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Show j '-'Gats' Wage Desert War To Elect MissAnne Mdrtin First Woman U. S. Senatoi If J- V yTJ sj Tha 'Oats' of Nevada. (1) Mibi Mabel Vrn9n, aoeratary of tha Nat i am Vifmmn' parly t (2) Miaa Kathryn Lincoln, (3) Miss Ida M. Oat rum, (4 Miaa Kata Mullm. ft Miaa Jaaaica Qranvtlla-Smith, (6) Dr. Margate Lang, (7) Miaa Ella Ritfltl, 8 Miaa Molda Candon. N. I. A. special to Tha Telegram. CAR0ON CITV. Nev., Oct. 21 There oa 1 1 themeelvee tha "fiats" and they are eifht strona; the phalanx of youna; woman wom-an who lad the cohorts fiahiina tooth and toenail In NevHd to make Anne i Martin tha first woman L'nlied Slates senator. 1 "Oats" haa nathlna; to do with military arxapons. riiy one of them carries orte. and ehe i nvr takes It out of .the little pocket holster. No one knows who coined the term, but It mini "tiet Ann There " Their oh Is to orfanli every prectnrt In the dfearl S'ste, s;el the women and men hnrf up to carry on the riant under I the snffrase plan nf house lo house can 1 va-a snd man lo men argument. There's not a mine. mill. amlter. fsrm-l fsrm-l house, railway ahnp or auttrnna: sulrh In j the fraa-liruah state where one of these i women hs" not delivered oratory snd lltersturs to an at firat amused, but cotirieoua population I Hi ran as to say. they sf practically all from the Kant, which Ird I" eoni um- 1 brale smons; persons lht think Nevada I should produce her own politic. edu-ca edu-ca ' ore. 1 Hut Miss Martin herself la a true Ne- vailan. as la also her treasurer, Minnie Klanwaan. and all eight work hand in hand with the women of Vevada. The have leen selected wholly for their as perlence In campaign work. As to the pnrftonnel of the "fiats. Thre Is Mabel Vernon of Ielaware, th campaign metnasjer. There la Kate Mul II n of 4'onnevtlrul, Miaa rnon's righ hand man In Kno; Mrs. Jessica firsn vlllt-Smlth of New York, who swlns-eth I f out hern part of I he state; Mollis Condot of t'unnet'tirut. In the north; Ida Oatrum Miss Martin's personal secretary; Kath ryn Lincoln, snd finally lr. Margate l-ong of Denver and Ua Rlegel of f'eno Aylvunls. Home of them ere noted "uffa.M Iwi were achool teachers, two social workers 'one a physician. Heveral of them an sulthy snd members of noted fsmtllei The "cause" haa led them Into all aorti j of queer places. They have Invaded bar rooms and "joined us" In somethlni i Hghl. They have danced Bylth cowboy. In country achool hoi isn, dioppsd dowi mine shafts and climbed Up roofs li seMrch of the elusive vote. They heve broken down on tha opet dsrt, only the alkali In eight, whet motoring with their canteens and then lunch bog. They have alept out In then blankets In- the lee of a sagebrush ant listened to the howling of the coyotes. "It's drudgery, swful drudgery," ealr one nf them. "Hut how I love It. lit doing something." . . , . |