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i. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, DYNAMO OF ENERGY,
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IS OFFICIAL HOUSEKEEPER FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY
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f7V Chairman of Executive Committee
of G. O. P. National Committee Or
ganizes Campaigns, Makes Speeches
and Never Fails te Get Results Has
Cultivated Individuality D is tinct ly
Her Own.
SHE FOUGHT FOR SUFFRAGE
FORTY YEARS; IS FIGHTING
NOJVFOR CLEANER POLITICS
Overflows in Humer, Philosophy and
Language and Is Rated as the Best
Political Weman Organizer and
Manager in the Country Gives Yeu
Her Point of View Without Moment 9s
Hesitation
Bhe Is the feminine Will Hays of politics.
She Is a dynamo of energy; she is tireless, physically and mentally.
She organizes, campaigns, makes Bpeeches and in the end never
'fata te get results.
She knows mere about politics than the average politician in pants,
and she has a sense of humor that would appall the common garden
variety statesman.
Te top it all, she has a cultivated individuality distinctly her own.
And she is Mrs. Harriet Tayler Upton, of Ohie, vice chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee, with
headquarters in Washington between times, and en nlmest any political
platform or in Chicago or San Francisce or Philadelphia or New Yerk
when the fight is en, harvesting millions of votes for the G. 0. P. And
the is still doing it. The woman who fought forty years for suffrage
is still fighting. But her fight is new for clean politics; for higher
itandards in politics.
She is the housekeeper of the Re
publican Party. And wee betide him
who leaves a spot in the party
kitchen, who tramps in mud en the
party floors, who breaks up the
party furniture or spills cigar ashes
en the rugs!
Almest any day at present you
can walk into the headquarters of
the National Committee in Wash
ingten and ask for the vice chairman
in charge of women's activities with
a reasonnble certainty she'll be
there. Net improbably she may be
coming or going returning from or
starting out te keep an engagement.
In that event, she will wear a turban
hat, a veil of semq sort, a blue
serge tailored suit and stout walking
shoes. She will sit you down in front
of her and invite you te begin.
leeks Ominous, Yeu Think,
But Yeu Are Mistaken
"Hm," you think. "Leeks emi
neus!"
And then you hear her laughl
After that you are at home. Yeu
feel you might call her "Aunt Har
riet" with perfect impunity. Yeu
knew that she "belongs." "Aunt
Harriet" is human, as you might
have realized in advance. And your
visit progresses apace.
Mrs. Upton overflows. It is one
of her characteristics. She overflows
in humor, in philosophy, in language,
in energy, in the genius that is the
capacity for hard work and atten
tion te detail. She frequently sits
en the edge of her chair as she talks
te you.
Possessing a remarkable memory,
sound judgment, candor, a keen and
intuitive mind, always a quick and
ready wit, she is rated by associates
as the best woman political organ
izer and manager in the country.
But admit it? Net for a moment!
"I de very little," she Bays.
Appointed vlcfl chnirmnn nt the per
sonal request of President Harding while
lie was still a Sennter, shortly after his
nomination at Chicago In 1020, she da
voted herself exclusively te politics for
the Inst two years, reverting, ns It were,
te type. Fer her father was in Con
gress, and much of her own life has
been devoted te political activities.
Her sense of humor la historic. It
will be testified te by thousands who
have heard her speak or ceme in per
sonal contact with her. It is recorded,
tee but this must be said in whispers
that en one occasion she kept a group
of campaign associates awake all night
in Atlantic City telling inimitable
stories.
Yeu have heard all these things. Yeu
have heard her called a born leader, a
natural organizer the best in the game.
me, he let me alone. lie did net accept
the presidency of the Ohie Weman
Suffrage Association, I should say, be
cause he felt he could net held It and
give the proper attention te his duties
in Congress. But his support of suf
frage never wavered.
"Thinking it ever, I concluded that
as Kuffruge women wcre se Ktreng and
active for suffrage, I ought te de some
thing against it. I started te write
some articles. I wrete one, and was
pnld for It. By the time I hnd finished
the second I began te see I wni wrong.
I hnd my facts wrong. By (he time I
had finished the third I had convinced
myself I was wrong.
