Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-11-25
INDEPENDENTS TO
N'T|'n]|yUE I II WORK IN.
ST|'U|,TSMAN COUNTY
Vote Is Continue Campaiig q
Education at Mass Meeting
of County w Workers Held u
Armory tuesday Night
ampaign Sue cessful.

more than three hundreQ county
and precinct workers, who attended
the mass meeting and banquet at
the .Armory Tuesday night. The
was one OF the most en-
sthusiastic ever held by the stuts-
man County Campaign Organization,
and 1t was pointed out BY a number
Of the speakers that had the other
counties perfected an organization
similar to the Stutsman county or
Eanixation, the state would have
been swept clean Of Townleyism for
all times.
This>was sI,oE.,, net oaiy In Stuts-
man county. but also in the counties
which worked along the same gem
eral principles and did not depend
entirely upon any state organization.
Work Accomplished BY Women
The importance Of the work done
~ the women in the recent cam
psien was emphasized by Mrs. An
drew Blewett, who presented evil
dence Of the untruth OF the asser--
ton that ..sthe women:s vote defeat
ed O,Connor''. Mrs. Blewett show
cd that the women:s vote in the
county was 1880, OF which 1912
were for Frazier and 206S for
o,Connor, making oConnor's MAJ
;jority 766. The total vote Of the
men and women in the county was
$40, of which Frazier received
.3491 and O'Connor 4649, making
,O,Connor's majority in the county
1853. While the women gave o.
connor majority of 756, the men
gave him majority of 402.
In the city Of Jamestown, the wo-
men cast 117S votes, of which 32S
were for Frazier and $50 for O'Con-
nor. making O'Connor's majority In
the city 532.
Mrs. Blewett, who was the first
speaker called upon by Alfred Steel,
chairman Of the business meeting of
the organization. J. also read letter
from j . A.. q II e. tConnor thanking the
women Of. stutsman county for their
loyal support during the campaign
and at. the election, and especially
for the royal welcome accorded him
when he was greeted with q mons-
Ter demonstration, including par
ade by both men and women, q band,
cheers and fireworks, on his visit
to the city just prior to the cleo
.tion.
The speaker declared that the re-
suit Of the women's vote in the city
and county did not surprise her,
because the women realized that
the fight against the League under
it's present leadership was light
against socialism. The state and
nation. Mrs. Blewett said" are
nothing more than an extension Of
the home and family. II socialism
is to rule in the state or nation, the
home is not safe. It was for this
reason that the women went to tho
polls on election day and did them
selves proud
NE On behalf OF the women members
OF the joint Stutsman county cam
paign committee, Mrs. Blewett
thanked all Of the women who work
ed SO earnestly during the campaign,
and urged them to continue the good
work until socialism was not only
defeated in the county, but In the
state as well.
.'1Ee Cane, We Saw, We 0onquered"
State Senator Alfred Steel, as
chairman Of the joint conn committee, ll'alt;ta
presided ct the business maetfnE. He
spoke briefly OF the work done aur- l:,
.lns the campaign, derlarins that ' he
was not at az certain whether the
COMMITTEES h should ~ thank the precinct E't
work ers for their loyal! support OF
4 the wo.kers shona thank tne com a
smittee Tor the y Work which they ,.l nad =
accompafshsd b.t that l hs Sas eef- cor
tain thas boeh4 owed g gsnes tnanks 20
the q women for ~ ~ork tney nag nag;
done e ,the short tine they aa.e g asa asa
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