The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02

Kansas has the proud distinction of pos
sessng the only woman mayor 10 the
country. 1t ali originated in a joke but
/ the women were too deeply in earnest 10
| joke over serious matters and they helped
the thing along to the utter dismay of the
jekers. Last spriHg, the granting Of muni-
cipal suffrage to women in Kansas sug-
gesled 10 some one in Argonia TO put Mrs
Salter's name on ~ a Joke gu the women,
| at the head of the ticket Mrs Salter is
the daughter OF the first mayor Of Argonia
and is only 81 years old. She can beat
any man mayor ON several points for she
| can make her own clothes, take care OF her
children and do her own cooking and
washing. She is also in energetic Christ
ian ana a working member Of the w c.
T. T. When election day approached the
| w. G. T. L. held a public meeting and in
yited all voters, urging them, men and
women, to be faithful to the temperance
cause They prayed, read the Crusade
| Psalm. snng America. and then held a
caucus and nominated their ticket--a
mayor and four conncilmen, all nen On
election day. when the news Of the joke
| reached Mrs. sslter in the midst of her
| houseu ork, her sisters IN the temperance
cause urged her TO accept the situation
while they went TO work to secure her
election The following clipping from a
newspape tells how the thing was done
and how cordially the origiDators of the
little Joke don't like her and her qniet as
sumption OF the duties forced upon her for
her strict enforcement of the LAWS No
wonder they do not like her.
'.Female mayors are no good, said the
ex city marshal Of Argonia, Kan. why
Mrs. Salter has just killed Argonia. /
used to have n hotel there aud was the
city marshal, but | conlan't stand it, SO |
inst scooted, and expect I'm to blame for
her election, too Yoa know she was not
nominated in AIRY Of the conventions
About 9 o'clock on election day ali us
boys were feeling gay and agreed to meet
at q hall and nominate 2 candidate la
toughest man in the place and the under
takcr, got up in The meetia' and nominal
cd Mrs. Susanna Medora Salter for mayor;
and the nomination was made unanimous.
We rushed into The streets and commenced
to work for our candidate. At noon her
husband came to as and begged ms to quit
The racquet, sayin' il was an insult To his
wife. Wa wouldu't do it, and then the
clusters. We got full of whiskey and en-
thusiasm. and at o'clock every one was
voting for our candidate. Well, you
know as how she was elected. We had a
like man all our fun was busted. |
sent mp to Kansas City for some crab APP
pie cider, just 10 please the boys She
heard of il and asked me TO stop it, You
can't fight a woman, aud she the mayor.
Then started little poker room, more
for sociability than anything else. Chips
were only ten cents. She heard OF it and
came to me and had 10 stop. Then the
druggist, before she was elected, used to
keen blue grass bitters, lemon rye, ex-
tract of malt, and few other things like
that. lie don't do it now. The mayor
heard of it, Then The two billiard rooms
were running. They are closed up now.
The mayor don't think it is fashionable to
push the worries. That's the way il is
with everything. just couldn't stand the
town, and SO | came up here
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