New Britain herald., 1930-04-09
MRS. MCORMlCK'S ADDITION TO "WOMEN IN POLITICS"

MRS. M(ORMlCk'S ADDITION
 TO "WOMEN IN POLITICS"
 It is believed quite likely that the Senate will investigate the expendi- lures in the Illinois senatorial primaries, fought to hectic close yesterday with the nomination Of Ruth Hanna Mccormick
 It will be remembered that as a result of the Senate's investigation of the Illinois primaries four years ago, Frank Smith was denied the seat in the Senate to which he sub- sequently had been elected
 They do things on grand scale in Illinois, and money seems to be of no particular importance.
 Mrs. Mccormick brilliant cam paign in Illinois unquestionably has been a high water mark in woman's political effort. For two months she stumped the state and made the front pages daily on all the news papers. A flair for politics, inherited from her father, Mark Hanna, is in her veins.
 The record of women in politics to date is worth reviewing upon the heels of the Illinois campaign. No woman has ever been elected to the United States Senate. How ever, in 1922 Mrs. Rebecca l.. Felton was appointed by the Governor of Georgia 10 fill an unexpired term of 56 days as Senator from that state and she actually served for day in the Senate. There have been 1. women in the House of Representa- tives, one of whom (Jeanette Ran kin. of Montana) was elected before the adoption of the federal woman suffrage amendment.
 Of the eight women at present in he House. all married or widowed five are Republicans and three arc Democrats. Three (Mesdames Kahn. Rogers and Oldfield) were elected to succeed their late husbands. One
 (Mrs. Langley) is the wife of a former congressman. One tMrs. McCormiclO is the widow of q former United States Senator and the daughter of another. One (Mrs Owen) is the daughter of a three times Democratic candidate for the Presidency, a former Congressman. One (Mrs. Pratt) was New York City's first woman alderman. and one (Mrs. Norton) was the first woman Democratic Congresswoman
 Thirty eight of the 4S states have women. in their legislatures. Of the 14o women in these state legisla- lures, 99 or Republicans, 42 are Democrats. and 8 are Independents. Fifteen are state Senators, 63 were re-elected and r are serving their fourth term. More than third Connecticut has 20 women in it's legislature. In 1927-2S. the number of women in state legislatures was 12G; in l925-26, 123; in 1924-25, 1G0.
 There have been two women gov ernors, Mrs. Ross. of Wyoming, and Mrs. Ferguson, of Texas. neither re- elected. Seattle is the only large city in the United States to have had a woman mayor. Mrs. Landes. In 1928, Florence F.. Allen was reelected a judge of the Supreme Court in Ohio and GeneVieve F. Cline was ap- pointed judge Of the federal Gus toms Court. In the federal Govern | ment. women arc at the head of: l Chlldren's Bureau, Women's Bureau. | Bureau of Home Economies, Pass ! port Division, and United States 1 Employees Compensation Commis-
 sion. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie i brandt was an assistant attorney
 general of the United States from 1 1891 to 1929.
 | There arc no recent or comprc : l hensiYe figures on the way or the numbers in which women vote. In | Illinois in 1920, ballots were cast by 1 4G1s per cent of the women eligible l to vote. as against I4le per cent of i the men. In the Chicago mayoralty 1 election of 1923, B per cent of the
 adult women and 6S per cent of the 1 adult men voted. In Delaware, Ohio.
 a college community, in 1924, 57 per ! eligible. as against 73 per cent of
 the men. In 1928, G3 per cent of ali
 eligible voters in the United States 1 cast their ballots as against 51 per cent in 1924 but there are no data
 on whether this increase vas due to an increase in women's votes