The Washington herald., 1920-08-15
By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.

practically the entire membership
OF both Houses out of the city,
Washington society continues to
buzz with things political. The
latest bit of gossip to drift in
from the election fronts is that we
are almost certain to have a sec
ond woman in Congress, IL not two
or three OF them.
We all remember Miss Jeanette
Rankin, the Congresswoman from
Montana She was an unusually
attractive woman and won the
hearts of her colleagues on the
Hill. 1t is said that when she first
took her seat they were all NOR
tally afraid of her. They thought
that she would make them wear
their coats in the cloak rooms,
stop smoking when she appeared
on the scene. and behave as though
they were in q ballroom instead of
the halls of Congress. Instead, she
did nothing of the kind, and they
appreciated her so much that when
she came on the floor her seat i'm
mediately became the gathering
spot of the chamber.
SEVEN WOMEN
ENTER CONTEST.
There are seven women csndi
dates already in the feld-two for
the Senate and FIVE for the House.
OF the seven, Washington probably
IS the most familiar with Miss
Anne Martin, of Nevada, who Is
running for the Republican nomi-
nation for the Senate. Miss Mar
tin has always been closely>allied
with tho National Womahs party
of Washington, and when here gen.
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jackson place her home.
Miss Martin is quite an attractive
woman, and would make an un-
usually fetching Senator. She has
the loveliest blue eyes, hair that
just will curl despite her efforts,
and dimples. This is her second at
tempt to win a seat in the Senate.
She was a candidate for the Repub-
ncan nomination in the last election,
and failing to win the party's ap-
proval, ran on an Independent
ticket. She boasts that though she
failed to win the election, she sue
ceeded in defeating the Republican
candidate who had defeated her in
the primaries.
MAY RUN AGAIN
AS INDEPENDENT.
Nevada, though a big State in
point Of miles, is so thinly populated
that frequently the barest handful
Of votes Is sufficient to throw the
election one way or the other. Miss
Martin captured that handful away
from the Republicans and in doing
so threw the election to the Demo-
Gratis. This year she threatens to
repeat her performance, and II she
fails to receive the Republican
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Independent ticket.
At present Miss Martin is cam
paigning. She is said to be tireless,
and has been known to cover the
State three or four times during
one campaign. Motoring in Nevada
Is a bit different from motoring
along Maryiand's smooth highways,
too. The roads are said to be fright
full, but they don't seem to daunt
Miss Martin. Miss Martin was in
terested in the fight for suffrage in
Nevada, and for several years has
fought for the Federal amendment.
PORTLAND WOMAN SEEKS
SEAT IN LOWER HOUSE.
DR.. Esther Lovejoy. Of Portland,
Ore, is a Democrat and has been
regularly nominated by her party
for seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives. DR.. Lovetoy's initial pub
lie service was as the first woman
health oflcer in Portland's history,
where she made a record in Sc
curing clean milk for the city's
babies.
In the East she is better known
for her war record, for DR.. Love-
JOY was overseas during the great
er part Of the war and established
an enviable reputation for her skill
and humaTitarianism. II she comes
to Congress she is certain to cru
sade in the interest of children,
particularly sick and undernou-ish-
ed children, for DR.. Lovejoy loves
mo HUNGRY CHILD,
Is WOMAN's PLATFORM.
Another friend of the children is
MS. Helen c. Statler, of Michigan.
Her platform is terse and completes:
NO hungry child in the United
States"
Mrs Statler is seeking the Re-
publican nomination in the Third
district of Michigan. and from all
accounts will secure 1t.
Less known to fame is Miss Alice
Robertson, Of Muskogee, Okla, who
has just recently announced her
candidacy for the Republican nom
ination for the House. She was
postmistress of Muskogee during
the administration of Theodore
Roosevelt and has been active in
politics in her native state ever
since.
NEW YORK WOMAN
ON LABOR TICKET.
The other woman candidate for
the Senate is Miss Rose Schneider
man, of New York. Miss Schneider
man is the first woman to be nom
mated in the United States by a
regularly organized party for the
Senate. She is running on the La
Dor ticket, and her prospective Re
publican opponent is Senator Jim
mie Wadsworth, whom the suffra-
gists just '1ove"-not
Miss Schneidermann is the pres
ident Of the New York Woman's
Trade Union League, and was
first introduced to Washington
when she came here last year to
attend the International Woman's
Labor Conference. Though not as
pretty, perhaps, as Miss Martin,
Miss Schneiderman has a person.
ality that fairly flashes from her
intense black eyes and smolders in
the smooth coils Of her dead black
hair. She was born in Russia, but
came to the United States when a
little over 3. At 80 she is
an international figure in the labor
world.
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