The Washington herald., 1915-07-22
Something Doing in Kansas.

The ways of politics, like the ways OF Prov1'
dence, are peculiar and sometimes past finding
out. A. woman physician in Kansas has an
| nounced her candidacy for the Democratic nomi
nation for Representative on the broad and gen.
eral platform, "The ineficiency of men in Of
fee" Hers is not campaign for equality, but
of superiority for women. The men have failed
in Office. They have demonstrated their inef6
cheney and the women must take charge of the
government to make it efficient.
A campaign of this kind might be made in
some Congressional districts without attracting
unusual attention, but not in the First district OF
Kansas, and for some years represented by
the Hon. Daniel Reed Anthony. Suppose DR.
Eva Harding, of Topeka, should defeat all Dem.
ocratic opponents and become the candidate of tina,
party on her platform of the ineffciency of men
and the superiority of women She must then
show that Representative Anthony is inefficient
Can she do it, Even in Kansas large part of the
people who descendants of the pioneers, be-
lieve that blood will tell. Col. Dan Anthony has
an advantage in that line. He is not only the son
of of the most distinguished pioneers OF
Bleeding Kansas" but he is said to be the only
blood relation living OF the great pioneer of wom-
an suffrage, Susan B. Anthony. 1t is needless to
say that Col. Anthony is in favor of woman suf-
frage, for he learned that political doctrine from
his favoritc aunt at the same time he learned
from his father that the Republican party the
only salvation for the country. The colonel is not
a pacihcatist in anything. He will fight for the
honors of his family as he will for his seat in
Congress. and he may be able to show from fam
lily records that he was one of the earliest dis
Cples of the great apostle of suffrage whose name
has been canonized by women in this country.
he b,-b milf
ably. for he educated soldier. and he is
lished in Bleeding Kansas" beginning its career
at time when editors had to fight to back up
their editorial opinions. If Dr. Harding can show
that Dan Anthony is inefficient either as Rep
rescntative or as an editor, or the representa-
tive OF the Anthony family, she will accomplish
more than have all the Progressives in that State
and upset some OF the most honored traditions
which have there conferred around the family
for two generations. The people of the old
Lcavcnworth district appear to still believe that
Big Dan is worthy son OF great father and
worthy representative of the family which gave
to the world the great pioneer OF woman suffrage
In the name OF woman suffrage how will Dr.
Harding fight an Anthony? There people who
still believe that the spirits of those who have
gone before will return to fight for the cause
they fought for in this life, and if the spirit Of
Susan B. Anthony should return to take part in
the campaign in the First district OF Kansas, it
would be with her favoritc nephew and for the
family the still best representative of
woman suffrage. If DR.. Harding wins the Dem
ocratic nomination for Congress there will be a
campaign in Kansas to attract the attention of
suffragists everywhere, and it may divide the
ranks the question to whether Anthony,
DR.. Harding is courageous, but she will be handi
capped She ought to move into other Kan
sas district to launch such momentous cam
naiCn.