The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-16

counter jobs" in state government.
so that tax payers may be relieved
OF an unnecessary burden
Disarmament is advocated in a
paragraph which says:
"Militarism is a curse from which
the whole world seeks to free IL
self. We. therefore, earnestly op-
pose any system of compulsory NIL
itary training and favor Immediate
total disarmament with refersn-
dunn vote before any declaration Of
war. except in cases of invasion by
armed enemies"
Women candidates for all sorts
of public offices are no longer a
curiosity, but people still find the
women politicians an interesting
study. Miss Daily is an attractive
young woman, of fresh colorinz
and pleasant blue eyes. She is an
outdoor type. though not of a heavy
build.
Called Joan of Arc.
Out in her state she has been
called the Joan of Arc of South Da-
kota because she has given herself
SO completely to the work of i'm
proving the farmers lot
With B. A. and NJ. A. degrees
from the University Of Minnesota
and diplomas from the Emerson
college of Oratory at Boston, she
came to the state normal school Of
South Dakota to teach public
speaking.
She responded intensely to the
unnecessary hardships of life about
her, to ''the cry of undernourishad
children echoing through unkempt
day coaches as they numbered slow
ly over South Dakota plains; the
knowledge that mothers, already
too heavily burdened with care, re-
sponsibility, and endless work.
must go down into the Valley Of
Death alone. miles from any med
ical assistance, in order that our
state, needless of their needs.
might be enriched by the coming Of
new life; the dearth of good homes
among our workers; the lack Of ed
ucational opportunities for our
rural children"
She became interested in the
aims of the Non-Partisan league,
and when she was nominated by
the league for superintendent Of
public instruction of the state she
gave up her salary and teaching
to devote all of her time to com
paign work. The league was not
strong enough to elect its candi-
dates. At one time it was pro
claimed a corpse" but Miss DAILY
affirms that it has come back, and
that the next election will show
what a lively corpse it REALLY it
Candidate Thoroughly Feminine.
The first woman nominee for
governor is feminine person.
With all her terse explanations Of
credit and taxation problems, she
gives a feminine picture Of the gO7-
ernor's job.
Governing a state is house
keeping on a large scale" she says.
tAnd a woman is suited TO sUch
work because the instructive tend
ency of womanhood is good house
keeping. The housekeeping OF
state includes all phases of human
welfare-care of infants, proYis-
ion for motherhood, problems Of
education, housing, food and
clothes, protection OF the weak, the
unfortunate, and all wards of the
state.
Women have vision Of an eco
nomic system that will function
primarily through the state and
will be a powerful factor in empha-
sizing the superiority Of human
rights above property rights. The
governing class of men is in deep
ruts of our present economic Sys-
TEN. The sympathy and wide IN
Outstanding of women is needed in
politics today.
81 like to think" she added with
a smile, that the farmers kave
been the first to express their be-
lief in these things by nominating
a woman for governor, and / am
proud of their confidence