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Show I lEADlSHttO I BY MRS. OLESEM i -Democratic Woman's Race for Senatorship May- Break Party Lines ST. PAUL, Minn., June 21. Returns S from Minnesota's state-wide primary I Monday were sufficiently near com-; com-; plctlon today to show Mrs. Anna Dickie Olesen far in the lead of i 5 Thomas Meighen, her nenrest oppon- ent for the Democratic nomination for jj L'nited StPt.-? senator., i Sentiment on tho question of send- 1! In a woman to the United States will ; 4 be an added featuro to party Issues fin the general election in Minnesota H I next November. j The nomination of Mrs. Olesen as " the senutorial standard bearer for tho ; t Democrats next fall will call for an J' expression of this eentlmorit In addition addi-tion to tho question of adherence to j, party lines and issues inolvlng the ! national administration. , Frank B. Kellogg. Junior senator 1 from Minnesota and one of President i finding's stalwarts in the senate, who If Was renominated in the Republican E, prlmarv over Ernest Lundeen. will I', race the political barrier with Mrs. Olesen next fall along with Hcnrik Ishlpsted, the Farmer-Labor nominee. l Mies Grace P. Kaerseher of Orton-j'villo Orton-j'villo was the Republican homlno tor clerk of the supreme rourL Gov-H Gov-H I ernor J. A. O. Preus apd other Re- I publican state officers were lfiinml- fS nated. J IXTKKVIEWITR CAIfLS. ICLOQUET. Minn., June 21. (By The Associated PrsSB.) To the COlin-S COlin-S try at large she ma be Anna Dickie J Olesen, but to this city of B.000 popu- lation, she will always tie Mrs. Peter J Olesen .though even her husband, who Is superintendent of Oloquet s sc hools, I insists that the "Anna Dickie'' he sub-4 sub-4 stltuted for the "Mrs Peter'," when she is referred to In newspapers And today the little family of three especially the husband and 14-year- old daughter. Mary were thrilled I with the knowledge that the wife and . mother had been chosen to pioneer J a trail for women in politics" as Mrs. ' 'jlesen herself has termed It. ' 'It is no personal tribute," she tn- sisted to The Associated Press. ' It is s only tho endorsement of tho Demo- cratic state platform as lorruulated by j the slato convention that endorsed mo ' for the senate. I Bought to brinr that J platform to the members of our party, my nomination Is simply an evidence ', of its acceptance." 2 EAGER TO COMPETE, g But there was no denying she was J happy and almost eager to be Into the campaign for the November election, S which she will press us persistently as J . she did her primary campaign, she said. i "I am deeply grateful to the people that have stood by me In tho primary I campaign,' she said. "I did not seek tithe nomination in the Minneapolis Sl convention, but having: accepted it, I ! did the best 1 could with the limited I funds at my command to make an f I effective campaign for the further-Jjment further-Jjment of the party's interests." I I It was as Citizen Olesen she gained the nomination, she insists, and not through any advantage galnr-d by h sex. "I made no plea for recognltlo Of women In politics, I was and am t ' ready to accept on equalltv with men I ', whatever the fortune? of politic i 'Now that I am nominate j," she tr continued. "I WlJ do the best 1 can tfor the party throughout the fall cam-Jpaign cam-Jpaign and I think wo will have n .uplted party when the November elei -I'tlon comes 'round . If elected in No-ijvember, No-ijvember, I shall do my utmost to serve Zthe people well. WASHINGTON'S MOTTO. "During my prlniar campaign I set 21 up as mv motto and I shall continue I to keep it before me in the fall am-paign am-paign the words of Georne Wushins-Mton: Wushins-Mton: 'Lot us raise tno standard to J ".which the wise and honest can rally jjjthc event is in the hands of God.' tl "My campaign, my desire for the tjnomlnation, were not tor personal van-f'lty van-f'lty or gain at all; my on desire is t!to serve the people of the Democratic convention and the other people or jihe state who nominated me. I havn t'no personal ambitions at stake, every -' '.thing is for the people." E Not mort' than t600 was spent by ;Mre. Olesen in her primary campaign m g'ahe said She visited nearly 4 0 towns I !and cities in every section of the state. H JJtravellng in a small sedan automobile I 2'glven her by friends Most of the lime I Srahe did her ov.n driving. I i It was only after she received the I ' endorsement of the Democratic state I Jlconvention thut Mrs Oleeen became I fitknown as Mrs. Anna Dickie Olesen. I -A ruling of the state's attorney gen- I eral's office that she could not legally H tile as Mrs. Peter Olesen necessitated H the change to the name that ap- I pcared on the ballot today DRAM'S STATE ATTENTION. F 1 Interest in the welfare of young & girls four years ago brought Mrs. Oie- H sen to the attention' of hor commun- H ity, then the state as she took up the H cause of girls through the agency of H women's clubs. I In 1918 she became president of the I women's clubs of the Kicrhth Minnesota Minne-sota district and later was named a .vice president of the Minnesota Federation Fed-eration of Women's clnbs During the war Mrs. Olesen delivered deliv-ered many patriotic talks and these hrmirht. her state-wide attention. Sub. I sequent), with hostilities at an end, she engaged In chautauqua work, Mrs. Olesen explained her party af-j I'lltatlons with the assertion that she1 was Just "born a Domocrat." and admirer ad-mirer of William J. Bryan. OF PIONEER FAMILY. Born in Le Sueur county, Minnesota, Minne-sota, 36 years ago, Mrs. Olesen came from a family which had pioneered in Minnesota. Her grandparents made cthis state their home In 1 8 56 and both Jher grandfathers were Civil war vet-"erans. vet-"erans. Raised on a farm where she lived until she was married, she traveled 'three miles each day to reach the high school at Waterville. Minn., for her early education. Housework, Mrs. Oleaen declares, does not have to be neglected by tho woman in politics, any moro than a woman in club work need have her kitchen sink constantly piled high with dishes She explained-"A explained-"A man takes part in civic affairs without neglecting his vocation, and a woman can readly adjust herself to the new order that is sure to accompany accom-pany the advent of women In politics." |