Wichita eagle., 1889-02-27
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2-PLENTY OF
CANDIDATES.
Five for Mayor-Many for Councilmen
in All Of the WardS-Ten for JUS
tees and Fourteen for Con-
stables - The Women
Candidates for Judge.

Candidates for Judge.
The political pot is commencing to SIM
mer little and on the surface are begin
ming to float innumerable candidates for
the offices to be filled atthe coming mum
icipal election on Tuesday, April 2. The
officers to be elected are mayor, one coun-
Gilman from each ward except the Third
and Fifth and two will be elected from
there, two justices of the peace and two
constahles, or three justices and three con-
stables should an act now pending which
contains such a provision become a law
this session of the legislature.
The lists here presented for the various
offices are by no means all who will be sup
plicants for the suffraees of the voters, be-
cause the woods are full'' Of ''the willin-
est kind" and little vigorous beating of
the brush" will scare up enough to make
a make very large field. All of the other
city officers are appointed by each mayor.
The registration is larger to date than at
corresponding time last year, but per-
sons who want to vote had better hurry up
about registering. The women are en-
titled to vote at municipal elections and
will accordingly come to the front at this
election.
Speaking of the fact that the women can
vote at municipal elections, calls to mind
the following circular which has been cir
culated freely of late at public gatherings
of ladies in the city. An old bachelor has
suggested that the person who has circu-
lated the same is willing to act as the
''police matron" at a fair salary. Never
theless, the city prison, or the cooler, is a
miserable place. The circular of which
the following is copy, indicates the de-
gree to which the equal suffragists are
working:
To THE WOMEN OF WICHITA.
Do you want good men on the council?
The moral condition of our city can only
be improved by electing the right kind OF
men as members of the council.
None feel more interested in the schools
than the mothers, and as the ma ority of
teachers are women it is only just that
part of the school board should be COM
posed of women.
All women who have comfortable, happy
homes; let your hearts fill with pity for
the door, unfortunate ones who are locked
in the cold, bare, wet cells of the city pris-
on, with nothing but the floor on which to
sleep.
We as a civilized people need blouse
of Detention" and police matron, which
can only be secured through a mayor and
council IN sympathy with the work.
REGISTER. THAT WE MAY SECURE THESE
RESULTS.
tbs said shat it is the misfortune of
worthy people that they are towards" let
us be an exception to the rule and act as
christian citizens for the uplifting and
help of our sex.
BY order of Committee of the E. S. A.
1t is not known who will be the woman's
candidate, but the prospects, if history is
guide, would indicate that some bachelor
or widower would be one. 1t is not ex-
pected there will be any female candidates.
The all absorbing topic in POLITICAL cir
cles is who is going to be the next
mayor" Mayor Allen has declined to be
a candidate for reelection, SO that the
place is left open for free fight
The first person to announce himself
was Mr. Geo. w. Clement. Mr.. Clement
is well known, as he was for one year sec
rotary of the Board of Trade. Although
he has not held any political Office since he
came to Kansas, Mr.. c. filled several
offices while resident of Ohio. He lives
in the second ward.
Mr. Geo. L. Pratt is the local member of
the Chicago Lumber Company. For the
past year he represented the Third ward in
the city council and has another year to
serve. He will however resign to become
a candidate for mayor and because he is
going to take up his residence in his new
house on North Emporia avenue, in the
Fourth ward.
Capt. Geo. Harris has held municipal
offices in this city and was for one term
president of the council. He resides in
the Second ward.
Mr.. Hardy Solomon was quite promi-
nent politician in the politics of South
Carolina but has never held office since he
came to Kansas.
The above named gentlemen have all
come ont in the public press announcing
so that there is no sort of ques-
ton about their being in the field. They
all say, too, and so do their friends, that
they are in to stay, and the fight promises
to be warm.
There has been considerable said about
Captain John B. Carey's becoming a can
didate, but that gentleman being out of
the city has not declared himself either
way. Quite an extensively signed petition
asking him to permit the use of his name
has been prepared (as was also done with
the other candidates. but no response has
yet appeared. A particular friend of his,
who is engineering the captains campaign
said to an EAGLE representative. Il am
here to say that Captain John B. Carey
will be a candidate for mayor"
FOR COTNCILNFN
The First ward sees Mr.. English's term
expire. That gentleman has not yet pub
licly or positively defined his intentions as
to a reelection. Mr.. Robert Carson is an
candidate. Mr.. d. w. Tilford
has been requested to become candidate.
but has not yet consented, although it was
stated last night that he would do so. Mr.
John Ratliff is an avowed candidate.
Mr. Richard Hallowell is also a candi-
date.
The Second ward has Mr.. A Z. Buck
ridge whose term expires That gentle
man is candidate for reelection. Mr..
James c. Richey, who formerly represent
ed the ward, is candidate. Mr.. Fritz
Snitzler will also make rustic" for that
place in the council. The friends of Mr..
Geo. H. Blackwelder want that gentleman
to make the race. He says he does not
want any office, but they are still after him.
In the Third there will probably be two
vacancies: Mr.. Johnson's term expiring
md Mr.. Geo. l.. Pratt becoming a candi-
late for mayor. Mr.. johnson is candi-
late for reelection Mr.. B. X. Brown is
mentioned as probable candidate. Mr..
NJ A. Pratt is a candidate it is said.
So far in the Fourth ward Mr.. Mark
Oliver is the only person said to be can
;idsta a1thnuch Mr. VIM Mathevyson's