Nellie Bly — Woman’s Part In Politics

Sunday, August 12, 1888

Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood Talks About Herself to Nellie Bly

The Feminine Candidate for the Presidency of This Great Country Thinks She Has a Fighting Chance — Mrs. Cleveland, However, Is Stronger — Something About Her Home Life — Her Washington Office.

Equal Rights. — We, the undersigned, citizens of the State of New York, believe in woman suffrage, prohibition, arbitration, money and labor reform and the control of railroads and telegraphs by the Government.

This is the platform, as well as the plank, on which Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood stands during her campaign for the Presidency of the United States. Does she really expect to be elected? Certainly; why shouldn’t she? Remember the old adage about certain folks falling out, in which event Mrs. Lockwood might reasonably expect to get her just dues.

The other day I called to see Mrs. Lockwood at the home of Mrs. Leonard, №136 West Twenty-third street. Mrs. Lockwood had come from Washington, D.C., on the Saturday previous to lecture in Brooklyn and New York. A girl — pretty and plump — invited me to enter an artistic parlor, where portraits of Lillian Russell predominated. I was lost in the contemplation of Lillian’s beauty in various poses and costumes when a lady entered noiselessly, gracefully, and with an ease few women acquire. Her hand clasped mine and held it while she asked if I had called to see her, and I replied that if she was Mrs. Lockwood, I had.