A Woman Campaigner Sells Hartley's Logging-Camp Story

Mrs. Walter A. Burleigh, of Seattle, the one woman in the state who, by her keen insight into political affairs, her boundless enthusiasm, and pronounced fealty to party precepts, has been accorded official recognition by Republican leaders, addressed an audience in the Commercial Club rooms Tuesday evening.

Mrs. Burleigh touched briefly upon national issues and the leadership of Charles E. Hughes. She spoke primarily in the interests of the candidacy of Col. Roland H. Hartley, of Everett, candidate for governor, for whom she is stumping the state.

With nicely phrased touch of human interest here and there the speaker closely held the attention of the audience as she recited the life story of the poor Minnesota lad who gained his first outlook upon the sterner side of life as a cook's assistant in a logging camp, and whom, she claims, the hard school of experience has better fitted for the state's first office than any of the other gubernatorial candidates.

From every angle, Mrs. Burleigh declared, he possesses necessary attributes of a good executive, because of his years of manual labor, his training and success as a business man, his service as secretary to the governor of Minnesota and his experience as mayor of the city of Everett. His independence and his courage, she said, were strikingly demonstrated when at the outset of his campaign the Colonel refused to have the union label upon any of his literature, not because he is opposed to labor unions but because he refuses to truckle to any organization for votes.

Although Col. Hartley for several years has been one of Everett's leading citizens and has been a prominent figure in the lumber industry, he is not generally known over the state, but what he lacks in acquaintance he expects to make up in the thoroughness of his campaign, which will be carried into every city, town and village in the state. While Mrs. Burleigh and her advance agent, Miss Margaret Upper, are working the east side, Col. Hartley is making the towns of the west side. They travel by automobile and carry with him in the capacity of secretary, Wee Coyle, the famous Washington football star, and a red-blooded young male quartet. The youngsters supply the 'pep' while the Colonel personally delivers the 'punch.' They expect to make Kennewick in the near future.