Evening star., 1932-08-23

The victory Of Senator Hattie Cara
way in the primaries in Arkansas is ex-
pected to result in her election to the
Senate from that State for full term
of six years, continuing in the Office to
which she had been appointed to sue
ceed her late husband. She is receiving
congratulations through friendly COM
ments in the press.
Crediting her with the distinction
of being the first woman ever to win by
the regular process of election a seat
for a full term Of six years in the
United States Senate" the Buffalo
Evening News considers that ''her sue
cess is particularly significant because
it was gained in a vigorous contest, ex-
hibiting all the familiar features of
organized and oratorical campaigning.
Remarking that "the question of sex
did not apparently enter. into the cam
paign," the Houston Chronicle holds
that 'by an impressive majority, she
outdistanced her masculine opponents
and is entitled to credit for maintain
ing the political prestige Of the house
of Caraway." Noting that the field
against her contained important ad-
versaries, the Jersey City Journal names
them as "a former Governor, a Supreme
Court justice, a former national COM
mander Of the American Legion and a
member of the Democratic National
Committee" and observes that "it was
a conquest Of which she may well be
proud" Continuing its remarks, this
paper contends that latter long sue
cession of women who have received
their first taste Of politics through the
death of relative, it is refreshing to
find one who can win spurs on some
~, t>aesIas Va W.
nomination was not handed to her on
a silver platter" 1t insists, and it says
of her past career in Congress: "She
has exhibited mind of her own in
the Senate, and on many important
questions she has taken the opposite
side from Senator Robinson, her COL
league from Arkansas and party leader
in the Upper House"
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The question OF inherited" Senate
seats irkS the Lincoln State Journal, as
1t criticizes "the notion that public
Office Is sort Of an hereditary affair,
which should be passed on to the widow
if a man fails to finish out his term"
That the LADY from Arkansas is now
on a different status" is alleged by the
Charleston Is. c. Evening Post, al
though 1t also condemns sentimental
widow appointments" in political life.
"It Is a bad practice in every way" it
AYERS, "and particularly so because it
tends to depreciate the original and
independent position. Of women in
political life. If they are to achieve
office only as 'relicts' they had better
move for the repeal Of the equal suf-
frage laws. But Mrs. Caraway now
moves into q different class" 1t con-
cedes; "she has been nominated in q
Statewide primary after an exciting
campaign in which she was opposed by
six male candidates. To have won the
nomination on the first balloting In
the circumstances Is a real triumph"
That she was not inexperienced
worked In her favor, according to the
Lowell Evening Leader, which recalls
that "she took much more than a
merely passive interest IN her husbands
service in the Senate and thus was not
wholly inexperienced when she was ap-
pointed to the seat made vacant by his
death" The Leader feels that her
success in the primary is an interesting
DEVELOPMENT in view of the reports OF
political observers that there are fewer
woman candidates for public Office this
year than might have been expected"
As 10 her record. the Scranton Times
has this to say: "She has participated
actively In the Senate's work. demon
strated considerable ability, and, tudS-
ing By the prim1ries. has won the ap-