The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-17
MRS. MARILLA N. KICKER EXPECTS
To GO THERE.
LAWYER and SuFrasIst-The First
Woman in Ameriea Who Ever
Tried 10 yote-She says Women
Are Now Coming 10 the Front.

u Nlk AttaEl ~ = AZ Has NEAS N4eh =
eriy given them sufficient cause TO woFfy.
and they are evan low considering the
elgiSab.l!ty OF throwing Sulloway ever
/ board ard nominating another whora she
caauot defect for d certainty Or prevail
ms On President Mckinley ~ fad her a
place ia the consular service, which has
been her chief am ana desire Tor some
years past
! Mrs R.cker's main purpose in aspiring
/ for congress IS. she says. 10 educate the
/ people 20 thu idea That women are IS
/ much entitled 10 public Office as men.
! She is & sE;ffTsg.st. 4 refoTner, huuI4ni-
| tartan AID phi!anIhEopist II the full sense
| OF each. She is woman Of unusual
/ strength. both mental and physical. She
is u good lawyer and has won many cases,
( her enthusiasm and persistency knowing
10 bounds. When enlisted in 4 good
cause, she generally is, she Is irwin
/ chile. She is calm, coal, nlatter-of-fact
! rSasoner. AS business manager. 800.
/ she has shown strong Judgment aud rare
executive talents. III her professional
work she has never accepted ice from
the poor. and her clients Of this class
have been most numerous
Mrs. Kicker usually spends her winters
IN Washington. but this year she has been
almost constantly a her home here. so
as 10 devote herself 10 her political fences
! and 10 an invest isati0n Of the affairs ot
Inc N<IAiIEt lover NATIONAL G&Allh. ii WHICH
she was a stakeholder and which instl-
tuition she claims was robbed by the Iate
Cashier Abbott OF sl630o0 through the
negligence OF the directors.
Her career has been brilliant one. She
is the daughter OF jonathan and Hannah
Young and was born in Durham. this
state in $50. She was graduated from the
public schools and then entered New Lon
don academy. After that she taught
school for awhile. She married John Rick
e. a Heli-ta-do bachelor Of MadburE. IN
1ss3. lie owned al that time 4 prominent
section OF Dover. which has since been
developed and has been very profitable.
He died y years ago, and since then Mrs.
Kicker has visited Europe several times
and has resided in California and Wash
ingt0n off and on. She pays taxes here,
and calls Dover her homo.
In 1879 she began the study Of law with
Albert g. Riddle and Arthur y. Williams
IN Washington. Her advanced legal at
ta3nments are everywhere recognized She
wal admitted 10 practice at Washington
In lSSg. standing at the head Of eighteen
men applicants. she has also been ad-
mftted 20 the United States supreme
court. the New Hampshire and TAN
courts. and since 1851 has been United
States commissioner and an examiner IN
cnancery IN the District of Columbia
Sh, Is a stanch Republican. and has up
held the party from its Infancy. She has
always been an earnest advocate Of
woman suffrage and has accomplished
much for tho advancement Of that pfia-
ciple She was bat IL when she tooh ap
the pen in behalf of the political TecoSnl-
ton Of ncr SEX During tho Harrison cam
paigr in 1855 sho engaged n Il campaign
Ing tour through California and Iowa In
the interest Of Gen Harrison, ana also pd-
in some telling work for suffrage.
cal y rafgH nj
dresses for comfort and cleanliness. her
aresse, being shorter than those seen TO-
3av and there are no big sleeves in any
OF her gowns. She wears the triu OF nc"
In the neck OF her gown which l. 80 hecofn-
ing 70 any woman. and - particularly 81
70 her fire, Intelligent face. fraInsd IL
hair inst beginning 70 turn gray. and worn
ehcrr ard c,irled She IS essentially wo-
manly in her manner. and has command
AZ larp,lare and store Of Information
about her sex.
~ hay, always said that / expect some
Sov 70 go to congress said Ms fdckT
10 tha Express correspondent the DINER
day. u feel that the times now l>tEot Thy
watkins, \ dlrec: effort - that end NO
man are fast coming 10 the front in All
the walks Of life. including poiitlcs- Inc
wet * more progressive III this resptc1
,han the east In Chicago. for example
,here are women lawyers, doctors 1onF-
Waists and druggists. Those az the iat'er
class are 3S apt III 0"iftt-i-7 $'-| WIN
The men who dispense
s.yyhv should not women 80 - cohsT'ss
There ts m valid reason why they should
not Mark YOU tho tire : not Afeat
yvav IF when IL will not b. posSih'c Tor
men 20 prevent their going as representa-
tfves cf the people was the tFst W1liaai'
in America who ever tried 70 vote lhat
~, +Nre+.-seveu years ego last Nafcn.
rf.fs ? 4. ~ /