The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-05

womsN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
We Arc Sorry. but Men Are Incapable OF
Governing n City


every we'll wishcr Of men must con
cluoe that they arc failure when
they attempt to tako part in public
affairs. They had IL great opportun-
ity on tho occasion of being invited at
Chicago to elect Il successor to Mayor
Carter Harrison. and they lost it. They
showed that as yet they are incapable
OF governing themselves, much less of
welding the reins of municipal govern
ment. Tho wild outbursts of historical
emotion i'll which they INDUCED NAV
amuse women, but it will be u painful
reminder to those who believe in the in
tellectual capacity of men that their
hopes are futile. BY their conduct at
Chicago on tho occasion named men
have put back the progress of their sex
100 years. They may DO capable of
governing i'll the smaller, humber do
mestic sphere, but i'll tho larger affairs
of city or state management they have
shown themselves utterly lacking in that
calm, Judicial temper which alone is to
be trusted i'll public affairs. Then, if
ever, 1t was to be expected they would
have controlled themselves, when the
remains Of tho dead mayor were scarce
ly yet cold, when the grief for his un-
timely taking off had not yet subsidized.
But no! The scenes ut that meeting
seem to Indicate that the emotional, hys-
terical temperament is too strong in the
masculine sex for it ever to be control
lei. 1t Is with sincere pain that we re-
produce the following report of the pro
ceedlngs at this meeting of men, but
the truth must be told:
NcGllcn was half way up the stems TO Tim
platform upon which the presiding officer sits
before any of the Republicans could collect
their senses. In another instant no had the
gavcl. The next thing he was pushing, Alder
man Hepburn back, that gentleman having
been nominated for the same Office by his NJ.
publican cOnircrcs. Action during the next I'D
minutes WAS rapid. and the scene was ono of
wild confusion. Alderman Hepburn. failing
TO get on the platform, made II drive at Assist
ant Clerk Ncumcistcr, who sits directly in front
of the chairman.
Ncuineistcr knocked Hepburn clear OF the
platform. Maddcncd with rage, Alderman
Swift sped down the aisle, and clambcring over
tho heads OF the reporters jumped from The
rail upon NcUmcistrr's back. He was thrown
off and trampcd upon.
Alderman Hepburn tried TO take advantage
of this scrap 10 run McGllcn out of the chai7
but the alderman from the Twcni y-iirst ward
was alert and resisted the invasion. Instantly
tho platform and the steps leading thereto
wero swarming with struggling men. Swift
was trying To get ut Neumcster, and n Hep
burn storninE party was fighting for u foot
hold on the platform. Then il was that Ncu-
meistcr reached under his desk for IL weapon
and was only prevented from prccipitating
what must have been u desperate riot by n
coolhcadcd newspaper man, who grabbed him
by the coat collar and chung to him like grim
death. How it happened that no blood was
shed Mt this point in the row will ever remain
mystery.
Fifty men insane with anger were masscd
together in apparently incXtricublc cntang!c-
ment. The burly forms of Police INSPECTOR
Ross and half u dozen assistants were pushing
here and there, separating gestculatinE and
belligcrcnt aldermen, and doing their best to
qucll the disgraccful riot. Several times fight
ers got together, but were pulled apart before
blows could be actually struck.
Whether a mother is always IL girls
wisest counselor depends OH how wise
the mother herself is.
The city election III Brooklyn was a
revolution and a complete surprise to.
the controlling municipal element there
BY one consent voters rose in II mighty
wave and overwhelmed the Democratic
candidates for Office. prefer to believe,
and l do believe, that the ladies of
Brooklyn had no small share in caus-
ing the revolution. There is Ladies'
Health Protective association of several
years standing i'll the city. In quiet,
ladylike way the members have been
trying Il long timo in vain to get the
streets of Brooklyn properly cleaned
and good sidewalks laid The public off
Gals simply sneered and jccrcd at them.
They resolved then to reach the evil rs
American citizens should through the
ballot box. One of the things they did
was to get Il list of the city taxes and
the amount annually paid out for street
cleaning and repair and have it printed
and showed under tho sight of nearly
every voter in Brooklyn. They secured
a pledge from the Republican candidate
for mayor that he would SEQ that tho
existing street regulations were carried
out absolutely. Then, with all wom-
ans enthusiasm, they took up the task
of electing him. Ladies OF wealth and
of the first social rank labored side by
side with the strong minded and the
wageworking woman, aged ladies and
schoolgirls alike caught the magnetic
earnestness of the leaders, and all put
forth their efforts. Result-something
very heavy dropped upon the reigning
Brooklyn officials OH election day.
Convcntionality is like corset, de-
signed to support women who do not
know how to hold themselves up.
Colorado reaches across rivers and
canyons and extends her hand to Wyo-
ming in greeting. Susan B. Anthony
can now place two stars in her United
States flag, for Colorado also has grant
ed full suffrage to her women citizens
1t was done by the strong, honest min
ers, who want ladies to come to their