| Show WOMANS RIGHTS IN KANSAS THE following noteworthy statement of the results of allowing women to vote and hold bold office in kansas is put forth by the chicago news oskaloosa kan has har lived under petticoat government for fora a year the mayor and all the members of the city council were women now they have retired from office giving wa way to masculine successors whom they they helped to elect A dispatch from oskaloosa says that the women leave the city with improved streets better walks and more of them a better moral venti ment as an to sunday observance a prohibition of offensive stock exhibitions hibi lons and a full treasury instead 1 9 of an empty one 2 evidently the spirit irit of reform has brooded blooded over oak oskaloosa of late the dispatch dispatch further asserts that the women a administration has been as good as the best and much better than the aver age they have shown great firmness and a decided disposition to have their own way in official life they retire with the goodwill good will of a large majority of the people I 1 when these women took hold of the municipal government a year ago the city was in debt now it is out of debt and has anney in the bank with improved finances improved streets and improved morals it is in a position to testify to the value of petticoat government other cities in kansas have reason to be thankful thanks ul this spi ing that women have the right to vote at municipal elections their ballots were given to the best candidates in almost every instance at russell for example the women defeated the whisky elements candidate for police justice and i selected elected a pro hibit though oskaloosa Oaka loosa has reluctantly said farewell to its alder women the city of edgerton Edg erlon has chosen a complete set met of female corn after a hotly contested fight during the coming year its mayor will be mrs W H helley its ila police justice mrs thomas greer ils ila councilmen mr mra A S F ewart mrs stewart mrs holden mrs nat ross boss and mrs brown probably they will follow the example of their sisters of oskaloosa Oaka loosa and add to the glory of their sex by demonstrating the value of a municipal government run by woman power 0 if ch chicago i had bad a woman for ft its mayor it t is mo not ot likely that the gamblers and the proprietors of the whiskey would be able to control hor her |
