The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-24


ceiYed high commentator. Rev.
Bright said he had attended many
conventions throughout the state,
but nj none Of them had he heard As
good singing A. he hsd listened to
that night.
In conclusion, at the request
Of Rev. Bright, all the assembly
arose and Joined hands while they
sang, There's o land that IL fairer
than day." and also repeated the
twenty third psalm and the Disci-
pies, or Lords prayer. Then the
benedictiOn Was pronounced, and az
ter . COOL all around and-shaking,
the meeting broke up, all feeling that
the convention WAS one OF the best
they had ever attended.
co ABROAD re- LEARN THE news
In the New York Hsrdid Of late
date We find tue following highly
seasoned letter relative 10 the late
election in SIlina. The letter car
ries 8 heavy display heading as
follows: Elections 10 Kansas.
MANY elements In Political Life
''cOnspire to Worry aud Fire the
Female Politician In Kansas.
"I.udicrOus Campaign Incidents
"TEO Prominent Ladies' Defeated
lat the Polls 10y Two COlnred
Servant Girls from their own
Households. Tue letter IL dated
Kansas city, which accounts, We
suppose, for the lies IL contains.
Kansas City seems to exist merely
To rob Kansas aud to lie about her
people.
Probably the most striking Incl
dent of tue whole range Of election
wa- the campaign nj Salina. The
election MAS for aldermen aud men,
ber- Of the school board. The suf-
ITagists nominated lady candidates
from the Third aud Fourth wards
for members Of the school board.
There was a bitter fight against the
nomination Of women, aud the anti
-ufiTagists determined TO deal the
whole fabric n death blow. Mrs.
James Robertson, the wife Of lead
ing merchant, aud Mrs. Frank
Anderson, the wife Of q lawyer, were
the candidates. They we're -ecOg-
nized a. being two Of the best edu-
Gated Ia lies IN the city, and II was q
difficult matter TO get anyone to
allow his name to lie used against
them for the position, ~ IL would
mean aim ut social extinction Tor
their families. even though they
should be elected.
Late at night. Just before the elec
ton. the anti-suiiragists met aud
rOBcocted = plan which Was carried
To- a successful ending next day.
rhe cOICred element IL = power 1T
the polls at Salina, aud neither side
had ever recognized the negroes
when u came To the distribution Of
the offices. Here then was their
chance OF defeating the women and
making the whole business ObnoX-
inus, not only to the ladies but to
the men who were backing them.
Roth Mrs. Robertson aud Mrs. An
dersou had c1lOred servants. Lydia
FulkersOn aud MOllie Bookes were
the dusky damsals who found them
selves suddenly lifted out Of their
ObseuTity aud placed on the piu-
uacle OF political equality.
IL WAS not q difficult task to per-
suade the girls to allow their names
to be used. They were told that N
they failed Of election they need
have ho fear Of losing . position by
their action, for thslr nominatoTs
would see that they could rule =
kitchen II not . school board.
What Was the horror Of the proud
danes next morning, when they
donued their best apparel and start
ed on their campaign, to tind that
their cooks were ahead Of them In
the field, and were using all the
family secrets which had been
learned during their reign below
stairs TO create an impre ssion
against their Whilom nIistresses.
The fight was on, and 10 Sas too late
to retreat IL was q question OF life
or death for the sufiragists, yet they
could use no arguments against
their opponents that would not re-
dound TO their own defeat. They
dare not ask the people to reject
them on account Of their color. for
that would be going against their
own avoided principles. They
could not bring their EEK against
them. for that would lie talking
against tneinrciNts.
THE CoLoRED SERVANTS ELECTED.
Here Was.a dilemma and they
could gTasp neither horn. The only
thing they could depend upon was
their individual popularity, and they
nc once began to work the voter In
true candidate style. Hacks were
furnished the cotored women by
their sponsors sud all day long the
battle ragged. The negroes voted
s0lidly for the women Of their own
race and the whites were badly
split. 10 Wa decided to carry the
war into Africa, snd the In lies we're
! seen riding around the negro quart
ers soliciting votes With an energy
thai would have done credit 10 Q
candidate for mayor where the Office
vas worth thousands Of dollars, in
stead Of being done for an once
which paid nothing except abuse On
the holder from everyone else In the
district.
All day Ioeg they worked, but the
eolored women seemed TO have the
pull" and went Into the Office With
an overwhelming majority. The
| sufirAgists we're taught the woes Of
the candidate and the ladies we're
compelled 10 accept the sitastion,
and their only Satisfaction wss
derived from the nasty manner In
which they seat their ungrateful
hslR out into the cold world.
Small fruit blossoms uaske many
resideEes grOsnds resplendent With
besatifal large boquets. Whes
nature begins 10 paint the hues ol
| spring en- Landscapes, she somehos
J sarpssses the best work Of the mos