Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29
FEtIALE POLITICTANs.

Some OF the Ladies who Figure In Wash
ingbOn Society aud National Politics.
From the Washington Post
There are several reasons why Wash
ingtOn society is especially interested in
the election even to q greater degree
than is. society elsewhere. One of these
is the fact that what is known as "soCi-
ETY." here is made up very largely Of
wives and daughters and other relatives
of professional politicians. They are &C
customed to hearing the subject discuss
ed in a business way, and come to look
upon the success Of party as interviewer
with the success of their respective rela-
tons who are associated with party
More than that, many of these wives and
daughters and sisters are acute pOliti-
clans themselves. The exigencies 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 never fOrgets 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 interested
when any contest political comes on.
And there are some excellent politicians
among the ladies. Every one knows the
traditional effectiveness of woman in
political intrigue, and, whether this be
well founded or not, it is at least a fact
that some of the shreWdest politicians of
Washington are of the gentler sex. That
Gen. Logan owes much Of his success to
mis- wife is a fact so well recognized as to
need scarcely be mentioned. 'She is the
better politician of the two" said a gen
tleman who knows them well and has
known them for a quarter of a century.
She is a hard worker, a careful reader,
methOdical and close student of the
subject, is blessed with a good memory
both for facts and faces, and with her
large acquaintance in social and political
circles, and her very effective ways, she
Is a power. 1 tell you, Logan would
never 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
woman here who may be counted an eZ-
pert 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 war
ways Of old "Cerro Gordo," the hero of
two wars, are not of the sort calculated
to lind favor with all sorts of people, and
the aid that his wife has been to him in
his numerous political contests has been
something remarkable. That was a
memorable contest at Frankfort, when
old CerrO GordO and his wife and daugh-
ter entered battle against Governor
McCreary and one of the ablest and
most prominent judges of the western
portion Of the State, with q number of
smaller fry also against him. The odds
were against the general, and the press
everywhere was predicting his defeat,
but they did not know the host that he
had in his wife and her daughter. The
generals rooms at the Capitol Hotel
were constantly open, and Mrs. Williams
never tagged in her work in his behalf
Day and evening she was busy, her
keen WOman's wit and calm self-pOsses-
sion never deserted her In the hottest
of the fight, and when old CerrO GOrdO
stood victorious at the end of a long
struggle, she was hOnOred by friend and
adversary as a prominent factor IN the
fight which had made him successful.
Another woman who is an acute OBJ
server of politics end great aid to her
husband in his work here and elsewhere
is Mrs. Hawley, the wife of the Senator
from Connecticut. she has, for almost a
quarter of a century, been active in the
affairs Of the nation. From the day she
come from her New England home to
60 upon the battlefield as nurse and to
do whatever her hand found to do in
late war she has felt a personal interest
IN politics. To her husband she is an
invaluable aid in the political work and
IN his labOrs here in Congress. Although
she has been an invalid for more than
half the time Of his Congressional ser
vice, she has assisted him greatly in his
work here, keeping up his correspond
ence, arranging his work, attending 20
pension and other cases Of this sort for
his constituents, and keeping all the
time her finger on the political pulse, not
alone in his State, but In the whole
country as well.
Mrs. Vance, the wife Of Senator Vance,
is well posted on political affairs, and is
taking a deep interest in her husbands
fight for reelection.
One Of the hardest of political workers
is Mrs. Budd, the wife Of the member of
this name from California. Her hus-
bands district is a very large one; yet
she travelled all over 1t with him In a
blackboard" talking to the women at
their homes or at the political gather
ings where her husband made speeches,
passing judgment on the babies and the
preserves, while Mr.. Budd literally
painted the district red with a marking
brush and paint-pOt which he carried,
placaTding every rock and big tree along
the roadside, vote for Budd" Nobody
expected him to be successful, except his
wife, Tor he had q large majority TO ever
come; but together they were successful.
my wife helped me nObiy," he said. in
/ talking over his wonderful success. sShe
/ Travelled all over the district with me,
and il was so large a one thatit took
many weeks TO cover 1t once, and her
/ quiet talk among the women and the
men. too, did very much in ping me
/ in the tremendous fight 7 had TO make.
/ We would drive about the district, and
/ when we came to a big rock or ireland
/ there are plenty Of both there would
/ paint on it In large letters, Vote for
/ Budd.' When we would find q little knot
! of miners We would stop and chat with