The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-02

II announced. Mrs. Florence Sloan
Hyde, . former Newspaper woman
and writer for women's periodicals.
who il active In. the Prohibition
party. viii be the campaign mana
ger.
In announcing her candidacy
Miss Wintringer said:
Il WAS asked some weeks ago to
make the race on the prohibition
ticket for congressman-at-lArge.
but I deferred acceptance until
after the primaries had resulted In
the nomination Of but one dry can
didate for congressman-at-lsrge BY
the major parties, As there are
two members 1t large to be elected,
l feel justified In entering the fieid
against the three wet candidates
and shall wage an out-to-w win cam
paign. Illinois was the first state
east Of the Mississippi to extend
presidential and municipal SUI
frage to women. and the first state
to ratify the suffrage amendment.
Why should not Illinois be the FIRST
state east OF the Mississippi to
send q woman to congress?
LAS to my platform, I am Of
course standing for prohibition en-
forcement and against any modid-
cation of the Volstead act. l shall
also work for a larger appropria-
ton which will make possible the
assignment of an adequate number
Of federal agents to enforce the
prohibition law in Chicago and
other large cities.
Il shall support the program Of
the National League Of Women
Voters in full, and work to the best
Of my ability to obtain the federal
legislation advocated by the league
This includes the bill for materni-
ty aid and infancy care; prohibi-
ton of child labor; increased ap-
preparations for the children's bl-
reau and the women's bureau: a
federal department of education.
with aid to the states for increased
teachers salaries, the removal Of
illiteracy. instruction in citizen
ship, and vocational training in
home economics; appropriation to
carry on the campaign against
vcnereal diseases and for public
education in sex hygiene: federal
supervision; federal supervision
and marketing and distribution OF
food.
II am particularly interested in
the establishment OF board to
deal with the problem of food
prices and food distribution. l ia
vor governmental encouragement
to promote cooperative buying and
selling, and the extension Of the
parcels post system to the end that
the producer and consumer may
deal more directly with each other.
Under present conditions in the
Chicago pOstoffice careful handling
OF egg shipments and prompt de-
, livery of perishable food products
is apparently impossible.
Il am opposed to universal mill
itary training and to CONSUMPTION
for foreign service. I favor uni
form marriage and divorce laws.
and the protection of women in in
! dustry. I believe that every man
| and woman who works whether
with hand or brain is entitled to
a living wage adequate to maintain
an American standard Of living.
Il expect that the men voters of
! the state. as we'll as the women,
will give me their support in large
number. as they can at the same
time. vote for the congressional
candidate of their own party in
their respective districts. and will
be willing to scratch their state
ticket in behalf of the only woman
candidate in the field"
Miss Wintringer is already sched-
uled to speak before a number of
gatherings of women and will
maintain headquarters at the Con-
gress hotel for at least a part OF
the campaign period.