The evening times., 1897-03-11
THEY DON'T WANT OFFICE
The Distinction Between a Man
and Woman Wire-Puller.
WHAT THESE LADIES SAY
some Very Interesting Expressions
of Position From Prominent Wom-
Asking for Office-Talbs With
Other Hard Workers.


culated to the effect that Mrs. j. Ellen
Foster, the Republican politician. is de-
sirious oc obtaining the position OF gov
ernor of New Mexico for Mr.. Foster, her
husband, on account OF the excellent AMI
effective work she did during the last
Campaign.
The Times is authorized by both Mrs.
Foster and her husband TO make an alb
solute denial OF this story. irs. Foster
has not asked for TINS position for
her husband; Mr.. Foster has not asked for
it. Mrs. Foster has not asked for any po-
sitiOn for her husband, and neither has he.
Even more than that, neither Mrs. Foster
nor Mr.. Poster intends to ask for any
thing. The political work of this lady
is SO absorbing, and requires SO much time
that IL would be impossible for her to go to
New Mexico. Mr.. Foster would not care to
go without her.
It is probable that the story originated
in the fact that the Fosters have large
mining interests in New Mexico, and the
people OF the Territory would like TO have
Mr.. Foster their governor Other stories
or tins nature have been circulated about
some OF the other women political workers
OF the last campaign, and as Far as can be
learned, they are all devoid OF truth.
Airs. Marilla NJ Kicker does wish to go
herselras minister to Colombia, but she was
. one OF the workers during the recent
campaign.
Al the White House yesterday it was
stated that since the inauguration none OF
the ladies who were prominent as speakers
and in other ways in the election of Mr..
Mckinley has been up TO call on him de-
manding spoils. Nearly all OF the ladies
who have been gathered here during the
last two weeks are departed. Mrs. Fos-
ter still remains, and one or two others,
but us a personal canvass OF each of these
cases demonstrates that each OF these par
ticular ladies do not want anything, ii
may be inferred that none OF them do.
1t is said by prominent politicians, not
all women. that If Mrs. Foster should make
anyreasonable request. it would dunquestion-
ably be considered with the same care by
Mr. Kmley that the same request from any
politician OF the sterner sex OF equal i'm
portaIce would receive. Some time in the
future Mrs. Foster may have requests to
make.
One OF the women prominent in political
work, recently TO be found at the Strath-
more Arms, was seen by Times reporter
las night in the interest of a better under
standing OF the subject of women in poll
tics and their desire for spoils. 'Yes, it
is a fact - this lady said, that these stories
are getting around. There is really no foun-
dation for them. OF the twenty-five or
thirty, and maybe more, prominent women
who were here during the inauguration,
women who accomplished great work in
making Republican votes, l personally
know that not one expects any reward in
the way Of patronage. So far this is the
one remarkable difference between your
man andyuur woman politician. Politics
Is not the business by which any women as
vet make their living. but neither is il
plaything with any of them. They are all
very much in earnest.
They all believe very thoroughly in
what they are doing and work for their
beliefs. Perhaps some OF these women
would like to influence Mr.. Mckinley in
favor OF deserving candidates of theirs,
but perhaps, also, they may believe that
some OF the effectiveness OF their work
would be destroyed if they did press for
spoils. One thing that women in politics
are trying to do is purify them In other
campaigns to come, and when our sex
more generally joins in political work,
there will CONT undoubtedly with the good
some had also, and it may be expected in
the future that women viii ask for po-
sitions as reward for party services just
as men do. This would he partly bad, but
not all bad
The Times reporter was forced TO come
to the conclusion after careful research
from ali possible clues that the recent
gathering of the women politicians was
purely a love feast, with no Interior
significance, and that during these next
few months of the stress of office-seeking
the applicants viii all wear trousers
Some other time it may be different.
Mrs Foster is said to have had more calls
for her speeches than any other one per-
son during the last campaign. She has
sweet, soft voice, dresses with excsHent
faEfe-aDd- in R-evefy other way strictly a
normal woman Her manners are cordial
and most attractive, and yet she is a Won
derful campaign orator. She has been in
politics more than twenty years, end
knows tie questions Of the day as thoro igh-
ly as the politicians Of the sterner sex.
Mrs Foster started out as a Temperance
lecturer, but although still stanch temper
ance woman, has given up the temperance
question as she went into politics, be-
lieving that the two should not be mixed.
1t is said that despite her real and practical