New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-18
woxANS WORK IN KTOWA.


nm r-s,,na hos from time TO time. found
,,.as'rs IN nrintine reports from Kansas showing
tho progress there in the experiment. Oh piao"s
r,oran in municipal offices. In the majority VI
coses these accounts have shown the success oi
Tho exneriment True. Mayor Whately' OF weoV
,,ard eloped last winter with the chlei Oh 1io
fire department leaving husband ana se'e'"'
zmaI children. but 1t could not be SHOWN 'h"V
politics had anything to do with IL. her ouo
cessor Miss Gardiner. has not eoped WIN any
Indeed temptation has been removed I'D Tue oi-
,oo+,on If the fire department by the appointments
NJ Mrs Hannah White as chief On the wnoie' 0"o
female administration at Westward has peeh sue
cessful The same may be said OF Euger'oh "n"
of jamestown. Nothing had peeh heaiu ii'n'
Kiowa till day or two ago, when dispatches
were received which seem to show tnat "ohien
mun,cipa, officers are doing their duty there also.
Mrs. Margaret Packson is Mayor OF hlo"a.
When she was elected in April. she found about
n dozen liquor stores open in Violation OIL 'nc
law. She waited few days ana
then rive the criminal propretors Of these places
notice TO close. In this move she had the support
NJ her fellow city officials all of them, with the
excention of the poundmaster, who has little In
1uence. being women Indeed, we may say In
passinq that the poundmaster would nave peen u
woman. too but no member OF the sex couid DC
found in the city who was not AFRAID OIL COWS
prt lot ne return TO the liquor saloonsthat is to
CIV Loft Ms return to the subject of the liquor
saloons. They did not close when Mayor Packson
ordered them TO do so. She issued more vigorous
order 1t was seen that she meant to enforce the
law. OF course the men of Kiowa rallied around
the nauor dealers. The natural bent OF man Is
toward crime, as has been freely maintained oy
MANY able and prominent women for number
Hon 6pGl q
petition asking to be allowed to continue their
business. Nearly every man in town signed it.
Mr. Packson. husband of the Mayor. was selected
70 present the petition. In choosing him the men
Thought that they had scored a strong point.
Packson himself expressed his doubts, and the re-
sult showed that he was right. When Packson
-reaohed the CITY Hall he found that the hlowa
Ladies' Heather Aid Society was in session ana
that he would have to wait about an hour, Mayor
Packson being secretary of the society ana ohe
meeting being held in the Council Chamber. Inc
foolish Packson. instead OF waiting In tne hall
went to the nearest liquor store and drank several
glasses of beer, so that when he was admitted 10
the presence Of the Mayor and the Council the
former instantly detected his breath across the
room Packs0n feebty tried to speak. Your
Honor he ventured, " hold in my hand-l-er-
NAV il please your" ladies'" interrupted
TO listen to him. / don't know what he holds in
bis hand now, but do know that he has recently
been holding glasses of rum IN his hand. direct
Officer Hawkins to remove the fellow and prefer
a charge of drunkenness against him." Ofiicer
Hankins did as she was directed and took away
the crushed and Inundated Packson, while the
Mayor prepared another warning to the liquor
dealers so vigorously worded that they became
frightened and closed their places Of business
The price of real estate is said to be going up In
Kiowa and business is prospecting.
Laws should be enforced, and we congratulate
the people of Kiowa on their choice Of Mayor
Under the rule of men the prohibition law had al
ways been dead letter in Kiowa, but II TOOK the
women only two months to close up every liquor
store in town. More women In office are needed.
And we must not forget that women In klowa
accomplished all this while still enslaved by skirts.
What may we not expect from them after the hrst
Of next June, when, together with the other
women in this country, they put on trousersH