The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-07
Mrs. F. w. Watson Suggested
as Candidate for Commission.
Club Women and Others Will
Flock to Her Support.
PARK PLATFORM.
Women Will Advocate Children's
Fairgrounds and Parks.
Active Campaign to Be Launch.
ed This Week.

A surprise in city politics was sprung
today when it was announced that the
women voters of the city would run
Mrs. F. w. Watson as a candidate for
commissioner. Mrs. Watson was at
one time president of the Federation
of Women's clubs and is prominent in
federation and civic work.
Ever since the "break' between the
club women and the committee. of
fifty not long ago when the former
claimed the latter had ''cut and dried
public meeting, there has been a
rumor to the effect that the women
would tack a hand in the coming city
election.
Mrs. Watson has always been closely
associated with municipal work and in
the interests of the club women of the
city. 1t has always been conceded by
the politicians that with the support
of 1.-The women" a man could pull
through for almost any office. They
the election and their votes meant life
or death.
The club women have always been
good politicians" in every sense of the
word. In the muddiest and most dis
agreeable weather they have f1ocked to
buggies, carriages and automobiles. At
the last city election there were more
carriages driven and conducted by
women than by mena-nd this includ-
ed the Hlr0O n6lp LOT the OccdSlOu-
The women have been thoroughly
aroused over the commission election
since their declarations after the com
mittee of fifty convention that they
did not receive proper representation
in the committee. They have refused
proposed policies of the committee and
by doing SO they have secured for their
help a big majority of the working
classes in the city.
Men Help the Women.
That the women are not alone in
their fight for the candidacy of Mrs.
Watson is strongly in evidence every
where. The actions of the committee
of fifty and the insurgent rebellion of
the women has made great hit with
the working men-eSpecially large
number of the Santa Fee shopmen.
The working men do not believe that
the committee of fifty is acting in ac
cordanee with the policies and the
meaning of the primary election law.
On this account Mrs. Watson is go
ing to receive not only the admiration
but the actual votes of a large num-
Der of men who believe in the spirit
of the women and their ideas. In ad
dition to this vote the regular organ
lied support among the husbands and
relatives of the club women-who, by
the way. represent mighty good class
in the city-will serve to swell the re-
turns in favor of Mrs. Watson.
1t is known that the club women
will base their campaign on their one
hobby and their one Tong suit-that
is-parks and children Fairgrounds"
This is a popular question in Topeka
at this time and all who favor the
esta blishment and the organization of
playground parks will meet with the
hearty applause of the people.
The playground proposition is COM
paratively a new feature in the up
building of the city and on account of
its popularity its success is assured.
Children's Fairgrounds are cheap and
they are an adornment as we'll as a
natural advantage to every growing
city and the growing children. 1t has
always been commended that the wo-