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OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE
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FRED A.VAUGHAN
SECRETARY OF STAYE

September 10, 1925.

Miss Laura. Clay,
Richmond, Ky.

Dear Madam: ~-

This is to advise you that I am in receipt
and have duly fixed your certificate of nomination as
a candidate for Senator, 29th district.

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DIRECTORS

R. W. MCRERY
PREST. KENTUCKY RIVER MILLS
FRANKFURT

F. L. MICHAELS
PREST. MICHAELS ART BRONZE CO.
COVINGTON

J. W. NIORRISON
SEC.-TREAS. LEXINGTON RCLLER MILLS
LEXINGTON

R. S. REYNOLDS
PREST. UNITED STATES FOIL CO.
LOUISVILLE

F. P. TOOF
AGENT COHANKUS MFG. CO.
FADUCAH

PHILIP S. TULEY
PREST. LOUISVILLE COTI'ON MILLS CO.
LOUISVILLE

H. J. WRIGHT
PREST. MAYFIELD WOOLEN MILLS
MAYFIELD

W3 enclose copy of the roster of candidates for
House and Senate at the approaching election, thinking it
ay be of interest to you.

he list was prepared on information furnished by
the two party headquarters and various county clerks, and we
trust is in the main accurate.

Should you wish additional capies of the roster
we will gladly send them, gratis_of course, as long as the
supply lasts.

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vicious cording to our laws; cheating or

crooked gamcling as it is termed, is not up
for consideration at all.

The question to my mind is very simple;
our State says that gambling is wrong and teen
extends a special privilege to allow it to be
practiced on the Race Tracks.

It is my the ught that you are so far
removed from.the env re onment that you have
no idea of its ill fe cts on the ”Raci ng”
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Democratic State Campaign Committee

SEELBACH HOTEL
Executive Committee
LOUISVILLE! KY' JUDGE FRANK M. TRACY, Covington

JAMES UT'I‘ICRBACK, Padncnh _
UREY \YOODSON, Owensboro D DESHA BRECKINRIDGE, Lexmg‘ton
THOS. s. RHEA, Russellville @153 BUSEI‘ALLEN, Harrodsburg
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TT'TOS. R. TYNDET‘HVOOD, A RCPT TI. PULLIANI,
PHI‘HF‘HY Mmmgr-l‘ Chairman, Sponkers‘ Rnrcau

September 25, 1925.

miss Laura Clay,
Richmond, Kentucky,

my Dear Miss Clay:-

_ I have just had a conversation with
your manager, MI. Chenault, and he has advised me that he
is perfectly willing for you to appear at New Castle on
October 1st., with General Denhardt to address the voters
of Henry County.‘

I am very glad indeed that you are
able to fill this appointment, as we have had several requests
for you to speak to the voters of this county, and I am Sure
you will haVe a large and enthusiastic crowd.

Yours very t

Chairman, Speakers' Bureau

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Mrs.E.L.Hutchinson,
Lexington, "ye
My dear Mrs.Hutchinson°
Now thathe registration is over I want to call
your attention to the state ﬁonstitutional Amendment to strike out the
word "male” in the election clause of the state constitution. You
know this was passed by the last legislature and will be on the ballots
this November. The work of getting it through the legislature was done
by a State Suffrage Constitutional Amendment Committee: I was the chairai
man of that committee, and now that I am a “emocratic candidate I fear
my name attached to any publicity for the amendment might arouse susa
picion of ?epublicans, whose vote, of course, is desired for the Amends
ment. Therefore, I am writing to you to ask if the League of Vomen Voters
will take up the publicity for this Amendment? I think I have observed
in the neWSpapers that they favored it, and I suppose of course they
would. It is strictly nonmpartisan, having been introduced in the House
by Representative Arcg Hamilton, and in the Tenate by Sen.Wi11 atoll.
There was not a negative vote in either chamber.
thXIX Just here I receiVed yourtel ephone call;but I will go on with
my letter anyway. I haVe had suggested having an estimate from an adverti
sng agency of how much t would cost to put a notice of the amendment in
the newspapers. But I like better the suggestion to send a letter to all
the party county committees. I am leaving the methods however, entirely
with you and your advisers, as I have had no Opportunity to consult with
those who have thought of the subject.
I wish particularly to say that I wish and expect to bear all the
expense. I have funds in my hands left to me for these purposes; and I

think this is a very important matter, as we could not again bring up the

'question for five years, if we loses

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I should wilhingly appropriate five hundred dollars to this work, if

you find good use for its I want you to employ clerical help, as I think
your superintendence is all that you ought to be called upon for. And of
course any yrinting and postage or expense of any sort would come under
the work.

