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Show DMt sun ittui i iiiimii". Cltictauliaaou llihandaa womin'a iirrageiU(atlou whlcli I attra ting the attention of the prca of the whole couutry. Tho Int Legltlaturu of llllnolt iaael a law conferring tuQrage on women eo far a Iho eleotlou for acliool tuiierlnleiidenU an I other loial oniilalt I oncer nil. On the llret Tuewliy In November nextatchool iuierlntendinl will be elected In Chicago. Chi-cago. The wotuen, thluklng that tho near law entitled them to vote for tan dldaletfor that ofllce, flocked lo Iho rigMrtllon otllret lo b-iiiialined. Hut to their Interne chagrin they weru ro-fuanl ro-fuanl rrglttratlou. It apprir that thlt law a a lllertry mluctlon la ao-nelhlng like the ra ante from a Delphlu oracle or fr'orn a priced In the tuu le of III: It cnu be conatrued mtuy way. I.vlii He coiHtllutlonallty I i iratloned. However, the hlrctlon Coiumlatloner In their Inatrucllouilu tho Jujgit and chrkaof nglttrallou tayi M)nlytiuh women t havereeelvnl a certldcwta ot naturallrttlon fmni Home court of re-Hird In thlt Male prior to January 1, IS70, are entitled to reglitcr.H A woinau'aiuirragolaw that admit evtu In llm remoteat way of thlt Inter pretallou muat bo a curlout document. One commlttloner Uletented, boiling that tho lawentltlial all women having tho qualification nf age, cltlrenthli-, retldeuce, etc , the earno nt inalee, to regltter, In aome case rt fuw woinuu were rvglttcrt-d, Wit In Hie vail majority majori-ty rcglatralloii wa Mined. There I no doubt that the Inleullin oflhe IiiKltlatiinirraatudo Juttlm to all women In the inattir of voting for ichoot ofllctia. Hut the ttatute wa looeoly drawn and in irrclfylng how women of forelgu birth toull become entitled to vole It failed tomato a- il fie lha qualification for native born women. The mult will bu that the cotirtt will I ave to determine Iho mat Ur,aud meanwhile tho lady cltlzentof Chicago Ilka many olliere of their lex will have lo wait. |
