| Show TCOJIASS RIGHTSIV KANSAS TIE following noteworthy state bent of the results of allowIng women t vote and hold office In Kansas I put forth by the Chicago eur Oskaloosa Kn has lived nnder ° petticoat government for a year The mayor and all the members of the city council were omen Now they have retired from office giving way to masculine auccssora whom they helped to ele A dispatch from O kaloosa says that tIne woinen fee the city with improved streets IncIter walks and more of them a better moral tcntlmrnt as to Sunday obser care a prohibition of offsnslvo stock In exhibitions and a full treasury Jed of an empty one Evidently the spirit of reform has brooded over Oskaloosa of late The dispatc further asserts that the women administration ad-ministration has been n good a Ihe locate and much better than the average ag They have shown great firmness firm-ness and a derided disposition to have their ow way In official life They retire with the goodwill of a large majority of the people When these women took hold of the munIcipal government a year ago the city was In debt Xow it I out of debt and has money in Iho bnk With improved finances Improved streets and improved im-proved morals It is i I posh lion to testify to tbo value of IOU coat government Other cities InStances In-Stances have reason to be thankful th sin ing that women have the right to vote at municipal elections TheIr ballots were given 10 the best eandi dates In almost every Instance At Russell for example the women do RuSc 0 fcated the whisky elements candidate for police Justice and Delected a pro hibltionist Though Ojkaloosa hiss reluctantly said farewell to Its aide women the city of Edgerton b chosen a complete set of female alit core after I hotly contested Dgh DurIng tho comragycar its mayor sviil bo Mrs W H Helley Its police ins lice Ir Thomas Green its councilmen council-men Mm S F Ervart 1r Stewart Mrs Holdcn Mrs Sat Uo and Mrs Brown Probably they will follow fol-low tho example of their tutors of Oskaloosa and aid to the glory of theIr sex by demonstrating the value of n municipal government run by woman power J Chicago had a woman fIts or f-Its mayor it Is no likely that tine gamblers anl Iho proprietors pf the whiskeyshops would b able 10 control her |