Dbase bt me hear from you as soon as you make any plans.

Thanking you for your cordial acceptance of this patriotic task, I am

Very sincerely your friend,

Richmond, 7y.
Oct.4th, 1923.
My dear Mrs.Hutchinson,
I had scarcely mailed my letter this morning bee
fore I thought of several things I should have written.

Unless you can get a copy of the Amendment from the County Clerk as it
will appear upon the ballots I think you ought to get it from the Score:
tary of State, Fred. A. Vaughan state Captotol Building. Frankfort

I have not the list of the members of our-State suffrage Amendment
Committee with me; but the members who assisted me last session Were“!
Nancy Greene, Mrs. W. D. Oldham and 1 rs. Sam.Roberts. I do not think any of
them would be of service now, except perhaps Mrs.Roberts, Who is on the
Republican State Committee.

I enclose my check for one hundred dollars so you may have it on
hand at once. I am sending a receipt for you to sign, because this is~~-~nw
trustee money, and I keep receipts for a report to the Court.

Again thanking you for your kindness and patriotism in undertaking
this publicity work, I am v
Very cordially your friend.

Oct.4th, 1925.

Receieded of Laura Clay, Trustee of Laura S.Bruce, One hundred dollars

for Publicity Work for State Bonstitutional Amendment for Woman Suffrage,yh

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Mrs.J.T.PriCe,
Harrodsburg, Ty.
Dear Madam,
In apply toyour questionnaire of the Diviﬂion ofiducation

of 3*.Federation of Voman's Clubs I beg to say that I believe the educa=
tional planks of the ﬁemocratic platform are liberal and if I am elected

I expect to give my hearty support to them.

-Further than this , at present I can only say that T am mucgﬁ in

favor of all moves intended to eliminate opportunity for graft and scan=
dal and wasteful expenditure of State funds.

Very truly yours,

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October 10, 1925.

Miss Laura Clay,
Ri chmond,
Kentucky.

My dear Miss Clay'—

Referring to my letter of September
24th regarding Race Track Gambling:

The word ”immoral" which appears in
the first line of the third paragraph should
have been ”illegal” and corrected should read
as follows:—

”Gambling of any kind is il—
legal and Vicious according to our
laws; cheating or crooked gambling
as it is termed, is not up for con-
sideration at all."

With very best wishes, beg to remain

Very tniizggggrs,

After 5 days, return to
RIDDELL & SHUMATE,
IRVINE, KY.

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GEORGE W. E. ATKINS. FIRST Vial-"IIIDINT

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1:)EPARTMENTOF EDUCATION
Frankfurt, Ky.

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SUPER|NTENDENT OCtOber 15’ 1925.

Mrs. E. L. HutchinSOn,
Lexington, hy.

My dear hrs. Hutchinson:

Our first concern in the amendment campaign re-
ferred to in your letter was to secure funds and voluntary workers.
We were peculiarly fortunate in finding a large number of patriotic
citizens, both men and women, who were willing to give their time to
this work. We had an organization in Louisville headed by Dr. Yeaman,
former Governor of Porto Rico. A nunmer of public-spirited people
made centributions amounting to some @5000 probably in all. We re-
ceived splendid cooperation from the press of the state in most cases
without cost to us. We had the aesistance of the ministers of the
state. On a certain designated Sunday, each minister in the state
devoted part of his time to a discussion of the amendments. We had
speaking in practically every county in the state. These Speakers
cost us nothing.

We found that it is a tremendously difficult task to amend
the constitution no matter how sorely needed the amendment may be.
I shall be glad to show you in detail just exactly the steps that we
took. Above everything else, if you can not secure the support of one
or both of the political parties for yOur proposed amendment, nothing
must be done to incur their opposition.

'Very sincerely,

State Superintendent.

