Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
WONAHS POLITICAL lRIU NpA
Carrie Vaughn Anderson is a Winner
in Iowa.
NOMINATED FOR A COUNTY OFFICE
Prominent Advocate Of the Farmers
CO-Opcrntlvc Movement - She
Tells Her own story Of
Public Life.
NOMINATED FOR a COUNTY OFFICE


MASON CITY. Ia. oct. S-CspeciaI )-Ons
OF the most unique figures IN Iowa polite,
today, yet one that must be reckoned with
not only at the present time but I'm the
future, IS Carrie Vaughn Anderson OF
Clarion. She has won her first spurs in
securing nomination for office, and as
surely az November comes and she is lly.
ing she viii be elected recorder Of Wright
county.
She is the only woman. 80 far as is
known. who Is a public advocate OF the
farmers cooperative movement, with not
only giving strength in Iowa, but through
out tho great northwest. Most all her time
Is now taken up IN attending their annual
meetings and conventions and delivering
addresses. Sho knows the farm as she
knows her books; knows how to TIL the
soil and Judge OF the norits Of stock. she
u practical and the great success she is
achieving Is duo largely 70 the spirit in
which she enters her work
But Il Is In politics where she is inst
now shining the brightest. And she be
longs to tho progressive element, for that
Is Ia every Gbro Of her being. Her onno-
nent In Wright county has not vet rallied
from the shock OF his defeat and the ease
with which tho result was ACCOMPLISHED
She was up against a p7aouced politician
shfeWd, alert and withal popular. She
went into the canvas slngle-hsnded and
alone. She had q lofty IDEAL OF political
oDDsauon, was an inspiring speaker and
interchangeable worker, and when she would
touch upon her duty to her forefathers'
ohiluren' when she concluded her appeal
every voter was FOR Carrie Vaughn An
ueFSon. She carried seventeen out OF the
twenty-five precincts IN her county.
rms Is the pleasing style In which she
tells her own story:
She Tells Her own story.
The official announcements OF the car-
aidates for the county offices were made
IN February OF the present year" said
MIS- Anderson. "and we all began work In
earnest was engaged IN teaching a rural
5ohool In my own home. and Saturday was
always busy political day with me. Everv
saturday ! campaigned in earnest. and ala
a land office business.
inc school closed April and I deoided
10 resign and devote myself exclusively ~
Poilues The men told me I had better
keep out OF 1t, that politics was no place
LOT a woman, but decided to stick inst
the same. just
my opponen. and other interested par
YES toIo me that was not onto the game
Knew nothing Of political conditions ana
the wires that were necessary to null 10
set preferment and that I was not &C.
puainted with the men who controlled tbo
vote In the various townships
informed them ali, as poIitaIv az
could under the circumstances. that N.
Gay was passing when one man could con-
trol and promptly proceeded 10 see the
voters personally.
made all the towns before 9oin1 into
the country districts. The hardest mart os
the whole campaign was IN talking 10 ~.
rirst Few men I nat. but I soon bacap,.
accustomed to the spiel and entovad ~
immensely for time. The manner IN
winch different men considered the rnattor
or my candidacy was rather amusing
some OF the men were absolutely an
posed to women holding office. Others wer.
sympathizers Of the suffrage movement,
WINE In others the personal note was
suuck' and they promised to vote for m.
O0oSuse MAD children to support.
Feels Like Fighting.
am sorry TO have to say So but
ieit hhe tlghtns good many times be-
eause OF the attitude Of the moro ignorant
mn met IN saying: What do woman
Aho" aoout voting, anyway? Their place
- - ''e nome MY pugnacious feeling was
.-o' so nuch because Of their opposition 10
''inen III Pohucs but their own inability
70 ooDnprehend the obligation OF the fran
chise. They had no fixed poIItcoI -
cipies. Like Bernard Shaw. who Was T,at,
ing rambling political speech when -.
was interrupted by voter. who called out.
what are your political principles an,,-
now Shaw replied: I have no prInci,Ia.
l make them up as I go along
Many tod me that because tbsv ,v.ro
democrats they couldn't vote for me Vybsr
asked them why they were democrats
they answered: Because dad was
a great many men wanted to know
"hether was ''standpatter' or a .pro-
STessiVe' had no difficulty IN tAIIip.-
them what ! was and why.
made my campaign through the conn
Wy districts by livery team and auto-
mobile, and found the farmers very ar.
the men In towns. although the FARMERS
we're IN the main buster than the tou,n
oWehers They we're engaged with tha,r
plowins and planting. and hadn't
muoh time to talk politics which
the town man can nearly always fjns tin.
70 DO. lt is in way a deporable fact
INA, farmers haven't the time to become
closer students Of politics
Just the snme aA Men.
farmer was blowing In a field when
ne saw me coming toward him. He waited
'of me with wide open mouth and ewes
asid when had finished telling him whv
was there, he asked: BY gosh 40
, Women run Tor office the same as men?'
" men assured him it was even 50.
me, women not being allowed to vote or
'''p MAKE the laws. naturally had to do