The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-13
MANKATO FREE PRESS

IudC SnOFIly dltef MI f1duley WdS
eelcted to the gOyernorship in Mis-
souri,, that while he was addressing
a meeting he referred to the fact
that he was the first republican that
had been elected to the governor
ship in Missouri in fosty years and
then exclaimed Just think of it,
only one republican in forty years"
An old democrat sitting in the back
part of the hall shouted: Thank
God, one is enough" Mrs. Lucas
hoped that although she was the
only woman on this program that
they would not have the same opin-
ion about her. The time had passed
when women must keep silent. She
said. they sometimes quoted from
the Bible where it said that woman
must keep silent, but that it did
not say that they were to keep ST
lent forever and they had kept silent
long enough in the past.
Farmers Are Well Off.
Mrs. Lucas paid her respects to
President Roosevelt's noted commits
sion on rural life, in no uncertain
terms. She thought that the farm
ers were better off now than the
people of the cities and that to
send the commission out for that
purpose was an insult to the farm
ers Of this country. She strongly
advocated agricultural education and
said that the work that was done in
our agricultural colleges in a sim
gle day would exceed in value all
that could be done by such a COM
mission in years. She emphasized
the fact that the highest good was
not to be measured in money and
that if that was all that the farmer
could see were the farms he could
acquire and the property he could
accumulate, he was missing the best
things in life, but that they should
strive above all things to make the
home attractive and then the boys
the cities. She thought it was a
mistake of doing away with the
country schools and saiG that she
hoped that Minnesota had no coun
! try school houses like some places
| in Iowa that she knew of where
the glass was out of the windows
and the doors were standing aiar.
Is An Office Holder.
Mrs. Lucas has just been elected
recorder of Wright county. Iowa
after one of the most noted politica
fights for a county office that has
occurred in some time. Last spriDl
she set out to get the nomination be
fore the primaries and was opposed
by the gentleman who was thel
holding the Office and who had serv
ed for two terms. He and his
friends made fun of the idea of /;
woman being able to get the office
away from him and he confined hi!
efforts to the towns of Wrigh
county, but Mrs. Anderson, as sh'
then was known, went out amongs
the farmers and saw them personal
ly and when the results of the pr
maries were made known, Mrs
Lucas was found to be nominated b,
q good majority. Her OppOnen
was not then satisfied but turne,
democrat and ran on the democratic
ticket, after he had been defeate,
at the primaries on the republican
ticket, and when the November cleo
: ton came he was again defeated b.
good majority. But in the mean
time Mrs. Anderson was married t
, Mr. Lucas, but the wedding wa
not announced to the public unit
after the election was held and S
her opponent thought that pOssibl
: there might be an opportunity agail
and he instituted contest befor
the board Of supervisors, but it wa
!, decided in her favor and she
now conducting the affairs in just a
good shape as any man would col
> duct them.
In the afternoon Hon. Miles i
. Culver delivered a very interestin
: address OH Cooperation" Mr.. Gu
yer is fine speaker and his address
!. was permeated with many eXceller
o suggestions.
a Elected Their Officers.
The convention this morning cleo
= cd the following officers:
= President, l.. A. Smith, Truman
vice president, ii. j. Farmer, Pip
stone; secretary, r. l.. Johnson, Au
tin; treasurer, ]. i. Delaney, Woo
:, stock. Directors, A. .. Lunder, Sla
;, ton; Albert Hector, Worthington:
w. Wells, Herman: C. H. Alfs, Clal
= City; Charles DAWN, Burr; Villa
:. Bennett, Lowry; J. S. Danens, Ha
= cock; e. J. keenan,, Luverne; II.
RuStad, KirkhOven.
a This forenoon the management
farmers elevators was the topic f
= discussion. The various problems
= which the farmers are interestt
- were gone over and much intere
- was manifested.
- This afternoon the attendance W;
somewhat increased. T.. G.. Dunn
: Mason City, who was to speak til
= forenoon, did not arrive until no,
and gave his address on the "Ber
fits Of Cooperation" this afternoo