Evening journal., 1922-10-16
l5 women SEEK
sC0NGRESS SEATS
Three Are Candidates for
Senate and Twelve for
i, Lower House
ANOTHER is OUT
FOR GOVERNOR

WASHINGTON. oct. 1s.-Thre
women have been nominated thi
fall for the United States Senate.
others nominated for seats in IN
House OF Representatives, where on
woman. Miss Alice Robertson. now
sits; still another nominated for tn
Governorship OF her State and scores
have been nominated for, Legisla
lures and county and municipal OF
fees.
All this. taken in connection with
the appointment OF Mrs. William II.
Felton. OF Georgia. as United States
Senator. the appointment OF Miss
Lucille Acherson, OF Columbus. Ohio.
as the first woman diplomat OF the
United States Government and the
active participation OF many women
in stumping cAnASaigns. today caus-
ed officials OF the National Woman's
Party to claim that the American
woman already is taking the place
In public life given her through ma
tional suffrage.
The number OF woman candidates
for Office. national. State. county and
municipal. IL much greater this year
than II has ever been before. but
this Is attributed in no small degree
10 the fact that nationwide woman
suffrage did not become a reality
through ratification by the required
number OF States until August. 1920.
and by that time most OF the State
primaries had been held This Is
really the first national election In
which women have had an equal op-
portunity to contest with men for
seats IN Congress.
Publication here OF the official list
OF nominees in the various States re-
'vealed the number OF women who /
have made successful campaigns for |
places on the tickets 10 be voted up /
on in November. They represent /
she Republican. Democratic. Social |
ist. Prohibition and Non-partisan /
League Affiliations.
II seems virtually certain that Miss |
Alice NJ. Robertson, OF Oklahoma. |
how the only woman member OF Con-
gress will have a feminine colleague /
in the short session TO begin in De-
cember. Mrs. Winnie Mason Huck
has received the Republican nomin-
alton for Representative-at-iar in
Illinois to fill out the unexplred term
bf her father, the late Representa-
tive William Mason, who had been
a United States Senator.
. Should Mrs. Huck be successful.
and It is the general belief she will
be, she will take her seat In the
House as soon as Congress recon
venes after election. Her term viii
expire March next. Mrs. Huck is
not a candidate for the new Con-
gressi
The three women who have been
nominated for the United States SEN
ate are Mrs. Anna D. Oleson. OF Min
hesota. and Mrs. Jessie Jack Hooper,
OF Wisconsin. both on the Demo-
cratic ticket and Mrs. Rachel c. ,
Robinson. OF Pennsylvania, Prohibi-
ton Neither Is believed likely 10
be successful in her campaign. Alice
Lorraine DAILY. OF South Dakota, who
has received the Governorship nom
lnation in that State, Is believed
more likely to capture her honors
for the Non-Partlsan League in that
State Is the second political organiz-
alton in strength. standing next TO
The Republican party.
Mrs Adelina Otero-Warren, OF
Mexico, Is the only woman who beat
a sitting member OF Congress in her
race for the nomination this year.
She defeated Representative Nestor
Niontoya, receiving 446 1-2 votes in
he Republican convention TO 80 IL
'or Mr.. Montoya. Mrs. Warren has
been superintendent OF schools in
Santa Fe county for several years
and has insisted that English be
aught exclusively in the scools. de-
spite the fact between so and 20
per cent. OF the residents of that
country are Spanish-Americans
Mrs. Ellen Duane Davis, OF Phil
idelphia. who has won the Demo-
ratio nomination for Congress in the
second district Is a great-grand-
laughter OF Benjamin Franklin. She
lad planned 10 make the race for