The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-05-10
DOROTHY
CANFIELD
FOR CONGRESS
May Share Public HOn0rs
With Miss Robertson
of Oklahoma
(Our Washington Correspondent

Mention in the Vermont press of
Mrs. Dorothy Confield Fisher, of
Arlington, VT, as possibility in
the roundup of eligibles for Con-
gressional nomination in the First
District serves to focus attention
on the fact that there is an except
ionally large number of the fair
sex who have thus early announced
their willingness to submit their
shapely shoulders to the draping Of
the Congressional mantle.
"Miss Alice" the lone female OF
the species at present adorning the
national House, Is therefore likely
to have some company, at least, OF
a feminine character, always sup
posing that she herself comes
through again in the Second Okla
homa district which sent her to
Washingtn by the narrow margin
of 228 votes in about 10000 cast
on her unique campaign platform
of 81 am a Christian, | am an
American, | am a Republican,
To date the count tallies nearly
a dozen women candidates engaged
in active fights for nomination to
Congress. One has announced her
intention of going out after the
! place now filled by Senator Swan
: son, of Virginia, while another
hopes to succeed the pictureque
John Sharp Williams, of Mississ p-
pi, avowedly no longer in the run
ming. Mrs. Izetta Brown would rep
resent the Old Dominion in the up
per branch, while Miss Belle Kear-
ney seeks to be Senctor from Miss
issippi. Out in Minnesota Mrs.
Peter Oleson hopes to convince the
voters that she ought to supplant
Senator Frank B. Kellogg, and in
the Empire State q woman, MIS-.
Ella A. Boole entertains the hope
that the "drys" will be able to help
her unseat Senator William NJ. Cal
der
On the House side the list of
busy candidates includes: Mrs. Le
liza Seton Edmundson, Alabama;
Mrs. Annette Adams, California;
Mrs. Irene C. Buell., Nebraska;
Mrs. T. f. Cotman, Arkansas. Mrs.
w. A. Curlopp, Indiana; Mrs. Win
Sired M. Huck, Illinois; and "Miss
Alice, in Oklahoma. The crop Of
feminine aspirants is likeIy to be
materially increased it it said.
The State of Vermont has sent
Miss Helen Harris, of Montnelier,
an attache of the office of the Yer
mont Adjutant General, to the
Capitol to dig out of the War de
partment records the names and
service records of many Vermont
ers who served in the World War.
1t appears, according to Miss Har-
ris, that these records in the case
of something like ten percent Of
the Vermont veterans have not
been forwarded by the Adjutant
General to the StaJe archives in
Vermont, and that therefore this
search is necessary in order to
complete the files there. Some of
the men whose records are made
the subject of this search did not
/ give Vermont addresses, it is IN
derstood, but they were actually
Vermonters and therefore their
records are essential. This work
is likely to take some time.
On the 18th of this month the
annual "Sugar Party" of the Yer
mont Association will be held at
Raucher's. The supply of maple
syrup for serving on blocks of ice
is at hand, and practically every
thing is inreadiness for the big
gathering. Hon. George K. Wales,
of the Civil Service Commission,
will be the POSTMASTER, and the
leading speakers will be Commits
sioner General of immigration W.
w. Husband, and Or. E. ID. Ball,
Director of Scientific WORK. De
partment of Agriculture, all ma
tive NeImOnterS.
State Senator Ben Williams
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