The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-26
SULZER FLAYED BY WOMAN
 ORATOR

Mrs Lena Morrow Lewis addressed a large audience at Eagle hall last night, She is the Socialist candidate for delegate to congress. and devoted considerable time to an explanation of the principles of that party, and said that she felt that the fact that she had been an active worker in the cause for fifteen years. was one of her qualifications for a candidate for office at this time; that she had received the unanimous nomination by a referendum vote, and that the platform upon which she was running had also been adopted in the same way.
 Mrs Lewis stated that Cordova was exceptional, in the fact that it's peo, pie had the oppOl ltunity of hearing all three candidates for delegate to con gross speak within the past week. She referred briefly to the other par tisan meetings, and said: According to Sulzer's own statement, he left you in a hell of a fix" and followed this statement by saying: "If I should happen to be elected, which is not likely or probable, 1t will be the first time in the history of the territory that it has given this honor to a woman"
 The speaker reviewed the record of congress. and felt that in it's acts the rights of the capitalists and the big 0terests had always been paramount to those of the laborer and severely criticised the present administration for its attitude toward the masses She attacked the recently adopted oight hour law. and said that it's pas sage was merely an eleventh hour political move and not intended to benefit the laborer generally: that 1t only affected fifteen per cent of the workers. and if President Wilson was sincere in his desire to afford relief to the laborers why didn't he advocate and have passed a law that would benefit all of the wake earners. She contended that there was no such in. tentioR on the part of the Democrats and stated that the Socialists had in. dicted that party for It's maladminis tration She also criticised Justice Hughes for his attitude toward labor and cited several of his decisions while on the supreme bench to show that he was not a friend of the labor ing man. The remarkable prosperity of the country is not due to any sa eacity on the part of the Democrats but through the suffering and loss of life in the European war" declared the speaker. In standardization of this statement she declared that there had been more strikes and more labor troubles during the past two years than in any similar period during the history of the country.
 
 After making a strong appeal for the cause of Socialism, Mrs. Lewis devoted much time to a discussion oi the candidacy of Charles A. Sulzer for delegate to congress- She said that if the Democratic candidate wants to go to congress simply to make speeches he had better stay at home as he would cut but little figure al Washington. She then told of heI experience at the national capital and said that all of the work of congress was done in committee rooms and al oratorical efforts and gestures were simply a waste of time. If half whai Sulzer says about Wickersham is true he shouldn't be returned to congress and if half of what l am going to say about Sulzer is true he certainly shouldn't be elected, so there Is no thing left but to send me to Wash ingt0n," said the speaker
 In discussing her opponents, Mrs Lewis said Sulzer made a big play al to what he would do for the schoo children. but that so far as doing any thing for the children, or anybody else for that matter, his party has a bad record. and if he thinks that he car get the relief he says he can by simply going to Washington and making one of his set speeches he don't know what he is talking about. Also that SulLeI represents the capitalist class ana cannot make good on his claim tha he is a friend of labor,
 Mrs. Lewis felt that it was up to th' Socialists to get busy. She admitted