"Thnt was n turning point. I turned
nil the organizing energy I possessed
this political energy, If It may be se
described into the suffrage associa
tion. Yes, the National American
Wemnn Suffrage Association the regu
lars. They were In existence forty years
or se age before these young girls were
born. We worked for suffrage along
non-pellticnl lines.
"Mrs. Carry Chapman Cntt enme
into the association the same year I
did and at the same convention. We
worked together from that time en,
either she as my superior officer or I ns
hers. We wern together in the early
days of the suffrage fight and down te
Its conclusion.
"Finally the amendment was passed
in the Senate. She wouldn't come te
hear the last rellcall In the Senate. But
we were together In Tennessee when the
Legislature ratifying the amendment
made it effective.
Turned Down Chairmanship
of G. O. P. Bedy in Ohie
"That ended the suffrage fight. Then,
as quickly as we were through with
suffrage, and It became npparent women
were te be a force in politics, poli
ticians naturally turned te the women
who were doing things. They nsked
me te become chnlrman of the women's
Republican organization in Ohie. I re
fused, because, I said, my work was
plnlnly for suffrage, and I was net
going te de anything for a political
party.
"Then, in 1020, after Mr. narding
was nominated, be chose m ns vice
chairman of the National Executive
Committee of the Republican National
Committee.
"Some one asked him why he chee
me. He said because I was 'safe and
sane.' Se you see it was net ability.
He didn't knew whether I had any."
Thern were peals of laughter at this.
Father y an Able Lawyer, Toek Gar'
field's Seat in Congress When Mrs.
Upton Was Schoolgirl She Reported
the Political Faith of Her Classmates'
Parents te Her Dad
WOMEN IN MISSOURI WILL
'RAISE THE DICKENS IN
NO F EMBER, ' SHE DECLARES
'Were Very Active in Primary and
Are Net Going te Be Controlled Very
Much in the Election' All Women
Should Jein Party and Net Be Non
partisan, Mrs. Upton Says
you could talk te at any length. Then
they called for me out of courtesy. I
hnd te go out front. I came out. put
my finger te my lips and shook my head.
I never said n word. It brought down
the house. They had feared I would
make a speech.
"Every political speechreaker speaks
tee long. In my opinion, the ordinary
person can condense everything he hns
ti say, and ccrtnlnly everything he
ought te say, Inte n fifteon-minute
speech. Thnt doesn't apply te n Presi
dent, or presidential candidate, or a
man who specializes In seme subject
like the tariff. But nil men speak tee
long, and I think nil public meetings
nre tee long. I would feel I had made
n constructive contribution te the narty
If I could de something te make public i partisan.
meetings shorter." Declares
xniK turned u uic inuuence vi nuuicu .
"Loek et the primaries," she an
swered. "Almest as many women as
men voted. That was true everywhere.
And they voted for the best candidate.
"Surely the women of Missouri, for'
Instance, ere going te rnise the dlckenn ;
In November. They were very active
in the primary campaign and are net
going te be very much controlled in the
election."
She came te a full step.
"New," ehe asked, "why don't yen
nsk me hew women should interest
themselves in politics?"
"All right," you reply, "you're
nsked."
"By joining a party," comes the
nnswiT, "instead of being non-.
Women Should
in politics
"I don't think nny ene realizes the
tremendous interest women nre taking
in politics or what a terrific force they
MRS. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON
Wyoming as Territory Led the Van
In Battle for Weman Suffrage
WYOMING in the battle for woman suffrage was the first Territory
te grant suffrage te women. This waa in 1869. In 1800 this Terri
tory's request for statehood was considered by Congress. The enabling
act provided for the leaving out of the word mala in the Constitution
that is, of providing for full suffrage for women in the new State.
This was net a new thing for Wyoming, but it was a new thing
for Congress. When the bill reached the fleer of the Heuse of Repre
sentatives the question of woman suffrage had taken the form of an
amendment. Susan D. Antheny, the president of the National Asso
ciation, and Mrs. Upton were the only national officers who happened
te be in Washington at that time (the congressional work was in their
hands between conventions because they spent their winters in Wash
ington), and en the day that thia amendment was discussed they sat in
the gallery of the Heuse and were really the only people in the gallery
who seemed te be at all interested in the fundamental principle involved.
