Smiler nominated I'D
there"
? "Oh, he does. does hep" same a soft
voice from the other end Of the wire.
Well you tel him I'm g0ing 10 nominate
Bill Skeezicks for alderman from the
Fourteenth. just the same"
They carried the news 10 the big boss
-Of course you can talk her into having
Smiler-" they suggested soothingly.
The boss snOrted il derisiOn and anger
III not try 70 talk any woman INTO
anything, he beloved Give her a eo5d
beating and she'll quit I've been hearing
about that Scott woman for quite while
now. and she's been getting away with
things up there because she never run
afoul Of Us, and didn't pay much atten-
ton 70 her Now. she's getting high and
mighty and we'll just take her down Go
after that ward" he ordered. imperiously.
a WOman'S Work.
They tiptoed into the headquarters when
they bore the primary returns TO the big
boss. and they stood back in fea- and
trembling while he looked them over. Bill
Skeezicks had been nominated, AMI sam
Snli!er was lost in the ruck. The biz man
eyed the result without a word and then
glanced scOrnfully at his shaking Satei-
lites
Mrs. Scott did this?" he finally de-
manded. They nodded dismally. send
her 70 ne" he ordered, and the next dav
the stout-set woman with the placid.
motherly face. appeared before The boSs
and they looked each other over. eye 10
eye
Il want YOU 10 take charge Of the fight
in the Fourteenth" said the boss. noting
the square cut chin and the wide open.
fearless eyes Anybody who can whip
me that way In preliminary must 90
into the main event We need YOU
The woman deTnurred. I don't want to
do that" she said I wouldnt have
fought YOU if you hadn't fought ne first
I've won Now you can 90 aheai and
elect my man. I'm not capable Of carry
Ing on the fight IN the field
Anybody who can trim me the way
you did IS capable Of anything You must
take charge OF the election, declared the
boss
Well, III do it II can do It my way
she finally agreed.
DO anything you want-iust elect vorr
man." the boss replied.
Bill Sksezicks was elected BY so large 4
majority that they haven't finished count
ing Il yet To this day they recite the
election in the Fourteenth as q striking
example IN Colorado politics OF the diff
ference in the use Ct money with men and
women.
I hired only women workers" reported
Mrs Scott in her expense account. II
believe them 10 be more effective than
men, Il cost me Just 500 10 carry my
ward
The big boss heard the report in amaze
ment- What DO you think O that2" he
shouted Here's the cheapest ward IN
Denver Every one OF the others cost Us
from 5000 70 $3.50. I'm for Anna Scott
and her women workers"
That wasn't the creation Of Anna N (
Scott IS the BOSS OF the Fourteenth Ward. /
by any means It was merely an asser- /
ton OF her authority, and an incident IN 4
the political career OF the only woman IN /
Colorado who, entering politics as q re- 4
suit Of woman suffrage. has played poll 4
tics exactly as man plays i and devel- 4
opsd into minor boss and a powerful 4
factor IN the political affairs OF Denver /
Likes the job.
Mrs. Scott frankly owns that she IS in 1
the game because il amuses her. She /
has comfortable home and is in good I
circumstances. but devotes herself TO poll
tics just as other women devote them /
SEXES 10 society or the church.
The strength Of the woman vote IS
largely determined by the character OF 1
the struggle she says There are oc-
casions when the women viii vote much
more heavily than on others especially in
local affairs The only method used by
practical politicians in attempting TO con-
troll the woman vote IS 20 hire them as
political workers and this system does not
work out in controlling the female vote
TO any greater extent than il does in han
ding the men. They cannot be handled
as q class-and let me say that We OBJ
Jet 70 being classed as a 'class.'-that is.
considered in the same light as the negro
vote, OF the Polack vote The women
We have had IN Office made good records
and. speaking Of the use Of money, I call
Your attention 10 the fact that no man
ever dared approach a woman legislator
with a bride offer,
We have been instrumental in keep
ing the political parties clean. It would
De fatal for a party to nominate a no
toTioCs drunkard OF a Iibertine. Woman
Suffrage has not purified politics any
more than sending a boy to school makes
nm moral but we have eliminated a
great many Objectionable features.
Drunkenness, profanity, and the old slam
bang order Of things ara ~ 1oo0Ar ,