Evening star., 1921-07-24

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BY ADA LOUISE KERsHAW. :,
A MoNG the leading woman candi-
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MONE the leading woman candi-
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ant attorney general of the
United States one of the most
prominent is Marion Weston Cottle,
LII. NJ. of New York and Berkeley. Calf
A practicing attorney in five states.
member of the bar of the United States
Supreme Court Of the states Of New
York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Maine and California, Miss Cottle is
acknowledged to be one of the leading
woman lawyers of the United States.
In the'trial courts from Maine to Cali
fornia. on the lecture platform. president
Of the Women Lawyers Association of
of the Women Lawyers Journal, Miss
Cottle's activities are nationally known
and her abilities recognized by bench
and bar.
Few woman members Of the bar
are more widely known and prob
ably few possess her extensive train
ing and experience. Both heritage
and environment combined with
Goethe's prescription Of hard work
tributed to her success. Born in Buff
falo of long line Of lawyers, her
grandfather a Judge, her father and
brother prominent attorneys of Bunalo.
she was admitted to the New York
bar in 1905. She received her degree
University and master of laws from
Boston University. Then in rapid sue
cession have followed other honors and
degrees. Shortly after her admission to
the California bar Miss Cottle was made
an honorary member of the Kappa Beta
Of 20
sity Of California. She is also men,
her Of the Tau Zeta Epsilon of Welles-
ley College.
Instead of detracting from her femi-
nfnity, Miss Cottle's attainments only
make her seem more modest and un-
assuming. without a vestige of assur-
ance or a shred Of "The Book of
knowledge, complete about her, she
radiates confidence and sympathetic un-
derstanding
Of a democratic government" declares
Miss Cottle, els that the laws shall pro-
tect all classes equally, and that these
laws shall be impartialfy applied. There
must be no discrimination in favor Of
one class as against another, either In
ishment for offenses against the law.
There is an increasing desire on the
part of upright Judges to see that the
law is administered SO that the poor
shall have the same just treatment a.
the rich"
Is that "the most effective way of en-
forcing a law is by obeying It," Pun
ishment, Miss Cottle believes, Is con-
fined to the Individual offender. Obe-
dience is the duty and privilege of all.
The law ia here for a purpose. namely.
mote Justice. The law itself is inani-
mate. Life must be infused into 1t by
human beings so fired with a sense of
justice and a desire for the public good
that they can never rest while error.
oppression and disloyalty exist in the
Faced. with the suggestion that the
National Capital might be interested to
learn something about a leading can
didate for one Of the most important
judicial positions in the country, and
that perhaps she owed It to the mil mil
dacy, especially the women Of New York
and California, Miss Cottle consented to
let some Of the main facts Of her career
be told.
her se Is no ors ct Her fGpDone s, n
dorsers includes the Republican Women's
State Committee of New York. repre-
senting the total voting strength Of the
republican woman voters Of New York
state; the Peoples Political League Of
knss the the unted MImsn states, Of
which she was president for three years.
and seven-eighths of whose members are
practicing In New York state. Her
woman hackers also include President
Pendieton Of Wellesley College, psomi.
woman voters individually and collec-
lively In the various states where she
labored long for suffrage ana where
she is now engaged in active practice.