The discussion en the part of these opposed took the form of sar
casm or leaned toward sex fines. Finally, a gentleman from Tennoa Tennea
, bearing the same name as the father of our country, except his
name was James instead of Geerge, worked himself into great excite
ment, pacing the aisle as he spoke, urging hi3 colleagues en the Demo
cratic side of the Heuse te vote against the amendment. He said:
"Gentlemen, if this amendment pctsscs, what will we see in our
great national Congress bonnets and bustles!"
This humor was applauded. Nobody seemed te think that sus
penders and neckties were then making the national laws, but se it has
n always.
"Ttiat was a geed many years age. Some of the things in that dis
cussion are clear in my mind," said Mrs. Upton; "most of them are
hazy. One thing I can remember is that a woman, holding some flowers
n her hand, passed them ever te. Miss A theny and told her te threw
them down en the fleer, that it would Gi&act the attention te our ques
tion if she did. Hew plainly I can see the expression en that Hicksite
Quaker's face as she refected the suggestion!
Mr. Washington's prophecy would be proved true in the next
Congress if bonnets and bustles were new fashionable. Literally, they
W net be there because they are net worn. Miss Rankin is net a
ack number. She is up te date in clothes and thought.
"One woman alone cannot revolutionize a body of men, even if she
would care te de se. Much has been said about her being the pivot en
which many congressional questions tveuld turn. That is utter non nen
jnse. She is net an unsophisticated mountain lass coming down into
civilization for the first time. She is a college woman, has studied the
autstiena of philanthropy and economics.
,, Beat in Congress will net give her a big head. She will net
tecredit women. Her congressional experience, of course, will teach
r fessena and enrich her life in a certain sense. All women are glad
e was elected, and she will never de anything te make any of us
Hew does she de It? What are her
secrets? What Is her background?
Where does she get her interest In
politics? What docs she conceive te
be woman's function in politics?
Yeu call en her. A short wnlt and
she appears.
Gives Yeu Her Point of View
Without Any Hesitation
Introductions dispensed with, you
tell her why you came. Yeu want te
knew her story. Yeu went her point
of view. Thcre is never a moment's
hesitation. :
She settles back en her etinlr nml
begins : I
"I cannot remember when I was net
interested In politics. My father was I
Town Committeeman. This, I think,
was before there were wards. I am
net sure of that. Anyway, he always i
Kept tne peu doek, ana tt was my busi
ness te run around mid find out nlmni
the new people In the neighborhood.
"I would come home from school and
report there were new children in the
class. My father ulwas wanted te
knew Immediately who their parents
were. They would he looked up and
catalogued ns Democrats or Repub
licans. One day, when I was twelve
ycais old, my father rewarded me for
my activity in rounding up these new
neighborhood arrivals by permitting me
te mark 'R or 'D' in the proper column
in the poll book. I wns awfully proud
te de It. That really marked the be
ginning of my political activities.
"I was never se young, within my
recollection, that I did net like te knew
what the returns wcre en election night.
It wns hard te get me te bed en these
nights. That has been true all my life.
Even new I stay up ns long ns the A-e-clated
Press will answer me. And that,
(heugh It Is silly new, for you never
knew (he results for certain unlll this
next day.
"My father was a very able lawyer,
magnetic, with dramatic ability, pos
sessing a strong pergenal nupcal. He
was elected Judge of the Common Pleas
Court, and later cnu.e te Congress, tak
ing Garfield's sent when Onrfield beenme
President. I was osseclated with lUm,
and helped him politically during nil of
ids public life.
"My political education? Hew did it
progress? Well, I showed an interest
in organization from the start. I also
realized the value of accurate politico!
records. One year the men lest the poll
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Come in and Clean Heuse
And that brings its amplificatien:
"Women should come in and clean
house. The political parties need
cleaning up. They should be or
ganized en a better basis.
"Ne man can keep house, can he?
But women are natural housekeeeertt.
That is their function in politics.
