The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1885-05-20
..0UR MARY EWING. ;
onr, Presents a Riva TO Mrs Lo-
..n in Influence at Washington.

Washing gton, May II. Ioo5 'Our
.xsnaner men have a good deal to
;, about women's influence in pub
!. .Hairs here" an old M,ssourian
marked to-day, II believe you
.oeralIy credit Mrs. John A Logan
nth being the shrewdest OF her sex,
INIT YOU? Well, let me make a
ored,ction. 1t won't be long before
Missouri carries off that honor, and
null be saying Mrs. Logan must
Weld the palm to our Mary Ewing.
| mean, of course. Mrs. Senator
CockreIl, but she'll always be Mary
Ewing to us old fellows who used
10 nde up and down the river with
her father, Judge Ephralm B. Ewing.
I knew him like a book. Many's
he time Pve carried him between
s. Lous and Jefferson City on my
boat
FAR-REACHlNG FAMILY TIES.
..She's a good deal like Mrs. Lo-
gan IN heiladylike, well-bred ways,
The loquacious Missouri An went on.
'but she's quieter, and she don't
make any display OF her work in
politics, ana therefore she's more OF
\ power. Then she's got the ad-
vantage of the other lady in far
reaching connections. What Mrs.
Logan accomplishes Is all the result
|, f her own work. Mrs. CoCkrell
1as got the shrewd political sense
hat Mrs. Logan has, but she has
also family ties through which she
can extend her influence so far that
the public won't recognize It's oper-
|.tion. The Ewings of Missouri and
he Ewings OF Ohio are of the same
amily. and so, you see, Mrs. Cockrell
Doesn't have to examine the gene
Illogical tree very closely to find
hat she is related to the Shermans.
More than that, she is cousin OF
he wife of Gen. Miles. She is also
cousin of Mrs. Senator Cameron.
indeed, believe it would take halt
dav to run overall these relation
hips.
A SENATOR'S HELPMEET.
"What has she done to show her
political power?" the Missourian
rontined, repeating question, ''well
he's been the best helpmeet the
Senator could have found. When
he made his matrimonial PROPOSE
hon she declined fatty. After her
ather's death she accepted Gen.
Cockrell, and the next thing we
knew he was out of that dingy little
aw office in Warrensburg stumping
the state as candidate for Governor.
| recollect very well his opening
speech at old Fayette, in Howard
county. 1t used TO be a kind of po-
htical tradition IN Missouri that
lucky campaigns were begun al
Fayette. That speech was publish
ed in the Kansas City Times. along
ia July. 1874. 1t filled seven col
umns, and the most notable feature
|ot it was Gen. Cockrell's arraignmen
land denunciatIon OF Grant for nep,
ousm. He went over the list o
Dents ana other relatives who hat
been put into office, and it seemed
as If he could hardly find word
strong enough to express his abhor
Fence OF such 4 course. The St
Louis Republican republished tha
portion OF the speech, and it wen
the rounds. It would make interest
ing reading now in connection will
a summary of what has transpiret
since"
THE EWING STAR ASCENDANT.
The Missounan stopped to mus
iew moments over this last thought
Then be went on. We'll. Hardi
was nominated Governor, but tn
legislature OF that same year mad
Cockrell Senator. Since then on
OF Mrs. Cockrell's brothers, d,
lharles Ewing, has obtained the ap
po'ntment Of surgeon in the I. ;
army. Henry Ewing, an oshe
brother. Is. as YOU know. the Cler
OF the Supreme Court OF MIssour