The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-06

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upon the present political situation
both nationally and in his own stat,
of Colorado, wnere the original iu.
venile court jurist has made such 4
strenuous fight for his rights and
those of the people.
Lindsey for Vice PRESIDENT
''They have frequently mentioned
my name in connection with the vice
presidency commented the Judge. -
remember last year at one of the edu-
cational institutions of North Dakota
a straw vote was taken in the stu
dent body and the majority of the re-
publicans and democrats paid me the
high compliment of voting for me. i
think | received the majority Of votes
cast.
But I am not a candidate for the
vice presidency OF any ticket" he
assured The Forum representative. TT
has been urged a number of times by
men Of prominence, such as William
r Hearst and the Scripps-McRae
newspapers.
do you know" he said, "that four
years ago, in 1908, MI. Hearst sent for
me to come to New York and there
offered me the vice presidential nom
nation on his independence league
ticket. We had more than a two hour
conference, and I declined to run. John
Temple Graves was finally put on the
ticket.
"The Scripps-McRae newspaper
syndicate has been very good to me-"
he continued" and at various times
nave urged my name to be used as
vice presidential material. But / don't
want to. / feel I can do more good
right where I am than being a can H.
date for the vice presidency. l notice
that my name is being urged again
this year, but I shan't permit it to
go on any ticket"
Mrs. Decker as Senator.
What chance is there for the cleo
ton of Mrs. Decker Of Denver to the
United States ~senatorship from your
slater asked The Forum man.
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker of Denver
was elected president of the General
Federation Of Women's club at st.
Louis in 1904 and has been a promi-
nent figure in the public limeIight
since. She has taken an active part
in politics in Denver and in Colora-
do and the women of the city and state
have been recently rigging her name as
the candidate to fill the unexpired
term Of the late Sen. Charles j..
Hughes of Colorado, who died last
winter. Advices from Denver state
that if unsuccessful at this time to
elect Mrs. Decker, a boom will be
launched for her to succeed Senator
G~uggenheim whose term expires two
years hence.
Il think she has no chance what
ever" replied the Judge to The Forum
mans query. Mrs. Decker is a good
woman, but I don't think her candi-
dacy is generally looked upon serious
ly. I know her very well and believe
her to be one of the most capable
women I have ever met. but I don't be-
lieve any effort to elect her will be
taken seriously
Women In Politics,
Mention Of the possibility OF Mrs.
Decker's election led to subject of
woman suffrage. its effects and woman
as a factor in politics. Judge Lindsey
emphatically declared himself in favor
Of woman suffrage and stated that
ONE should have the same rights as
men, but he did not exactly look on
women holding higher offices with
favor.
%Cur women, as a rule, don't aspire
to high political preferment," he com
mented. They go after the county
superintendencies Of schools and such
posts as members Of school library
boards and boards OF state charitable
and penal institutions. which I believe
is an excellent thing, for there is
where a woman is better fitted to serve
than man.
Occasionally certain elections have
put a number of women in the state
legislature, but only a few at that.
In the house there will probably not
be more than five or six and three or
four in the senate, If that many
What influence does that have on
the state assembly? asked The Fo-
rum representative.
"If the women are good in their in
tentions and are faithful to their
oathes and campaign promises to
serve the interests of the people, they
make excellent members" he answer
ed. but If they r machine women
and belong to the gang, then their
places would be filled by someone else.
There are machine women just the
same as machine men, and the wom-
en- are just as much tools Of the ma
chine and vote as they r told by the
bosses as the men ever were. There
is little difference in that respect.
Il am an ardent advocate for wom-
an suffrage and think it has done a.
great good for Colorado. though I
know it is claimed / am not, and GER