Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-16
WRIGHT COUNTY SUPERVISORS
TO HEAR PROTEST MONDAY IN
COUNTY AUDITOR CONTEST.
WOMAN INSISTS SHE is
SAME PERSON VOTED FOR
Mrs. Carrie Vaughn Anderson Lucas
Defends Her Position in Public Let
ter Setting Forth Claims and Rights
mo Law Compelling Woman to
Take Husbands Name" She Says.
I, Ti.,leS-RepublicanS.

Special 10 Times Repu blicans.
| Clarion, Dec 16.-The board of SUI
pervisors of Wright county has set
Monday. Dec &c. as the day for hear
I ing the protes. OF F. F. Johnson against
Mrs Carrie Vaughn Anderson Lucas.
( who VAS elected recorder at the recent
election The claim is made by john
( son that she was elecJed under the
name ot Mrs Anderson. but that eight
days prior TO the election she was mar
riea 10 Lucas. whose legal residence
was in Omaha and a NONRESIDENT could
ino5 be elected 70 office. Mrs. Ander-
son-Lucas defends her position in q
publie letter today. published n the
local press. Mrs. AnderSon-Lucas
The papers Of this state and in fact
al over The country are full OF q strange
protest made by q man, VINO has the
good OF his te!loNul en- 50 much at hear,
that he can nos possibiy allow ,ilen 10
be imposed upon ~ 8 woman who did
no. change her politics but he- name.
buc along with the good deed done for
The benefit OF his fe!.oWmen. this self
appointed political wrong avenger eN-
poets - gain an office for which he has
been twice beaten
Respect for Law.
we have a wholesome respect for
-ha law. and 10 lawful or seemingly
lawful reasons given in the above men,
toned protest We bow and wait pa
tien-ly 10 hear what the lawgivers viii
say but there is one protest whics.
is neither lawful or just 70 us and We
have . right . resent il. We refer 70
the clause in regard 10 the charity
Work that gave US the votes a. the
genera! election We ara inclined TO
think that the Protestant has things 9
little mixed and is referring 10 some
other candidate who made success
full run for the office Of recorder on
m. ground that he was able 10 do
manual labor. We did nos use the
cry that we had children TO support
ana not only this paper but every paper
in the county published our statement
IN regard 20 the same last spring. As
for the genera. election We made no
cam paign to speak Of. We may be mis-
.sken but are under the impression
that il took something besides being
! a widow with four fatherless children
10 support 20 make a successful cam
paign We thought i needed a .i-c.e
Intelligence a. least.
/ No. no. Protestant q good many OF
the men who voted Tor Us last fall
voted for US not for charity. but be-
! cause they are politicians and do not
, believe in skipping from one party 70
another simply 20 get an office.
| I'VE were accused OF going into pol
| itics TO get man Well. we have the
man. but We expect to stay in poll
! tics.
Spent Time and Money.
! I'VE believe that Intelligent men
! will concede the fact that We are the
4 same person they voted for or Nov.
and viii remember the fact that We
! spent our time ard money and fairly
won the nomination for this Office and
! later the election. That we are en-
! titled 10 the same and that charity,
| marriage or the residence Of our hus-
band has nothing 10 do with the facts.
There is no Law that compeis
woman, 70 take the name Of her hus-
band. custom has done it. We expect
and even before this change made
arrang enents with our deputy-elect to
/ conduct the office along the lines that
would be satisfactory 20 all concerned
Trusting that our friends will ap-
preciate the why Of this We are sin
cereiy the same. regardless Of which
name,
CARRIE NAE VAUGHN -ANDER-
son LUCAS"
A few weeks ago Mrs. Lucas moved
her family TO Clarion in order that she
might be. on hand TO take her office the
LIST Of January Her children have en-
tered the public school and she is en-
tering into all the life Of the city. Hel
husband who is a travelling man for
supply house in northwestern Iowa j:
with the family part of the time