Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15
Municipal Elections.

held this year IN cities Of the first and
second class on April End; IN cities of
the third class, on April 1st, and those
dates seem a long way of now, but
they'll be here doubtless before we
are fully ready for them. Many of
the failures Of women to elect the can
didates Of their c. 20 or to carry
certain measures in he two munich
pal elections in which women have
participated, were the inevitable con
sequence Of beginning late with the
preparatory work Tt is time now to
begin to make plans for the coming
election and to de, Use means for MT
ting those plans into execution.
That success may crown the efforts
Of the woman voters they may
do the most Of good with their bal
lots, it viii be necessary for them to
study to succeed in electing their can
didates; and something more than IN
Improbable intentions is necessary
both in the methods Of election and
the selection of candidates. In the
receipt for cooking a hare the first
thing is to catch your hare; in elect
ing good men to city offices the first
thing IS to catch good men for candi-
dates ;-but since we have so few de-
slrable men left on earth with enough
public spirit to accept of these Offices
for the sake Of the public welfare
offices which impose considerable dis
tasteful labor and offer in return lit
tie of honor or emolument, this find
ing of the right men for candidates
is not an easy matter. But do not be
discouraged; take the best man to be
had and support him heartily, and if
experience has taught you that you
were unwise IN your choice Of the
men you supported last year or the
year before, do not let that fact les
sen your earnest effort to do the best
thing according to your light in the
coming election. Neither imps nor
angels nor yet male voters have ever
been able to make sure beforehand
what a man will do after he is elected.
How then is it possible that new vot-
ers shall be infaIlible in selecting can
didates for office?
The moral character of a man
counts for so much in the eyes of
women that in their inexperience they
have been inclined to choose the man
of high morality without stopping to
consider whether or not he had any
other qualifications for the Office. I
do not recommend voting for immor-
al men; I wish to be understood as
saying that morality alone does not
make a good city officer. A mayor
or councilman, to be profitable to the
city, must not only be good but good
for something. Be their morality of
ever SO high an order, if they are not
men of strength, executive ability,
practical business knowledge and
good common sense, their govern
ment will prove a failure, disasterous
to the interests which they were elect
ed to serve and protect moral in
terest as well as any other.
If possible let the men and women
voters, who care for the best interests
of the city, together determine upon
a candidate, so that there shall not be
a woman's ticket against a mans
ticket. Let it be the right against
wrong, not the sexes pitted against
each other! We have had instances
in various cities where the antagOnism
between the male and female voters
would not have existed if the men
had been willing to admit the new
voters to the caucus, and made any
effort to settle on a candidate mu-
tually acceptable to the women, who
want officers that viii look after the
moral interests Of the city, and the
men, who want officers to look after
the city's financial interests.
And lastly, but first Of all, registerl
The books are now open Do not
postpone the matter. Register now,
so that in any emergency you viii not
be prevented from voting because
your name Is not written In the book"
Go at once to the city clerks Office
and register. LAURA n. JOINS,
President Il. e. S. A
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