The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-16

Ep8INH lSTELl4t8k&gEA-
see By the reports Of seversl eyuHty
Ccnyeetions that women have been
plseed upon sons Of the tickets for the
office Of School Superintendent Why
this has been the case in 20 many in
s,anees this yeAf an uosbls to guess.
I, may be leap year has had something
70 do With u. Some women OF lordiy
ambition may have determined to leap
out Of their ordinary spheres OF use
fslsess into positions they cannot fill.
And ysG. in this. ~ in all other il.
stances. do not believe the women sfe
wholly to blame. The men hsvs had
something to do with t. In Pierce
cosasy they were 50 anxious 70 have .
vouas for School Superintendent that
they pat up girl not out Of her teens
In Jefferson county Q young miss. iately
from school and Of little or no expert
esoe. j. liable. but not likely, To be
called upon b preside over and advise
teachers who taught school before she
could utter the frs. letter Of the alpha
bet Such things are not only novel
bot ridiculous
That section Of the school iav max.
ing women eligible to the Office Of School
Superintendent has been in force three
years. During this time two women
have held the Office. Those women did
not receive the nomination this year.
Their career vas short and perhaps not
altogether useful.
believe in woman having her
rights. l believe in their holding any
position opeu to woman that shs can ill.
But in the present condition Of our
Territory. a woman can fill the Office of
School Superintendent in bat one or
two counties. Take King county. for
instance: it is utterly impossible for .
woman to get to more than half Of the
school districts. Bot the law makes il
the duty of the Superintendent to visit
all the schools. La
Those schools situated across our
lakes. up our sloughs and almost among
the foothills Of the Cascades. will never
see the School Superintendent il o wo-
man is elected to the office And yet
those schools 10 the far away settle
ments are the very ones that need visit.
ing and encouraging. 10 few of our
States women are eligible to the ofics
of School Superintendent. are occasion.
ally elected to and fill the Office we'll.
But that is not in country where the
word road is seldom used. trails and
blszsd trees being the substitute. Ia
King county there are three bridges,
three ferries aud i've hundred fords. In
fact. You can get across our rivers most
anywhere if you and your horse are
good swimmers. When Q weary trav.
eler. after travelling . bluff road fol-
miles. comes to slough or piece Oi
corduroy, he thinks he is in luck.
Be it said to the credit Of the lady on
the Democratic ticket Of King county
that she did not seek the nomination
nor does she want the Office. She 10 &
successful teacher and . woman OF good
judgment. She can sit on one side oil
horse and lope over q smooth road
she can swim where the water is no,
too deep; but for all that she know,
that she cannot fulfill the most import
ant duty of the Office that of visiting
the schools-and therefore d: es not seel
it.
Whstis true in respect to the rugged
condition of King county is true of mos'
OF the other counties OF Washington
Territory. Then why elect women tc
the Office OF Sshool Superintendent? i
may be Q, good joke to put q woman in
nomination; but / do not regard the
effice Of School Superintendent of &C
little importance as TO vote for . NO.
man ct the polls, and thereby deprive
half tof otr schools Of much needed
supervision. Wv.