The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-22
MRS. OLSON DELIVERED HER FIRST Pc
MRS. BERTHA MONTGOMERY, PRESIDENT OF
THE CLUB, ABLY PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING.

Last Friday evening a largely attended Republican
Harmony meeting held at the Headquarters of the
Women's Permanent Republican Club of the Second
Ward 3031 South State street; the most graceful and
pleasing Mrs. Bertha Montgomery President of
the Club very gracefully and in her most pleasing
presided the meeting and introduced the various
speakers of the evening, among them being Mrs E. l.
Davis Mrs. Mamie Reed Hon. Ben M Thomas assistant
Attorney Of Illinois, Walter G. Davis candidate
for City Clerk William Ganschow, Republican candidate
for City Treasurer, Hon. George B. Holmes, the next
speaker to follow Mr. Holmes Mrs. Harry Olson and
Mrs Bertha Montgomery brought down the house when
she presented Mrs Olson to the audience the wife of
the next Mayor of Chicago.
Mrs. Olson, who just lovely and spIeasant as
anyone possibly could be and felt right home while
ing in contact with the Colored ladies and present.
stated she speak that the first time in her
life that she had attempted to deliver political speech
she caused to heartily laugh for she
started right off talking like old epocal orator.
the whole her remarks timely and right to the
point she let be known that after all there is much
difference between the average of civilized human
beings: and that is very foolish for anyone to hate
person simply account of their religion nationality or
the color of their and there question about it
she made many and friends for her husband Hon.
Harry Olson
Mrs. Olson sprang from of the oldest families in
this Country her ancestors among the earliest settlers
In America and of her relatives have bravey fought
the side of right and Justice in every war in this country
from the Revolutionary down the present time and
she has the great distinction of having and 1S
cousins nephews and uncles in the late for world
wide democracy
Judge Olson the last speaker of the evening and
after discussing considerable length the vital the live
issues of the present Mayoray contest he declared; that
he had always been friendly Colored people, that when
he boy, his father employed Colored men, in his
contracting business; that the Coored men and the older
members of his family, would all enjoy their meals
geher around the family table, while he and the rest of
the smaller children would have wait for their meals
until the rest had finished eating.
In winding up his talk for the evening, Judge Olson
declared that trueblue Republican; that he Justly
entitled receive his share of the votes of the Colored
and at the primaries, Tuesday February Is,
and if they would assist to nominate him for Mayor
Chicago; that he would IL; that they received
square deal from his hands and would be treated fairly
by h better than they have been treated by Mayor
William Hale Thompson.
II viii be recalled that four ago that Mira VIII
liam Hale Thompson promised the ladies of this same
Coored Republican Club four times, that she would
gladly wend her way the Second Ward and address
them the time four years have passed away and
80 far Mira Thompson kas failed show up among the
colorsd people the south side and the meeting drew
close number Of the colored ladies present remarked
hat hey would work hard for the nomination Of Judge
Olson; that with him Mayor Of Chicago that they felt
e that the Colored would have good friend al
rouzt N the person Of Mira Harry Olson. 10