Show WOMEN AS politicians WOMEN romiz N as a rule do not make good politicians this ts is no argument against woman suffrage for there are a great many men who are no better politicians than the ladies in fact some of them who fancy themselves very astute are reckoned as old women among the boys both men and women may be US fit to cast a ballot and yet be poor hands bands to dabble in the filthy pools of politics in dakota recently three udy lady candidates c an for the office of school superintendent inte in for burleigh county came to grief at the election the incumbent mr winchester became quite unpopular tor for several reasons and aad the ladies ladies determined to prevent his reelection so three prominent women who had been ve in prohibition or some other public question offered themselves for the position and went on the stump to secure it among them was mrs slaughter a very talented writer and ret poet who wrote the essay entitled the womans comans annex which WAS published in ia the NEWS now it if these ladies had been sufficiently united to pool their issues and decide upon one of their number as a standard bearer they would probably have gained the day and ousted the obnoxious mr winchester but they went into the fray each on her own account thus dividing their forces and the number of tesso vo that their common opponent got aws away y with the bagg baggage agell and the situation either of these ladies would very likely have been successful but they could not all win the prize and so they played into the hands of their common foe and insured his by their own lack od oti discretion and their personal so nal pride another time perhaps thet they will do bet better ter having learned the tol folly y I 1 of division and the necessity ot of sinking personalities when principle to is in view but very few persons in this republic care to see woman in the trout front on en the political so there will be very small regrets over rover her failure in tactics and her attempts to lead where chelis she is only fitted to follow |