Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-24
BROWNS REVENGE.
Funny Political Contest in a
Town in karsas.
COMEDY MUNICIPAL MECTIog.

uiai..rztion-Fuu History of = Re-
marksbIs Campaign
EDSEzros. Kan. April 24-P=.te0e,
politics have triunpb=i q, E4ssFt9u- and
during the couing y~r the municipal sf-
fairs Of this sitF viii Re administered BY
pesricost ggv=rnEzn- Il caus about in this
usT- A ysar sSo The candidates for nayOr
usrs Nathan R1ss and Il g Brown Mr..
Roz < TIE VILLAGE school tsasb=-. sai b=ing
. nan Of e,as5tzFzbis tzc. and ps-s0asl az
trartivsn=ss. made very popular cznii-
date NJ Brown Is grain dSsl=- and pro
pri=tor q lumber yard he, too, was
popular. ami ths fight az the poIl= vas
close che The registration list contained
oaIy about - nauzs, eni ths court was
ksps even with the tallotting /. vas q
usck-sni-nsck rzce al the say, hat WHEN
the hour spyroach@i for closing the polls
Brown had Lad # th-es votes Eo=s bad
polisi every vo.e b. cOad Command and
defeat star=d him in the fze=
The Women saved the Day
He vas fertile IN political resource None
Of the Vcmen hai votsi; Why not bTing his
friends among the women 70 the pollsi The
pan was executed Immediately upon it,
conception. AMI Mr.. Ba=s sought ont eight
women-m0tbsrs q rs favoTits pupils-and
took than TO tbe p-olls, wh=r= they cast their
ballots for him Ths coup d'e,at bTougbt
conformation into the camp Of the enemy
TIE only Esy to fight his Oppcnent was with
bis oppCnzat's own w=ap1ns-tas woman
. Brown przss=i his friends into szTyiee, and
tasT scoursi the town for E5zlen who would
vote for him. Finally nine Of than were
found and taken % the voting place, hut
too late: tbs polls had clos-i sai the school
teacher had bsel elected mayor.
Brown Hankers for Revenge.
Brown, failure az the polk rankisi in his
breast He trea=ursi up his defeat and
| planned the revenge b. would visit upon the
uonnen hecaUse Of his misfortune When
| election time cana around again the poliii-
| cal issue in tie village was toe Sunday clos
| ing question Peter Dorsn - put On the
| open ticket on a personal Ibe-tT. anti
| blue la u platform. AMI things looksi easy
| for him until few days before he el-ction
| when Brown got his plan compl=t-i for re-
| Eengs on both Doran, who had been a Ross
| man. AMI Ross himself. He would defeat
| DoTan by running a woman ticket against
| him and at toe same tins humliiats the Ia
| dis ami heap ri.iicuIe upon them BY placing
at the fo2t of the ticket tn, name Of I. H
| Strong for the city council Strong was the
Micawter, the ns'eT-io-well, Of the villags
| Browns Ticket Announced.
Brown uatured his plan, announced hi.
| candidates and printed his ticke.s At the
head Of the tick-t he placed the name Of
Mr.. ". H. Kelly. wife Of the city clerk who
4 - = IL.
foe. Nat Ross. For judge Of the police court
be named Mrs 7. ;. Greer. who bad vote
| for Ross at the former election In the lis;
Of prospective CONDITIONER he placed tho
| names Of Mrs ". ) Ewart. Mr.. Nat Ross,
| Mrs s + Stewart and the latter's daugh-
| ter, Mr., r g. Holden, all OF whom had as
| sistei Ross 20 the mayoralty. At the bottom
OF the ticke; be PLACED the name OF Micawbsr
Strong.
| Counter Movement.
The women were scanislizsd and indig-
! nant, but stiil, not fearing the election,
| took no great interest in the campaign The
| political enemies OF Brown, however, desir.
Gus Of SEEING his revenge fail Of It's objects
| Issued a new ticket, emitting the name OF
| Strong end substituting that OK Mrs Brown
| his own wife, thus stealing his thunder and
threatening defeat 10 his plans Mrs Brown
| was absent from the city and could oefe- no
| opposition 10 her nomination When she
| returned she cast her lot with her village
sisters, and rather than see them humiliatei
| and made ridiculous by the election OF
Strong, entered the campaign with energy
and fought her husband, politically, as bit
terry as his most desperate enemy.
The Women let Her Co."
| When eection day came there were,
| therefore, three tickets IN the field-known
as the Doran, the Strong. and the Brown
tickets The women left the management Of
| campaign on election day TO their friends of
the sterner sex, AMI quite generally refrainei
from electioneering. and but very few OF
them voted, only fourteen exercising their
| sufrages. The men, however, took unusual
interest in the contest, and, pursuing the
usual election day tactics, made the fight a
close one. When finally the pol were
closed and The ballots counted it was found
| that the women had been successful and
that to crown the victory ~Micawher-
Strong was defeated by Mrs. Brown.
| New Administration.
| The city administration then for the en-
suing year is composed as follows Mayor
Mrs W. H Kelly. Police juige-Mrs. T
| s. Greer. City council-Mrs : Z Stewart
Mrs. W. E. Ewart. Mrs T. g. Il ,ldeu. Mrs
Nat Ross, Mrs. II, G Brown Mrs w H
| Kelly, the new mayor, is probably the
| youngest mayor in the country, being only
| % years Of age. She is a native OF johnson
| county and has been married three years
| She believes In woman's rights, though she
| says she will not allow her official labors to
| conflict with her homo duties. She is the
mother OF young baby, which will preside
| with her over the council meetings She i.
bright, pretty and intelligent
| A Charming Police Judge.
Mrs 7. s. Greer will dispense justice in
the police court She is also very young,
| only % years Of age She is a native of Var
| Buren, county, Iowa, but has lived in John
son county for ten years. She is also bright,
| vivacious and quite too charming to inquire
| into the merits of the cases of -drunks and
| vags" She says she doesn't know much
| about the law, but she does know what Is
| right and what is wrong, and she will trust
to her woman's instinct TO do justice TO all
| Corners She will enforce the laws to the
letter. If there is a penalty to be imposed
it will be imposed, "and not to be RENTED,
either" to use her own words "What i:
the use of fining a man and then RENTING
bis inel They must pay up or break rocks
when I'm judge"
| The "CouuciIwomen."
Among the members of the council is Mrs.
Brown, the wife Of the Brown whose re-
venge SO sgnally miscarriel She is young
and the mother Of family. Mrs Stewar,
is the matron OF the council She Is on the
| other side 80 and will have subduing ef-
feet upon the youthful mayor and her coun-
Gil companions. Mrs Ewart is a widow,
the mother OF the regulation number o!
.hildrea- She is an ardent equal suffrag list,
and Is elated over her political acquire
ments Mrs. Holden is a young woman of
only rs years OF age and the mother Of three
children. Shs is the daughter of Council
| uoynap Me- D.. l..