Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-04-10
five women TO
SEEK PLACE IN
next congress

Chicago. April 10.--The follow
Ing women are among those run.
ming for congress this year; Miss
Ellen Duance, Mary Belle spenser
OF Hill Top, Cook county. ILL.,, Mrs,
Irene Cleveland Buell. Of Ashland,
Neb., and Mrs. A X. GauIt, mayor
Of st. Peter, MINI. The latter two
are sisters
The Philadelphia candidate
seeking the democratic nomina-
tion, is great great granddaugh-
ter OF Benjamin Franklin, who as
. boy exchanged argumentatfpe
letters with friend defending
the proprity OF educating women
and their fitness for education
He explained in his autobiography
however, that he took his adyanc-
ed stand perhaps little for dis
pute's sake. Though times have
changed, the present candidates
encounter an attitude OF surprise
sometimes, Judging from remarks
Of Mrs. Buell. and Mrs. Huck.
Domesticity Claimed
IL makes me weary to have geo
pie expect me to be freak be-
cause am interested In politics,
says Mrs. Buell. or Nebraska, who
adds. mother always said / was
the most domestic OF her four
daughters"
Mrs. Huck, who Is the daughter
Of the late Congressman william
y. Mason, In a statement to the
Women's Press, replies to young
woman's remark, ''the nerve OF
her going into such big cam
paign,' with the comment that
ito be good congresswoman," ais
she means TO be, will require even
more nerye.'
Mrs. Buell., the most domestic"f
OF her mothers four daughters,
has been city prosecutor OF Ash
land since 1913. though one may
or tried vafnly to discharge her
when she persisted In prosecuting
his brother.
Plan Is Uaried Out
Mrs. Gauit, the Minnesota can
iidate, is Mrs. Buell's sister. The
Two have filed papers in accord {
snce with an agreement of long {
between the sisters that I
1 one ran for congress the other I
Ihould do likewise, Mrs. Buell. ,
lays. Mrs. Buell. set the example. /
The Nebraska woman, who clases i
herself as progressive democrat, i
dds that their father was the b
irst mayor OF the principaiity /
x which Mrs. Gault is now mayorl
md that politics runs in the fam |
ly. :
Similarly, Mrs. Huck, republi- \
an, says that common :nterests
With her father and determine
Ion to continue his work led her
Q file for congresswoma at large
fill the vacancy created by his !,
cath. She says the fact that she
J happily married and the mother
four healthy children influence y
d party leaders to desire her can Y
idaey. Mrs. Huek's supporters =
ny more than 900 down state re- 4
ublican committeeman have en- u
orsed her, y
Soldier Bonus Favored a
Mrs. Spencer. republican. who !.
as also filed for congresswoman
large from Illinois, is soldiers "
lie and the mother OF two baby il
iris. She was appointed public
OF Cook county by Gov 81
nor Lowden In 1918, and has n
IN office to date. She ID
ractices law and has had cases In
ew York. California. Indiana 81
,d Kansas. shs favors soI- dl
ers' bonus, economy In admlnia-
alton, and personal liberty In i,
} broader sense" She says she til
ould vote on the liquor question IN
the majority OF her eonstitu-
is would, but omits mention OF M
hich side she would take. be
Mrs. Spencer holds that crime Sd
IS its source In the development
the child; and therefore she IA 10
rs higher educational standards II,
Ith reference TO character train fir
8.