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VICE-PRESIDENTS Corresponding Secretary
MRS. S. C. HENNING PRESIDENT MRS’ WIPLIS STEWART
Louisville, Ky. , Lemgmn' K3"
MRS. E. L. HUTCHINSON Recording Secretary
MRS. HERBERT E. OTTENHEIMER Lexmgton, Ky. M ARY J. M AGUIRE
Louisville, Ky Lexington, Ky.

MARY BRONAUGH Treasurer
Hopkinsville, Ky MILDRED W. ANDERSON

MRS. WALTER H. WORSHA M Loulswlle, Ky.

Corbin, Ky. Chairman of Finance Committee

MRS. E. S. TACHAU
MRS. HAROLD WALES MARCH Louisvine’ Ky.

Lexington, Ky. Auditors

ADA MAY CROMVVELL MRS. JOSEPH ALDERSON
Frankfort, Ky. Middlesboro, Ky.

MRS HERBERT W. MENGEL MRS. B: W. BA’YLESS
Louisville, Ky. Lomsvxlle, Ry.

.H, 1922

liss Laura Clay
Richmond, lentucly

Ry dear hiss laura:—

Enclosed you will find the somewhat delayed
answer to my inquiry directed to Fr. Calvin. You will share
with re the slecled sun rise to lncw how ruch roney was used in
securing publicity on tlese ratters. I ar=also enclosing fliers
which we have had printed to the amount of ID,”CO, at the cost
of $37.P0. We are sendinq these to county chairren, sheriffs,
local leagues and rrqanizatiens of the W.C.T.U. We are also en-
closing one in every letter which we are sending out to the mine
isters of the state, including Catholic priests and Jewish Rab—
his, in which we have asled then to observe lovenher ‘1, Arnis~
tice nay, as an crrcrtunity to bring before the people the best
methods of securing international peace. Fliers are also hoinz
mailed to County Agents and Home Demonstration Agents of the U-
niversity of lentucly as they have such fine Opportunities 0?
reaching the rural ropulaticn.

l asled the President of the Federation to
male an announcement in all District meetings held hefore Yov.
6th. She assured me that attentien is being called to the Amend-
ment in the "Club Woman" now ready to deliver. We annealed to
the Denocratic and Republican State headquarters, aslinq that
all srealers be directed to call attentien to the Amendrcnt, and
received a prompt reply from Republican headquarters, T‘r. hunter
writing, "1 have just talcn this matter up with the Chairwan of
our Snealersf dureau, and he advises that ynur suggestion has
been and will he carried out by our shealers." I here to hear
shortly from the Dewocratic chairnan that sane cooperation will
be given us.

Bone material has been sent to our local
rapers. We will new address ourselves to getting all we can to
rapers out in the state. Will you tale care of the Tadisnn
County rublicity, or suggest some avenue which will secure news-
rarer and local publicity? I have had the opportunity of

hiss Clay

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First Vice President
MRS. KEENE ARNOLD
Versailles

Second Vice Prelident
MRS. JOHN S. CRENSH’AW
Hopkinsville

Third Vice President
MRS. L. B. COCKRELL
“Winchester

Fourth Vice Presidem
MRS. JOHN L. GRAYOT
Madisonville

(:onural Federation Director
MRS. H. G. REYNOLDS
1507 Broadwuy‘

Pnducah

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MRS. BENJAMIN W. BAYLESS. PRESIDENT

1424 ST. JAMES COURT

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Recording Secretary
MRS. STANLEY F. REED
Maysville

Fun-responding Secretary
MRS. MARY GRIFFITH MULLIN
Puritan Apts.,
Louisville

Treasurer '
MRS. ALLIE S. DICKSON
R. R. No. 1,
Paris

Departments of Work
MRS. A. LEE CURRY
Harrodsburg

Board of District Governors
MRS. GEORGE WEBB
1507 Highland Ave..
Louisville

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HUNTER M.SHUMATE

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lies Laura Clay
Richmond, Kentucky

You received 1603 votes in Estill and Mr. MayS‘
1402. I congratulate you upon your wonderful race
and I feel that the help that you have given to the
party has no doubt contributed to the result in
Estill.

