The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Next Cabinet May Haze Feminine
Head and the List Of Possibilities
Includes Many Famous Names
Woman Secretary Of State,
War, Navy or Other
Branch of Government
Now Logical, Says Miss
O'Toole; Mrs. Kinkaid
Lists Hopefuls.

Will a woman be among those
: who will become members of the
| Cabinet which goes into office with
Senator Harding or Governor Cox
next March?
That there should be at least one
| is the contention Of Miss Mary
O'Toole, president of the local
Women's City Club, and Mrs. Mary
| Holland Kinkaid, former director of
! publicity of the women's bureau of
| the Democratic National Committee,
who, in anticipation of the selection
of a member of the fair sex as the
recipient of a portfolio have chosen
women, who in their estimation, are
| best qualified for the various Cabi-
net positions.
"A woman in the Cabinet is the
EcXt logical step in the remarkable
advancement made by women dur
ing the past century" declared Miss
O'Toole in a statement yesterday in
| which she selected the most worthy
incumbents for Cabinet jobs should
Senator Harding be elected. They
have invaded every field-trade,
business and,the professions. If 1
were President and choosing
Cabinet one-half the number would
| be women"
Much foolish speculation has
been indulged in concerning the
mental endowment of women" as
sCrts Mrs. Kinkaid. Education and
cape rience count more than mere
intellectual bent. Women have al
ways proved themselves equal to
tho supreme demands of newly
| created opportunities as the World
War, which showed there is prsC-
| tically no vocation in which they
may not succeed.
Principle Is Urged.
The women who asked and OBJ
tanned the vote" Mrs. Kinkaid de-
| cIares, should DC careful not to de-
mand Office lest their high ideal of
citizenship be underestimated and
they be accused of desiring honors
and salaries as much as justice and
political equality. However. women
well qualified for the highest Of
fees in the gift of the President can
be found without difficulty.
Mrs. Helen Gardiner. of Wash
inSt ton, for instance" said Mrs. Kin
caid. lis a woman with a grasp on
world affairs, broadly educated and
unusually gifted. She would make
an excellent Secretary of State"
However" declares Miss O'Toole,
in selecting the Republican woman
best fitted for the job, III I were
President. l would choose Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait to head the -Cabi-
net. Her thoroughgoing American
ism, coupled with her experience as
president of the International Wom-
an Suffrage Alliance, especially fits
her for the position. Her person
ality and ability would achieve
. success unsurpassed by even the
| ablest person who has occupied the
| office.
AS Secretary of the Treasury"
| Miss O'Toole continues, Il would
appoint Mrs. MedilI Mccormick, of
Illinois, because of her energetic
ability"
Under the Democratic regime Mrs.
Kinkaid selects Miss Esther C.
Ogden, of New York, as director Of
the national Golfers because of her
ability TO cope with intricate f.
nancial problems"
To head the War Department she
picks Miss Elizabeth Marbury, of
New York, because she probably
knows more about the recent war
had a much nearer view of ii than
I
Mrs. Upton for War Post.
In consideration OF the fact that
"watchful waiting was unknown in
her bright lexicon as a suffrage
| leader" Miss O'Toole chooses Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, Of Ohio, as
Secretary of War, giving years of
active practice" as the reason why
she picks Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey, of Washington, as Attorney
General.
Miss Annette A. Adams" de-
clares Mrs. Kincaid, has proven
herself to be the most efficiently
7 qualified to head the Department of
Justice and Mrs. Clara Sears Tay-
! lor, of the District Rent Commits
/ sion, who is familiar with every
postoffice in the United States,
should be selected as Postmaster
General"
When one thinks of the Post
master General" says Miss O'Toole,
"one sees tried and true in the po-
litical field, the generalissimo, Mary
Garrett Hay, and where, oh where,
could one find an ADLER Secretary of
the Navy than in the Roosevelt
family? Hence I would name Mrs.
T Douglas Robinson"
Mrs. Clarke for Navy.
Mrs. Kinkaid thinks Mrs. Ida
clyde Clarke. of Alabama, best
| qualified for the naval portfolio, for
'she knows as much about naval
| affairs and their bearing on, foreign
| commerce as any one She chooses
| Mrs. George Bass. of Illinois, as