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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. Process of Party Organization. In the early summer of 1894, the new voter having learned her first lessons in the political school, found herself ready for organization and work in the field. In June of that year Mrs. J. Ellen Foster came to Colorado under commission from the National Republican Committee. Phoebe Cousins came as a missionary among the Populists; Helen Gouger represented the Prohibition cause, while local Democratic women of talent undertook the work of organization for that party. The Populist women were the first to organize within party lines. Even before the right of the ballot was bestowed, the women believing in the teachings of that party had formed societies for its aid in the campaign of 1892. February, 1894, the Woman's Industrial Legion, a Populist secret order, opened headquarters in Denver and organized branch societies throughout the state. The Woman's Populist League of Denver was their leading organization. It continued its work through the municipal and county campaigns of 1895, and the state and national campaign of 1896, with Mrs. Alice W. Faulkner as its president. In practical campaign work the Populist women, for the most part, concentrated their efforts with the men in the committee and club organizations of the party, though they maintained numerous clubs of their own in the state. At the Peoples' Party Arapahoe County Convention in September, 1894, Mrs. H. S. Stansbury, Mrs. Marian Sheridan and Mrs. Nellie E. Matteson of Denver, were nominated candidates for the general assembly and these were the only legislative nominees among the women in the state by that party. The Republicans nominated Mrs. Clara Cressingham, Denver; Mrs. Carrie C. Holly, Pueblo; Mrs. Frances S. Klock, Denver, all...