In my judgment the labor and trouble you took
has been well worth the effort you have made, both
'in the defense of the right of women to vote and the
ability to meet men on the stump and in debate. iour
clear understanding of the issues and matters invloved
not only in the present race but in general for the
party has been more helpful than you have any idea.

Very truly yours,

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VICE-PRESIDENTS
MRS. S. C. HENNING
Louisville, Ky.

MARY BRONAUGI—I
Hopkinsville, Ky.

MRS HERBERT W. MENGEL
Chairman Education Committee
1910 Third St.
Louisville, Ky.
MRS. HERBERT E. OTTENHEIMER

Chairman Department of Efficiency
in Government

Kensington Court
Louisville, Ky.
ADA MAY CROMWELL
Chairman Program Committee
Frankfort, Ky.
MRS. WALTER H. WORSHAM
Corbin, Ky.
SARAH B. BOGGS
Danville, Ky.

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PRESIDENT
MRS.” HAROLDLWMJESI MARCI‘H;
Lexington, Ky.
Corresponding Secretary
MRS. MARTIN J. KELLY
Lexington, Ky.
Recording Secretary
MRS. CHARLES FIRTH
Covington, Ky.
Treasurer
MILDRED W. ANDERSON
Weissinger—Gaulhert,
Louisville, Ky.
Auditors
MRS. JOSEPH ALDERSON
Middlesboro, Ky.

MRS. WILLIS STEWART
Lexington, Ky.

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Organization
MRS. E. L. HUTCHINSON
Lexington, Ky.
Uniform Laws
LAURA LEE WEHNER
Inter-Southern Building
Louisville, Ky.

Child Welfare

ELIZABETH BRECKINRIDGE
Normal School
Louisville, Ky.

Finance
MRS. E. S. TACHAU
St. James Court
Louisville, Ky.
Legislation
MRS. B. W. BAYLESS
St. James Court;
Louisville, Ky.
Social H yaiene
ALICE LLOYD
Maysville, Ky.
Publicity
MARGUERITE McLAUG HLIN
Lexington, Ky.
Women in Industry
MARY J. MAGUIRE
377 South Limestone St.
Lexington, Ky.

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My dear lrs.Hutchinson,

Vleuse find enclosed my check for 537.00, an pay

ment of publicity exnenses fir the ‘menﬁment. I certainly think you

I'd a great deal of work, and T thank youfor it. It will count in the
long run, no matter which way the election comes out this time.
T enclose a receint, e9 thie is tvust money.

‘ith many thanks for yomr work, I &m

Very sincerely yours,

Eec.IIth, I925.
Received from Baura Clay, trustee for 1.9.Bruce, thirty seven ﬂollars

for gublicity work for the Ftate “omen ﬁuffrage Amendment.

I
is ,’dé dwmyntnr . ‘iiui" ‘arcejjus f“
urifmlds j)2v * WUS born 5‘ . the family home
n'tis30ra »-‘w11t;nw ‘ éxzizlcltvg h1113_t 'bgr ‘ _;V.' ~ 'v'?’ ; (§re>erl
H5 vnm Ff an early ﬁmmjgrant$ from n g ‘_ in the §avs
vgrt of that Qtﬁae.

:ractiﬂml farmer, muﬂuﬂhnﬂ about 2“? acres of the
lanﬁ vﬁiéh bolonrmﬁ tn hmr ~"* 1. j n, lay, a part of the old
homowia d inihu hvw come to var by inheritance.

”If? hnlrnﬂ in 79H? in erwanize ﬁhe ”Gntchy unal Vights £580—
:? chosen its First flﬂsiﬁant and was continuously re-aia
When mt he“ 5£¢L.H ta cunvﬁituﬁicn rns amend—
officers. "11' vim-x ~-'i w_ L; itS ulti—

devoted most

and onilﬂren,

of the “$30-
to collect their own ma—

,ouev L0 1a£e a uill inﬂeuenﬁently of their husbands;

their
't to control xxx own gr059rty, real and

and eyurtaty and do er here equalizeﬁ. In
he opening of seVar21

in the women's

of ﬁnform for Juvenil& Uffend-

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"ﬁui in Lhe unit=tiﬂnmhich

frae 3G yaaxs to 16; and a wom‘

dean of uomen anﬂ a iegurtnent of ﬁomestie oi nee

the “tare Univwrsity an£ in “_b 2 school suffrage law grant.n all

‘5 unﬂ write a vate in all SChOOl elections exceyt those

Clay's efforts in behalf of her sex been limited t0" her

a Cuqoaign of senrdl months in "onto Karolina, in Coma?

