The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-29
LADIES AS JUDeEs OF ELEorToy,

AAO4E 10 40 JOOGES Or ELECTION.
A perusal of the election proclama-
tion by Mayor Weaver will disclose the
fact that in each ward one or more of
the judges and clerks of election are of
the weaker :. sex. And we speak ad-
visedly when we say the weaker sex, as
was proven at last years election,
when a woman was chosen for SINH
lar position, and she was kept busy I'M
til midnight assisting in counting the
votes, while her husband was outside,
peeking through the windows every
few moments until about midnight, to
see if his wife was nearly ready to be
taken home, and when not busy in this
way, like drake, was striding up and
down the walk at rapid pace,
throwing his arms about himself
in vain attempts to keep warm,
while he was made the laughing stock
of others who were more fortunate
than to have wife serving either as a
judge or a clerk of election.
But, then, such little things as these
should not stand in the way of
woman's rights. If woman has the
ballot she must assuredly should also
see that the count is correctly made,
even if it is at the expense of a great
amount of discomfort to herself, her
husband and to every member OF the
family.
And it is no good argument to say
that if her husband is Trustworthy and
honorable and kind enough to earn a
living and find all the comforts of a
home for her and her children, and is
even soft enough to be cajoled
or bullied into staying up
and parading the sidewalks on
a cold election night, with great dis.
comfort to himself and every one who
sees and pitfes him, for the sole pur.
pose of furnishing protection to his
"better" half on her way home-pos.
sibly only couple of blocks aWay-it
is no good argument, we say. to affirm
that this same man could possibly be
trusted equally well to look after his
wife's interests at the ballot box as at
her home or in escorting her there, OF
patiently waiting for her while she is
doing task uncOngenial to her tastes
and for which she does not banker il
she be sure enough woman.
Why, even the young lady squeelel
for equal suffrage-and mark oul
words-wall have her beau waiting fol
her until the vote in counted, if one Of
them can be induced to fill the position
sought to be imposed on others who are
not cranky on this issue.
Notwithstanding the above. we de
not wish to be classed among those op
posed to women voting. We are not
We want them to vote. At least. we
want to see them register, even if they
do not vote. For then the sure enough
woman, in case of an emergency, where
bad man or measure might be sought
TO be foisted upon the city, could be de
pended upon to take her husbands ad
vice and vote against the bad man Of
bad measure-provided the husband
was not in favor of the bad man Of
bad measure-in which case OF
} course the woman's vote would 90 ac
cording to the husbands advice, espe
cially if he be kind and indulgent
husband-which otherwise bad mel
sometimes are.
But, some of our readers may saw
how about the women who have n,
husbands to advise with? Well, ou
idea is that, if they are enthusiastic OF
: the woman suffrage question, they b.
: allowed all the honors and emolument
pertaining to the offices of judges ant
clerks of elections-and be allowed t,
furnish their own escorts or beaux.