New Britain herald., 1922-03-28
W0MANS VIEWS ON
 WORK 0F CONGRESS
Female Candidates Seeking Offices
 Express Opinions

Chicago, March 2S.-The following women are among those running for congress this year: Mrs. Ellen Duance Davis of Philadelphia, Mrs. Winnfred Mason Huck of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Belle Spencer of Hill Top, Cook county, Ill.,; Mrs. Irene Cleveland Buell. of Ashland. Neb., and Mrs. A. K. Gault, mayor of St. Peter, Minn., The latter two are sisters
 The Philadelphia candidate seek ing the democratic nomination, is a great-great-g t-granddaughter of Benja- min Franklin, who as a boy exchanged argumentative letters with q friend defending the propriety of educating women and their fitness for education. He explained in his autobiography, however, that he took this advanced stand perhaps a little for dispute s sake"
 Though times have changed, the present candidates encounter an at titude of surprise sometimes, judging from remarks of Mrs. Buel land Mrs. Huck.
 Opinions Expressed.
 "It makes me weary to have people expect me to be freak because I am interested in politics." says Mrs. Buell. of Nebraska, who adds, mother al ways said I was the most domestic of her four daughters"
 Mrs. Huck, who is the daughter of the late Congressman William E Mason, in statement to the Wom- ems Press, replies to young wom- | ans remark, "The nerve of her going into such a big campaign with the comment that ito be good con gressmap," as she means to be, "wil require even more nerve.'
 Mrs. Buell., the most domestic of her mothers four daughters, has been city prosecutor of Ashland since 1918 though one mayor tried vainly to dis charge her when she persisted in pro- scouting his brother.
 Mrs. Gault, the Minnesota candi- date, is Mrs Buells sister. The two have filed papers in accordance with an agreement of long standing be- tween the sisters that if one ran for congress the other should do like wise, Mrs. Buell. says. Mrs. Buell. sci the example. The Nebraska woman who classes herself as a progresslvf democrat, adds that their father was the first mayor of the municipality o1 which Mrs. Gault is now mayor, and that politics runs i'll the family Why She Ran.
 Similarly, Mrs. Huck, republican says that common interests With hel father and determination to continue his work led her to file for congress man at large to fill the vacancy ere ated by his death. She says the fact that she is happily married and the mother of four healthy children In nuenced party leaders to desire hei candidacy Mrs. Huck's supporters say more than 900 down state repub lican committeeman have endorsed her.
 Mrs. Spencer, republican, who has also filed for congressman al large from Illinois, is soldiers wife anc the mother of two baby girls. She was appointed public guardian o' Cook county by Governor Lowden IT 1918, and has continued ln ohlce te date. She practices law and has hao cases in New York, California, lndi' ana and Kansas. She faVors sol diers' bonus. economy in administra- tion and "personal liberty in its hroader sense" She says she would vote on the liquor question as the majority of her constituents would but omits mention of which side she would take.
 Mrs. Spencer holds that crime has its source in the development or the child; and therefore she favors h'shel educational standards with reference to character training.