The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-02-01
HOW TIE WOMEN VO7E.
The Way they Manage 1t in Wilmington
Territory.


Territory.
From ire San Francisco chronicle.
Tho municipal elections in Seattle. which
Is Lively little city Of some 10. 900 inhabitants
had always boon non partisan. Nominations
for city offices have generally been by mass
convention. called by prominent citizens. with.
out distinction OF party. and the opposition
ticket usually consisted OF candidates defeated
In the first convention. No issues of a political
nature were over presented. and no inquiry or
attention directed to n candidate political af.
hlia!ions or party views. The city election
takes place annually In JuEc. As the time ap-
preached 1t became evident that tho women MS
BODY, PROPOSED to take decided inter-
est In politics. and more than six hun
dred had registered before election day.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
was tho nucleus around which they
formed compact lttle party of q votln.
strength sufficient to show that they hold the
t balance ot power IN tho community. Some Of
Christian Statesman type i neiui!ns two enc enc
Chief justices Of Washington Territory recog-
nizing the full significance OF the situation.
swung INTO limo with tho women, and by their
movement. liked themselves solid With the ole.
ment whtch they were, far,secing enough to
in local i,i%s 'They took the inialive' called
platform OF opposition 10 the liquor traflic and
III favor OF enforcing the SUNDAY laws.
An Gan5asi o Saea 'GS Mems
saloon nen but numbering also fair share of
merchnnts and professional men of tho city.
Of Tho Law and rd srrs ary Ps rss2 70 Srovs
the str'pE,h If tho rev movement, The
prisins politicians. Ladies' by tho score OF The
tsot Iqri =, o3iton WHO h.I never been
Or female suffrage went into the light With wilma all
the goal OF now converts. Tho whole city was
dilstrictsd Oh and c2mmit,9es Of three women
work. Every house in town was visited by
these conm.ittees and district or city was
On election day, the streets in tho vicinity OF
the polls were thr1nged with women; armed
ono had TO run. the gauntlet of tho most per-
sistent crowd o! workers over seen around the
polls These we're ladies. women Of the high
est social position. women. many oi them, here
tofore OF the most modest ana retiring de-
mennor. II was shock to our ,prejpdicss. but
Council and all Of. the city oflicsrs oxcept the
gambling completely abolished as far as bank.
Ing games are concerned. and every business
They next bent their energies 10 tho capture
OF tho Republican County Convention. They
had enough shrewd manipulators Of long ex-
caucus u ticket for delegatos to the County
Convention composed entirely Of thor, sympn-
came within an ace of capturing the County
Convention and developed such Strength that
th vS wS cN given OF the lsgisa-
Offices. The nominees to all tho county Offices
were. OF course, men. except for School super-
The two exho justices sa rsSrrea to 10 nS sy
were ,proyided for. ono receiving tho nominal
sentative, while prominent member. of the
LAY Law ana Order party was also ciyon place on
Tho women and their symrathizcrs in tho
campaign, now formed themselves into IN
eaan rTts n nsSdoG a,a ,ns VIZ large
yention adjourned, nroeoeded TO select, and on
dorse ticket ,rom THO two IN tho field. They
endorsed Voorhees,. the Democratic nominee
for Congress- threo Of tho lepub loan nom!nees
for the Legislature. and one Democrat: tito
ney, and Tor the rest OF tho ticket the Republi-
can nominees, Tho same work was done M in
perlonee. The canyass was c eS " and md
brought giM out, out their ia'i strength. ,,
candidate they endorsed, Democratic or Ro-
HMe, rnn T KS snStsd and I'd by morItes Tnns
being tho majority in this county of tho Demo-
thn n9mlIse l9r Congress. and tho lowest
As the returns were being counted. It wns ey-
dent that things wore decidedly mixed. and
w ,1 TIE result was announced il was admit.
tod mat Tor straightout. practical politics the
women OF Kings county could give points to
t best ward politicians in tho community,
Ihey got everything they wont after. anl every
nan they opposed was snowed under too deep
Tor resurrection. III any man thinks that vo-
men. 4 they had tho ballot. would not take
enough interest in politics, to use H. no can
,S1s u, mnIdeceye himself by q trip to
pai.n. From tho first preliminary caucus
liking the slate for The primaries down To
and discounted them in zeal and energy They
have MS now, and as they arc strou. wo hopo
they VIII BIO morcitul. No man dare lit up his
voice ana oppose woman suffrage Tor M one
KNOWS KNOWS when me lightning ola romInaIion rloy
s'riko him. IL IL n JrH dCCJHpH. Wa have IT,
and will always hgyo II. for no LEGISLATOR will
ever commit political eide by introducing n
DlIl to take away tho franchise, and perhaps
become reconcod TO IT,, No nomination Of
either party VIII hereafter DO made In this COM
muhtty without special references to tho woman
vote. and all budding candidates who are get
ting into training for the contest two years
hence, rs q prrlin mary step will "eschew sack
and live clean y" and the Young Mems Chris
tian Association IL receiving fresh accesslons
to membership daily.