| Show WOMAN CANDIDATE tha on which mrs emma beckwith runs for mayor new york sun air edwa beckwith who has accepted the nomination fur mayor of brooklyn from the 1 rights party ia attracting unusual attention among her sister women by the practical and vio grous manner in which she conducts her campaign she ia contrary to all traditions of extremely womanly in appearance with a strong earnest but cheerful lace she lives with her husband and two daughters in a pleasant little home on cranberry street she claims to be perfectly satisfied with the duties and privileges leges of wifehood aap motherhood so far aa ghe ia personally person lly concerned and she ac cepla the nomination not for the emolument the office brings for she intends to devote her entire salary to the support of police mat rons for whose appointing the law has been passed but for whose sup port no appropriation has been made but because she desires to convince men that women do want the ballot and are to secure it and because she wishes to ameliorate the condition of working women she has been for many years in charitable enter to make the duties of women laborer lees irksome and acore re munera tive but the needed reforms cannot be brought about without the power of the municipal author itice and to obtain nuch power is her primary motive in aspiring to the mayoralty should she attain it she will divide all municipal ices positions on the school board and board of public works and the park commissioners equally between men and women though no women will meddle in police affairs she will have po lice matrona matrons and women factory inspectors and strong women shall sweep the public streets because the work is more remunerative and no harder than is done by them now and no more de than scrubbing the floors of saloons and public buildings she would have so high a license that saloons should bo few and far between and all children should be compelled to go to school garbage carts should be covered and garbage men fulfill fulfil their contracts the streets should be hushed with salt water every night and the death rate lowered in consequence mrs beckwith says that true women not fashionable and frivolous butterflies are more prudent economical and better managers than men that they are more conscientious ious in the discharge of duty and that under their regime brooklyn shall be able to realize her great possibilities belva lockwood has signified her hearty approval of the new candidate and is coming to brooklyn to help canvass the city for her mra beckwith says the outlook ia very favorable and she should not beat all surprised if she were elected as the equal rights party is stronger than formerly many people will vole for her through their with tho cor ot the two old parties and others feel that they would like a woman of american birth who can trace her ancestry to one of the signers of the declaration rather than a naturalized foreigner to them |
