Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

this is that there have been 50 few
women in Congress-
The question has arisen in the
minds of many as to whether a
woman should be given greater con-
sideration than men by the voters
during the campaigns. Mrs. Huck
holds tho viewpoint that mere sex
does not enter into the question, cX-
planning the matter as follows:
There always will be a certain
courtesy extended to women by men.
This. of course, do not believe will
change as time goes on and we be-
come more civilized.
"A fight to attain political position
is a fight between mentalities. At
least, that is the tendency of our
progress. The women who enter
politics must be prepared TO fight
mentally, for 1 believe that woman
viii not be given any political con-
sideration except that which she can
demand through her mentality"
Now and again a man or a woman
asks how women differ from men in
regard to matters of a political
nature. The representative at large
from Illinois answers this as fol-
lows:
II can answer this question bet
ter by giving two examples. The
woman's club, unless 1t is organized
primarily for the benefit of one party
or faction, is essentially fair. If the
club is interested at all in politics
and invites a candidate. as a candi-
date, TO speak before the club, the
president manages to have the OPP
ponent or the opponents side pre-
scented. Although this is done in
mems organizations, 1t has seemed
to me to be a more prevalent method
of procedure among the women's
clubs.
From the other angle, I have no
ticed on the floor of the House of
Representatives how men will fight
each other one day and work together
the next day, and how very impeT-
sonal their work for the country Is.
The enthusiasm with which these
gentlemen fight each other, and the
genial way they then go to lunch with
each other is something many women
could study to their great benefit"
j: X X X
WHEN Mrs. Huck was asked as to
w the influence of woman in poll
ties on the ordinary conventions of
life. and whether or not the moral
law would remain the same or would
be elevated or lowered, she replied:
II believe the moral standard of life
of this country is continually ap-
preaching a higher level. That is the
natural trend of education, and, of
course, the education resulting from
woman's emancipation is only an
other force in the right direction"
Mrs. Huck does not indorse the
Woman's Party as party. and If one
her answer he will find that while she
does not either disapprove or indorse
that organization, she does give credit
TO that body of emancipated women
for having assisted in helping edu-
cate politically the members of her
sex. Her answer to the question
What of the Woman's .Party2 was:
THE Woman's Party Is natural
outcome Of the newly enfranchised
women. Personally, believe that the
more women's organizations there
are the more channels we have of
educating the women. Certainly the
organizations SO far have done great
deal OF good"
The thought has occurred to many
throughout the country that perhaps
when the woman plays the stellar
role in politics of the nations she
simply has to forego all the ties which
heretofore bound her to husband and
family, but when the writer pro-
pounded the question, do you believe
that woman In public life should
maintain the same close contact with
her family that, she did before she
went into Officer" Mrs. Huck said:
IT ara inclined to behave that the