The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-17

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Not only Will these women make an
active personal campaign. but some OF
|them--Helen N Racket. Eva Aorely
Murphy. Anna e.. Arnold and others
win make q .Reech-makink campaien.
So not only win the Kansas man share
the right to vote with. tho Kansas
woman, but will share with her the
right to hold the jobs and tell the pub
IL. about the lame points in the tafsE
bill and the tax system.
Three Women for Congress.
Three women are congressional can
d.dates Mrs. Eva Merely Murphy. OF
Ga -dland. Is the Progressive congress
siona1 candidate in the Sixth district.
While the Prohibitionists will offer Sena
Hartxen Wallace, Of Kansas City. in
the Second district and Emma w.
Grover in the Third district. All of
these women are widely known In their
district, and all Of them have advised
the political leaders that they propose
to take an active hand in the CAM
paign.
Getting down to the state house
jobs the Socialists have three candi-
dates as against one eas on tho
Democratic, Progressive ana Prohibt-
ton tickets. Two women are candi-
dates Tor state superintendent OF pub
lie instruction-Miss Anna e. Arnold
cratic ticket. and Edith N. Salisbury
OF Ness City on the Prohibition ticket.
Miss Arnold is author of the new Kan
sas history recently purchased by the
school textbook commission. She Is
also superintendent of the Chase
county schools. She will make vig-
orous campaign OF the state in the
prediction campaign.
Why Miss Eacker Ran.
Helen N. Eacker of Lawrence,
suffrage leader Of statewide promi-
hence and secretary of the Progressive
state committee, is the Bull Moose
candidate for state auditor. It was
Miss Eacker who forced Henry Allen
to agree to stay in the gubernatorial
race to the finish, when she threat
ened to give up the fight II the Wich-
ita after-dinner speaker deserted.
Allen agreed to go the full nine in
n1ngs. and .hereupon Miss Eacker
agreed to run for state auditor.
For the Socialists Anna w. Hoffman
OF Kansas City is the party's lone cam
didate for lieutenant governor. Ella
r. Baldwin, also of Kansas City, is
the Socialist candidate for secretary Of
state. while Sarah c. Scoville Is the
party's candidate for state treasurer.
Each of these places are offices to
Kansas. Each of the women-Social-
list, Prohibitionist, Progressive and
Democrat-will be nominated without
primary contest.
woman Tor Court Justice.
Then there Is q woman for associate
Justice of the supreme court on the
nonpartisan judiciary ballot. Lizzie S.
Sheldon of Lawrence is perhaps the
first woman in the United States to
aspire to d place on the supreme
bench and she will be one Of the
twelve candidates for the nomination
in the primary election.
But the ambition for public office
among the Kansas women does not
stop there. At the present time there
are three women candidates for place:
in the lower branch Of the state legis-
smoking rule will be an iron-clad law
in the house this winter.
{. Down in the Twenty-dfst district.
Crawford county. Miss Caroline Lowe.
OF Pittsburg, is a legislative candidate
Her name appears on the Socialist tick
ct. But since the Socialists OF the
Twenty-f1rst district elected q repre-
sentatlves In 1912, Missfn sIs6weeBs, ean-
didacy isn't altogether huge joke.
Out in the Ninety-seventh district
Hodgeman county-Mrs. Daisy N. 'Da-
Wis CT Jetmore has declared her ambi-
ton to help make state laws. Mrs.
Davis has filed her nomination papers
as a Democratic candidate. And in
the 1913 session, Hodgeman county
was represented by A. B. Scott, a
Democrat.
In Hill City, Graham county, is Miss
Martha Worcester. She has fought
and bled with the Graham county Bull
Mooseleaders and IL still a staunch
Armageddonite. Her nomination petit
lions as q Progressive legislative can