The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-03
LAD ES IN POLITICS.
Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. HawIey,
Mrs. Vance and Mrs. Budd.

That Gen. Logan owes much of his sue
cess to his wife is fact SO we'll recognized
As to need scarcely be mentioned. "She ID
the better politician of the two" said gen.
tleman who knows them well end has known
them for quarter of century, She Is q
hard worker, careful reader, methodical
and close student of the subject, Is blessed
with good memory both for facts and
faces, and with her large acquaintance in
social and political circles, and her very Of
fectiye ways, she is power. 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 apprec ated by those who have witnessed
them
Mrs. Logan is by no means the only wo
man 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 political
expert. In fact. the bluff war 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 the numerous political
contests has been something remarkable.
That was memorable contest at Frankfort,
when old Cerro Gordo and his wife and
daughter entered battle against Gov. Nc
Creary and one of 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
General, and the press everywhere was pre-.
dieting his defeat, but they did not know
the host that he had In his wife and his
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 elf-posses.
sion never deserving her In the hottest Of
the fight, and when old Cerro Gordo stood
victorious at the end Of long struggle she
was honored by friend and adversary as
prominent factor in the fight which made
him successful.
Another woman who is an acute Observes
Of politics and great aid to her husband In
his work here and elsewhere is Mrs. Haw.
ley, the wife of the Senator from Connect.
cut. She has, for almost quarter Of cen.
fury, been active in the affairs of the nation.
From the day she came from her New Eng
land house to go upon the battlefield %
nurse and to do whatever her hand found
to do in behalf of the suffering soldiers in
the late war she has felt personal interest
In politics. To her husband she is an in
valuable aid in his political work and in his
labors here in Congress. Although she has
been an invalid for more than half the time
of his Congressional service, she has assisted
him greatly in his work here, keeping up
his correspondence, arranging his work, at
tending to 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, "a
well posted on political affairs, and 10 taking
deep interested In her husbands fight for
reelection.
One of the hardest Of political workers Ia
Mrs. Budd, the wife of the member of this
name from California. Her husbands dis
trict is very large one, yet she travelled
all over II with him In blackboard, )" talk.
ing to the women at their homes or at the
political gatherings where her husband
made speeches, passing Judgment on the
babies and the preserves, while Mr.. Budd
literally painted the district red with O
marking brush and paint-pot which he car.
ried, placarding every rock and big tree
along the roadside. Vote for Budd." No.
body expected him to be successful, except
his wife, for he had large majority To
overcome, but together they were success
full. "My wife helped me nobly," he said,
in talking over his wonderful success. She
travelled all over the district with me, and
II was 30 large one that II took many
weeks TO cover it once, and her quiet talk
among the women and the men, too, did
very much in helping me in the tremendous
fight had to make. We would drive about
the district, and when we came to big roch
or tree--and there are plenty Of both there
Il would paint on 1t in large letters: Vote
for Budd.' When we would find q little
knot of miners we would stop and chat with
them, my wife among the women and babiei
and talking to the men. The result vat
that we were successful, aaI the worst sur
prised man on the day after election wa,
the Republican candidate on the other side
who had no sort Of doubt of his election.