The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-27
Women in Seventh District Are
WhOOpin' ]. N. Tincher.
He Was Their Friend When Fe-
male Jobs Were Scarce.
AIDED GIRLS IN PUBLIC OFFICE
Fought for Them While Bosses
Were Out Fishing.
Now Bread Cast Upon the Wa
tiers Is Due To Return.

Bread cast upon the waters many
years ago may now return in the
form of q congressional nomination in
the Seventh district. j. n. Tincher of
Medicine Lodge, Republican congress
sional candidate, is the beneficiary of
the returning loaf.
Years ago Tincher fought to give
the women clerks and assistants in
the Barber county court house the
big jobs. For years the women and
girls had held the subordinate jobs in
the court house and did the work
while the big bosses went fishing or
saved the country with campaign
speeches. AS a result OF the fight
which Tincher started in Barber
county a number of years ago, the
women were placed on the party tick
cts and have since held share of the
county offices. Nor was that all. The
fight which Tincher started in Barber
county was the nucleus for a district
campaign and later a statewide CAM
paign which caused thes party leaders
to consider the women in selecting the
county officers.
Tincher's fight was made some
years ago. It was long before the
women had attained the ballot or
Tincher entertained thought or am
bftion to go to congress. 1t was a
fight for justice and Tincher's heart
was in it. He didn't believe few
ana women HO1u the uSt-
derpaid clerkships in the court houses
and do all their work. while the heads
of the departments drew the salaries
and in many instances knew practical
Iy nothing of the detail work of the
office.
Spread to Other Counties.
The fight which Tincher made was
a winner. He succeeded in landing
several court house clerks places on
the county ticket in the succeeding
election.
Then the fight spread to the coun-
ties Women came into their own ana
when they won the ballot in 1912,
were in a position to demand and re-
ceiye a just distribution of the pubic
offices.
But out in the Seventh district there
is a real deep rooted conviction that
Tincher was one of the men who real
" started the movement. They are
certain he is personally responsible Ior
the recognition of the women In the
distribution of offices in number OF
counties. And now the women can
vote.
Mrs C. D. Woodford of Hutchinson.
president of the women's clubs OF the
city, has taken up the fight for I'm.
cher, She is prominent. active ana
effective worker in the Seventh dis
trict And Mrs. Woodford and her
associates are determined the bread
which Tincher cast on the water many
years ago shall come back to the well
known Medicine Lodge lawyer in the
form of pie and cake in the campaign
for primary votes.
Out in the Seventh district, Tfncher
is making a. hard fight for the Re-
publican congressional nomination.
But the strong endorsement which
Mrs Woodford and her associates are
sending the women voters is not the
least of Tincher's strongholds. These
evidences of support are being added
to the endorsements from the lawyers,
the business men and civic organiZa-
tions in the district. and the strong en-
dorsement which Tincher has received
at the hands of the ministers AID
church workers in his home town.
But the real human interest feature
in the Seventh district fight is the
concern of the new voters in their eff
forts to reward Tincher for a favor
of long ago.
ut is easy enough to win favors
from the men in politics since we have
secured the ballot" Mrs. Woodford is
quoted as having told some friends.
But the support from Tincher came
when we couldn't vote. He helped to
put US on the map and we don't pros
pose to forget it now"
Out in the Seventh district Tincher
is most formidable candidate for the
Republican nomination. Yet should
Tincher win by a normal majority, he
would have no trouble in finding the
source of the deciding votes. 1t would
be the return after many days of the