Gunnison news-champion., 1916-11-03
"Silk- Stocking, Poodle Dog b.
gade" Carries Doctrine Of
Piutocracy to West
MAKES SUFFRAGE PReTeNse
Many OF Party on Train De Luxe Re-
pudiated BY Leaders Of Woman's
Novement = Paid Speakers
70 Do Talking.


Wall street is too busy harvesting
Democratic prosperity to go campaign
ing-but Il Is sending Its womenfoik.
The greatest aggregation Of wealth and
social distinction ever represented by
fuss, feathers and fenininity left New
York ON Monday. Oct. 2. by special
train de luxe. to tell their sisters
Of the West how to vote. Mnny
of these women. claiming to be equal
suffrage workers. nre repudiated BY
lenders OF that movement.
Stopping al Albany. Utica and Syra-
cuse on their tirst day. the itinerary
takes the women's campaign train
through the principal cities OF the
north route across the continent and
brings them back through Colorado.
Nebraska. Missouri and Kentucky. u
tour lasting until November 4. The
expenses are paid by and the tour Is
conducted under the auspices OF the
Women's Committee Of the National
Hughes Alliance.
"Women's Hughes Alliance" sounds
innocent and harmless enough, until
one examines the personnel Of the or
ganization and discovers that II repre-
sents the feminine side OF the organ
lied and MorgunIzed wealth Of Will
street.
The treasurer Of the wompn's Com.
mittee Is Mrs. Mary Hartman Rum.
sey. daughter Of the late Edward Il.
Hartman. railroad magnate and "pruc-
tical man" Of the days when Theaaiore
Roosevelt received campaign funds
from the CROOKED business" which
political exigency later led him io
denounce.
AThese Provide the Funds.
With Mrs. Runscy on the Finance
Committee are Mrs. Robert Bacon.
whose husband was translated rroil,
the House Of Morgan to he Roosevelt =
Assistant Secretary Of Suite. and later
Ambassador TO France: Mrs. Ecr.
nard II. Ridder. wife Of one Of the
proprietors Of the New York Stnu,s
Zeitung. leader Of the Gerinun prolm-
ganda against President Wilson: Mrs.
w. II. CrOcker. widow of the Cali-
fornia mining and railroad multimil.
li0naire.
On the Train Fund Committee are
Mrs. Daniel Guggenhelm. Of the Sme.
ter Trust: Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
representing Inherited millions of rail-.
road capital: Mrs. Harry Payne Whit.
ney. daughter Of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt Miss Maude Wetmsre, Of
the wealthy Rhode Island family Of
that name; Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long.
worth. daughter Of Theodore Roose-
welt. whose husband II Nicholas Long
worth. In Congress from Ohio.
Many of the Junketers who are go
ing along to do the speaking are pro-
fessiOnal women. who could not afford
the luxury Of special trains nor the
diversion OF campaigning without pay.
But back Of them. with their money
and the glamour that attaches to their
gilded names. are the women standing
ls financial sponsors for this greatest
society show that ever was put on
wheels.
Some Of these wives and daughters
Of the super-rich will 60 along on this
mission and with their presence. II
not with their oratory, will warn the
women Of the west-who are already
voters-that their country cannot be
Sawed" unless the women cast their
vote for the candidate Of pIutocracy.
The letterhead from Republican
campaign headquarters gives only the
rames Of the Train Fund Committee
as above. but bssides them there l. an
additional COMMITTEES In charge of this
feature Of the Hughes campaign.
Others In on the Junkst
On this committee appear In ad-
6ition 70 the foregoing members, the
following:
Mrs. e. T. Stotesbury. whose hus-
band IL . Philadelphia partner Of J. p.
Morgan 4 Co.: Mrs.. 81. O. Havemeyer.
wife of the Sugar Trust and Standard
OIL magnate: Mrs. Phoebe Hearst,
mother Of william Randolph Hearst
owner Of millions In American mines
and Mexican plantations: Mrs. o. II.
p. Belmont. who i.as undertaken to
raise half million dollars to defeat
President Wilson; Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. wife Of the multimilllon-
aire mining man: Mrs. Mary Dreler.
New York society leader, Of I wealthy
German family with strong antlpathy
to President Wilson.
leading attorney Of Pocateilo.
Idaho. writing to the Democratic Ma
fional COMMITTEES. says:
\ read With deep interest Of ths
preparation Of the silk Stocking.
Poodle DoG. Eeminins BrieAdo thAt 4
soon to start On it, million dollar -,
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