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Show HER CAMPAIGN ' INJECTION (Oklahoma Woman Pioneer; Talked to Customers in Her Cafeteria MT78ICOGBB, Okla.. Nov. 5. Miss1 Alice Robertson. tt nner, cafeteria, owner and the only rongresswoinan-i elect in the I'nlted States, sat in, her little restaurant last night planning' th menu for today's noon-day meal. "1 think 1 should celebrate my own election by preparing some "tr trult j salad and fried c hicken." she said as she lyped the bill of fare Then sh turned again to politics and shook; hands with many who raw to copr srafulate hr on her victory' over W". W Hastinro. hemocral, who has rep resented the second eongressionai district dis-trict since 19 14 OPPOSKP SUFFRAGE "Mias Alice." known over the state I ! 3 the most rdcturesque character in' ; Oklahoma, made the race, for congress ulthouch she was opposed to and worked actively against the woman suffrage afnendment. "The men have thrust the vote on i us. Now I'm going to see if they ! menn It." she said, when she an-I an-I nounced her candidacy. "1 guess they did." she COnolUSlod when figures trlUnc of her election were brouaht to her. The story of Miss Robertson's life. which began In a little Indian inls- I slon. ten miles from here years ago Is the story of a sacrifice by i I woman for the betterment 'of the In-i Alan tribes here. Her father came to the old Indian territory in 1S49 when the eery of "Gold" was heard from California. But his mission was not one of we.il h. "My father come to be a gom! oltlsen j for the new country." she said. Her victory was by 2 73 votes, out ' of approximately so.oou ballots cast ' but Instead of beln conducted on her front porch." it was conducted in )ht; c afeterln . Whenever a man or woman went there to at, silc sal down at the table and "talked.it over." She nlno ran "ads" In the daily nowspapers proclaiming" pro-claiming" the day's menu, giving bib-,' lical quotations and advancing political polit-ical arguments. The "ads" rivaled even the news columns for their Inter. ' nn |