The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-01
Women i'll Politics.

1t is when politics enter upon the per
sonal phase that the woman shines, If
she has a brother, husband, or a dear
| friend who is in one or tho other of the
military services, she besieges member,
of Congress, cabinet officers, the crust,
and inapproachable general or admiral
| does not get for her favorite a pleasant
| station, a long leave of absence, or what
ever else she may plead for, it is not for
lack of persistence or adroitness. 1t is
when the women drop their arguments
| and take to their own peculiar arts that
they are powerful, and to be feared.
II you are Congressman with decided
and independent views of your own, you
must avoid one thing as you would the
pestilence-the woman whose husband is
interested in il piece of legislation to
which you are opposed, or of whose fu
ture aspirations you do not approve. Do
not take her in to dinner unless you mus
Do not be beguiled into quiet corners
with her. Do not heed her suggestions
for long walks, or for any other of the
Joint frivolities indigenous to the CAPT
tal SO long as she endeavors to secure
your allegiance by argument, you ar:
safe, but you will not find out that she
is not IA match for you in dialectics muc!
h., 10 10 ,h
for herself. And then, when she throws
logic to the winds, you are in difficulties.
You will then realize the bitterness Of
regretting that you ought not to grant
the favor, the refusal of which will dis,
appoint your dearest friends" There is
no good woman in Washington or else.
where who does not know absolutely
that her husband is always right, and
who does not believe that the men who
oppose him have some secret and iniqui
tous motive for doing so. When the
help-mate of a silver Senator begs a re-
preventative of the commercial and grasp,
ing East to support a free-coinage meas
uiOs ohO 10 aohibS 20 iofoi ihuSSuJ
but favor that he should the more VIII
lingly grant because he thereby is doing
his duty. She may know that such
vote would cost the man his career, bu'
this only awakens her to greater effort,
and to nobier conception of the duty OF
independent and conscientious action
There is, indeed, in all this universe no
created thing thH scars SO high in the
pursuit of her quarry as Your good
woman.
But law making is fiat and profit!ess
occupation compared with the struggle
for the Presidency. No one who has
not breathed it can CONCEIVE Of the social
atmosphere of Washington while cam
paign for the Presidency is in progress
Aud especially is the disturbance great
| before the Conve ntions are held and the
nominations made. Women are like
men in pc litics; they love their enemies
of the other party, and hate their friends
of their own. The struggle for a nomin-
atlOn e4clteS more olItefuess Ihdh d
struggle for az election. When the con
test begins t assume form, year maybe
before the iesult is reached, the rival
salons are in full blast, and the personal
feeling grows in intensity until the vote
is taken, and the battle lost and won.
| Who that was in Washington on the
pleasant summer day when Mar. Blaine
won and Mr.. Arthur lost will ever forget
the sadness of the conquered women al d
the noisy citation Of the victors? To /"
thoroughly admirable woman, all who
oppose her affectionate desires must b.
entirely governed by malice and all un
charitablenf ss.-Wn1y h. Nelson IN lin
per's Weekly.