The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-21
SOME POLITICAL
SNAP SHOTS JUST
FIRED AT RANDOM
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There was a ward organization meet |
Ing In the Seventeenth ward Monday |
night, at which addresses were made by
Rowlett Paine, Horace johnson and
Maj. Tom Allen, three of the candi- !
dates on the Citizens league ticket.
At the close of the meeting, which
was attended by about so women and
loo men, the precinct committee. on
which there are 10 women and 10 men,
met to talk over the work to be done
during the mex two weeks.
Nothing shows more clearly the stand
taken by the candidates of the Citizens
league and those on the Williams ticket
as TO the women voters than the diff
ference In the organization of the ward
| committees.
In every ward and precinct organiza-
ton of the Citizens league there are as
many women as men, and they work
together In their meetings and In the
ward organization work.
In the general work OF headquarters
the Citizens league has a campaign
committee Of 10 men and t5 women,
and the work is closely co-ordinated, all
working together,
The Williams ward clubs are strictly
mems political organizations. IN which
ward heelers, policemen and other city
employees are the leaders. The Will
liams women's division has separate
headquarters, and no names OF women
/ as NdIu INdutFA nave pGNl announced.
These things indicate rather clearly
the difference in the viewpoint OF the
men on the two tickets.
speaking of women, there were two
political advertisements tn the daily
papers recently, each appealing espe-
Ctally to the women voters, and each
written by a woman.
Mrs. samuel j. Ellis, vice chairman
OF the CitiSens' league campaign COM
mittee, Is the author OF the first, which
made 4 strong, clear-cut appeal to the
women TO help IN putting a stop to the
Awlessncss which, under the present
city administration, has disgraeed the
fair name of Memphis.
The reply TO that advertisement
sought to crush the author, The News
Scimttar and every one connected with
the Citizens ticket. As to Mrs, Ellis,
AZ least she came up smiling and IL
stu hard at work at Citizens league
headquarters every day.
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Speaking once more Of women, Mr.
Paine has no monopoly Of the women's
although II looks as II he would gel
more than rs per cent OF that vote a.
4 that.
There's one pretty little woman n
the Seventeenth ward who has put of
4 trip Just to vote for Mr.. Williams
NAAN yin " liltHu NNIt NAlhEp fNttttltS
and when she found her friend sas ~
Ing to vote for Rowlett Paine, tn
aforesaid small woman Immediately
hurried to the booth and registered AMI
, then t~elephoned her friend that she wal
, going 20 stay right In Memphis and xii
: that vote for Paine anyway, so there.
! Az our old friend. Irwin s. Cobb, woult
, say, oh, well, you know how womeI
are"
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Have you seen those gorgeous brigh
red banners advertising the ]. J, vii
liAms ticket1 y. l., Calhoun takes
speetal pride In them, They Just mattel
his red ne,
, Fine" said charley shannon, candi
. date for commissioned 81 finance ON tn
Citizens league ticket. Fine and an
|. propIlate, Red for danger, II you vot
for Williams and the present city ad
- rintstratton crowd, White Tor the pur
: ity of the Williams ticket promises
a yellow for the kind OF campaign they'f
= making