Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-16
LIVELY CLUB Of
CAPITAL WOMEN
Wife of Speaker Clark Is
Charter Member of
Organization
HY GEORGE CLINTON

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Washington. u. c., Jan. i5.-A
frequent visitor 10 the members
gallery OF the house II representatives
is Mrs Champ Clark. wife OF The
speaker. on whom It is possible. rs all
things political are possible, that the
mantle Of TIE presidency NAV fall
Mrs. Clark Is much interested In the
political doings al the capital. al
though she is essentially domestic In
ner tastes She Is conycrsart with
the great questions a. the day and
has devoted herself 20 O considerable
extent 90 the sccouding OF her hus-
band publ. career
Mrs Clark Is one OF the charter
members OF the Congressional Club OF
Women. and Is prominently Identified
with the management Of the organiza.
ton Membership In this club is lin.
Tied 70 the wives daughters mothers
and sisters 81 members OF congress.
and naturally n would be supposed
that Il would be 90 a sense a political
club. So It Is political club. but
feminine politics alone seems to in
terest II There Is no division into
party lines as represented by the hus.
bands and the fathers and the rest
Democratic women vote for their Re
publican sisters who happen 10 be
candidates for club offices. and Repub-
lcan sisters DO likewise hy their Dem.
ocratic sisters
There IS occasionally trouble in the
Congressional club but II grows out Of
Internal and not external politics. Just
now The women Of the club are strug.
Cling with the matter OF amending
their constitution The organization.
being formed In the District OF Colum-
hIa has to look 10 congress for It's
charter, and 80 II happens that in
Few days when the constitution finally
Is changed q committee of N. mem
bers must 20 before committee OF
congress 20 get sanction for newly
worded charter Husbands. brothers
or fathers as the case may he. will
have 10 pass on the validity OF what
has been done by women members Of
their families
Mrs. Gore Aids Her Husband.
II Is more than likely that the most
and best occupied woman In congress.
sional circles is Mrs Thomas 2 Gore.
wife OF the Junior senator from Okla.
bona, for "a addition to discharging
her home and social duties she De.
votes many hours Of each das read.
ing to her blind husband so that he
may carry on his work IN the senate
BEFORE her marriage In 1900 Mrs.
Gore was Miss Nina Kay. daughter Of
Thomas Kay OF Texas. She was edu,
Gated In the public normal schools. but
her wide knowledge Of people and AZ.
fairs has been gained from her years
OF reading aloud 70 her husband
Senator Gore has been In the senate
only since tho admission Of Oklahoma
Is state. but In that time he has
made name for himself as a speaker.
He was especially prominent in the
hlibuster OF 1905 Just before the close
OF that session when Senator la Fol.
lette OF Wisconsin made a record.
breaking speech Of nearly % hours on
the currency bill.
The wonderful memory OF Senator
Gore enables him to remember and
even 10 repeat verbatim whatever his
wife reads 10 him once He rarely asks
for a second reading unless Il Is for
the pleasure OF hearing poem or
passage from a favorite author.
Has Gained Wide knowledge.
Far from being an object Of pity.
Mrs, Gore considers herself fortunate
In being able to keep in touch with the
work OF her husband. and she also
gets great pleasure from studying the
issues before the national lawmakers.
She has read all the old publications
on the tariff and on political economy
generally. and the constitutional his.
tory OF the United States, and she
iNohS no NhFy hpptht hH Nnt MODERN
works She can discuss with her hus-
band these subjects and Is OF invalu-
able assistance TO him when he pre-
pares his speeches
Mrs Gore Ia greatly interested IN
the baby state OF the Union. which she
and her husband adopted as their own
soon after their marriage. In their
home town OF Lawton. a thriving place
OF nearly 10000 Inhabitants. they are
active members In church and IN so
cial circles. Mrs Gore never neglects
the man whose eyes she Is. and the
daily readings continue AZ home Just
as they do In the national capital
II is hardly necessary TO speak OF
the comradeshlp which exists between
Senator and Mrs Robert NJ La Fol
lette Mrs La Toilette ever since her
school days has been the counselor