The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
IN THE FIELD.
Mrs. Alice Jones and Mrs. Elizabeth
Ferguson Nominated for the
Board of Education,


Board of Education.
The women have entered the lists for the
political tournament in April. Mrs. H. G..
Ferguson and Mrs. Alice Danner Jones are
their champions and it they are solidly sup.
ported by their own sex they will be crowned
with the laurcls Of triumph when the votes
are counted.
The convention Wednesday night was a
novelty in politics. One hundred women and
twenty men were present and the discussions
were interesting il not always to the point.
Mrs. Ferguson called the meeting to order and
Mrs. Morrow was elected chairman.
Mrs. Morrow said the reason the women
were asking for representation on the board of
education was that in the nature of things
women were born trainers.
Mrs. Ferguson reported for the committee
appointed to interview the different party cen
trail committeeman. She said the chairman of
the democratic committee received them kind
lv, but said that the party would much prefer
that any women they wished placed on their
primary tickets should he democrats. The
republicans were. very nOn-cOmmittal. They
agreed 10 place the names on the primary ticket
but suggested that they be republicans.
ThCu the meeting was thrown open for dis
Cussiou and in u trice Mrs. Peter Chance was
on the platform. Her remarks were original
and aud spicy. She ratified along for ten
minutes and then brought down the house by
saying You must excuse me I'm not use
to speaking" and then she at il again.
She wanted old teachers nominated on the
board and declared ( II action independent of
all parties. She declared the school board was
now controlled by political ring of both
parties who used Tia" patronage for political
purposes. There were many evils in the
schools that must be corrected but the politi.
clans would not do it, One of the great
sources of trouble to Mrs. Chance was the boys
Of tls,N
were an awful set of boys. They made swings
out of shade trees, trespassed on her rose bed
and stole her strawberries. She had taken
their names and gone to Mayor Cassidy and
demanded that they he arrested. The mayor
looked over the list and said;
well now Mrs Chance you know boys will
he boys"
Yes, but want them arrested, they are
thieves" said Mrs. Chance.
Now, don't be hasty," replied the mayor.
This is such and such II ones boy and it
would NOT do to arrest him"
But want them arrested persisted Mrs.
Chance.
"Well now you Just wait till | see their
fathers" said Mayor Cassidy. And that was
the last ever heard of the affair. As a parting
shot Mayor Cassidy had said as he looked over
the list of boys again, "Why, these boys
fathers are all my political friends"
And 50 it was that Mrs. Chance wanted indie
pendent political action.
w. w. Clark explained the process by which
the women might nominate ON the official bal
lot.
DIR. Doughery only wanted one woman
nominated.
AbsalOm Kit also wanted but one and he
said if the republicans and democrats did not
nominate the woman or women selected "a
their primaries, il would be the worse for them
the women would be elected anyway.
K, Erwin thought II looked as il the demo
Gratis were going to demand democratic women
and the republicans republican women. lie
did not see how it was going to be non-partisan
but wanted the women to push the fight.
Mrs. Ferguson said that the prohibition
party did not ask that the women nominated
be of their own party, they took it for granted
that every woman IN Ohio was good prOhibi-
tiOnst
Mrs. Chance said she would be perfectly sat.
isfed to nominate on the prohibition ticket.
Mrs. Samuel Barr said: "Why wOuld il not
do TO let the people vote and see whether they
want the school board conducted on nOn.parti-
san lines"
That would do very we'll" replied Mrs.
Morrow, 'ii we could do it, but there are a
great many things that would do that don't go
in politics"
Mrs. Cross Meyer moved to nominate an in.
dependent ticket by petition.
Mrs. ThurstOn thought many women would
vote this spring, and so did Mrs. Rouch
Mrs, Harmount said she thought the repub-
licans would win, and she wanted to be with
the winning ticket.
Mrs. Sherrick said if the democrats and re.
publiCans did not endorse the women, the pro-
hibs would anyhow, and they would be ON the
ticket
DR., Cock, for the populists, said they tried
to get woman candidate but failed. II their
candidates would withdraw, the women could
and would be put on.
Mrs. ThurstOn wanted the women to run the
primary election gauntlet and said they could
stand def',at II necessary.
! W. ii. Wyant wanted them to let the repuh-
1icans try to nominate them at the primary
election and see how they would vote.
Frank Babeock said if the women wanted to
he on the primary tickets they must go 10 the
committees, pay their assessments and run
their chalces.
The question of nominating an independent
ticket WAS then put and lost, only three votes
being cast for the plan
Nominations were then called for and Mr..
Ferguson announced the name of Mrs. Alice
Danner Jones
Mrs, Chance nominated Mrs Greenwood
and Miss Cora Davis and both declined.
W, W. Clark nominated Mrs. Frank Shiycly.
Mrs. Harmount nominated Mrs, Morrow,
who declined
Mrs. Ferguson was nominated by Mrs John
son SherIick
A. Kilt announced Mrs sherrick and Mrs
w. w. Clark and both Withdrew.
J.. X. Hartford put forth Mrs, Ada +. Clark,
but she would not stand.
Mrs ThurstOn was nominated but declined
saying she had refused 10 run ON the pOpulist
ticket. She then nominated Mrs. Julia
Mcdowell.
The convention voted by ballot and the re-
suit was Mrs. Jones %, Mrs Ferguson 49, Mrs
Mcdowell 10, Mrs. Shively 80.
Mrs Jones and Mrs. Ferguson were DECLARED
nominated and ON moiion II was made unan-
lmous