Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-23
SENATOR'S WIVES
GUIDE LAWMAKINC
MESDANIES INGALLS, AND HATH
AWAY NOT THE ONLY WON
MEN IN LEGISLATURE.
Retter Halves Constitute Themselves
Committee on Private Manners
and Morals In Which No One Is
Permitted to Bring in Minority Re-
port; Crocheting Serves as Blind.
(By Mrs. L. o. Edmunds.)

tby MIS- ~. W. GuuitAhN"'t |
If there is anyone who e~ntertains
the idea that there are only two wo-
men in the legislature and that they
are in the house, he is evidently Ia
boring under a delusion which has
long since ceased to be a popular
one.
True Mesdames ingalls, and Hath
away are the only ones who answer
present at roll call, but the clerk
of the house is we'll aware that a
number of other members are
paired" and that the better half OF
the pair is staying right on the job,
and while they do not appear on the
pay roll, and are not named or the
committee of public morals they have
constituted themselves a committee
on private manners and morals IN
which no n is permitted to bring
in a minority report.
Over in the senate, Senator Clark
of Toole county is accompanied at
every session by his charming young
wife. a bride of two years. Mrs.
Clark always has a seat beside her
husband and while she may glance
over a popular novel, or may crochet,
never for an instant does she lose
sight of the legislative program. She
ia lust as familiar with the routine
of the work as is her husband, and
should he ever doze off for a bit just
before roll call, he would be abso-
lutely sure that the lady on his right
would gently prod him at the psy-
Geological moment and murmur,
VA loo,p Gtron0n IN cav
that although Mrs. Clark has been
and is a strong anti-suffrag1st, she
is rapidly acquiring a vast fund OF
legislative knowledge and her ideas
on a measure are often solicited by
adjacent senators.
Burla's Wife Club Leader.
Only a few seats from Senator
Clark sits Senator Burla of Big Horn
county; by reason of his intellectual
ability, Senator Burla Is easily one
of the most influential men, but even
If his qualities of craftsmanship
were nil he would still be conspicu-
GUS by reason of the charming bit OF
femininity beside him. Besides be-
ing most attractive, Mrs. Burla is al
ways charmingly gowned. In her
home town of Hardin she is both a
social and a club leader, being one
Of the prime movers in the organiza-
ton of the Altruistic club-the first
federated club of Hardin-and the
Order of the Eastern Star.
Last week Mrs. Thomas Hogan
came up from Billings to visit the
w%ell-known senator for a time. Il
was plain to be seen that while thu
senator's wife was present the sena
tor presented a complacent and we'll
groomed air, and legislative care ga
lightly on his brow. 1t is % year
ago since Mrs. Hogan first came u
to the capital of Montana with he
husband. then secretary of state, an
since that time Mrs. Hogan ha
many times been a visitor in tn
various legislative department.
While she was present on this occ;
sion a question arost concerning tn
revision of laws affecting the admin
istration of county government; jui
as the vote was being taken 1t Wi
observed that the senator, leanir
towards his wife, inquired: "Ho
about that down in Jul count
Mother?" He was promptly inform'
that I'VE are not in need of anythii