for the House by the Republicans of j
the tenth congressional district of |
Kentucky, to till the seat formerly ;
held hv her husband, now serving a
sentence in Atlanta Penitentiary for :
conspiracy to violate the dry laws, I
however interpreted, can scarcely•
cause joy to the prohibitionists. j
Her nomination may have been due |
to Mrs. Langley’s own ability and to i
her campaign. Without any purpose !
to detract from her personal victory, 1
it may be suggested that a practice is
growing up by which widows and:
daughters and wives of men in public i
life who have been called from i
office by ileath or have been re- ;
tired for some other reason are !
selected by the voters its the !
successors of husbands and fathers. 1
In the House, Mrs. John Jacob Rogers j
of Massachusetts was elected to fill I
the unexpired term of the late Repre
sentative Rogers, and probably will be ;
re elected. Mrs. Julius Kahn of Cali- I
fornla, whose husband served for j
many years in the House prior to his
death, was elected also to succeed her !
husband. Mrs. Nellie T. Ross is Gov- j
ernor of Wyoming, having been elect
ed to that office following her bus- j
band's death, and the case of ")la" !
Ferguson, now Governor of Texas,
who was elected as a vindication of!
her husband who had been impeached i
while in office as governor, is even j
now in the limelight. Mrs. Robert M.
La Follette, widow of the Senator
from Wisconsin, doubtless could have
had the nomination for the unexpired
term of her distinguished husband
had she so desired, and would have
been elected had she made the race.
