The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-04-06
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Possibly some of the women who
were delegates to the republican state
convention took the matter too seri-
ously or possibly they may have been
rather representative but some of
them must have been conscious of a
slightly unpleasant undercurrent.
Candidates were to be nominated for
nine offices and it certainly does not
seem that the women were manifest
ing unbecoming ambition when they
sought to have the convention endorse
one of their number, especially when
the office in question was that of clerk
of the supreme court. This is an Of
flee which many men who have been in
politics for years and are thoroughly
familiar with affairs Of our state
government believe that a woman can
fill with entire satisfaction. The two
women who were candidates for this
office, Eloise Callahan and Grace
Kaercher were considered by expert
enced men of good Judgment who were
intimately acquainted with them to be
capable performing the duties of
clerk of the supreme court. Of course
it did not necessarily follow that Miss
Kaercher or Miss Callahan was to be
preferred to any of the men who were
candidates for the same office; not
even the most ardent feminist would
presume to suppose that. But on the
other hand it was disappointing to
find apparently intelligent men who
took just the opposite position and
were strongly opposed to either of
these candidates merely because they
were women. Either extreme attitude
is to be severely condemned. Happily
the two roll calls and the final result
proved that the unprecedented dele
gates were in the majority.
One of the dailies in commenting on
the convention announced: Women
find state convention fulflls hopes Of
fifty-ffty politics." We do not believe
the majority of women went into the
convention with that basis in mind.
Certainly not at this time, and proba-
badly never, will it be wise for the
men and women to hold to the fifty
fifty idea. The women are as yet
amateurs at the political game and
they have not as large a representa-
ton in the field as the men.
However, when the majority Of
women are keeping their poise in the
political game as we'll as they are and
are not making spectacles of them
selves by rushing frantically for Of
fees which they are not capable of
filling, it is neither generous nor pru-
dent for the men to assume too SUI
perior an air and refuse to admit their
qualifications for any position. If the
men adopt that attitude, it will force
the women to retaliate by supporting
every woman in the field regardless Of
her qualifications or political affilia-
tons.
We are thankful we can express the
above sentiments with no fear of them
being considered as a plea for the
women of this county. We are merely
speaking for women in general be-
cause there seems to be tendency for
some men who are fair and generous
to their own women to cling to the
old-time prejudice against their ven
turesome sisters with whom they are
not personally acquainted. It would
be impossible for the men Of any polit-
ical organization to extend more con-
sideration to the recently fran
chised voters than have the republican
leaders Of this county. They have Of
fered the women Of Mile Laos county
far more political recognition than
they ever sought.