The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-12
The New Era.
woNAN,s RIoHTs Us ILLINoIs.

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years and upward, and pos
sessiu0 the qualifications prescribed for
men, shall be eligible to any office under
the general or special school laws of this
State.n What has been the result? At
the very first election where women
have had an opportunity of availing
themselves of this law, they have done
so in the most liberal manner. They
were on hand early at the nominating
conventions, and, where they failed to
get nominations through lack of
courtesy on the part of the stronger sex,
they exercised the sovereign right of
boiling, and entered the field under
their own cOlors, bound for a free fight
and no favors, aud with no other plat
form than the very practical one, "Let
the best woman win." At the recent cleo
tiOn there were thirty-four ladies rum
ming in thirty counties Of this State for
the office Of County Superintendent of
Schools. In Alexander and Mercer
counties two ladies ran against each
other; and in Cass county there were
three contesting the field, and the victor
not only defeated the other two, but two
men also, who had not gallantry enough
TO withdraw and let the three ladies
have the field to themselves. As an in
dicatiOn Of the good time coming, the
headlines OF the Aledo Democratic Ban
ner, published in Mercer county, are
significant. Under defiant rooster
with head and tail erect, occur the fol-
lowing startling announcements: "The
Whole Anti Monopoly Ticket Elected"
"Cornstalks will Make Sugar" "Aliss
Walker Defeated by Thirty-one Votes;"
"Miss Frazier elected" "A Certain
Bachelor Happy" This tells the story
eloquently, and leaves the reader at
liberty to imagine the joy Of Miss
Frazier and the certain bachelor" and
the corresponding discontinue of Miss
Walker and the "other feller.n Under
the new regime the sewing circles and
evening meetings, and the Sunday
night visitations Of young gentlemen
in school districts will no longer be the
tame affairs they have been. \ new
element enters the social circle which
will not disturb it, but heighten its en-
| joyments, for the election in Mercer
county shows that ga certain bachelor
! is happy, notwithstanding the fact that
| Miss Frazier is elected.
It is due to the pioneers in the election
| field that their names should be known
/ to the public, and we have therefore
prepared the following table, showing
/ the ladies who ran, those who wer'
elected, and those who were defeated:
| Alexander county-Mrs. ;. +. Brown
elected; Mrs. i. a. Taylor.
Boone county-Aliss Mary +. Crary
elected.
Cass county-Mrs. W. II. Hinckley
elected; Mrs. NJ. II. Housekeeper; Mis-
Louisa Paster.
! Coles county-NIiss Jennie McKinstry
defeated.
Crawford county-Miss Naomi Tom
linson, defeated.
Dewitt county-Miss Mary Welch
elected
Ehingham coumty-Miss Ellen Vance
defeated.
Green county-Mrs. Kate Hopkins
elected.
Hancock county-Mrs. L. f. Mayall
defeated.
Henry county-Miss \. Phelps, de
feated.
Jackson county-NIiss Frances NJ
Duncan, defeated.
KankalIee county-Miss Nettie NJ
Sinclair, elected.
Knox county-Miss Mary y. West
elected.
Macon county-NIrs. Frances L. Hick
Marion county-Mrs. Mary p. Lemen
defeated.
Mason county-Miss Howard, de
feated.
Mercer rcounty-Miss Amanda Frazier
elected; Miss Walker.
Moultrie county-Miss \. Anderson
defeated.
Peoria county-NIiss Mary w. White
side, elected.
Piatt county-AIiss Anna Combs, de
, feated.
Putnam eounty-NIiss Harriet A
Fyte, defeated.
Randolph county-Mrs. Nancy {
, Malone, defeated.
SaDgamon county Miss Mar
Howard, defeated.
Tazewell county-Miss Mary a. FuI
Ter, defeated.
Wayne county-Mrs. J. Maria White
/ defeated.
Whiteside county-Miss Agnes 4
/, Gilliss, defeated.
q Will county-Mrs. Sarah c. Macir
: tOsh, elected.
Winnebago county-Mrs. Mary
: Carpenter, elected.
+ Woodford cOunty-Miss Anna Painte
: defeated.
Three years ago young lady gradt
ated from the high school in this cit
. and displayed remarkable scholarship
. She was fatherless, and dependent upo
her own labor for subsistence. She b,
= lieved she had talent for the professio
. of law, and she determined TO devo
y herself to it. She applied in due tin
: to the Supreme Court for permission
nractiee. but the Court ignored her al
plication- subsequently, however, NAL
ing n decision that woman could III
Il attest legal documents, plead before
= iury or perform any of the other fun
= tions of a Juror, owing to disqualifici
= tions inherent to her sex. The Legisli
: ture. in 1872, however, removed the sc
disqualification by the passage OF Il
s following act:
srNo person shall be precluded or d.
/ barred from any occupation, professiC
= or employment Except military on a
= count of sex; provided that this act sha
:, not be construed to affect the ellgibilit
y OF any person to an elective Office"
Tnder this act Miss Hulett con
d menced the practice of the law. 81
y won her first case, and has since tn
: time been successful. Her case only q
= fords another instance of what wOma
= can do when she sets her mind upon
=. and taken in conjunction with the r
y snIts of the recent election, shows rap
y nropress toward the results at which q
: champions of Woman's Rights are air
y inc Under the Illinois law, wom'
~ : can now engage in any masculine oce
L nation except the military. That di
= 6uaIification may yet be removed,
:. that lovely woman can shoulder arm
~ II hurl a catapult, and fire blunderbuss.
,d Chicago Tribune.
ii
n The politicians of Alabama are al
a tating the question OF removing l
State Capital from Montgomery.