The Detroit times., 1910-04-09
OMAN WAGES WAR
TO STAMP OUT
GANG RULE
hers Army of Supporters in Her
.ht for Civic Reform-She De-
es Chief of Police and Forces
Him Into Dilemma.
zens Are in Accord With Crusade
nd Better Future Is Promised
For Spokane.
BY DANA SlEETH.

GOkANE, wash, April 81 mere
ne small woman in Spokane who
bigger. politically, than the highest
,hine clique on the coast; woman
Is stronger than police CHIEF
has been on the job 20 years; one
Ill woman who In few weeks has
red louder public demand for
betterment In Spokane than vari-
reform hrigades have been able
stir since Spokane was a town.
nd she is all this, did all this be-
sc she got real mad and went forth
prove that when she said police con-
ons were bad they were bad and
when the chief OF police said she
! that he lied himself
he woman is Mrs. Philip Z. Stall
d, young, pretty, newly married.
thern girl, and up to few weeks
} home body who knew she had
best husband on earth and was
ltent 10 take care of him.
But as a member OF committee
m the Spokane Woman's club seek
the appointment Of three police
irons in the Spokane Jail she hal
.Gsion" TO address the council What
said will stand as the original
nicipal roast for some periods. She
lnted out the necessity for police
irons In the woman's ward of the
| by remarking that Chief Sullivan
i his officers were not 1T persons 10
arch women prisoners or to other
Sc be entrusted with the care OF
men. Then she took up each coun-
mans record and his affiliations and
I'll some rather personal things
fch the councimen had not heard
lde public before.
Next morning Chief Sullivan threat
ed TO sue Mrs. Stafford for $4,000
images TO his injured feelings. Like
sc very mad council declared that
yer, oh surely never would IL grant
Y police matrons.
Some OF the members OF the wo-
ans club were rather scared at the
mpus that had been kicked up, but
RS. Stafford merely TANNED couple
hat pins through her hair, to anchor
shuy her war bonnet and sailed
nth again.
by her own efforts she lined up in
n matron fight, the woman's club,
c city's 5000 union men, the Town
Zip Good Government league, and the
nited German societies; and, biggest
ing of all, she secured afIldavits and
stimony from men and women OF
e lower world showing just how
tten conditions were in the police
,partment.
Labor marched on the council 5000
rong demanding three police mat
ms. The council endeavored to play
aitics and shurted the Quesrfon into
committee strong box Labor stood
t. Forced into a corner the mayor
ID the chief OF police and the coun-
and the rest of the machine crowd.
scovered they would have To fight
tacitly admit by appointing matrons
at ugly charges were true about
IL conditions. They chose to fight
Then the woman's club and labor
Ia Germans and Mrs. Stafford de-
anded an investigation. The mayor
pointed q committee to suit himself
cry organization interested in the
form fight refused TO consider this
hiteTash aggregation
pt that the public bodies are Sc
city planning TO have a real inves-
cation, TO digest the things Mrs. Stall
rd has discovered. TO make them
lElic or demand special grand jury
Id a special prosecutor, or both.
Ii looks very much like a real clean
, for Spokane. II looks also like
signation under fire or a most en-
Irrassing public inquiry for Chief
illivan.
Anyhow the first real, live public
form movement ever started In this
wn is jumping along several rods a
~, and Mrs. Stafford, pretty and
Oldest as ever, is back at her old job
aking home comfortable for the hus.
md.
II is being passed around the inner
role OF the administration clique
at Chief Sullivan is admitting to
5 closest friends that IL it were not
r resigning under fire he would be
ad TO quit and retire