Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-02
THE FAIR VOTER.
She Doesn't Exercise Her Priv
ilege Very NumerousIy.
WOMEN AT THE POLLS IN KANSAS.

A Campaign for Four Candidates That
Only Planned Out One suecess-!nci-
dents of the Eieetion-Democrats Get
in Their Work At Chicago and MiIwau-
kee-The on Year Rather Rough on the
Republicans-ah Sin Moving on the
Bailot-Box.
TOPEKA, Kas, April 2-Elections were
held in Kansas yesterday IN the sixty cities
Of the first, second an6 third class for coun-
cilmen and members Of the school hoard In
nearly all the Ct ties 10 political lines were
drawn, and the battles were fought on
purely local issues The only interest at
taehing TO the elections was the exercise Of
the suffrage By the women. who are per
mitted under the laws Of kansas TO vote for
city officers and members Of the school
board At Manhattan, where the women
captured ali the city Offices two years ago,
they had another ticket IN the feld yester-
day, and he prospects are that it was
elected over the three other tickets In this
city little interest was manifested outside Of
one ward Out of total registration OF
about 60 women voters only about 425
vvted
Women Beaten at Atehison.
AT Atchison the result was disastrous 70
the women. who started out 70 capture four
members OF the school board One woman
candidate i elec,ei-Miss Lydia Stockwell
but she had no opposition Miss Stock
well was, however, numerically scratched
many men preferring 10 vote blank rather
than for woman At LeayenwOrth the
Democrats failed 70 nominate any women,
while the Republican ticket named four The
Democratic ticket * elected with the exceu-
ton, possibly. OF one councilman.
Out Against Prohibition.
At Emporia over D women voted, but
their votes were divided among the candi-
dates ike that of the mea Only one woman
was candIdars-Mrs. q. r jackson She
was elected although opp0sad by many Of
her sex, who supported an antl-Prohibi ton
Isl. At Newton the feminine vote was less
than one-half the vote OF one year ago At
Lawrence about 3oo women voted, but little
interest was manifested
A Candidates. Wife Goes HustIing.
So intense was the feeling IN Topeka, that
Mrs LuL, wife OF one Of the candidates for
councilman, went out in her carriage early
IN the morning and canvssSei from house 10
house for votes for her husband Negro
women and men were sent ont with car
riages to solicit white and cclorei voters 70
60 10 the pol and help their candidate At
the residence Of a prominent citizen buxom
negro woman appeared before breakfast was
over and demanded 10 know how the lady Of
the house proposed to vote. She was told
that il was none of her business, and asked
10 depart
Had Little TongGe-BaDging.
At o'clock q crowd Of negro men and
women were congregated al one Of the poll
ing places engaged in a general VIZ OF
words over their respective caniidates One
declared that a certain candidate was a
drunkard. This aroused 2N-pound negro
woman, who denounced the statement as a
- lie. Very little electioneering was done
by women in other wards Of the city, due
probably 70 the publication of card 6y the
Equal Suffrage association IN the morning
advising against it.
Elected a CoIored Woman.
At Salina the election Was an animated
one. The female sufragists had nominated
q woman candidate for the school board
from two wards. 4 colOrei woman was run
By the sntl-suffraEists The suffragists were
defeated and the colOrei woman elected by
an overwhelming majority. At Hiawatha
three women were elected TO the school
board, but at Wellington the three women
Candidates We're showed under.