Show A determined WOMAN ix Is alfed alfred centre a little town of ef al leg keghany liany county new york is a lady hauled lucy sweet barber who j ly is it not practical she has read up thoroughly on the system of political economy enunciated by mrs livermore mrs E B C stanton miss anthony lucy stone and many others and become a devout convert to the cause of woman auf trase ie but bat she was ras zot like they were satis fled with merely tal talking kini writing 9 and agitating generall yand resolved to do something acneal something tuat also be startling as to some extent it subsequently proved to be to hir her cast like hoi ace greeley Oree lej she bel believed lived not in theorizing when there anere was actual work to be done and concluded that ahat if the proper way to resume was to resume the proper way to 10 vote ate was wai to rote it was in november 1886 1880 governor hill was running against a strong team on en the other side in the persons parsons of davenport and carr and while it was generally supposed that hill would run ran well well no ne could not prevail against so clean and strong a brace of candidates yet it would be daze close so close that every vote would probably be needed on either side and each party had keen eyed watchers ra at every polling place why mrs aber barber should have bays chosen such ruch a time when perhaps one tenth of the regular votes were and all of them scrutinized is a mystery which no white male person over the age of 21 years can explain she walked up to the ballot box and swore bowdre her vote in and the vote had bad to be recounted counted because it A could not be dote detected eted in the mass gov hill Is a bac bachelor belor b but U t the presumption that the lady voted for davenport ja 1 destroyed in the fact that davenport p on was also a bachelor if she had tae year before or last year as tb atso for the application of her W might possibly have been overlooked but not then at As if to aggravate the case several ether ladies recently at a town elec dec blon emboldened by the success of the r arst brat experiment went in and did likewise wise they were all marked and set apart for a special decree of mens ahead egid revenge and their action renewed attention to mrs case who was indicted mon along iettie itt tie rest it seems that the arang crand auty had refused to indict herin the it I 1 instance the U 8 commissioner g declined to send the case to clini officially and the jury coming to be ae 1 conclusion that her vote did not dot affect the result anyway and she ahti would sot probably do it again she was selected as a test was promptly convicted and sentenced to the moderate punishment banishment of twenty four hours in the county jail our heroine however refused ref ased to take even that modicum of sugar coated medicine claiming that as s she had violated no law but acted ampon pon a natural right she would not endure the odium of having been punished for it and she will appeal the others cases will probably be held in abeyance pending the result on appeal I 1 tuna tely the layr law oft officers leers were attal tnt t enough to let the ladies sp gp b ton their parole of honor which WI doubtless not oe violated as aa beem rather to enjoy the notoriety the situation produces for them mrs barber says she will take the case to the highest court in the iana it necessary and the others are one with her they want no ne contributions as have been offered but will pay their own wa way the te new york statute is very plain and explicit on the subject of electoral qualifications so much so that any person who can either read or understand reading can know its meaning and it provid s among other things that only male citizen citizens nas shall yote vote it if a female votes she violates the tha law |