"I think women realize that then
must be machines In politics. I de net'
mean that in an unsavory sense. The
word 'machine' in peltlcs has degen
erated, as the word 'pious' has in ita
ordlnery usage. 'Machine' should mean
organization. Everything that is or
ganlzcd en a communal basis has te
have a machine Churches have te have
machines. Clubs have them. Secial or
ganizations hnve them. Even picnics
have them some one must make the
ceffee, some one bake the cake, ethers
make the sandwiches and some leek
after the lemonade. Without organiza
tion, community efforts fall. And se It
is In politics.
"Te my mind, the principal function
of women in politics new Is te build',
the best possible machine for the party
and te watch and improve that machine
all the time. And that machine must
be llke the printing presses many news
papers nre installing In their street
windows. They must be operated In
full view of the public. k people can
leek in en them nnd see hew they ere
run.
"Just S3 the voting places were
moved from barber shops and saloons
and livery stables Inte schoolhouses and
residences when the first women voted,
se mu-t women who Interest themselvM'
Mrs. Upton conferring with Attorney General Daucherty
book in our district. After that I kept
it myself under lock and key. On Elec
tion Dnv I would turn It ever, but be
tween i lectiens I wouldn't trust them
with It.
Always Accompanied Dad
en His Petitical Trips
"I always accompanied dad en his
political trips. Mether died when I
was a child, and I always went with
father. Much of his time, naturnllv.
wn ppent In hotels. There he would
held (enferences with ether men.
"TIipsh. n n ruin !....., in.. . i
politicians. There would be important
conferences. Problems of law and poll.
tics Willi 111 tin illumic.n.1 I .... ... T
Imbibed -absorbed much of my kne.wl
edge of politics. I was net conscious of
tun process i BuppeM.. my interest was
Min.uliiied by being se much with men.
".en would Imve thought that when
tccn1"?1"0 '"Congress lu the winter
of 1SS0 I would Imve been a Miffrnglht.
Hut I wnsn t. I was an nntl-sulTragist
I had never discussed it with father, but
supposed lm was against it, tee. Te my
HiirpiNp I learned when I came down
te ashliiKten he hnd been elected
president of the Ohie Weman's Suffrage
Association. I was perfectly furious
Just furious! I thought women in poll-
lea were net respectable; net of the
lower class, exactly, for I Unew they
i?.rw .'nf .r''nty Interested in politics,
lint fighting' women -women of (lie
mini, masculine i.vpt. i c0)( net
umlersliuul hew women et refinement,
lllte these with whom 1 iisseclutcd, could
favor woman suffrage
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an..- m "" cj who me.
wnen ne round he could net oenvlnc
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Then you admit," It wus suggested,!
thnt you aie 'safe and sane'?" I
Oh, jes," was the laushliic reply.!
I had been bucking along quietly, i1
iVhlnZ U,- f;erJ"1,Ps -1 deS't de much.'
r J r ' ,'Ust! f' l lleuu B"1 whatever I
I de I keep In a geed humor. I hnte
contention. I nm-cr get mad. 1 1
7,'-" i"" mii out tive times in iu
I fe. Consequently, I never have te
spend a let of time going around telling
people I am sorry. 's
.,n!l1.t.,nlwilys K.eems. funny t0 m when
v i"-"i" s uiiui. nen i see them
go up in the nir and lese their temper.
heir faces Hushed, and hear them say
things they will be sorry for after-
wind, it's a regular sideshow te me.
1 don't see hew people get In such a
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Mi-s Upton's effervescent humor
makes her popular as a speaker. She
has spoken en street corners, in encra
I houses, public hnlls and conventions.
L,flyiiJeb' sI'e explained, "Is te come
out, tell one or two stories, get every
body In u geed humor and then retire.
-.. (.Liii-i-i-uuiiT lurt-ungs i w-ns nlwnvs,
the what de you call it? goat ! That's I
net the name for it. There's something '
else, but thnt will de. I was the pre
liminary, xney used me te catch the
crowd.
Doesn't Believe in Men
Making Leng Speeches
"I don't llMlfirn In Iahi. ....! -v
day. out d,,e, a weVa'n who'.n"?
ceded me en the pregiam speke n uch
tee long. She speke en and en and en.
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(JFe sejng te be in the fall campaign,"
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TrlIn wJlf l direction?" she was asked.
"Hew will thoierco be applied?"
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