Litchfield enquirer., 1875-11-18
LYONS, Iowa. Nov 6 l87

''In union is strength" but not when alniting water and gin. saith the toper- happily it was the better sort that carried so triumphantly the fall elections.
 The season of fairs is also over. another source of wickedness and corruption. as managed of flate.-degenerating into horse racing of the poorest kind, where the thieves. gamblers, and jockeys hold all the stakes-and gObble the money so when they get come up with, as at the rece nt ''Fair" in Dubuque, few of the more re- pectabie have tears to shed. Iwrte from memory and may not be exactly accurate. But as the account runs, a stranger appear ed on the scene with a poor old horse and entered hlm as horse without a record. for tie minute race. and won. He next entered him for the 2 39 and won again. and so on down. winning first money" ," till 1t came to the grand sweepstakes, by money By this time considerable of breeze was raised, and row was immi- nent. the jockeys claiming that the horse had ''record, and that they were being ''swindled, but nothing could be proved. They called the man up to the stand, and swOre him, and allowed him to enter as there were no rules to exclude him. By this time he began to get his 'dander up" :" and sad he would show them a trick worh learning, and let his nag ont {; distancing all others so far as to win first, second and third money. As may be imagined, he was not long in making himself scarce around there. for it is not at all probable that he would ever have got away alive had he not been shreAd and had a fast horse.
 We had sad accident here few days before election. resulting in the death of a prominent lady in this community. Her husband was a candidate for county of- flee, and away from home on an election eering tour. The lady came down town, marketing, and having some distance to go, it being muddy, concluded to ride home in the delivery wagon. Getting in over the front part of the wagon, some. thing frightened the horses, and they sprang, throwing her forward between the horses, which frightened them still more, and started them of on run her cloth ing catching in the geering and dragging her some rods. At last she became loosen ed, and was taken up and carried into a neighboring house, but was so injured in- ternally that she lived but few hours her husband not arriving till next day, and, as fate would have it. he was the only person defeated on his ticket. He has oeen looked upon by his enemies as an "ofice seek, r" and 1t must be c painful reflection if he considers that it could hardly have happened if he had been at home, it being his custom to do the mar. keting which she ~as doing in part-re- minding us of the couplet, "The saddest word of thought or pen, is that it might nave been"
 At the risk of ''harping on the women question" enclose the following, clip I eSe4 AACAn & AnsO paPGAs SuOWS tU4l women ars advancing in the scale of hu. manity. taking important places and re- sponsibilities, ~ith increased remunera. tion-for which let us be devoutly thank. ful e-1ir ai
 The Journal the other day said ..Ii our Des Muines correspondent Is correct, there is nothing to prevent Ioaa electine . woman for. United States Senator. There is nothing to prevent 1t that I am aware of, and if there was in the statutes. 1 Congress would have the right to decide as to the eligibility of its own members. find on referring to the Constitution thx, women and negroes are prohibited from becoming members of the legislature. This is only prohib ton hpon woman holding an elective office in this state. In Ill other cases the word '.person' is used, ln reference to an office but in defining the .daties and powers of the office the ] word lie" or ''him." By decision oi the Supreme Court, and also by statute, lt is dc dared that where the word '.he, '' this, " or ''him," is used in the laws oi