The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
They Play . Far creasr Part In the
Affairs Of the Nation Than 70
Generally SUP posed.

Washington. July is.-That E.lihu
Root will be the administration candi.
date for president In 1905 In as COM
monty accepted now. following his ne.
lection for secretary OF state. as was
the theory. week ago. that Taft
would be the Roosevelt choice IL has
come with n shock To the politicians
and forecasters. but after all Il In NO
characteristic OF the things that hap.
ton that u need not have surprised
people 10 greatly. IL In assumed that
Root viii run for president. and that
TAFT Will I'm due time become chief Jus.
tice OF the supreme court.
The women Of Washington have dis.
covered n reason that they think re.
moves all question about Roots presi.
Dental candidacy. They happen Ia
know that Mrs. Root and her daughter
don't like washington ut all. They left
the city with much satisfaction. after
an uncomfortable period OF residence
and cabinet social duties here. They
would not willingly have returned. the
women declare. unless they had seen
ahead the possibility OF n period OF res
idence In the White House. IL so hap
pens that the White House. while not
intrinxicaiiy by any means an ideal
residence. has attractions that few
Americans would be able to resist.
Even the Washington summer climate
would he accepted by most people II
they could spend IL In the White House.
And so. declares society. Mrs. Root IN
coming back to Washington. not be-
cause she likes Washington. which
everybody knows she doesn't. but be.
cause she would like To be the frs,
lady and live m the white House.
Women Play Important Part.
Women. by the way. play far
greater part In affairs than is supposed
away from Washington. This town Is
never tired OF worrying It's head over
the goings and comlnEs OF Miss Alice
Observation-Disclosures Alice. she In always
called. Miss Alice II lively young
woman who frankly enjoys her situa.
ton as the first young woman OF the
land. She has plenty OF attention and
many admirers. and the problem OF
whether she will come back from her
Philippine trip engaged TO young Mr..
Longworth. congressman from Gin
cinnati. IL almost bothering people tn
death. They are so awfully anxious
that Miss Alice should furnish
White House wedding. And maybe she
Will
Mrs. Wallace. wife OF the deposcd
Panama chief engineer. Is another lady
TO whom IL credited an extremely Inn
portant influence I'm some recent do
ings. She didn't like life on the 18TH
mus. and wanted her husband TO leave.
IL In known that he seriously contem-
plated quitting before he received the
$4,000 offer which is commonly sup
posed To have tolled him away from
the canal. and that Mrs. wallace'R pro-
tests against the horrors OF isthmian
life had much To do with his wish TO
retire.
Friendships ENTERTAINMENTS.
The most talked about woman
Washington has known In a good many
years. however. has closed her career
here. She IL Countess Marguerite
Cassini. niece OF the late Russian am
bassador. Countess Marguerite IL
young. extremely handsome. dashing.
worldly-wise, cosmopolitan TO the tips
OF her fingers. and n diplomat OF such
skill that she kept everybody guessing
during all the years she lived here mt
the Russian embassy. Snc was a par
ticular chum OF Alice Roosevelt. and
although there was no possible reason
why the young women should not have
been as good friends as they chose the
intimacy caused. according To reports,
more or less embarrassment ut times
10 the presidential papa OF Miss Alice.
This was because OF the extreme dell
cacy OF diplomatic relations during the
period OF the Russo Japanese war.
With America almost unanimously sid
Ing with japan, and with the govern
mcnt officially maintaining the most
scrupulous balance between the bell
ligercnts and trying to accomplish the
notable things that are now a matter
OF history In connection with this
strenuous epoch. Il was unavoidable
that there should be- wonderment about
the intimacy Of these two distinguished
young women. As matter OF fact,
the friendship was established long be-
fore a war was thought OF. but even
In the eyes OF people who knew that
u took on new interest when the war
was on. The young women. recogniz-
ing the necessity Of circumspection.
restricted their intimacy n good deal.
II Is said, In order that there should
not he cause for criticism.