The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18
FAMOUS MEMS
DAUGHTERS TO
ENTER POLITICS
1irs. Owen, Mrs. Hanna and
Mrs. Pratt Announce Their
Candidates.
RUTH NAME OF THREE
One Will Make Run for Con.
1ress Next Term II Elected
to House

New York, Oct. 1S.-The outcome
Of the congressional candidates. OF
the "three Ruth" Mrs. Ruth Han
ma Mccormick, Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen, and Mrs. Ruth Sears Baker
Pratt-will be watched with interest
next month.
All three unquestionably are bril-
liant women. Two of them, Mrs.
Mccormick and Mrs. Owen, came
very naturally by political careers.
for their fathers were Mark Hanna
and William J. Bryan respectively.
From less unusual family familiarity
with politics, the third, Mrs. Pratt.
seems to have suffered not at all.
It is interesting to sketch the
careers and personalities Of the
"three Ruths."
Not only did Mrs. Mccormick
have ~ her father Mark Hanna. the
"kingmsker. Her husband Medill
Mccormick, was . United States
senator, so 4 large part Of her life
has been spent in Washington in the
midst Of political planning and po-
litical society.
Aiming 1T Senate
II Illinois elects her to the House
of Representatives, it is expected
that 1t tho end Of her term she will
be q candidate for the Senate to
succeed Senator Deneen, who was
her husbands opponent and was
elected to his place.
She has been member OF the
National Committee Women's Re-
publican Club; of the Republican
National Committee; Of the Wom-
ans Trade Union League; of the
American Association for Labor
Legislation; and of the Girl Scouts.
Practically every person OF wide
interests and responsibility has some
hobby" which gives relaxation.
Mrs. McCormick's fad is Hclstsin
cattle. She owns one of the finest
herds in the country, which she
keeps and personally superintends at
her summer place at Byron, illinois.
Besides the dairy farm at Byron,
which is her home for the greater
part of the year, she maintains an
office in Chicago and beautiful
home in Washington. She has two
children, = son and Z daughter. in
their early teens.
A Power in Herself
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen needed no
inherited prestige; she is power
in herself. She is 4 hard worker
as her campaign witnesses. She car
boast record Of 5000 miles covered
in her automobile, to say nothing OF
railroad travel. Her territory, thu
Fourth District Of Florida, is thu
largest in miles Of any in the United
States.
Mrs. Owen is a fine and convinc.
ing speaker. Her thinking is hel
own and her planning is her own ant
she is her own political campaign
manager. The organization back o.
her is the result of her foresight
She Is accustomed to appearing be
fore large audiences rs she has lee
tuTed at Chautauquas and on othe
platforms many times in the las
nine years. and has been a popula
speaker.
She was q war worker, and tn
World war cost her not only indie
fatigable effort on her own part .
Red Cross nurse with General Allen
by in Egypt, but eventually it cos
the life Of her husband, Major Owen
who died last December, after tel
years. suffering from exposure il
EgZpt.
She was one Of the fifteen wL,nel
who raised money in America an
organised and carried on the Amer
lean War Hospital in Devonshir,
In this hospital 5000 men were care
I'VE have at last . woman fror
the Upper Ten in political office.
was the comment made by one newi
paper when Mrs. Ruth Pratt wa
indicted into the office of alderma
in the city of New York.
supported by Lowly
However, Mrs. Pratt is not snol
bish and would not claim her wealt
and social position a. ! reason K
nomination to any office. 81
gloFies In the fact that much Of hi
most loyal support comes from
class not even % high as . middl
Mrs. Pratt has achieved her po,
ularity because she IL Z sincere. col
able worker, who has tried hard
bring about batter conditions in I'll
standardization of our greatest cit
She was born In New England
the town Of Ware, Mass. which Il,
was tho native heath Of Mrs. Berth