The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-12
FEL1LE POLITICIANS.

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/. the election even to a greater degree
than in society elsewhere. One of these
is the fact that what is known as $50.
ciety" here is made up very largely Of
wives and daughters and other relatives
of professional politicians. They are
accustomed to hearing the subject dis
cussed in a business way, and come to
look upon the success of party as inter
woven with the success of their respect
i've relations who are associated with
party. More than that, many Of these
wives and daughters are very acute
politicians themselves. The e~xigencies
of some political contest in which their
male relative was vitality interested has
sometimes led them to take an active
part in political life, and, like the lion,
which forgot the smell of blood,
or the war-horse who is always excited
by the smell of powder and the sound
of battle, they are thoroughly interest
ed when any political contest CONES on.
And there are some excellent politicians
among the ladies. Every one knows
the traditional effectiveness of women
in political intrigue, and. whether this
be well founded or not, it is at least a
fact that some of the shrewdest poiti-
clans of Washington are of the gentler
sex. That Gen. Logan owes much of
his success to his wife is a fact so we'll
recognized as to need scarcely be men
toned. "She is the better politicianof
the two," said a gentleman who knows
them well and has known them for a
quarter of a century. ''She is a had
worker, a careful reader, a methodicsl
and close student of the subject, ands
blessed with a good memory both for
facts and faces, and with her large &C
quaintance in social and political cir
Giles, and her very effective ways, she is
a power. 1 tell you, Logan never
would have been where he is now but
for his wife. The help that she has
been to him in his senatorial fights has
been something wonderful, and can
only be appreciated by those who have
witnessed them"
Mrs. Logan is by no means the only
m here who may be counted an
expert politician. Mrs. Gen. Williams,
the wife of Senator Williams, is another
who stands fairly abreast of her husband
as a Political expert. In fact, the bluff
ways of old "Cerro Gordo," the
hero of two wars, are not of the sort
calculated to find favor with all sorts of
people, and the aid that his wife has
been to him in his numerous political
contests has been something remark
able. That was a memorable contest
Frankfort, when old Cerro Gordo |
and his wife and daughter entered bat
tie against Governor McCrearv and one
the ablest and most prominent Judges
OF the western portion of the state, with
number of smaller fry also against
him. The odds were against the GEN
eral, and the press everywhere was
predicting his defeat, but they did not
know the host they had in his wife and
Ter daughter. The generals rooms at
'he capitol hotel were constantly open
Mrs. Williams never tagged in her
work in his behalf. Day and evening
he was busy, her keen woman's wit
md calm self-possesion never deserving
ler in the hottest of the fight and when
Id Cerro stood victorious at the end of
long struggle, she was honored bv
and adversary as a prominent
actor in the fight which made him sue s
!
Another woman who is an acute OBJ l
'rver OF politics and a great aid to her '
usband in his work here and elsewhere
Mrs. Hawley, the wife of the senator 5
Connecticut. She has, for almost I
quarter OF a century, been active in Il
e affairs of the nation. From the dav n
e came from her New England home "
go upon the battlefield as nurse and g
whatever her hand found to do in p
half OF the soldiers in the late war she v
felt a personal interest in politics. u
her husband she is an invaluable aid IL
the political work and in his labors Is
in congress. Although she has nj
en- an invalid for more than half the NJ
ne OF his congressional service, she has OF
sisted him greatly in his work here. 81
ending to pension and other cases of al
s sort for his constituents, and keen nc
all the time her finger on the poll
II pulse, not alone in his state. but er
the whole country as well. M,
ars. Vance, the wife of Senator az
nee, is well posted on political af- va
s. and is taking a deep interest in u
husbands fight for reelection. n'
of the hardest of political workers 40
1rs. Budd, the wife of the member WI
his name from California. Her bus- p9
DIS district is a very large one; vet WI
travelled all over it with him on a Ter
.ckboard," talking to the woman at m uu
r homes or at the political gather Ina
where her husband made speeches. 1 1t
judgments on the babies and q:
preserves, while Mr.. Budd literally ona
the district red with a marking 81
h and paint-pot which he carried. I'D,
arding every rock and big tree WI
g the roadside, "Vote for Budd." o. y,
expected him to be successful. 10 .
pit his wife, for he had a large ma ,nS
to overcome; but together tlev mou
successful. "My wife helped me dJa n;,
," he said in talking over his u
Ierful success. ''She Travelled all sal
district with me, and il was so ,h;n'
a one that it took many weeks to "
it, and her quiet talk among the III
N and the men, too, did very Dece