junction «itn trominent €0utn forolinu women, trVing to obtain sof-
truge form the Constitutional Lonventon of I895, she was elected uno-
itor of too ﬁational— émerioan 'oman suffrage issooiaton, union respon—
sible position she held til I911.Dumongnnemxosmtxxtnnnnﬁxnmxnnrxnns
anywxigt‘ixmolmxmdxmmﬁemmmmmom]:. In 1905- 06 she agent

your in orogon, aiding in too ormpsign for the woman Suffrage amend—

mcnB.ﬁﬁrkimgx%n%mwmﬁmﬁﬁimrgx éhe had cnurge for soveral months of the
arduous work of securing signatures on the initiative getition for the
sobmissicn of the amendment; later one went into the field onﬁ made
about 5 fifty campaign speeches in phases ranging all the way frOm
ortlond to the extreme Southern horde of the “tote, Turing “er ab—
sence her house in Tentuoky burned. ”hile rebuilding it she receiver
a rcwuest to go as the ropresontatiVe of the national to Guthrie,
Oklahoma, to help the leshoma women who had asked for assistance in
to secure woman suffrage from their Constitutinal Con-

left immeuistely and dovoted two months to the Oklahoma

In I909Jrs.§ranoos “.gnnds, of *rescott, ,rizona, sskei the Ration-
al president, Rev.ﬂnno 3.5haw, to send a represantotive of the Entional
to help inaugurate a campaign for suffrage there. it Kiss That's re-

quest Ciss Eloy shorted at three days' notice for ﬁhoenix, :here one
a- t six weeks working with too Iegislsture and assisting the cam—
gaign Connittee of the ’rizone suffragists to lsunch their oamsaign.
sis retrwsentative of too Ky. Equal fights Lssociation jiss Clay ad—
oressed the Fonstitutinal nonvontion of 1890. this was the first time
a woman hoﬁ boon permitteu to sneak before a constitutional conventon
in Vsntuoky. "he has addressed three other constitutional conventions

in the interest of woman sﬁffrage- those of oouth Carolina, Louisiana

ano leahoma.

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In the s ring of Ttid M155 (Lay was inv1tsd my the “air 5 o<1aty

.. , Us, , 1. J, :_ ”T. y f
hely in the Col ‘ dffrag e Lux‘aJFﬂ , “mica she aid, stealing

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a month in the southern counties of Chic.

In e«te»oer she acce ted an invitation from the Lanszs suffrage
ﬁssociation to help in the camyaign which resulteu in such a glorious
victory inc worded in that ttats for about six Leeks, making more than
one hunureo addresses in all.

In the Spring of :élb she was requowtso by t e ﬁichigan Tuffrage
Assoctation to help in its Camoaign, and she spent about a momth in th
th't ~ 1' , making addresses in Setroit, and the cities and towxs nearby

and sne helped in a suffrage ampaign in Iowa,
in 1917 she was invited to john on the suffrage campaign in ﬂew York
where a great victory was won by the adOytion of a state constitutional
amendment.
5"ter precedential suffrage in: ﬁnanced to women in Kentucky in
I920, Aiss Clay was electeo by the Democratic State convention as one of,
’the delegatesuat- large to the national convention held in San Francisco-
In 1925 shw was the unogposed ‘cmocratic nominee for state
kator from the 29th district, ﬁnd was the first woman in fentucky to make
a campaign for this office.ﬁll the counties of the ﬁistrict are normal—
ly Republican, and though defeated herself, she heloed to carry tuﬁ of

the counties for tne head of the Eemocratic ticket.

Dear Sir;_

. Please Iind enclosed a biographical sketch, which
hope 18 what you desired in your letter of Jﬂ’/‘Tf/‘f . jé'. The facts are
authoritively givenas from myself. It is partly cooied from a sketch
written by miss Alice Blackwell, of Boston, iuass.

Respectfully yours,
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Layra Clay.
Dec. 12, 1925

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MRS. E. L. HUTCHINSON 1'7
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