Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
YOUNG WOMEN POLITICIANS.
The Charming C~OnidRnte and Adj
wiser of Speaker Reed

The Charming COnGdnnte and Adj
Niscr of Speaker Reed.
There are a number of fine young girls in
this land Of ours, the daughters of famous
men, about whom the world knows very little.
Their names occasionally figure in the society
columns OF the newspapers as attending some
aocial or state function with their we'll known
papas. Each has her little circle of friends.
but outside of its boundaries she is not known
to exist.
Yet some of these girls render valuable
services to their distinguished fathers. says
the Cincinnati Tribune. Politics is such a
delicate game that intuition counts for a good
deal. There is big, self-relisnt Tom Reed
for instance. He makes a political confdante
of his pretty young daughter, Miss Kate Reed.
She has not come OUT yet in the social
sense, and the smart people of Washington
don't know her even by sight. She has
brown hair and gray eyes and isn't half as
big as her father.
But she has a power of good hard sense,
which is all devoted to the intricacies of poll
tics. She knows all the Washington states
men by sight and their political histories from
A to u, but not one out of thirty knows her.
She Is one of the regulars in the house gallery
and Is alwayu on hand when there is anything
of particular moment going on.
1t is well known that Mrs. Reed Is greatly
opposed to the political prominence of her
husband. She is the daughter OF a Congrega-
tional clergyman and fancies the quiet of a
private home more than the turmoil of public
life. Mr.. Reed said not long ago: II have
never been able to get my wife to more than
tolerate my political career. She in nowiso
approves of it. Kitty, however, IS quite a
politician. and. I believe, endorses me in my
public character
The big speaker is very proud OF the inter-
nGt Mica Kit alng H.. HI .,aft nall ~
She is confident that her father will be the
next standard bearer of the G. o. p. and has
confded to him how she will manage affairs
In the white house. She is strong in her
likes and dislikes, and one of her self-ap-
pointed tasks is to warn her father against
men who, she claims, In the gukne of friend
ship, are trying to work his downfall. Mr..
Reed acknowledges that he always punctu-
ateo the friendship Of these men with an in
terrogation point.
When the campaign really gets up to fever
neat Miss Kitty expects to do some tail work.
Sne constantly lectures her father about his
bad habit of making bitter remarks. and
hopes to reform him. She intends to revise
hs speeches and cut out the sentences with
a pungent favor as much as possible.
Levi P. Morton has a tower OF strength in
hin five daughters. Two OF them are still in
the hands OF a governees. but they claim to
know as much about politics as their sisters.
Each OF the daughters has a particular rec
ipe for the winning of polit cal fame, but
that Of the youngest is the NEST unique. BE
a lingo, papa" she says, "and you are all
right. Rich folks don't like jingoes because
they are afraid of war and Of losing every
thing they've got. But poor folks like jim
goes. They haven't got much to lose, and
they believe that they might get some Of
the rich folks money in the excitement Of
war. There are more poor folks than there
are rich folks, so there must be more poor
votes than rich votes"
Colonel Fred ID. Grants daughter, Miss
Julia Dent Grant, is her fathers political
adviser, and she knows as much ab?ut politi-
cal conditions in New York as anyone. AL
though she has met few CT them, she is ia
miliar with the doings Of various district
leaders, Information which may be of value
some day.