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Show Woman U. S. Senator From Mississippi? JACKSON, MISS. "Nothing but my own death can take me out of this race" That's the statement of Miss Belle Kearney, woman candidate for 'United States senator from Mississippi, a state that bitterly fought the national na-tional woman suffrage amendment to the last ditch. Political observers here say Miss Kearney's chance of winning Is good and that a queer twist of politics may cause Mississippi to send one of the first women to the senate! Miss Kearney repeatedly has defied masculine mascu-line elements that have sought her withdrawal with-drawal from the senatorial campaign. "After the bitter fights I have gone through to gain state and national prohibition pro-hibition and to win the ballot for worn-en,? worn-en,? I am not easily eliminated," she vajFs. "Men have been so In the habit of eliminating or effacing women that it's only natural for them to run true to form. Bnt they forget ' they are faced by a new. situation that looms like a stone wall the enfranchisement of women. . "As a citizen of Mississippi I shnll fight for my rights and the rights of every women of the land If I have to battle alone without a campaign mnn- ager and without a campaign fund.4 . Miss Kearney started her . active senatorial campaign as soon as it was established that Senator John S. Williams Wil-liams would not run for re-election. . Having started her career aa a school-teacher. Miss Kearney early turned to uplift work. She became one ; of the best lecturers and organizers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She also was- an ardent suffrage suf-frage worker. In the World war aha went to France at her own expense and engaged In relief work. While several other candidates may enter the race. Miss Kearney's only l ponrnt now Is ex Senator James K. Yurtlaninn. , ' ' . .. - ;. " . " |