The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
GIVE Her BOOST.
Club Women Discuss Candidacy
Of Mrs. Watson.
Will Support Her for Place on
Commission.
COMMITTEE is NAMED.
VIII Have Charge of Her Can.
didacy.
Interest in School Board Con.
test Growing.

/ An dctlVo campaign mas Deen
launched for the purpose of boosting
] Mrs. F. W. Watson as a candidate for
city commissioner. Yesterday after
noon 100 of the prominent club women
of the city met at the home of Mrs.
Lee Monroe, 900 Harrison street, with
the result that they unanimously
agreed to support Mrs. Watson. not
only through their votes, but by pledg
ing that they would show their 10y
atty by giving active service during the
campaign.
| 1t was decided to hold mass meet
| ings in every ward of the city in order
to arouse the women of the city to
greater interest in municipal affairs
and insure their presence at the polls
on election day and their support of
| Mrs. Watson
| Mrs. Charles A. Samson was chosen
as executive secretary for Mrs Wat
son during the campaign and the COM
mittee in charge of all campaign ar
rangements consists of the executive
board of the City Federation, the past
presidents of that organization and the
past state presidents who reside in the
city.
| "a meeting of the committee will be
called for tomorrow afternoon tc make
definite plans for the campaign" said
Mrs. Samson this morning. Mrs.
Watson is very capable woman" she
continued, land the identifying of the
city is her hobby. She has the inter-
| ests of the city at heart
The mass meetings may commence
next week if the necessary arrange
ments can be made. 1t has not as yet
been decided as to whether the speak
| ers will be confined to the women or
whether the men will be asked to voice
| opinions. These meetings will prob
| ably be held in public halls or school
houses in preference to private houses.
The federation women want all the
women of the city to feel that it is
their campaign which is being waged
and that the City Federation was only
| the instrument by which the ball was
started to rolling.
From present indications it would
appear as though there were no doubt
| about Mrs. Watson getting excellent
| support in Topeka. At the meeting of
| ladies yesterday, twenty individual
clubs were represented and these clubs
aggregate in membership something
over half a thousand. Mrs. Scott. a
member of the Progressive league
| (colored), on the East side, stated that
this organization will work for Mrs.
| Watson. Then there were a number
of the women present at the gather
ing of club women who, aside from
pledging their own votes, pledged
those of their husbands.
/ The women maintain that on ac-
| count of her earnest enthusiasm and
| executive ability there is no one who
would serve in the capacity of COM
missioner more competently than Mrs.
| Watson. They believe, also, that on
account of a woman's special train
| ing, she is able to plan things in a
more economical manner than that in
which the men are likely to do.
| 1t was the intention of the club
women yesterday to take up the dis
cussion of the question of making the
work in our city schools more practi-
cal, but SO much time was exhausted
in connection with the business in re-
| spect to Mrs. Watson's candidacy, that
subject was but lightly considered.
| However, more and more interest is
being taken in the agitation on the
| part of the women which is not con-
fined to the members of the clubs of
the city. Various and sundry sugges-
| lions are now being brought forward
and many of the men believe that
there Is certainly room for improve
ment in regard to the system now in
vogue.
Here are some of the women who
were present at the meeting yes
terday: Mrs. J. D. Mcfarland, Mrs.
Charles Samson, Mrs. H. o. Garvey,
Mrs. Charles Spencer. Mrs c. G.
Blakely, Mrs. Clement Smith, Mrs. J.
C. McC1intock. Mrs. Mrs. w. A. Nc
| Carter Mrs J. c. Emahizer, Mrs. S.
J. Zimmerman, Mrs. Gus Kitchell,
Mrs. Ellen HUMPHREYS, Mrs. Tom
DOrdn, MIS-. Lucia -. case, Mrs whit
ticker, Mrs. Jno. T. CLANCY. Mrs. Geo.
Huron. Mrs. Travis, Mrs. Whitsett and
Mrs. E. w. Watson.
The following is an interesting COM
munication received by Mrs. Lee Mon
roe from a "Victim":
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 8, 1910
81 have noted with some interest the
agitation that is being carried on by
few women Of Topeka in regari to the
| present city school system and if it
would not be offensive for a man to
supply a little information at this time,
I would like to furnish you with an