The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-18

to enter this field. I hoped to do
something toward eliminating sex
prejudice, and | believed some of us
women must lead the way so that
other women will follow in the as
sumption of new political response
bilities. To have made a creditable
campaign, that alone would have sat
isfied me-"
81 spoke two and three times day
every day, except Sundays, for six
weeks" she said. Sundays | dictated
letters, wrote a column of political
pointers which published at regular
advertising rates in eight Democratic
papers in the district, and prepared
the copy for handbills and announce
ments.
81 had no assistance from any man,
financially or otherwise. What little
money was spent came out of my own
pocket.
81 made a point Of getting the wo-
men together in the afternoons and
impressing upon them that it is with
in their power to get anything they
want accomplished in government,
now that the new day has dawned,
and it isn't the men, splitting and
chewing upon the street corners, who
can say what is going to happen in
politics now, but the women who
must be consulted.
"Many times my speaking rostruln
was few rude planks set up on stills
at country picnic. | was delighted
with opportunities to speak from
base ball stands. We encountered a
cloudburst one night, in the midst Of
which the gasoline gave out and the
car slid downhill into a ditch. That
night | slept in a log cabin in room
with the other strange wayfarers,
men and women. The next night |
spoke from the Capitol steps, where
| had the largest audience that greet
ed any candidate excepting Reed and
Long.
1--WE pulled through mud three days
at one stretch, when we did not see
another car on the road. In many ru-
raj communities they never had heard
a woman make a political speech be-
fore, and had the satisfaction of hav-
ing many men of the conservative
farmer type come to me and say that
though they never had intended to
vote for a woman, they were going to
vote for me. And they did vote for
me.
"When | heard of a place where
there was said to be a particular pre-
JUDGE against women and Democrats,
that was. the place / determined to
reach. Ashland, in Boone county, they
told me, was pro-German and wet.
III get Ashland l said. And | did.
When the returns came in it was
found that l had carried Ashland.
81 went everywhere except into my
opponents counties. knew it would
be useless to go there but l made cap
ital out of not going. Before Novem-
Der, however, / shall have to invade
Camden county, the home of Mr.
Roach.
"On the other hand, my two Demo.
. cratic opponents in the primaries die
not hesitate to invade my territory
Indeed, Boone was the only county If
which they made speeches. The in
sisted on sharing every speaking datt
with me and claiming an equal length
of time on the program. But made
capital out of this, too, TO catch fish
you've got to go to where the fish
are one of them explained, apolegti
cally. Whereupon asked the people
how they liked being thought of a!
! fish ?"
81 shared every picnic, every sand
wich, every bottle of soda pop with
. those men. l did not let the audi
l ences lose sight of this fact, and i
! only reacted in my favor Why,
wouldn't have lost those men for any
thing in the world. They were my
: greatest assets.
"On the last night, here in Colum
, bia, when we had our biggest audience
they might wisely have stepped asid,
: with a show of gallantry and let thu
lady speak first. But, no, they didn't
And SO had the last word"
Subject of Discussion Largely "Wha
Is the Matter at Washington"
"What did l tell the people," sht
responded to query. "My subjec
was large, What is the Matter a
Washington" While my opponent
bore down heavily on local issues, tn
need of a new Federal building, es
pecially, it struck me that, as we wer
asking for national job, we ough
to keep to national issues. The Gu
in the national waterways appropria
ton was one national issue to b
brought home, in it's effect upon tn
Missouri river. Then l sought t
bring home to the farmers, to tn
merchants, to all the people who ar
feeling the high cost of living, tn
danger of the high protective TART
tie Republican Congress is attempting
to engineer, and its vital, intimate re
lationship to conditions here at home
"Upon the great chess board of ma
tional life is being played politica
game in which the sinister high pro
tective tariff wins out, and we, tn
people, who must pay the added pric
of living, lose. It's your game and m
game, being played at Washington
| would tell them. Ours is a represen
tative Government. Our hope lies i
sending to Congress and the Senate
representatives who will fight agains
fastening this heavier milestone arour
the necks of the people. l pictured I
them that the Democratic minority
Congress is fighting against an OF
pressive tariff bill and for the peopl
as did that band of Greek heroes q
the Pass of Thermopylae.
"Any woman who can manage
family budget can understand tart
hill The m n lot basket hoe popa II